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It was mostly cloudy that night.

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The rain was clearing out.

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It was approaching 1:30 that
morning as over 13,000 members of

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the 82nd Airborne and the
101st Airborne and 6,000 members

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of the British paratroopers
were preparing to exit their C47

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Transports or Normandy, France.

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D Day June 6, 1944 was just
about to begin.

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Paratroopers would be the
first American troops to land on

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German occupied France.

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C47s were scattered, thick
cloud cover and also German anti

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aircraft fire.

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A Sergeant for the 82nd stood
up, opened the plane's doors, yelled

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to his men, stand up.

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Hook up.

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Their parachute lines would
then unfold their chutes as they

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jumped while standing in the
plane being rocked by incoming anti

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aircraft fire and pieces of
metal that would go through the airplane.

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The sergeant was trying to
keep his balance while the burst

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of fire and flak as the
paratroopers positioned themselves

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in the doorway.

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Suddenly a burst of enemy fire hit.

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A flak hit the airplane.

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The sergeant fell dead in the
doorway in a pool of blood before

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the paratroopers feet.

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They were stunned as they saw
their sergeant dead before them.

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And then they heard a loud
yell back behind.

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Jump.

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Jump.

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Jump.

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One by one, the 82nd Airborne
stepped over the dead sergeant's

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body and entered into d day.

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Five hours later, 6:30 in the
morning, Omaha Beach.

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Members of the 1st infantry
and 29th infantry assigned to land

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on that beach that would be
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the five beaches.

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Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold, Juneau.

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They were in tiny 36 foot
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They were battling the winds
and the tides from the previous storm

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the day before.

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Soldiers however, noticed
landing crafts up ahead were running

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aground and sandbars.

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Soldiers were wading ashore 50
to 100 yards before they could get

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ashore.

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Some fell into holes created
by the shelling of the beach.

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Some were up to their necks.

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Some died in those holes under
the weight of the heavy packs.

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Many more died by heavy
machine gun fire before getting ashore.

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As the landing crafts neared
the shore, enemy gunfire began to

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rake the landing crafts as
they hit the sandbar.

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Their commanding officer
yelled go, go, go.

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The ramp door plunged down
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Their commanding officer at
the moment he got off, was hit and

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killed instantly.

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Someone else yelled get off
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Get off the boat now.

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Now.

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Pure chaos as they jumped off
that landing craft into the water.

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Many were hit but few managed
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We Fast forward to October 25, 1983.

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Army Rangers were jumping in
the country of Grenada.

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They had to make a 500 foot
parachute drop without their reserve

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Chutes jumping into combat,
trying to take Port Salinas airport.

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We fast forward to Iraq, Afghanistan.

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Warriors will get into
Humvees, patrol areas known to have

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IEDs hidden along the road.

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Maybe in a cardboard box,
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maybe old tires.

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Somehow, someway, they were
buried along the road, just waiting

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to be set off by trip wires or
cell phones.

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Coast guardsmen would fly in
hurricane like winds to rescue a

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stranded boat.

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And those that were swept off
the boat, holding on for dear life.

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Only the Coast Guard dared to
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These are examples of what our
American warriors are trained to

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do in extreme conditions.

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They were to be instantly obey
the command, jump into enemy fire,

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and they were to be obedient
unto death.

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Firefighters, police officers,
all trained to go where nobody else

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wants to go.

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They're trained to obey orders
that go into the house of fire, taking

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their lives in danger.

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Police officers going to a
store held up by a man, trying to

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rob the store, holding hostages.

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Whatever could happen.

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Philippians chapter two, if
you would, please.

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We read the story of a special
warrior, his name is Jesus, who battled

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our enemy Satan and the sins,
and became obedient to his heavenly

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Father, even obedient unto death.

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Philippians chapter 2.

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We look at verse number 8.

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Let this mind be in you, which
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in the form of God, thought it
not robbery to be equal with God,

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but made himself of no
reputation and took upon him the

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form of a servant, and was
made in the likeness of men.

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And being found in fashion as
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obedient unto death, even the
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Heavenly Father, I pray that
as we thank our veterans and even

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firefighters and police for
their willingness to to take commands

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and follow orders to go into
fire, go into death.

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We thank you that they are
willing to be obedient, maybe even

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unto death today.

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Father, I pray that you'll
help us as we look at our spiritual

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warrior who is obedient unto
death on our behalf.

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Help us, Father, now to take
it all in, to realize the scope,

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the depth of our salvation.

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Founded in Jesus Christ.

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We thank you for that.

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For it's in Jesus precious
name we ask and pray.

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Amen.

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You know, being obedient goes
against our nature.

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Have you noticed that being
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We are selfish by nature.

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We got this from our parents
of Adam and Eve when they were told

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not to.

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Not to take of that forbidden
fruit of every tree of the garden.

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You can have but this one Tree
you are not to do.

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Wouldn't you know it, they did
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They were not obedient.

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They disobeyed God.

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They took that forbidden fruit.

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Disobedience trickles on down
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They have to be taught to obey.

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Even our dogs and our pets we
take to obedience school.

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I've often wondered maybe we
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Disobedience comes down to us
in our lives in the military.

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Best place in the world to
have your obedience.

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It starts with basic training
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Starts with boot camp, Marine
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You learn to take orders, you
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There's no candy, there's no
cookies in boot camp.

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One of our men I was in boot
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His mother thought she could
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a three pound coffee can full
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Well, come to find out, you're
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camp.

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He was told to come up to the
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sent you cookies.

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You're going to tell us how
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They fed him the cookies,
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a canteen of hot water, told
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he was sick to his stomach.

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Needless to say, his mother
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You learn to obey.

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You learn to take orders.

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You learn do things that you
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Jump in an obstacle course
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You're told to climb a seven
foot inverted wall, carry a warrior

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on your soldier with his rifle
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You are taught as an army
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on your back for 50 miles.

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These commands are ingrained
in you muscle memory to instantly

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react and to obey in a time of
combat if need be.

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Amazingly, Jesus had to learn
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Turn to Hebrews chapter five,
Hebrews, chapter five, Hebrews chapter

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We look at verse number eight,
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Though he were a son, yet
learned he obedience, yet learned

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he obedience by the things
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Amazingly, Jesus had to learn
obedience like a new recruit who

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would take on an army uniform
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Jesus Christ took on human
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first time in his life.

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Because of his humanity, Jesus
did things in the human body he had

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never done before.

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He had never before been human.

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He never had human emotions.

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It was tough, it was hard.

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He'd never been tempted like man.

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It was tough, it was hard, it
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Hebrews 4, 15.

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For we have not a high priest
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feeling of our infirmities,
but was in all points tempted like

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we are, yet without sin.

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The beauty of salvation is
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to heaven by our good works,
by our good deeds, by our baptism,

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by our good church membership,
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If we could, Jesus would never
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Amen.

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So God sent his only begotten
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flesh for us, that he might
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sorrow, the agony.

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Everything on this earth he
had never, ever had in heaven.

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For the very first time, he
put on flesh and and saw how difficult

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it was, how tough it was, how
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It was not easy, but he was
willing to be obedient, obedient

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unto death.

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For us.

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Being obedient, however, comes
by being obedient to Christ and because

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of his obedience.

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As our disobedience comes from
Adam and Eve, our obedience comes

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from Jesus Christ.

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That's how we know how to obey
Christ learned obedience by putting

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And we learn that we have a
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Second Peter 1:3 says, we have
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The divine nature that we have
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flesh was foreign to Jesus.

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Divine nature is different and
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We're in the process of
growing and learning, learning how

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to be obedient unto God.

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But being disobedient as a
Christian does not have a good look

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on us.

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Try in talking to Jonah.

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When told to go to Nineveh, he disobeyed.

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He ran.

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And having himself plunged
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well, that is not a good look
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Take Saul, First Corinthians.

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I'm sorry.

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1 Samuel 15.

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He was told to destroy the Amalekites.

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Chose not to.

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He said, the animals I have, I
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come.

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Samuel told King Saul, it is
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Better to obey than sacrifice
disobedient to God's commands.

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God's ways does not look good
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And it doesn't look good on us
when we know we're disobedient and

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we're running because of guilt
and sadness and sorrow.

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Romans, chapter six, if you
would, please.

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God had a different design for us.

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Romans, chapter 6.

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Look at verse number 16.

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Romans 6.

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16.

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Paul writes these words to us.

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Know this.

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Know ye not that to whom you
yield yourself Servants to obey.

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His servants are to whom you
obey, whether of sin unto death,

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or of obedience unto righteousness.

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But God be thanked that you
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But you have obeyed from the
heart that form of doctrine which

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was delivered unto you.

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God's design for us, Christian
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God's design and purpose for
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yielded, be surrendered, to be
obedient unto him, learning from

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the word of God and giving our
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Being obedient pleases God.

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Go, if you would.

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Romans 12.

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Romans 12.

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We read these words, verse
number one.

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I beseech you, therefore,
brethren, by the mercies of God,

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that you present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable

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unto God, which is your
reasonable, reasonable, reasonable

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service.

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It's pleasing unto him, it's
holy unto him, it's acceptable unto

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him.

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That's what we do.

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That's what we do.

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We're to be obedient unto
death, even as a living sacrifice,

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dying daily.

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We see this in Scripture, 1
Corinthians 15:31.

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I die daily.

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Daily.

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We die daily.

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We're to be obedient unto
death daily.

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We deny ourselves daily.

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We yield to him.

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Luke 9:23.

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He saith unto them, to any
man, come after me, let him deny

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himself, take up his cross
daily and follow me.

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He then saith Jesus in Matthew
16 unto his disciples, if any man

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will come after me, let him
deny himself and take up his cross

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and follow me daily.

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Christian, we are to die to
ourselves daily.

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Christian, we're to crucify
ourselves daily.

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Christian, we are to die to be
able to yield and serve the Lord.

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Yes, obedient unto our death.

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Obedient to our denial.

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Obedient to our yielding and
sacrifice unto him.

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It feels good to obey.

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Have you ever obeyed the Lord?

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And you come away with that
great feeling that wow, maybe you

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haven't been in church for a
while and you started coming.

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Feels good, doesn't it?

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Maybe you witnessed to
someone, handed them a tract.

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They looked at it, they read
it, and then they got saved.

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That feels great, Christian.

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It feels good to obey God.

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Much better than sinning.

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Much better than going the way
of the world than the devil.

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It feels good to obey the Lord.

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How about being an encourager
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about what's wrong with this world?

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What about honoring God,
praising him, letting Christ be the

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one that you give praise to.

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That feels good.

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That feels good.

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Sometimes we don't understand
the old commands the Lord has for

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us, but they are there for a Purpose.

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I mean, in the military, we're
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We don't understand.

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We don't know why.

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And you don't ask why.

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You're just told to do it.

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Sometimes God gives us commands.

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We don't know why.

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We're just told to do.

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Acts, chapter 8.

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And I realize after the
previous services we've had from

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Brother Stone and Brother
Tyler, you know.

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Yeah, you're familiar.

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Acts, chapter 8.

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Looking at Philip.

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Acts, chapter 8.

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Look at verse number 5, Acts 8.

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5.

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Then Philip went down to the
city of Samaria and preached Christ

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unto them.

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And the people with one
accord, gave heed unto these things

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which Philip spake, hearing
and seeing the miracles which he

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did for the unclean spirits,
crying with a loud voice and came

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out that many were possessed
with them and many taken with palsies

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and the lame.

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They were healed, and there
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There was a great revival
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Philip had preached.

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He was a deacon.

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He preached.

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There was great wonders happening.

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People were getting saved.

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Demons were being cast out.

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It was such a great event that
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we've got to go see what's
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Look at verse number 14 and 15.

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And now, when the apostles who
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had received the word of God,
they sent unto them Peter and John,

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who, when they were come down,
prayed for them that they might receive

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the Holy Ghost here.

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Peter and John had to come
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But then.

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But then, in the midst of that
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talk to Philip and command him
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Look at verse 26.

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And the angel of the Lord
spake unto Philip, saying, arise

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and go toward the south, unto the.

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From Jerusalem, unto Gaza,
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And he arose and went.

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And behold, a man of Ethiopia.

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A eunuch and great authority
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who had charge over all of her
treasure, had come to Jerusalem to

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worship here.

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Philip was told to leave that revival.

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What?

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You want me to leave this
great event?

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Come on, God.

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I mean, I don't understand it.

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There are wonderful things happening.

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I should be a part of it.

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I want to see more of it.

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I want to see what things are
going on.

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I don't understand this command.

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Philip, I want you to go to
the desert, from the city to the

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desert, from a great audience
of people getting saved now to an

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audience of one.

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I don't understand.

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And sometimes Christians were
given commands that we don't understand.

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We don't have to.

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We're not required to
understand everything that God has

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for us.

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We're not required to
understand the whys of the Christian

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life.

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We're just to do it.

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We're just to obey.

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We're just to commit our life
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to do.

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So Philip did, in fact, so
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up upon this Ethiopian eunuch
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Do you know how fast horses go
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And how fast Philip had to run
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to obey uniquely designed by God.

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Don't have to understand it,
just have to do it.

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Whatever God wants that today
we are grateful for our military,

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we're grateful for our fire,
for our police being obedient unto

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death.

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Now imagine God having loved
us so much that he was willing to

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give up his only begotten son,
to give him up for us in our behalf.

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If you're not a Christian here
today, you need to understand that

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God loves you so much that his
son was willing even unto death,

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to be obedient to what God
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Calvary for you.

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If you're not saved today, you
don't know him.

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If you don't know for sure
you're going to heaven.

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We have an invitation.

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And in this invitation you're
invited to come and come and call

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upon the name of Jesus Christ
and be saved by him.

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He willingly.

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He willingly was obedient unto
death for you on your behalf.

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How could you ever turn him down?

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He did this for you.

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And Christian, I hope that we
are now more willing to be obedient

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unto death.

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I hope that we're more willing
to be obedient to serve the Lord

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however He asks us to do.

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Remember, you don't have to
understand it, you don't have to

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appreciate it, you don't even
have to like it.

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But just do it.

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Do it.

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It's about his honor and
glory, not your own.

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With every head bowed, every
eye closed, if you would please.