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%  -ORNING FRIENDS ) TOLD "ROTHER .EVILLE ) WAS JUST A LITTLE
HOARSETHISMORNING ANDTHISCOMINGONAREVIVAL )WOULDNkTTRYTO
PREACHTOYOUTHISMORNING BECAUSE)kMTOOHOARSE"UTJUSTALITTLE
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LESSONOUTOF THE"IBLEHEREORSOMETHING ANDWECANTALKMAYBEFOR
FIFTEEN TWENTYMINUTES!NDMAYBETHE,ORDWILLGIVEUSSOMETHING
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THEMUP ANDEATINGTHEM OF GLASS AND?ANDSWALLOWINGTHESE>)T
WASGLASS ANDSOWEGOTHIMANDWASHEDHISLITTLEMOUTHOUT4HEN
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+ENTUCKYANDGODOWNTO+ENTUCKYTOAPPOINTMENTTHERE!NDTHEN
THISCOMINGWEEKCOMESOURMEETING ANDNOW )WANTTOTRYAFEW
NIGHTS OF JUST TALKING IF ) CAN -Y>)kM NOT GOT NO COLD )kVE JUST
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USE THIS MORNING IF THE>.OW FIRST ) WAS JUST GOING TO SET THERE
A MINUTE ) WAS SO TIRED 4HEN ) THOUGHT THAT DIDNkT LOOK RIGHT ME
SETTINGBACKINTHEROOMTHERE ANDTHECONGREGATIONOUTHERE7HY
THE ,ORD MIGHT NOT COME BACK THERE ) WANTED TO COME OUT HERE
WHERE(EWAS3O>
%  ) BELIEVE ) SEE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT BROUGHT ME HERE THIS
MORNING"ROTHER,ITTLEFIELDISHERE IF>(EWANTEDTOSEEMEJUST
A MOMENT AFTER THE SERVICE !ND "ROTHER ,ITTLEFIELD IS FROM UP IN
4ENNESSEETHEREWHEREWEHADTHEBIG?BIGMEETINGUPTHERERECENTLY
INAHIGHSCHOOLGYM)JUSTCANkTCALLTHENAMEOF THECITY7HEREARE
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!ND SO WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE !ND HEkS IN?WAS
COMINGTHROUGHTOSAYHELLOTOME!NDSO)TOLDHIM BEDOWNTHIS
MORNING 7E WERE GOING SOMEWHERE THIS MORNING ELSE AND THEN
SOMEFRIENDSTHAT)WANTEDTOVISIT NOTTOPREACH JUSTTOVISITjCAUSE
) PROMISED THEM>!ND THEN "ROTHER ,ITTLEFIELD WAS HERE AND $R
"EELAN AND THEM SO ) WANTED TO JUST COME BY AND SEE THEM THIS
MORNING THEREASON)DROPPEDIN
%  3O NOW OVER IN THE BOOK OF #ORINTHIANS JUST ABOUT THE TH
CHAPTER AND THE FIRST  OR  VERSES LETkS JUST MEDITATE ON THAT FOR A
FEWMOMENTSSOOURBROTHERCANHAVETIMETOPREACH
.OW LETkSBOWOURHEADSFIRST JUSTIN(IS0RESENCE
%  "LESSED HEAVENLY &ATHER IT IS INDEED WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS THAT
WE BOW HUMBLY BEFORE 4HEE THIS DAY TO THANK 4HEE FOR THE GOOD
THINGSOF LIFE!NDREALIZINGTHATLIFEITSELF ISJUSTONEGREATSTRUGGLE IF
WEkRENOTHAVINGITINONEWAY WEAREINANOTHER"UTSOMEGLORIOUS
DAYTHEBATTLEWILLBEOVER ANDWEkLLSEE*ESUS7HOWEHAVELOOKED
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WITH(IM ANDARELATIVETO(IM!NDWEkRESOHAPPYTOKNOWTHAT
SOMEDAYWESHALLSEE(IM
.OW TODAY AS WE PULLED UP UNDER THE OLD OAK AS IT WAS FOR
COMFORT LIKE !BRAHAM SETTING THERE WAITING AND 'OD AND TWO
!NGELSCOMEUPANDSPOKETOHIM ANDWEkREJUSTEXPECTING9OUTO
COMETOUSTHISMORNINGANDSPEAKTOOURHEARTSTHROUGH4HY7ORD
,ORD ASWEFELLOWSHIPAROUND)T
"LESS OUR DEAR BELOVED PASTOR ,ORD 7E PRAY THAT 9OUkLL
GIVE HIM STRENGTH AND COURAGE 7E PRAY THAT 9OUkLL BLESS THE LITTLE
CHURCH AND THE DEACONS AND ALL THATkS CONCERNED HERE ,ORD AND
ALLTHATCOMESHERE ANDNOTONLYHEREBUTOTHERPLACES 9OURCHURCH
UNIVERSAL "LESS OUR VISITING BRETHREN WHO ARE WITH US THIS MORNING
IN THE SERVICE 7E PRAY THAT 9OUkLL BE WITH THEM AND SUSTAIN THEM
&ORGIVEUSOF OURSINSANDSPEAKTOUSTHROUGH4HY7ORD7EASKIN
#HRISTkS.AME!MEN
%  )F )kMNOTMISTAKEN "ROTHER#OATSISSETTINGHERETHISMORNING
(E WAS>/VER TO PRAY FOR HIM THE OTHER NIGHT AT THE 6ETERANS
(OSPITAL CANCER !ND WEkRE GLAD TO SEE YOU IN HERE THIS MORNING
"ROTHERAND3ISTER#OATS
%  .OW IN THE "OOK OF #ORINTHIANS THE?THE TH CHAPTER
4HIS BOOK OF #ORINTHIANS IS A BOOK OF CORRECTION 7E SHOULD TAKE
THE BOOK OF #ORINTHIANS )TkS THE ONLY CHURCH IN ALL OF THE .EW
4ESTAMENTTHATSEEMINGLYTHATTHELEADERSHADSUCHTROUBLEWITH"UT
#ORINTHIANSWASALWAYSINTROUBLE0AUL WHENHECOMEAMONGTHEM
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ONEHADATONGUE ANDONEHADAPSALM ANDONEHADAFEELINGANDA
SENSATION!NDHEWASALWAYSHAVINGTROUBLEWITHTHESE#ORINTHIANS
KEEPINGTHEMSTRAIGHT
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4HEY WERE JUST A BABY FASHIONED 4HEY?THEY>(E COULDNkT GO TO
THEMINTHEGREATDEEP THEMESSAGESTHATHEDIDTOTHE%PHESIANSAND
HE DID TO THE 2OMANS AND TEACH TO THEM THE DEEP THINGS BECAUSE
THEY WASNkT ABLE TO TAKE IT 4HEY?THEY DEPENDED TOO MUCH UPON
LITTLE SENSATIONS AND LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT *UST>l7ELL 0RAISE THE
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APROPHECYm
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%  7E NOTICE 0AUL COULD TEACH THE %PHESIANS THERE HOW THAT
BEFORETHEFOUNDATIONOF THEWORLDTHEYWEREPREDESTINATEDUNTOTHE
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KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT 4HEY JUST>4HEY HAD TO HAVE A LITTLE
FEELING OR SOMETHING LITTLE SENSATION ONE THIS THAT AND THE OTHER
ANDTHEYDEPENDEDONTHAT(ECOULDNkTTEACHTHEMTHEDEEPTHINGS
3O ) THINK ITkS A GREAT WHEN YOU GOT A PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN
TEACH DEEP THINGS !ND THE (OLY 3PIRIT CAN WIND THESE GREAT TRUTHS
ANDANCHORITINTOTHE?THEPEOPLEkSHEARTSSOTHEYKNOWWHERETHEY
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%  .OW REMEMBER WEkRE NOT>)kM NOT TRYING TO SAY THAT 'OD
DOES NOT DEAL THROUGH PROPHECY AND THINGS LIKE THAT "UT WE DONkT
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l7HEREVER THERE IS PROPHECIES ITkLL FAIL WHERE THEREkS TONGUES ITkLL
CEASE!NDWHERETHEREkS>m
!ND ALL THESE SENSATIONS THAT THOSE #ORINTHIANS HAD NOT ONE
OF THEMWASAEVIDENCETHATTHEYWERESAVED.OTONEOF THEMWAS
AN EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE SAVED .OT IF YOU COULD SHOUT IF YOU
COULD PROPHESY IF YOU COULD HEAL THE SICK IF YOU COULD SPEAK WITH
TONGUES IF YOUCOULDINTERPRETTONGUES IF YOUHADWISDOM ANDYOU
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HADKNOWLEDGE NONEOF THOSEMEANYOUkRESAVED NOTAONEOF THEM
9OUCOULDHAVEEVERYONEOF THEM 0AULSAIDIN)#ORINTHIANS AND
BELOSTl)AMNOTHINGm3EE"UTWHENYOUGOTLOVE ANANCHOR>
%  4HIS MORNING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THE WIFE WOKE UP
) WAS AWAKE AND THE ,ORD WAS REVEALING TO ME A GREAT SOMETHING
ABOUTHOW'ODTIES(IS#HURCHTOGETHERBYTHATBONDSOF LOVE!ND
HOWITMUSTBETHEREkSNOTANOTHERWAYFORAMANTOEVERBESAVED
WITHOUT BEING BORNED AGAIN 'OD WILLING ) WANT TO PREACH ON THAT
THIS COMING WEEK AND JUST GETTING MATERIALIZED IN MY HEART MAYBE
THE,ORDWILLGIVEMEAMESSAGEONIT
%  .OW THIS MESSAGE THIS MORNING AS IT COME TO MY HEART IN
THERE ISAMESSAGEOF WARNING!ND)THOUGHTMAYBEIF WEWOULDGET
THIS WARNING TO THE PEOPLE AS 0AUL WAS WARNING THESE #ORINTHIANS
IF WECANGETTHISWARNINGTOTHEPEOPLE KNOWINGTHATWEkREFACING
AREVIVALNOWANDANEXAMINATINGTIME WHENWEMUSTBEEXAMINED
.OW 0AULSAID
-OREOVERBRETHREN )WOULDNOTTHATYOUSHOULDBEIGNORANT
HOW THAT ALL OUR FATHERS WERE UNDER THE CLOUD AND ALL PASSED
THROUGHTHESEA
!ND WERE>BAPTIZED UNTO -OSES IN THE CLOUD AND IN THE
SEA
.OW HEkS GIVING THEM AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN 'OD
BROUGHTOUT)SRAELFROMTHEWILDERNESS INTOTHEWILDERNESSTOSERVE
(IM AND TO TAKE THEM TO THE PROMISED LAND THEY>(EkS SETTING
FORTHANEXAMPLETHERE THATASWEAREBROUGHTOUTINALLTHEMATERIAL
THINGS ALLTHE?THERITUALSANDTHEORDERS THEYWERETHESAME
%  !NDWEFINDONDOWNALITTLEFARTHERINOURLESSON THATMANY
OF THOSEWEREOVERTHROWEDBECAUSETHEYCOULDDOALLTHERITUALS AND
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.OW WE CAN DO MANY THINGS 7E CAN TAKE COMMUNION 7E
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4HEREFORE ITkSTHENATURETHATkSINUSTHATTELLSWHATWEARE3EE
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.OT WE MIGHT BE SO RELIGIOUS TILL WE WOULDNkT TURN OUR HANDS
ON 3UNDAY TO DO A THING 7E MIGHT NOT EVEN TAKE A STITCH IN OUR
CLOTHES ON 3UNDAY 7E MIGHT NOT EVEN FEEL JUSTIFIED TO BUY FOOD
ON 3UNDAY !ND WE MIGHT BE SO RELIGIOUS AND SO PIOUS "UT YET IF
WE ARE NOT LITERALLY BORNED AGAIN OF THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD WEkRE JUST
WORSHIPPINGINVAIN3ONOW ITkSPRETTYSTIFF AND WE WANT TOREALLY
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%  .OW NOTICE l)WOULDNOTHAVEYOUIGNORANT BRETHRENm.OW
THESE#ORINTHIANS WHATDID)SAYINTHEFIRSTPLACE4HEYWEREBASING
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l7HEN)COMEAMONGYOU ONEHASTHIS ANDONEHASTHAT ANDONE?
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REAL GENUINE (OLY 3PIRIT INTO SUCH A WAY THAT IT WOULD>7HY IT
WASJUSTIMPOSSIBLETOTELLWHICHWASRIGHTANDWRONGHARDLY
!ND ) SEEN A MAN THAT ) KNEW AND )?AND BY DISCERNMENT
) KNEW THAT MAN WAS LIVING WITH ANOTHER MANkS WIFE !ND HERE HE
WAS STANDING THERE SPEAKING WITH TONGUES AND INTERPRETING AND
EVERYTHING AND GIVING MESSAGES AND IT WAS>!ND THEN ) GOT THE
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!ND?AND THAT NIGHT ) WATCHED THEM AGAIN AND ) THOUGHT
l/H GET ME AWAY FROM HERE ) CANkT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS ISm !ND
)SEENTHOSETHINGSWEREINTHE"IBLE"UTHEREWASONEDOINGITTHAT
DIDNkT HAVE THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD AND THE OTHER ONE DOING IT THAT DID
HAVE THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD 4HEN ) WAS ALL CONFUSED AND ) JUST LEFT THE
WHOLETHINGGO
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%  !NDYEARSLATERAFTERTHEFLOODWASOVER )WASGOING WALKING
UPTHEROAD GOINGTO'REENkS-ILL-R)SLER THESTATESENATOR COMES
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JUST SOMETHING THATkS HAPPENED )T WASNkT BECAUSE ) WAS RELIGIOUS
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ME !ND ) SAID l4HOUGH (E WOULD SLAY ME )kD TRUST (IM JUST THE
SAME!NDIF )WASINHELL ANDTHEREWASSUCHATHINGASLOVEINHELL
)kD STILL LOVE (IMm 4HATkS ALL )TkS SOMETHING IN HERE (EkS RIGHT )
DESERVEEVERYPUNISHMENTTHAT)EVERGOT9OUDOTHESAME"UTITkS
THATANCHOR THATSOMETHING THATANCHOROF LOVEOF 'ODTHATHOLDS
INTHEHUMANHEART OTHERTHINGSBECOMESECONDARILY
%  3ETTINGONALOGUPTHERE )WASPRAYINGABOUTSOMETHINGELSE
ANDMY"IBLECOMEOPEN AND)WASREADINGIN?OVERINTHE"OOKOF
(EBREWS THE TH CHAPTER !ND ) WAS READING THERE HOW THAT l)T IS
IMPOSSIBLEFORTHOSEWHOWEREONCEENLIGHTENED ANDMADEPARTAKERS
OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT SEEING THAT THEY FALL AWAY TO RENEW THEMSELVES
AGAIN UNTO REPENTANCE &OR THE RAIN COMETH OFT UPON THE EARTH TO
WATER IT TO DRESS IT FOR WHICH ITkS PREPARED "UT THAT WHICH IS NIGH
UNTOREJECTION THORNSANDTHISTLES WHICHISNIGHUNTOREJECTIONISTO
BEBURNEDm
!ND THE (OLY 3PIRIT KEPT SPEAKING TO ME ABOUT THAT l7HAT
IS THATm )kD READ IT OVER AGAIN AND THEN A VISION COME !ND ) SAW
THEWORLDSTANDINGBEFOREME TURNINGITWASALLDISKEDUP ANDLIKE
PLOWED ANDREADYFORTOPLANT!NDTHEREWENTAMANBYINWHITE
SOWING SEED !ND AFTER HE WENT AROUND THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH
ANOTHERMANCOMEINBLACK SOWINGSEEDSBEHINDHIM!NDWHENTHE
SEEDS THAT THE GOOD MAN SOWED COME UP WAS WHEAT !ND THE BAD
THEBLACKMANSOWEDTHESEEDSCOMEUPANDDRESSEDINBLACK ITCOME
UPANDITWASWEED!NDOH ONEWASCONTRARYTOTHEOTHER
!ND A GREAT DROUGHT COME IN THE VISION !ND THE LITTLE WHEAT
BOWEDITSHEADITWASJUSTSOTHIRSTYFORADRINK!NDTHE?THEWEED
BOWEDITSHEADITWASTHIRSTYFORADRINK4HENAGREATCLOUDCOME
OVER AND THE RAINS COME DOWN AND THE LITTLE WHEAT RAISED UP AND
BEGINTOSCREAM l0RAISETHE,ORD0RAISETHE,ORDm)TWASSOHAPPY
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4HEN ) UNDERSTOOD 3EE 4HERE IT IS 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL FALL
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.OT BY THE REACTION OF THE 3PIRIT WHETHER THEY HEALED THE SICK OR
WHETHERTHEYSPEAKINTONGUES ORWHETHERTHEYSANGINTHE3PIRIT OR
WHETHERTHEYREJOICETHISAWAYORTHAT THEYCANDOALLTHATANDSTILL
BELOST)TkSYOURLIFEWITHINYOU ABORNEDAGAINEXPERIENCE
%  .OW 0AULWASTRYINGTOGETTHISTOTHOSE#ORINTHIANS
)>-OREOVER BRETHREN ) WOULD HAVE>WOULDNkT HAVE YOU
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AND>PASSEDTHROUGHTHESEA
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4HATkS NOT #HRISTIANITY "ROTHER #HRISTIANITY ISNkT>)TkS SOMETHING
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%  .OW LISTENASWEGOON
!NDALLDIDEATTHATSAMESPIRITUALMANNA
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7HATkS HE SPEAKING OF  4HE RITUALS OF THE CHURCH 0EOPLE
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#HRIST TAKING ON THE .AME OF THE ,ORD *ESUS !ND THEY DID THAT
IN THE WILDERNESS ALSO 0AUL SAID 4HATkS WHAT THE #ORINTHIANS HAD
DONE 4HEY COME IN AND WAS BAPTIZED UNTO #HRIST TOOK ON #HRIST
OUTWARDLY PROFESSIONALLY HAD TAKEN (IM ON INTELLECTUALLY HAD
ACCEPTED(IM
"UT BROTHER ITkS A LOT MORE THAN INTELLECTUALS IT GOES BEYOND
THAT)TGOESTOA?AGENUINEBIRTH NOTJUSTAMENTALCONCEPTIONORIN
ANEMOTIONALWORK BUTABIRTH ANEXPERIENCE SOMETHINGTHATGOES
PLUMB DOWN DEEP INTO THE HEART AND CHANGES THE INNERMOST BEING
THATMAKESYOUDOTHINGSTHATYOUWOULDNOTHAVEDONEOTHERWORDS
)TMAKESYOULOVETHOSEWHOAREUNLOVABLE)TMAKESYOUACTDIFFERENT
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THANYOUEVERTHOUGHTTHATYOUWOULDACT!NDWHENSITUATIONSARISE
ITkSYOURANCHOR9OUDONkTHAVETOWONDER l7ILL)MAKEITm/H NO
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HAS MADE IT (IMSELF !ND ) JUST TRUST IN (IS ANCHOR ALONE 7HAT A
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%  .OTICE4HEYALLTOOKCOMMUNION4HATLIFETHATWASIN>7E
KNOW THAT IT WAS A NATURAL PROCESS BECAUSE IT WAS LITTLE FROST LIKE
THATRAINEDFROMHEAVEN LITTLEWAFERSWITHHONEYONTHEM3EE4HE
WAFER WAS JUST A LITTLE LIKE A CRACKER A LITTLE COOKIE AND HAD HONEY
OVER THE TOP OF IT !ND THEY ALL WERE PARTAKERS OF THAT %VERY ONE
PASSEDTHROUGHTHE2ED3EAANDWASBAPTIZEDTHROUGHTHECLOUDAND
THROUGH THE SEA UNTO -OSES &OLLOWING HIS INSTRUCTIONS OF 'ODkS
SERVANT THEY WERE ALL BAPTIZED UNTO (IM 4HEY WERE ALL FOLLOWERS
AS WE ARE TODAY LED BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT THE GREAT )NSTRUCTOR OF THE
#HRISTIAN #HURCH 7E ARE LED THROUGH TO WATER BAPTISM !ND HE
SAID l4HEY ALL TAKEN OF THE SAME MANNAm 4HE>7HAT DID IT DO
4HAT MANNA FELL FOR +ORAH AND FOR HIS GROUP JUST THE SAME AS IT
DIDFOR-OSES #ALEB AND*OSHUA4HEYWEREALLMIXEDTOGETHER ALL
PARTAKERS OF BAPTISM ALL PARTAKERS OF MEMBERSHIP ALL PARTAKERS OF
CONFESSION ANDNOWALLPARTAKERSOF THECOMMUNION
$OYOUGETIT,OOKATTHATSOLEMNWARNING!ND4ABERNACLE
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DESTINATION HANGS RIGHT THERE $ONkT JUST PASS IT BY LIKE THE LITTLE
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&IRE4HEYALLWERELEDBYTHESAME!NGEL4HEYALLCOMEOUTBYTHE
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SPIRITUAL -ANNA AND THAT -ANNA WAS #HRIST #HRIST COMING DOWN
THE MANNA COME DOWN EVERY NIGHT FROM HEAVEN AND PERISHED HERE
TOSUSTAINTHEPEOPLEINTHEIRJOURNEY!ND#HRISTCOMEFROMHEAVEN
AND GAVE (IS LIFE lTHAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON (IM SHOULD NOT
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AND CINCH IT IN THE HEART OF EVERY PERSON HERE TO SEE WHAT A DEEP
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TOCHURCH
%  .OW LISTEN l4HEYALLDIDEATTHESAMESPIRITUALMANNAm4HINK
OF ITSPIRITUAL-ANNAl/H mYOUSAY l)KNOW)kMSAVED(ALLELUJAH
) SHOUTED IN THE SPIRIT ) FEEL THISm 4HAT DOESNkT HAVE ONE THING TO
DO WITH IT 9OU SEE HOW WE BASE OUR ETERNAL DESTINATION UPON A
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