Choosing Light: The Call to Spiritual Awakening

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"The verdict is lights come, there's there's no excuse to be in darkness now life has come Jesus has come to the world, but men love Darkness more than like your if your version says instead of like the bitter translation is they love Darkness more than life." [00:17:00]

"Everyone who is doing evil, he hates the light why because you see it's evil light makes it what it is that is wrong so we don't come to the light because he doesn't want to be seen what he's doing, it's not so this is remember we're talking about the Gentiles being darkened and understanding." [00:17:42]

"How much evidence has God made available for all men then he sure has let's look in uh, that's why Paul said this there in, in what Jesus said is in perfect agreement with Paul Paul says Jesus said they don't come to the light for fear that their deeds would be exposed Paul says don't live like the Gentiles do in the vanity of their mind they're darkened in their understanding." [00:18:29]

"The wrath of God is being revealed against Heaven against all manner of ungodliness and righteousness of men who do what suppress the truth, it's not that they don't know the truth it's they don't want to know the truth is God is the is he Reign is he wrath of God in the anger of God being expressed against little children who don't know anything." [00:20:36]

"Even when God judged Israel and made a whole generation die in the wilderness it was only everyone who was 20 years old or more who died everyone younger than 20 years of age was shown mercy and Grace and they actually entered the promised land after the older generation which was held accountable the generation had seen all the Miracles experienced the Mana drank water from the rock all of the things that God had done that generation was held accountable for what they knew and what they should have understood the younger generation was not." [00:21:09]

"Peter is talking about individuals in the church, in the church and they speak swollen words of vanity what these guys are good speakers, they're excellent Origins, but what does he mean by swollen words of vanity remember what vanity is Vanity means without a proper basis or without a legitimate purpose we know what the basis of Life Is God gives life and has created all things that he might be glorified." [00:24:17]

"Walking in a light it means you want God to see everything you want to be clear there's nothing to hide why do people walk in darkness remember what did Jesus says everyone who does what does evil hates the light and he will not come to the light he loves Darkness more than life so what does it mean to walk in darkness if you don't want me to know everything you're doing." [00:27:43]

"Walking in the light is holding to the actual truth of what Jesus and his Apostles have taught simply play very close attention to this simply trying to do what you think is right is not the same as walking in the light is right the guys that go into the bars and getting drunk they think I'm not trying to drink too much." [00:28:47]

"Let's look at uh the consequence of not knowing god because you choose to stay in the Darkness, there's a verse that expresses this it's talking about an accountable uh your how a person is held accountable for being ignorant when you should know when God has given enough evidence to know and you don't there's a there's a price to pay." [00:29:50]

"This hardness is a result of refusing to hear or accept the truth of God Amen it's a hardness through resistance, it's a rejection of God's multiple attempts to call people to himself and restore them to relationship with him and this is what the writer of Hebrews warns about." [00:35:21]

"The deceitfulness of sin hardens the heart against God's Own attempts to to save a person and uh then and notice it also says in Verses 4 19 Ephesians 4 19 is Paul is talking about a progression so far it's don't live like the Gentiles the vanity of their mind being darkened in their understanding separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their heart." [00:36:41]

"God deserves Glory and Honor always at all times from all those who refuse to live that way or vain in their mind." [00:44:50]

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