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3rd day of creation & 3rd miracle in John
Dry land above the seas
Gen 1 : 9 – 13
Honky Harjo – 16 Feb 2025
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From previous sermon
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2nd day : Separation of the water below
from the water above
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In the eyes of man,
the water below and the water above may look similar
but they are very different
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Previously the Samaritan woman drank from
the water below
She had a tiring life and shame in her life
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Later the Samaritan woman was willing
to receive the water above from Jesus
She received the message of
sanctification (total forgiveness) from Jesus
Thereafter, she had a new life. No more shame.
Lots of joy and blessings for her and others around her
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The royal official in Cana accepted the message from Christ
He accepted the water above from Christ
His son was healed and the whole family
experienced a new life
The healing was done at the 7th hour
Sabbath has come to them
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God separates the water below from the water above,
so that we only drink from the water above
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3rd day : God created dry land with vegetation, seed, and fruit bearing trees
Gen 1 : 9 – 13
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Gen 1:9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the waters He called “seas”; and God saw that it was good.
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Gen 1: 11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to their kind with seed in them”; and it was so. 12 The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
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Gen 1:9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of the waters He called “seas”; and God saw that it was good.
The dry land is above the seas
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When we are willing to receive the water above
thru the message of sanctification from Jesus,
We will be able to forgive ourselves
And therefore we will not be drown in the seas of religion that is full of condemnation
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When we are willing to receive the water above
thru the message of sanctification from Jesus,
We will be able to forgive others
And therefore we will not be drown in the seas of religion that is full of judgement
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When God has made us able to forgive ourselves
and able to forgive others
We have risen above the seas of religion
And we will be ready to enter God’s land above the seas,
which is His kingdom of heaven on earth
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What happens in the land of the kingdom of heaven
on earth ?
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Gen 1:11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.
The dry land become earth,
because it is watered by the water above
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Gen 1:11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.
God watered the dry land to become
fertile earth by using the water above
Anyone who lives in that land will also receive the water above, that will
bless them and people around them
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Gen 1:12 The earth produced vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, according to their kind; and God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
The watered earth will produce
good vegetation, staples, and fruits
Anyone who lives there,
will be well fed and enjoy sweet life
And grow
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The water above (the message from Jesus) is able
to not only sanctify us but to also to bless us
And bless everything around us
Anyone who live in the kingdom of heaven,
will receive continuous sanctification and
overflowing blessings for them and others around them
They will drink, eat and grow
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When we have tasted so much blessings
in the kingdom of heaven
We will be able let go and overcome
the failures of our own in our life
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When we have enjoyed so much blessings
in the kingdom of heaven
We will be able let go and overcome
the failures of others in our life
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When we have let go and overcome
the failures of our own and the failures of others
We have grown from weak little children
to become strong adults
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God’s creation in day 3
God created the kingdom of heaven on earth
to transform men
from weak little children to become strong adult
By His sanctification and blessings
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3rd miracle in John : the healing at Bethesda
John 5 : 1 – 9
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John 5:1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes. 3 In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or paralyzed.
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John 5:5 Now a man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, said to him, “Do you want to get well?”
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John 5:7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” 9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.
Now it was a Sabbath on that day.
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John 5:1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now in Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate, there is a pool which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porticoes.
The meaning of Bethesda is House of Grace
A place where God pours out His grace
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John 5:3 In these porticoes lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, limping, or paralyzed. 5 Now a man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.
Despite that Bethesda is a place of God’s grace, there is a man who has been ill for 38 years
(almost whole life long)
What went wrong ?
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John 5:6 Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, said to him, “Do you want to get well?”
The sick man was in a low position
Just like a weak little child
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John 5:6 Jesus, upon seeing this man lying there and knowing that he had already been in that condition for a long time, said to him, “Do you want to get well?”
Jesus asked the man whether
he wanted to become well;
strong like an adult
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John 5:7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
The man acknowledged that
he used to blame himself
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John 5:7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
The man acknowledged that
he used to blame others
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A man who is still drowning in the seas of religion,
likes to blame himself, and others
for his problems in life
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John 5:8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” 9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath on that day.
Jesus made the man
able to rise, walk and carry the pallet
Like an adult
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John 5:9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath on that day.
Now that the man has become well,
he stopped blaming himself and others
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John 5:9 Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was a Sabbath on that day.
Sabbath has come to the man
God’s sanctification and blessings have come to the man
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God blessed us in His kingdom of heaven
So that we will not blame ourselves and others
for the problems in our life
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The 3rd miracle in John :
Jesus made an ill man, who was weak like a little child,
to become strong like a man
Able to rise, walk and be strong
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God’s creation in day 3
God sanctifies and blesses us in His kingdom of heaven
So that we can forgive ourselves and others
and we can stop blaming ourselves and others
And grow from weak little children to become strong man
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Day 1 : Let there be light
Yesus came, so that His new creation can see God’s love
Day 2 : God separates the waters
Jesus sanctifies us with water from above, so that we can become God’s holy child and able to forgive ourselves and others
Day 3 : God created dry land above the seas
Jesus blesses us with food from the kingdom of heaven, so God’s little children can grow to become adult and can overcome the failures of ourselves and others in our lives
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2 Pet 3:8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
Now we are in the year 2025
We are just entering day 3, when the world will be blessed by God’s kingdom of heaven
Mat 24:14 This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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We are approaching the end time
Mat 24:14 This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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What will happen in day 4 ?
This will be the topic of the next sermon
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Topic for March 2nd 2025 sermon
2 great lights and stars in the heaven
Gen 1 : 14 – 19 John 6 : 1 - 14
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Today’s discipleship material
Whatever we ask, we receive from Him
1 John 3 : 19 - 24