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Jiang says the concrete thing that moved Jephthah away from God was the desire for worldly power, and that the connection to God is lost when power becomes the object of will.
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Connection to God
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"the really hard to win battle and he wanted god to really help him you wanted power yeah you understand"
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"...want power when you want worldly power that's what severes connection to god you've always had it but you lose it when you want..."
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"...logic it doesn't make sense your intuition comes from your connection to God which is an expression of your faith in God okay so..."
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"how do they break their connection to god by understanding themselves"
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"like how did we lose our connection to god you're saying we lost our connection to god but how do we lose it because..."
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"...as you mentioned before whether or not to lose our connection to god how did why did"
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"...this but jesus taught that we all have a direct connection to god okay that's what jesus taught but the church says no no..."
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"...You're being attentive, you're being present, you're focusing on your connection to God, right? Whereas in normal life, you're distracted by all these affairs..."
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"...of betrayal which spreads all around the world diminishing people's connection to god diminishing people's capacity to love in heaven we'll find the opposite..."
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"...us, that is surrendering our humanity. That is breaking our connection to God. Therefore, it is better to die than be a slave. And..."
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