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 Would you please turn with me in the Word of God to Mark 6, the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 6.

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 As we do so, let us pray and call on the Lord for illumination.

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 O Lord, our God, we are so thankful that you have given us your Word, that you have not

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 left us dependent upon the imaginations of our minds, the idols of our hearts, but that

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 you have revealed yourself to us, that you have spoken clearly and beautifully of hope

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 for sinners, of confidence in you.

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 We pray that the Spirit will now open our hearts and our ears so that we may hear and receive

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 your words, the words of your law and your Gospel, even as you have promised.

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 We ask all this, gracious Father, in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Mark, Chapter 6.

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 Our verse tonight is particularly verse 50.

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 Take heart or take courage.

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 It is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 But we'll pick up the story at verse 30 and read down to verse 52.

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 So Mark 6, verse 30.

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 Let us hear God's own Word.

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 The apostles returned to Jesus and told him all that they had done and taught.

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 And he said to them, come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.

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 For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

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 And they went away in the boat to a desolate place by themselves.

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 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns

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 and got there ahead of them.

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 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were

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 like sheep without a shepherd.

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 And he began to teach them many things.

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 And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, this is a desolate place, and

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 the hour is now late.

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 Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to

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 eat.

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 But he answered them, you give them something to eat.

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 And they said to him, shall we go and buy 200 denarii worth of bread and give it to them to

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 eat?

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 And he said to them, how many loaves do you have?

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 Go and see.

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 And when they had found out, they said, five and two fish.

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 Then he commanded them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

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 So they sat down in groups by hundreds and by fifties.

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 And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing

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 and broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

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 And he divided the two fish among them all, and they all ate and were satisfied.

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 And they took up 12 baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish, and those who ate the

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 loaves were 5,000 men.

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 Immediately, he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side,

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 to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd.

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 And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray.

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 And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land.

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 And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them.

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 And about the fourth watch of the night, he came to them, walking on the sea.

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 He meant to pass by them.

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 But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out,

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 for they all saw him and were terrified.

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 But immediately he spoke to them and said, Take heart.

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 It is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 And he got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased.

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 And they were utterly astounded, for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

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 So far, the reading of God's word.

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 It seems to me that from reports in the media, from world events, geopolitics, things unfolding all around us,

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 many people today are afraid.

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 I think we live in an age of fear and of growing alarm.

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 We're certainly concerned with the destruction of war,

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 great hardships that have come already from that and that seem likely to come.

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 We face difficulties on the economic front.

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 We look around and see what seems to be a radical revolution in the culture's understanding of seemingly everything under the sun.

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 And I think many of us are anxious about the world in which our children or our grandchildren are growing up.

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 The world, if you're younger, the world in which you're coming of age that seems so unstable in our time.

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 I think our instincts are either to be fearful or angry or proud,

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 to think that in our time of crisis,

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 we need somehow to redouble our efforts to create stability for ourselves,

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 to build the right kind of relationship,

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 to find the right solution to world politics that will work,

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 to have sufficient resources,

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 to fund our pensions,

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 things that are good and worth pursuing but are not ultimate.

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 But it seems that it is a moment of great instability.

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 For many people, this has been and continues to be a time of a great deal of stress and a great deal of distress,

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 a time of a great many questions.

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 And when the things that surround us, that we enjoy,

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 that we so often take for granted,

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 are removed or threatened or challenged,

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 it seems that we often fall prey to that great temptation

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 to put our confidence in the creation,

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 in the things that we build and do

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 to try to find some stability.

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 But that's why we as Christians are so privileged to know

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 that our confidence, our foundation,

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 our security rests not in anything created,

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 but in the Creator.

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 Not in our efforts or our policies or our disciplines.

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 That's part of the wonderful heritage that we have from the Reformation.

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 Before the Reformation, I think many Christians,

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 perhaps most Christians,

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 were dominated by a fearful outlook on the world.

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 They feared a world full of demons

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 and all sorts of superstitions.

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 They sometimes feared the church and its inquisition.

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 They feared themselves and their own propensity to sin.

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 And they feared God.

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 Perhaps not a proper fear of God that drives one to seek mercy,

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 but because God was most presented only as a righteous judge

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 who would in any case send them to hell.

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 So Christianity was often characterized by a fearfulness

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 that I think was encouraged,

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 that too much confidence, too much assurance,

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 too much peace with God will make people indifferent,

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 will make people sinful.

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 But when the Reformation came

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 and when people like Luther and Calvin

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 began to recover a sense of the power of God's Word,

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 they were profoundly moved by verses like our text tonight.

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 The words of Jesus,

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 Take heart.

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 Take courage.

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 It is I.

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 Don't be afraid.

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 The message of the Gospel, you see,

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 the message of our Savior, Jesus Christ,

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 is indeed good news.

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 It's good news that is designed to bring peace and hope

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 and an ultimate heavenly stability into the hearts of his people.

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 It is the remedy, the antidote to fear.

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 It is the firm foundation on which we ought to rest as God's people.

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 And one of the great fruits, it seems to me,

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 of the Reformation is a confident and courageous kind of Christianity.

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 Not a kind of Christianity that never faces a fear

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 or never has a problem or is triumphalist,

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 but a kind of Christianity that in the face of problems and fears

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 turns with confidence to God.

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 And from that confidence in God derives a remarkable level of courage

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 to face the realities, the difficulties of this life.

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 So I would like to preach to you tonight about that courage,

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 that confidence that ought to be ours,

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 that call of the Savior who says to us,

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 even now, as he said to his disciples long ago,

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 take heart.

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 Take courage.

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 Be courageous.

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 Don't be afraid.

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 Well, how is it that we can be courageous?

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 From where does that courage come from?

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 I think in this text,

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 this text particularly of our Lord coming to his disciples

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 as they struggle in the sea, in the midst of a storm,

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 this story illustrates for us in a variety of ways

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 how we can have courage,

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 how Christ would have us to take courage.

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 And the first thing that this story says to us

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 is that we are to take courage from his presence.

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 From his glorious presence.

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 We see this story.

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 It's a rather touching story in many ways.

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 The apostles have been preaching.

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 They come back exhausted,

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 yet the needs of ministry continue.

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 Jesus and the disciples are surrounded by needy people.

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 They don't even have time to eat.

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 Jesus says,

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 we'd better get away so we can have some quiet for rest.

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 They get in a boat thinking they can head off from the crowd,

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 but the crowd filled with great need is so determined

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 that they run ahead and gather others

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 so that when the boat lands,

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 there's a larger crowd there waiting.

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 And Jesus ministers to them.

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 Perhaps you notice that the first great act of his ministry to them,

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 as we read it in verse 34,

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 is he began to teach them many things.

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 We must never disparage the critical nature

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 of the church's teaching ministry to those in need.

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 I think that there's nothing more foundational

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 that we need to live the Christian life than the truth.

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 And Jesus, in his exhaustion

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 and in the exhaustion of his disciples,

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 continues to teach.

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 And then seeing the hunger,

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 he feeds them,

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 and a vast number, over 5,000 are there,

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 and then still concerned about the disciples.

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 Jesus sends them on alone,

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 thinking apparently that the crowd won't follow

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 if he stays there with the crowd for a while,

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 and the disciples are sent on.

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 But then the disciples find themselves

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 caught on the sea in difficulty.

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 And Jesus comes to them walking on the water,

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 a most remarkable event in and of itself.

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 We might be tempted to say,

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 well, isn't that the glory of his presence,

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 this display of his miraculous power,

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 the amazing ability of our Lord

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 to do what no human being could do on his own,

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 to walk upon water,

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 to walk upon stormy water,

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 and come to the disciples.

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 But I think when we look a little closer at the text,

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 the revelation of the glorious presence of Christ

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 is much more profound than just that miracle,

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 as important and significant as it is in itself.

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 But there are other things in the passage

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 that point to the glorious character,

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 the presence of God,

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 of the presence of Jesus with his disciples.

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 The first of these we see there in verse 48.

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 He saw the disciples straining at the oars

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 because the wind was against them.

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 About the fourth watch of the night,

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 he came to them walking on the sea.

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 He was about to pass by them.

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 He was about to pass by them.

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 Why about to pass by them?

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 Isn't that sort of a waste of time and energy?

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 If he's just going to walk on by,

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 why walk out in the first place?

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 If we compare the word here to walk by

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 with what we find in the Old Testament,

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 we see that the same verb is used

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 in the Greek version of the Old Testament

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 to describe when Moses had asked to see God's glory.

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 And God, as it is recorded for us in Exodus 33,

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 had taken Moses and hidden him in the cleft of the rock

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 and said,

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 I will pass by.

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 I will accommodate myself to your weakness.

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 And as I do so,

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 you will see the glory that I show you,

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 which is my goodness.

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 My goodness.

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 You will find good news as I pass by.

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 You will find the gospel as I pass by.

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 That's the glory that I will show to you.

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 And that seems to be what's on Mark's mind

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 as he records this story

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 and its meaning for us here in this text.

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 How is the glory of Christ revealed?

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 It's revealed not only in the fact

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 that he can walk along the sea,

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 but also that he is walking past them.

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 He's taking the role of Yahweh himself

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 and the revelation of his glory.

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 And he is saying to them,

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 I am your God come in the flesh to be with you.

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 I am not just a wonder worker who can walk on the sea,

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 but I am God himself who comes to you and for you.

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 And I am here with you even now.

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 I am that cleft in the rock.

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 And I will hide you in my protection.

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 My presence will give you the true stability

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 that you're looking for.

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 But as so often in the gospel account

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 and from this fact,

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 I suppose we should take a lot of encouragement.

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 The disciples are so often wrong.

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 They so often miss the point.

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 It shows the great patience of our God.

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 And the patience of our God

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 is something that we should be reassured about often

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 because we are so often wrong.

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 They completely miss the point.

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 They don't see the glory.

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 They don't anticipate that this Jesus,

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 whom they've seen multiply five loaves and two fish

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 to feed over 5,000 people,

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 they're surprised that he is glorious in this way.

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 And so they completely mistake what was happening.

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 Verse 49,

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 when they saw him walking on the sea,

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 they thought it was a ghost.

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 Isn't that pathetic?

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 They're still caught up in all kinds of superstitions.

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 They can't believe their own eyes.

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 Rather than believe that Jesus is the glorious God

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 come to be with them and to help them

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 and to reveal himself to them,

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 they take refuge in some kind of superstition

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 about ghosts on the water.

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 And they cry out and are terrified.

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 So not only does the Savior perform this miracle

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 of walking on the water,

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 not only does he seek to reveal his own glory

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 as he would pass them by,

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 but then he speaks to them.

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 And here too we see something

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 of the glory of his presence.

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 He not only says take heart

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 or take courage

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 and don't be afraid,

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 but also we read here that he says,

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 it is I.

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 It is I.

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 Now that's not a bad translation

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 of what we read in the Greek,

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 but it misses the force

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 of what Mark has intended for us to hear

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 in the words of the Savior

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 because the text literally says,

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 take heart,

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 I am,

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 don't be afraid.

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 I am.

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 Here again you see the Savior

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 is identifying himself

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 with the great Old Testament God,

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 Yahweh,

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 who revealed himself

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 as the great I am

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 whose very name Yahweh

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 is rooted in the very notion of being.

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 Jesus is saying to them,

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 like I told Moses long ago,

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 I am.

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 Or as we find him saying

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 in the Gospel of John,

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 before Abraham was,

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 I am.

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 This is a claim of divinity.

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 No Jew would have missed it.

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 Mark doesn't want us to miss it.

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 This is part of the glorious presence

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 of the Savior.

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 We are to know

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 that Savior is indeed true man,

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 but here the point of this text

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 is that he is true God,

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 come in the flesh

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 to be with his people,

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 to be present with them,

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 to show his glory,

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 that we might be encouraged,

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 that we might be confident,

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 that when we face distress,

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 we can know that the great I am,

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 the eternal almighty God,

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 who made all that there is,

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 is with us in the face of Jesus Christ,

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 and that the Savior will come to us

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 and will help us.

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 And that's the second point of this text,

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 I think.

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 It's not only his presence,

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 the glorious presence of the Savior

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 that's revealed,

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 but also his power that is revealed

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 to encourage us here.

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 His power is displayed here

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 for a gracious purpose,

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 to help and to save.

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 He saves them, doesn't he?

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 They're straining at the oars.

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 They were not sure

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 they could reach the shore

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 because the wind was against them.

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 Caught in a storm,

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 they are afraid,

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 and Jesus comes to them

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 and speaks a word,

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 and the storm is calm.

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 Here is power,

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 power for a gracious purpose,

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 to save, to provide.

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 Once again,

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 the disciples live up

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 to their total inability

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 to grasp what is going on,

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 verse 51 and 52.

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 They were utterly astounded.

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 They are completely amazed

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 because they had not understood

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 about the loaves,

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 but their hearts were hardened.

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 It's as if Mark is saying,

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 why should they have been so amazed?

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 But the reason they are so amazed

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 at the miracle

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 of the calming of the storm

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 is because they had never understood

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 the miracle of the feeding

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 of the 5,000.

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 That's to say,

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 they had never seen

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 in Jesus Christ

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 what they ought to have seen,

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 what was clearly revealed to them

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 by these actions.

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 Look at verse 34

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 of Mark chapter 6.

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 When he, Jesus,

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 went ashore,

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 he saw a great crowd

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 and he had compassion on them

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 because they were like sheep

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 without a shepherd.

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 He had compassion on them

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 because he was the good shepherd.

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 His heart was filled with love

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 for his people

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 because he was fulfilling the duty

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 and the privilege

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 that the Father had given him

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 and that he had freely undertaken,

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 that he had come to be

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 that good shepherd.

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 That savior of his people.

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 The provider for those in need.

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 The one who would exercise

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 gracious power for them.

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 He had shown that

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 by taking time to teach them.

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 And he had shown that

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 by providing bread and fish

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 to nourish them.

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 But they didn't get it.

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 Why didn't they get it?

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 They didn't get it

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 because for them

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 it was all about themselves.

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 It was all about

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 what they could get

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 out of Christ.

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 When they had rushed ahead

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 to get ahead of Jesus

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 in the boat

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 before the feeding

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 of the 5,000,

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 why had they rushed?

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 Was it because

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 they were so devoted

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 to the Savior?

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 Was it because

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 they were so eager

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 to be with him,

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 to have fellowship

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 with him?

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 Was it because

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 they had sensed

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 his glorious presence

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 and his gracious power?

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 No, they had rushed ahead

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 so that they could get healed.

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 So that they could get

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 what they wanted.

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 When they were hungry

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 and he fed them,

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 they didn't think about him

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 but only about themselves

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 and what they required.

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 So too,

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 when the crowd,

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 when he comes,

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 when Christ comes

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 and he saves the disciples

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 as they're caught

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 in the storm,

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 do they think about him

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 and who he is?

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 No, they don't get it.

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 They don't get

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 that this gracious power

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 is revealing to them

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 a Savior

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 and a provider

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 beyond what they

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 could have hoped.

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 One who will never

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 let them go.

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 Who will never

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 abandon them.

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 Who will provide

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 for them

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 all that they need

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 so that they can

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 take courage

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 and not be afraid.

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 So that,

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 as things so often

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 seem,

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 as the world

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 crumbles around them,

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 they can be sure

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 of the permanence,

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 of the reliability,

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 of the stability

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 that they have

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 and the Savior,

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 the great I am

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 in Christ,

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 that God's ultimate

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 verdict is sure

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 that nothing

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 can thwart

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 his purposes.

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 You see,

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 the disciples here

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 as they so often

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 do are trying

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 to fit God

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 into their story.

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 They're always asking

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 the question,

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 how does God

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.200
 apply to my life?

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 How does God

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 fit into what I

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 want to do?

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 How does God

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 meet my needs?

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 That's not the first

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.879
 question I think

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 God would have us

00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.059
 to ask,

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 is it?

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 Our question

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 ought to be,

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.440
 how has God

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 brought me

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:30.099
 into his story?

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.519
 How have I been

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.200
 brought into the

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 great history

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.700
 of redemption?

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 Which goes back

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 to Israel

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 in the Old Testament,

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.639
 back to Abraham

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 and the patriarchs,

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 back to the promise

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 in the garden,

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 back to the eternal

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:45.380
 plan of the Father

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 and the Son

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 with the Spirit

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 that Christ

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 should be given

00:22:48.780 --> 00:22:49.440
 a people

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 that he will save

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 and redeem,

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 a kingdom

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 that has no end?

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 You see,

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 when we first know

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 the character

00:22:58.520 --> 00:22:59.340
 of our Savior,

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 when we see

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 how the Lord

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:03.060
 reveals his compassion

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 and his love,

00:23:04.360 --> 00:23:05.000
 his care

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.080
 and provision

00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:06.680
 for us,

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.560
 it must melt

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.299
 our hearts

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 if we are

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:10.779
 his people.

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 It must enable

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 us to say,

00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:13.960
 whatever distress

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.980
 I face,

00:23:15.659 --> 00:23:16.759
 whatever difficulty

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.779
 I know,

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 I can take courage

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 because I have

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 such a Savior.

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 And the Scriptures

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:27.039
 invite us to have

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.299
 that kind of courage

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 even when Jesus

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 does not come

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.659
 immediately

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 to remove

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 our distress

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 as we would wish.

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 think of these

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 words in Hebrews

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.360
 chapter 10

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 verse 32

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 where the author

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 of the epistle

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.740
 to the Hebrews

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 is trying to

00:23:45.140 --> 00:23:46.259
 stir up in the people

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 the kind of devotion

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 and confidence

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 that they have once had.

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 Hebrews 10

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 32

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 we read,

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 Remember those

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 earlier days

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 when you had

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 received the light

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 and stood your ground

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 in a great contest

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 in the face

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 of suffering?

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 Sometimes you were

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.580
 publicly exposed

00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.419
 to insult

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 and persecution.

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 At other times

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 you stood side

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 by side

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 with those

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 who were so treated.

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 You sympathized

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.639
 with those in prison

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 and joyfully accepted

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.319
 the confiscation

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.199
 of your property

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 because you knew

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.519
 that you yourselves

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 had better

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.720
 and lasting possessions.

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 So do not

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.899
 throw away

00:24:22.899 --> 00:24:23.619
 your confidence.

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.679
 It will be

00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:25.679
 richly rewarded.

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.699
 You need to persevere

00:24:27.699 --> 00:24:28.559
 so that when you

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.379
 have done the will

00:24:29.379 --> 00:24:29.819
 of God

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.859
 you will receive

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:32.220
 what he has promised.

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:34.240
 For in just

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.120
 a very little while

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 he who is coming

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 will come

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 and will not delay.

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 But my righteous

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.299
 one will live

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.079
 by faith

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 and if he shrinks

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.799
 back

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 I will not be

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.539
 pleased with him.

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 You see

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.000
 these were

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.180
 suffering people

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.799
 and they were

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:53.100
 prone sometimes

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.740
 to wonder

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:55.140
 where is God?

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:57.400
 Where is the promise

00:24:57.400 --> 00:24:58.259
 of his coming?

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.380
 Where is the help

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 that I need?

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 And Hebrews

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.859
 says even

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.539
 when that help

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.319
 does not come

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.799
 as quickly

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.799
 as we would wish

00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:07.319
 as we would

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:08.220
 like it to see

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 as we would

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.859
 like to see it

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 we're told

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 do not throw

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 away your confidence

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 for in just

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 a very little

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 while

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:19.319
 he who is coming

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 will come

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 and will not

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.120
 delay.

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 That's the promise.

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 That's the promise

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 that he's not

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 far away

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 that he is not

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 late in coming

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 that he knows

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 our need

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 and will use

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.359
 his gracious

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 power to give

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:37.500
 us what we need

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 to sustain us

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 therefore take

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.979
 heart

00:25:40.979 --> 00:25:43.079
 be courageous

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:45.639
 don't be afraid.

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 Our courage

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.819
 comes not only

00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.899
 from his presence

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 and from his power

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 but also from

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:54.299
 the prayer

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.299
 of the Savior.

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 we need always

00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:57.960
 to remember

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.519
 that Jesus

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 was a man

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 of prayer.

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 He was a man

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.319
 of prayer

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 not only

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 to model

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:03.960
 for us

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 the centrality

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.419
 of prayer

00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:06.159
 the importance

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:06.740
 of prayer

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.339
 in the Christian

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 life

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 but also

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.639
 and above all

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.559
 because he was

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.460
 in constant

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.119
 fellowship

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:13.079
 and communication

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.539
 with the Father.

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 So we read

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:18.139
 in verse 46

00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:19.240
 of Mark

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:20.159
 chapter 6

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.160
 verse 46

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.900
 after he had

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.740
 taken leave

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.180
 of them

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.920
 that is the

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.300
 crowd

00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:25.300
 to whom he

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 had been

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.400
 ministering

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.580
 he went up

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 on the mountain

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 to pray

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 and when evening

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:31.140
 came

00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.759
 the boat

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.220
 was out

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.840
 on the sea

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.540
 and he was

00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:33.940
 alone

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.620
 on the land

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:35.940
 and he saw

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.460
 that they were

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.259
 making headway

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.940
 painfully

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.980
 straining

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:40.060
 against the oars

00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:41.240
 for the wind

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.140
 was against them.

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.580
 Now

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:45.040
 did he see

00:26:45.040 --> 00:26:45.840
 them in his

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.360
 prayers?

00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:48.220
 Did he finish

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.880
 his prayers

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.680
 and then see

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.000
 them?

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.080
 I think the

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:51.900
 text is unclear

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.759
 but it does

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.519
 want to relate

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.580
 very carefully

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.940
 and very closely

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:57.060
 the prayers

00:26:57.060 --> 00:26:57.900
 of the Savior

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:59.220
 to his seeing

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.920
 the needs

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.840
 of his people.

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.100
 And we need

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.580
 to remember

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.180
 that that is

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.940
 still true

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.759
 of the Savior

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.340
 today.

00:27:07.820 --> 00:27:08.440
 His priestly

00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:09.000
 work you'll

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.560
 remember is

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.120
 twofold.

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.460
 First to offer

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.540
 himself as the

00:27:12.540 --> 00:27:14.000
 sacrifice for sin.

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.980
 That's the first

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.900
 great work of a

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.660
 priest to offer

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.340
 sacrifice.

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.380
 But the second

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.140
 work continues

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.600
 even to this

00:27:21.600 --> 00:27:21.960
 day.

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.820
 The work of

00:27:22.820 --> 00:27:23.380
 prayer.

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.140
 The priest

00:27:25.140 --> 00:27:25.820
 first of all

00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.860
 offers sacrifice

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.680
 for the people

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.500
 and then he

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.520
 intercedes for

00:27:29.520 --> 00:27:29.759
 them.

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.160
 He prays for

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.440
 them.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.520
 And the

00:27:32.520 --> 00:27:33.259
 scripture tells

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.259
 us over and

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.200
 over again

00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.140
 that Jesus

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:37.000
 Christ is

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.120
 still praying

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.759
 for us.

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.680
 That he still

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.320
 knows our

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.740
 need.

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.040
 That he still

00:27:43.040 --> 00:27:43.940
 sees us in

00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.759
 our difficulty.

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.180
 and he

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.200
 prays to the

00:27:47.200 --> 00:27:47.960
 father for

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:49.000
 us that we

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.379
 would be

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:50.359
 guarded and

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:50.900
 protected.

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.440
 The Savior

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.279
 knows our

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.799
 weaknesses.

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.099
 He knows our

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.539
 doubts.

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.779
 He knows our

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.460
 difficulties.

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.599
 He knows even

00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.319
 our times of

00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.339
 indifference to

00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:00.980
 the things of

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.319
 God.

00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.799
 But he tells

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.339
 us, doesn't

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.539
 he, draw near

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:06.220
 for I am with

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.440
 you and you

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.059
 will receive

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.879
 mercy and

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.759
 grace to

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.720
 help in

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.259
 times of

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.579
 need.

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:13.639
 Again we

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.079
 read in

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.039
 Hebrews 6

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.799
 and 7 that

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.619
 Jesus is our

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.579
 priest forever.

00:28:18.379 --> 00:28:18.659
 That he

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.759
 always lives to

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.599
 make intercession

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.119
 for his

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.519
 people.

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.139
 And he

00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.779
 says to us,

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:23.659
 I have come

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.639
 to you that

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.500
 you might flee

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.199
 to me for

00:28:26.199 --> 00:28:27.419
 refuge, that

00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.139
 you might have

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:29.539
 strong encouragement

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.960
 to hold fast to

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:32.000
 the hope set

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:33.259
 before you, the

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.099
 sure and

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.379
 steadfast anchor

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.419
 of your soul.

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.319
 And that's a

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.139
 critical part of

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.859
 the work of our

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.240
 Savior.

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.179
 That he is

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.120
 always caring

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.880
 for us, that

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.779
 he is always

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.200
 guarding us, that

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.080
 he is always

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:47.400
 providing for us

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.580
 all that we

00:28:48.580 --> 00:28:48.980
 need.

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.400
 Let us remember

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.220
 loved ones that

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.460
 we have such a

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.880
 Savior, that we

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.960
 have such a

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:57.100
 mediator who

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:58.480
 cares for us, who

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.820
 never forgets us.

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.240
 You see that's

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.100
 the reality that

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.860
 so moved our

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.759
 forebears in the

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.759
 faith with

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.720
 confidence in

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.019
 God.

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:08.840
 Perhaps some of

00:29:08.840 --> 00:29:09.400
 you have heard

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.120
 one of the great

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:11.100
 16th century

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.359
 Reformation quotes

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.919
 from a Spanish

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.639
 soldier who

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.199
 said he would

00:29:15.199 --> 00:29:15.879
 rather face a

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.639
 whole army than

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.539
 one Calvinist

00:29:17.539 --> 00:29:19.059
 committed to

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.659
 doing the will

00:29:19.659 --> 00:29:20.139
 of God.

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.779
 That's a

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.839
 motivating confidence

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.599
 in God.

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.719
 It says, my

00:29:25.719 --> 00:29:26.980
 God is with me

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:28.259
 in his presence,

00:29:28.719 --> 00:29:29.639
 in his power,

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.039
 in his prayers,

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:33.119
 and in a world

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:34.740
 of difficulty and

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.500
 discouragement,

00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:37.939
 of conflict and

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:40.360
 war, of political

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:42.019
 soundbites, of

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.860
 forces that would

00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.680
 compete for our

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.779
 attention endlessly,

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.580
 that would jostle us

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:47.519
 like boats in a

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:47.860
 storm.

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.980
 We need to be

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:50.120
 reminded that in

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:51.279
 our Savior, Jesus

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:53.340
 Christ, we receive a

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:54.680
 kingdom that cannot be

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:56.680
 shaken, and that we

00:29:56.680 --> 00:29:58.000
 have even now a

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.960
 foretaste of all that

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:01.600
 we will have fully on

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.340
 the last day.

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:06.819
 I was reminded of

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.519
 that this morning.

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.419
 That's why we come

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.480
 to church, isn't it?

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:11.659
 So that we can hear

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:13.119
 again and again,

00:30:13.439 --> 00:30:14.579
 because we forget,

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:16.859
 we doubt, we're not

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:18.000
 always convinced it's

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.240
 true.

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:19.419
 We need to be reminded

00:30:19.419 --> 00:30:21.159
 that God has made real

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:22.480
 promises to us with

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.480
 real words.

00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:26.799
 We can see, as we did

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:28.319
 this morning, twice,

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:32.199
 real water to seal

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.299
 that promise to us

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.840
 in baptism, real bread

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:36.000
 and wine to nourish

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.840
 us in the supper.

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.480
 We come so that we

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.720
 can hear and sing

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.759
 and pray God's word

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:44.700
 together, so that we

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.680
 might be a people

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.519
 together that knows

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.080
 our God and that has

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:50.400
 great confidence in

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:50.600
 him.

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.980
 But then we read in

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:57.380
 Mark 6 that at the

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.920
 time, the disciples

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:00.019
 were amazed.

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.539
 They were

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.279
 astounded.

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:04.059
 That is, they were

00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:05.079
 filled with wonder.

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.500
 That is, they were

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.160
 impressed.

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.000
 Throughout the gospel

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.200
 accounts, we find people

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:13.220
 being impressed.

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.359
 The trouble with being

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:17.500
 impressed is that it's

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.639
 what happens to those

00:31:18.639 --> 00:31:19.660
 who go to the circus,

00:31:20.660 --> 00:31:22.680
 to those who hang out

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.559
 with celebrities,

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.119
 politicians who can

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:26.000
 promise to do

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:27.299
 impressive things.

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:29.740
 our Savior does not

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.399
 want us to be

00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:30.899
 impressed.

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 He wants us to

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 believe.

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 But what is it to

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.319
 believe?

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.899
 It is here revealed to

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:39.019
 us that believing is to

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 see the glorious

00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:41.319
 presence of Christ and

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.180
 not be afraid.

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 To know that he is not

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.680
 a ghost, but he is

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 alive and he is with

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.419
 us.

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 It is to have faith,

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 to know and trust that

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.519
 the gracious power of

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.740
 our Savior is

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:54.500
 exercised for us.

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.759
 to know and trust that

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:58.059
 the guarding prayers of

00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:00.059
 our mediator surround us

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:01.079
 at all times.

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:04.059
 To hear and believe when

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.039
 he says to us,

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:06.920
 take heart, take

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.380
 courage, be

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 courageous, do not be

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:10.940
 afraid.

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 What difficulty that we

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.839
 face could ever stand

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.799
 against our Savior?

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.720
 May God grant to each

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.980
 one of us that courage

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 that we find only in

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.640
 Christ.

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 Amen.

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 Let us pray.

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:34.960
 O Lord, our God, we

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.640
 thank you that we have

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.380
 such a Savior.

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:40.120
 We pray that again and

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:42.039
 again that we might be

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.180
 renewed in our

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.640
 believing.

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:46.960
 We confess it is so easy

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:49.319
 for us, O Lord, to be

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:51.100
 overwhelmed by the things

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.879
 of this world.

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:54.699
 By very real and

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:56.059
 legitimate fears and

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.980
 struggles and to take

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.079
 our eyes off of the

00:32:59.079 --> 00:33:00.539
 Savior so that we do

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.819
 not hear his gracious

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.299
 word.

00:33:03.359 --> 00:33:05.059
 But, O Lord, we ask

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.719
 that word would ring in

00:33:06.719 --> 00:33:07.899
 our hearts and minds

00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:10.179
 that he is and that he

00:33:10.179 --> 00:33:12.500
 is for us who are his

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:12.899
 people.

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 He is the mighty one

00:33:14.939 --> 00:33:16.279
 whose kingdom cannot be

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.740
 toppled.

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:19.519
 By your spirit, we ask

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:21.000
 that we may embrace and

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.359
 hold fast to that

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:23.799
 blessed hope of eternal

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:25.440
 life which you have

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:27.119
 given us in Christ.

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:29.339
 We pray that you would

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:31.259
 fill us with that faith,

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:33.519
 O Lord, and from that

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:36.539
 faith let courage flow as

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.500
 we live for you.

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:40.420
 Hear us, for we pray all

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:42.759
 of this in Christ's name.

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.460
 Amen.

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:43.599
 Amen.

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:50.099
 Would you please stand with

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:52.579
 me as we sing together our

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:55.359
 final psalm, Psalm 121.

00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:57.059
 Amen.

00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:03.059
 Amen.

00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:03.459
 Amen.

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.099
 Amen.

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.439
 Amen.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.199
 Amen.

00:34:05.199 --> 00:34:05.240
 Amen.

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.179
 Amen.

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:06.240
 Amen.

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:08.339
 Amen.

00:34:08.339 --> 00:34:08.980
 Amen.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.900
 Amen.

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.380
 Amen.

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:11.759
 Amen.

00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.259
 Speaker 3, 0 Spinning

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 Em bumpy

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.299
 wind

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:16.059
 This is Awakening

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.279
出来

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:16.440
 In Mississippi

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.619
 in mi

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 my

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.819
 shoe

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 23, 0

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 That it is

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.500
 fire

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:22.779
 Wow.

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.380
 Devil

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.940
 Inim