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 Father, we think we know our hearts, but we don't really.

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 We keep surprising ourselves.

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 And Father, we don't always know how we have unworthy thoughts of you.

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 And we don't always realize how proud and self-centered we are.

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 We don't always realize, Father, how easy it is for us to think that we are your judge

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 and that you do not measure up to our standards.

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 So, Father, we ask that your Holy Spirit would do a wonderful work in us this morning,

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 that your Holy Spirit would use your word to reveal our true hearts to ourselves.

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 And as you revealed our true hearts to ourself,

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 Father, may you bring Jesus close to us, ever closer.

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 May you bring his word close to us,

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 that he might form our hearts, heal our hearts,

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 so that we might perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name.

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 And this we ask in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, we have a text that seems to talk about demons.

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 Not seems to, does in fact talk about demons.

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 And it seems as if to Canadian,

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 and I think I know we have at least one person from the great United States of America with us.

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 I think for most Americans, most Canadians, probably anybody from any of the Western world,

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 it seems in this story as if Jesus is rude, ill-mannered, unfeeling,

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 and it's very troublesome to us.

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 If you think about it for a second,

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 if I was to give you as an assignment

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 that you had to share this text with your next-door neighbors,

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 or your co-workers,

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 or some of the people you go to school with,

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 it would be something that you wouldn't actually look forward to doing,

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 because it's a text of the Bible

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 that doesn't seem to put Jesus in a very good light,

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 and it would put us sort of on the wrong foot.

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 So, we're going to look at the text.

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 But just before we look at the text,

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 there's a couple of things that we need to sort of clear out of the way.

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 And the first one is,

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 so it's in Matthew chapter 15.

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 It'd be good if you could find it in your Bibles.

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 It's the very first book in the New Testament,

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 Matthew chapter 15, verse 21.

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 Matthew 15, 21.

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 And the first thing to remember about this

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 is that what we're reading here

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 is it looks all fancy like it's a Bible,

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 but it's an eyewitness biography of Jesus.

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 That's what this is.

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 It's an eyewitness biography of Jesus.

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 If you could put up the first point, Andrew,

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 that would be very helpful.

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 Matthew was a very, very bad man.

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 He would be,

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 if you could just imagine

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 that you found out,

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 basically what he did is

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 the Romans had invaded

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 and taken over the Jewish people,

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 and they needed some Jewish people

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 who knew how Jewish people thought

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 and how they hid money

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 and who had money and who didn't

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 and how to know if somebody had money

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 and how to know if they didn't.

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 And so they would get Jewish people

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 who could figure that stuff out

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 and they would hire them

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 to help them collect taxes from people.

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 And the Jewish people

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 that they put in this position

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 to collect taxes for the Romans,

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 the Romans basically knew

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 that they'd be very greedy.

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 And so what they basically said is,

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 listen, you have this territory,

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 let's say it's Jerusalem,

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 and let's say we need a million dollars

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 in taxation from Jerusalem this year,

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 but all we care about is a million dollars.

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 If you collect 1.5 million

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 or 2 million or 3 million,

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 the rest of it's yours

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 as long as we get our million dollars.

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 And that's what the tax collectors would do.

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 They would figure out who had the money,

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 they would use the force of the state

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 to collect the money,

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 but they'd always collect more money

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 than the Romans asked for

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 and they would pocket it themselves.

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 So they were basically making money

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 for their oppressors

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 and pocketing lots of money for themselves.

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 And that's who Matthew was.

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 Matthew was a person who had done that

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 for his living for quite a few years

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 until one day he met Jesus

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 and his life was completely

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 and utterly turned around.

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 And what we're reading here

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 is an ancient biography

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 written by an eyewitness

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 while eyewitnesses were still alive.

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 And so Matthew in his claim,

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 there's some people in our culture,

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 I can think of many people

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 that I have conversations with.

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 If I was to look at this text,

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 beyond the apparent rudeness of Jesus,

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 their eyes would roll up like this about demons.

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 And I'm going to talk about that in a moment.

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 But the main thing we have to understand

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 is that what Matthew was claiming

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 is that he is writing

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 a true story about Jesus

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 and a real miracle.

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 That's the very first thing

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 we have to understand.

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 We might think he's wrong,

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 we might think he wrote it

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 because he was smoking drugs

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 or something like that,

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 but his claim is

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 that he is writing a true story

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 about Jesus

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 and a real miracle.

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 And just as a bit of an aside,

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 if you go back,

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 if you go online

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 to look at Dig and Delve,

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 the webpage,

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 and you go to the very first year,

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 there's a man by the name of Craig Evans.

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 And one of the things

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 that he shared with us,

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 this isn't actually very well known.

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 When you see things in the newspaper,

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 on CBC,

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 or in blogs or whatever

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 about how the Bible

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 is just so stupid

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 and the New Testament's all wrong

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 and it's all not history,

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 blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

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 One of the things

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 that he shares

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 is he gives a list

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 of the important

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 Jewish archaeologists

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 who use the New Testament

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 to make archaeological discoveries

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 in Israel.

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 Not Christian archaeologists,

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 Jewish archaeologists,

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 because the Jewish archaeologists

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 have found

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 how accurate

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 the New Testament is.

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 So they'll read the New Testament

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 not to learn about Jesus,

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 but to look to see

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 where a gate should have been

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 or where this might have been

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 or something.

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 And they use it

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 to actually make

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 archaeological discoveries.

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 And it's one of the many reasons

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 that from a scientific

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 and historical point of view,

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 we can believe

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 that this is actually

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 an eyewitness testimony

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 of Jesus

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 and what went on.

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 Now,

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 we'll start to read.

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 Actually, no,

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 we won't start to read.

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 If you could put up

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 the next image, Andrew,

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 that would be very, very helpful.

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 One of the things

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 we have to understand,

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 that's a picture

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 by Caravaggio.

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 I don't know

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 if I'm pronouncing this correctly.

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 Another thing

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 that helped us

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 to understand

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 the importance

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 of the fact

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 that Matthew here

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 is claiming

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 to write an eyewitness testimony

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 that he'd been

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 a very bad man

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 whose life was changed,

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 is that

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 to the extent

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 that we know anything

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 about what happened

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 to Matthew,

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 Matthew was not only

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 an eyewitness

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 of these different miracles

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 that happened,

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 he was also an eyewitness

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 of Jesus' death,

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 so to speak.

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 He knew that Jesus

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 was crucified.

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 He was an eyewitness

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 of the resurrection.

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 He was an eyewitness

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 of the ascension.

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 And that was all part

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 of the thing

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 which completely

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 and utterly

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 changed his life.

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 And Christian tradition,

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 which goes back

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 very, very long,

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 said that Matthew died

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 celebrating communion

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 in Ethiopia,

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 that he actually

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 was so concerned

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 to tell people

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 about who Jesus is

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 and what he'd accomplished,

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 he took the gospel

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 all the way to Ethiopia

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 and while he was

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 in Ethiopia

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 at the order

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 of the king

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 of Ethiopia,

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 he was stabbed

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 to death

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 while he was presiding

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 at the Lord's Supper,

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 something that we'll be doing

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 in a few moments.

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 And this, of course,

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 this isn't an actual

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 depiction of it,

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 it's an artist's rendering

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 from around the year 1600.

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 Just a little aside,

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 the painter who painted this

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 painted himself

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 as the one

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 who's doing the murder

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 of St. Matthew.

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 Well, let's look at the story

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 and if you turn

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 in your Bibles

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 to Matthew 15,

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 verse 21,

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 here's how the story goes.

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 And Jesus went away

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 from there

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 and withdrew

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 to the district

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 of Tyre and Sidon

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 and behold,

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 a Canaanite woman

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 from that region

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 came out and was crying,

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 Have mercy on me,

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 O Lord,

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 Son of David,

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 my daughter

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 is severely oppressed

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 by a demon.

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 Now there's a couple

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 of things here,

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 just pause

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 in the reading of the story.

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 So one of the things

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 I'm not going to do today,

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 I'm not going to give you

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 an argument

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 as to why you should believe

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 that demons exist.

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 We know that this is

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 an eyewitness,

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 Matthew is writing

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 an eyewitness biography,

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 a woman came

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 and said that her daughter

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 was oppressed

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 by a demon

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 and we're going to see

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 what Jesus does

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 about that.

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 So just a couple

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 of things though,

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 I'm going to be

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 preaching on the story

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 of Jesus

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 and the Gadarene demoniac

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 in a couple

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 of weeks time

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 and at that point in time

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 I'm going to say

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 more about demons.

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 But what I want you

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 to understand is this,

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 the Bible believes

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 that demons are real,

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 Jesus taught

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 that demons are real.

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 When I talk to people

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 who say that science

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 and medicine

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 has proven

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 that demons

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 don't exist,

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 I always tell them

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 that's completely

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 and utterly not true.

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 It's completely

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 and utterly not true.

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 They get very offended.

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 I say, no, no,

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 they assume

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 that demons don't exist.

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 They've actually never

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 tried to prove that they don't exist.

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 In fact,

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 they couldn't prove

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 that they don't exist.

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 But they just assume

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 that they don't exist.

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 To assume they don't exist

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 is a very different thing

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 than to prove

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 that they don't exist.

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 And the fact of the matter

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 is that there are scientists

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 and doctors

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 who do believe,

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 like most Hindus,

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 most Muslims,

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 most Buddhists,

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 most people

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 who practice

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 traditional religion,

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 most Canadians,

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 that in fact

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 demons are real.

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 And so we have here

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 a story

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 about a demon.

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 All I'll say

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 is that it's only

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 in the Bible

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 that we really understand

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 who demons are.

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 The Bible claims

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 that demons

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 are in a sense

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 pure spiritual beings

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 that are evil,

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 that at different times

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 interact with us

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 human beings

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 to harm us.

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 And so most of the depictions

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 in movies and television

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 about demons

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 are wrong

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 because they try

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 to connect them

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 with forms of energy

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 and matter

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 and that's just not,

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 doesn't actually

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 make any sense

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 if you really

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 think about it.

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 But that's what's

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 being portrayed here,

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 that there is in fact

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 an entity

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 like a demon

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 that can in fact

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 interact with human beings

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 and they only interact

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 with us human beings

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 in a way

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 that's going to harm us.

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 But they're pure spirit.

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 And what's happened

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 is that this young woman

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 has,

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 is being oppressed

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 by a demon

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 and her mother

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 comes to Jesus.

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 She's not going

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 to one of the shamans

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 or the local priests

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 or to heal the daughter.

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 She comes to Jesus.

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 Now there's a couple

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 of other things here

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 which are very important.

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 We're just very used to

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 when we watch a movie

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 or read a book

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 that there's certain things

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 that a movie director

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 will do

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 to help us

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 to understand

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 the character.

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 They might use it

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 to play with us

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 a little bit.

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 Often in movies

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 they'll either use

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 a visual cue

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 or some type of music.

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 They'll use music

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 to understand

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 that as you're walking

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 towards that door

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 there's something evil

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 at that door.

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 The music,

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 they use the camera angle

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 for the slow motion,

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 maybe something

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 a little bit out of whack.

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 The music comes

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 and as soon as we hear

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 the music emotionally

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 and imaginatively

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 we know that there's

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 something evil

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 which is going to be

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 going on there

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 or something wrong

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 which is going to go on

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 there.

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 And that's not just

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 a modern invention,

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 it's gone on throughout

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 as long as there's been

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 people writing

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 there have been

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 things like that.

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 And so one of the things

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 that Matthew does here

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 which doesn't do anything

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 to us but would have been

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 very important to his

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 early readers

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 is he says that she's

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 a Canaanite

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 and he says where she is.

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 And for the Jewish readers

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 who would have been

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 reading this for the first time

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 what they would have

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 instantly gone is

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 a Canaanite,

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 the ancient enemies

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 of the Jews.

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 So Jesus has gone

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 to the land

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 of the ancient enemies

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 of the Jews

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 and he's having

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 an interaction

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 with a person

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 who is one of the

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 ancient enemies

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 of the Jews.

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 It doesn't necessarily

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 mean she is

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 but that's

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 what it would be like.

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 It would be as if

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 you were watching

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 a movie set

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 in the 1940s

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 or 1930s

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 or 1950s

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 and you see

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 a black man

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 or a black woman

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 and they leave Detroit

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 or they leave New York City

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 or they leave Chicago

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 and they go to Alabama

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 into an area

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 which is all white.

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 And all of a sudden

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 you see the black man

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 and you see a group

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 of white men

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 coming towards him

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 and if you're watching

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 that movie

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 you start to feel

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 tension immediately.

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 And Matthew

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 is trying to communicate

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 that to us.

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 We've lost the sense

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 of imagery

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 but that's what

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 the original readers

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 they would have tensed

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 Jesus is being approached

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 by a Canaanite woman

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 and he's in

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 Canaanite territory.

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 In fact,

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 one of the things

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 that would be going on

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 in the Jewish person's mind

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 just as if we're

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 watching a movie

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 of somebody leaving

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 a safe area

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 in a big northern city

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 to go to Birmingham,

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 Alabama

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 which had

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 the highest number

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 of lynchings

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 and unsolved black murders

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 of any of the southern

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 states and cities.

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 Huge,

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 racist

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 stronghold.

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 And we would wonder

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 why are they even

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 going there?

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 And the readers

00:13:32.679 --> 00:13:32.959
 are wondering

00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:33.459
 why is Jesus

00:13:33.459 --> 00:13:34.019
 going there?

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 A Canaanite,

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 woo,

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 they get worried.

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 And she makes this call

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 and I'm not going to,

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 we've already said

00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:41.179
 much I'm going to say

00:13:41.179 --> 00:13:41.500
 about demons.

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 So what goes on?

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 What happens?

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 How does Jesus respond?

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 Does he run away?

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 Does,

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 well what happens?

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 Verse 23 and 24

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 tells us what happens next.

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 So she's calling out my,

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 and the original language

00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:54.559
 call out means,

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 I tried to imitate it

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 when I was reading it earlier

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 that she calls out

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 really loudly.

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 You know,

00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:01.720
 she's in a sense yelling,

00:14:01.920 --> 00:14:02.720
 have mercy on me,

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 O Lord,

00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:03.600
 son of David,

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 my daughter,

00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:04.720
 severely oppressed

00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:05.060
 by demon.

00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:05.759
 Verse 23,

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 but Jesus did not

00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:08.240
 answer her a word

00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.879
 and his disciples

00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:10.860
 came and begged him

00:14:10.860 --> 00:14:11.160
 saying,

00:14:11.639 --> 00:14:12.519
 send her away

00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:13.820
 for she is crying

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 out after us.

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 And then this next

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 little bit's very puzzling

00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:18.580
 because it's actually

00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.560
 not clear who he's

00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:20.300
 speaking to,

00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:21.400
 but what we see

00:14:21.400 --> 00:14:22.500
 is that Jesus speaks

00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:24.039
 and what he says

00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.480
 is,

00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.600
 I was sent only

00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.480
 to the lost sheep

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 of the house of Israel.

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 Now this is,

00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.259
 for us Canadians,

00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:31.820
 a very disappointing answer.

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 In fact,

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 if you read

00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.919
 the scholarly literature

00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:39.960
 on this subject,

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:41.120
 believe it or not,

00:14:41.940 --> 00:14:42.460
 many of you

00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:43.019
 will maybe easily

00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:43.500
 believe it,

00:14:43.580 --> 00:14:44.779
 there's a whole range

00:14:44.779 --> 00:14:45.960
 of scholarly opinion

00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:46.940
 that believes that

00:14:46.940 --> 00:14:47.879
 this woman is

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:49.059
 confronting the racism

00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:49.659
 of Jesus.

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 And that's completely

00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:52.579
 wrong,

00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.179
 by the way.

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 As you'll hear

00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:54.819
 the rest of the thing,

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 they're misreading

00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.600
 the text.

00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:57.600
 In fact,

00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.000
 they're actually

00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:59.199
 failing to read the text

00:14:59.199 --> 00:15:00.079
 and see what's actually

00:15:00.079 --> 00:15:00.799
 going on here.

00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.839
 But we see this

00:15:01.839 --> 00:15:02.759
 very, very disappointing

00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:03.159
 answer.

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 I mean,

00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:03.959
 on one level,

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 all of a sudden,

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 I mean,

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 we're basically

00:15:05.719 --> 00:15:07.120
 sympathetic with this woman

00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:08.179
 whose daughter

00:15:08.179 --> 00:15:09.000
 is in trouble.

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 And we expect,

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 I mean,

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 let's just be honest,

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 we expect that

00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:14.839
 when somebody

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 comes to Jesus

00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:17.860
 crying out

00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.699
 for their daughter,

00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:19.460
 that Jesus

00:15:19.460 --> 00:15:20.280
 will at least

00:15:20.280 --> 00:15:21.280
 answer her,

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 that he'll at least

00:15:22.220 --> 00:15:23.180
 speak to her.

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 And then it's

00:15:24.520 --> 00:15:25.320
 very troublesome

00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:26.220
 that the disciples

00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:26.860
 just want her

00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.600
 to go away.

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 And then,

00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:30.040
 when Jesus

00:15:30.040 --> 00:15:30.800
 finally starts

00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:31.280
 to speak,

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 we think,

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 okay,

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 well,

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 here's going

00:15:32.640 --> 00:15:33.120
 to be something

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:33.400
 good,

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 but instead,

00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:35.840
 he seems to say

00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.420
 something which

00:15:36.420 --> 00:15:37.740
 completely and utterly

00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:39.000
 dashes her hopes

00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.820
 and crushes her.

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 This statement,

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.759
 I was sent only

00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.860
 to the lost sheep

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.780
 of the house of Israel.

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 On one hand,

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 this is a very

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 powerful story

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 for all of us

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 because every

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 single one of us

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 here,

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 maybe not right now,

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 but at some time

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 in our life,

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 those of us

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 who are Christians,

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 we have puzzled

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 over the silence

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 of Jesus

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 in our prayers.

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 Like,

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 it's a very common

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 Christian experience,

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 often not talked about,

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 why the way it is

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 that we call out

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 to Jesus

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 and call out

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 to Jesus

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 and call out

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 to Jesus

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 and he just

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 seems to be

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 completely

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 and utterly

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 silent.

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 And in a sense,

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 you see that

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 being acted out

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 right here.

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 Jesus is silent.

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 And even when

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 he answers,

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 he doesn't say

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 something like,

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 well, demons

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 don't exist,

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 it's just a type

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 of mental illness

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 or he just

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 makes this

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 cryptic comment

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 that doesn't

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 really satisfy

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 his disciples

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 and you'd think

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 would be very,

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 very crushing

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 and insensitive

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 to the pagan

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 woman.

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 Now,

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 one of the things

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 which I didn't

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 mention earlier

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 but it's very,

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 very significant

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 in this whole text,

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 it's a puzzling

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 thing about this text.

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 I mean,

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 not only is it puzzling

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 that she's come

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 to Jesus

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 not to one of the

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 priests

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 of her own religion

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 or not to one of the

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 shaman of her own religion,

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 not to a doctor

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 of her own religion

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 but to Jesus,

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 but one of the things

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 which is also

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 very puzzling

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 about this

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 is that she gives

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 Jesus the title

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 of the Messiah

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 of the Jewish people

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 which is the significance

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 of her calling him

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 Son of David.

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 In our language,

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 we would say

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 that she's affirming

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 or acknowledging

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 or addressing him

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 as if he is the Messiah

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 of the Jewish people

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 and he responds

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 this way.

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 So how does she respond?

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 How does she respond?

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 You know,

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 it's very interesting

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 in a lot of the ways

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 that we try to talk

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 about how this,

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 what goes on

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 in the dynamics of this,

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 we project things

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 from our culture

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 onto her

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 and in our culture,

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 we get in his face

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 and say,

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 how come you're talking

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 to me like that?

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 You can't talk

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 to me like that.

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 You're in my country.

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 Why are you talking

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 to me like that?

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 You know,

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 she'd be assertive.

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 She'd be direct.

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 She'd be clever

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 or she'd be cunning

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 or whatever it is

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 that we'd try

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 to put something

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 where,

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 into it

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 where she's going

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 to respond to Jesus.

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 We're uncomfortable

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 with the apparent rudeness

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 of it

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 and some way

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 we want to sort of say,

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 go for it, girl.

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 You go.

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 You get it.

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 And she does something

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 almost to get something

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 over on Jesus

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 and that's sort of

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 what emotionally

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 we want to have happen

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 but what actually happens

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 is once again

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 very, very disappointing

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 to us.

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 Look what happens

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 in verse 25.

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 But she came

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 and knelt

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 before him

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 saying,

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 Lord, help me.

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 And his response

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 is unbelievably puzzling

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 to most Canadians,

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 most Americans.

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 He answered,

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 it is not right

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 to take the children's bread

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 and throw it

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 to the dogs.

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 rather than being

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 a feminist hero,

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 she falls on her knees

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 at Jesus' feet

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 and she calls out

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 for mercy

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 and he looks at her

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 and said,

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 it's not right

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 to take the children's bread

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 and throw it

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 to the dogs.

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 And for almost

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 every Canadian,

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 we would want

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 to say,

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 time out,

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 Jesus,

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 can we do a,

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 like,

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 can we do a do-over

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 for that?

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 Like,

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 that's not the way

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 you handle

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 this situation.

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 If we're honest,

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 emotionally,

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 that's how we react

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 to his response.

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 By the way,

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 the word for knelt

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 in the original language

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 in almost all

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.459
 of the New Testament

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 is usually used

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 as a reference

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 to a way

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 of humbly bending

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 the knee

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 to pray to God.

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 And that's the word

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 that's used for knelt.

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 And there is something else

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:04.659
 in this,

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 in the original language

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 which isn't captured

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.539
 in the English.

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 There's basically

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 two words

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 that are used

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 for dogs

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 in the ancient language

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 which this was written in.

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 And generally speaking,

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 the most common word

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 for dog

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 was the word

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 for,

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 like,

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 mongrels,

00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.480
 scavengers,

00:20:23.480 --> 00:20:24.880
 wild dogs.

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 Dogs,

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 I guess,

00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.240
 had escaped

00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:28.180
 and they just roamed

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 in cities

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.599
 and in the countryside

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 and they would

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:32.299
 often have rabies

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.460
 and be diseased

00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.599
 in other types of ways

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 and they would steal food

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 and they were a bother

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 and they were a hindrance.

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 And, of course,

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.640
 to call somebody

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.360
 that type of dog

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:41.120
 was a great insult.

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:42.279
 But the word for dog

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.140
 which is used here

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.880
 throughout the story

00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:44.599
 is a different word

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.099
 for dog.

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.599
 It can sometimes

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.259
 be translated

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.220
 as little dog,

00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:49.160
 sometimes it can be

00:20:49.160 --> 00:20:50.480
 translated as house dog,

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:51.319
 but fundamentally

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.559
 it's a pet.

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.159
 So what Jesus

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:57.139
 is saying to her

00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:58.539
 is it is not right

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.799
 to take the children's bread

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.419
 and throw it

00:21:00.419 --> 00:21:01.939
 to the pets,

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:04.240
 which still

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.720
 has a great deal

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.899
 of a sting to it.

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:08.919
 How does she respond?

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.319
 But,

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:11.200
 actually,

00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:12.500
 before we read anything,

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.659
 I was talking about

00:21:13.659 --> 00:21:14.159
 this sermon

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.799
 with somebody

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:16.220
 just last night.

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.579
 We had some company over

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:19.359
 and they asked me

00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:20.039
 what I was preaching

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.599
 on today

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:22.019
 and I told them

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.699
 and they said,

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.359
 oh, that's a very

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:24.299
 interesting story

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.939
 and they began

00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.539
 to give me,

00:21:25.879 --> 00:21:26.519
 one of them began

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.019
 to tell me

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.740
 how they interpreted

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.279
 the story

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.399
 which actually

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:30.399
 had a lot of the fact

00:21:30.399 --> 00:21:30.919
 that the woman

00:21:30.919 --> 00:21:31.699
 was able to sort of

00:21:31.699 --> 00:21:32.939
 do something to Jesus

00:21:32.939 --> 00:21:33.980
 and be assertive

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.759
 and she really liked

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:36.059
 how she was really assertive

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:38.139
 and I didn't tell her

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.859
 that's actually not

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.879
 what the Bible text

00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.699
 actually says

00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:41.839
 that she falls on her knees

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.459
 at his feet.

00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:44.119
 But, you know,

00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:45.079
 the thing I said about it

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:46.459
 is it's really hard for us.

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 I mean, here we were

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.399
 at our house

00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:49.099
 and if you know

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:50.059
 my wife at all,

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.259
 when my wife invites

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.359
 people over for supper,

00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:54.279
 she needs to always make

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.079
 at least enough

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:56.399
 for twice the number

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:57.419
 of people who come

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:58.819
 that actually come.

00:21:59.159 --> 00:22:00.699
 So we'd had potato chips,

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.759
 we'd had carrots,

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.079
 we'd had hummus,

00:22:03.179 --> 00:22:04.119
 we'd had wine,

00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.299
 there was pop,

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:07.059
 then there was barbecue,

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.859
 we had lots of hamburgers

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.559
 left over,

00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:10.740
 there was piles of salad

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.740
 that didn't get eaten

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.939
 and after that

00:22:12.939 --> 00:22:14.559
 there was blueberry pie

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.819
 and vanilla ice cream

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.579
 and there was enough

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.359
 for seconds

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.859
 and half the ice cream

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:20.000
 went back in the freezer

00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:21.319
 and I just said,

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:21.539
 you know,

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:22.619
 when we read a story

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.159
 like this,

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.319
 when Jesus says

00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:25.460
 it's not right

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.839
 to give the bread

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.699
 to the children

00:22:27.699 --> 00:22:29.119
 and we're sitting here

00:22:29.119 --> 00:22:30.279
 at a meal like this,

00:22:30.939 --> 00:22:32.279
 like every single one of us

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.679
 could have had

00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:33.599
 another hamburger

00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:34.819
 and we couldn't have all

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.559
 had another piece

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.399
 of blueberry pie

00:22:36.399 --> 00:22:37.319
 but if we divided it

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.759
 we would have all

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.439
 been satisfied.

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:38.779
 In fact,

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.299
 one of the people

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 did have a second piece

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:40.659
 of pie.

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.899
 We could have all had

00:22:41.899 --> 00:22:42.740
 at least a second

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:44.099
 scooping of ice cream

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 and I said,

00:22:45.199 --> 00:22:46.000
 when we read a story

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.339
 like this,

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:47.179
 we don't really understand

00:22:47.179 --> 00:22:48.559
 but for most of the world

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.419
 that's not what

00:22:49.419 --> 00:22:50.559
 a meal time is like.

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.980
 For most of the world

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:55.259
 at the time of Jesus,

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:55.859
 in fact,

00:22:55.959 --> 00:22:56.839
 the entire world

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.619
 at the time of Jesus,

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.059
 they were one bad harvest

00:22:59.059 --> 00:23:00.619
 away from starving to death.

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.399
 One bad harvest

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:04.379
 away from dying.

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.659
 That's,

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:08.439
 and throughout most of the world,

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.339
 even today,

00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.939
 you don't have three

00:23:10.939 --> 00:23:12.379
 or four or five meals

00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:13.860
 and you don't have a choice

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.560
 as to whether you're

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.720
 going to have a paleo diet

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.380
 or this diet

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.080
 or that diet.

00:23:17.360 --> 00:23:18.320
 You're just hoping

00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:19.580
 there's enough food to eat

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:22.420
 and if you are in a world

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:24.720
 where there's enough food,

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.280
 see,

00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.880
 at our supper table last night,

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.140
 Louise,

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 in fact,

00:23:28.560 --> 00:23:29.640
 Louise did feed the dogs

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.820
 before she fed us

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 but not only do we have

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.780
 all that food,

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 I mean,

00:23:33.520 --> 00:23:34.060
 the fact is we have

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:35.180
 freezers full of food.

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 We could have just kept

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.920
 cooking and cooking

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 for quite a while

00:23:38.020 --> 00:23:38.720
 just with the stuff

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.340
 that we have in our house

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:40.120
 but for much of the world,

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.340
 that's not what life is like.

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:44.080
 And if you are in a situation

00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:45.020
 where there's very little

00:23:45.020 --> 00:23:45.660
 in the cupboard

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:47.840
 and you hope you get paid,

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:49.840
 you hope that the landowner

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.840
 that you're working for

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:52.500
 doesn't stiff you

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:55.580
 and not pay you

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 and you hope

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 that there's enough grain

00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.260
 and there's going to be

00:24:01.260 --> 00:24:01.600
 enough food

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:02.400
 but you have enough bread

00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:02.920
 for today,

00:24:03.100 --> 00:24:05.120
 if you're in that type of world,

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:08.280
 you definitely want to make sure

00:24:08.280 --> 00:24:09.440
 that everybody in the family

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:10.040
 gets fed

00:24:10.040 --> 00:24:11.080
 before you start giving it

00:24:11.080 --> 00:24:11.680
 to the animals.

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:15.720
 We emotionally,

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.840
 because we are so

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:21.180
 ungratefully wealthy

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:23.360
 that we can't read

00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:24.040
 the Bible text

00:24:24.040 --> 00:24:24.840
 and understand

00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:26.880
 the reasonableness

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.560
 on one level of what,

00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:28.760
 I mean,

00:24:28.800 --> 00:24:29.600
 still an insult

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.380
 to many of us

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:30.960
 about dogs

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.380
 but still the reasonableness

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:34.020
 of what he said,

00:24:34.280 --> 00:24:35.360
 just normal wisdom.

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.460
 How does the woman

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.320
 respond to it?

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.500
 Well,

00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:39.360
 let's look.

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 that's verses 27 and 28.

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 It's the end of the story.

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 She said,

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.039
 look,

00:24:46.139 --> 00:24:46.619
 she agrees,

00:24:46.699 --> 00:24:46.839
 right?

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.459
 Just as I said,

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.740
 we can understand that

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:50.779
 if you have so much blueberry pie

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.619
 that people can have seconds

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:55.240
 and half the tub

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.119
 of the vanilla ice cream

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.819
 went in the freezer.

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:58.720
 But she says,

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.139
 yes,

00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.899
 Lord,

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:02.119
 yet even the dogs,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.359
 even the pets,

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.159
 eat the crumbs

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:07.679
 that fall from their master's table.

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:10.899
 And Jesus answered her,

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.679
 oh woman,

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.720
 remember she's a Canaanite.

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:16.400
 she's the person

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:18.100
 the scary music is about.

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.600
 His response is,

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:19.960
 oh woman,

00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.980
 great is your faith.

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.579
 The only person

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:25.160
 in the book of Matthew

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.860
 who's told

00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:27.019
 that they have great faith

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.660
 is this woman.

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.640
 Only person.

00:25:29.360 --> 00:25:30.180
 Only person.

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.120
 Read it,

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:32.039
 go back and read it

00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:33.039
 from Matthew 1 to the end.

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:33.779
 She's the only one

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:35.420
 that he says this about.

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.480
 Great is your faith.

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 Be it done for you

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.720
 as you desire.

00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:43.079
 And her daughter

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.000
 was healed instantly.

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.460
 Just as a bit of an aside,

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:46.279
 just to start to try

00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.100
 to change the mood

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.700
 of this story,

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:50.079
 just ask yourself right now.

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.900
 Some of you

00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.799
 have been going through

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.660
 a very hard time.

00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:53.480
 Some of you are going

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.819
 through a hard time right now.

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:56.180
 Can you just imagine

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:56.940
 right now

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:59.319
 if Jesus was to show up

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.700
 and in front of all of us

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.240
 say to you,

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.579
 oh woman,

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.460
 great is your faith.

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.980
 How would you view

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.660
 your suffering?

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.500
 If right now

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.319
 in front of all of us

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.139
 Jesus showed up

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.460
 and said,

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.740
 great is your faith.

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.279
 Your faith is so great.

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.519
 See,

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.259
 critics who talk

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.339
 about the racism of Jesus,

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.980
 all they show

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.439
 is they don't know

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.000
 how to actually

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.960
 read a story.

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.679
 Ten PhDs,

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.619
 I mean,

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.139
 they don't,

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:29.839
 but lots,

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:31.200
 and they can't read a story.

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.720
 They just can't.

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:37.980
 So let's sort of bring this

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.860
 even more home to us.

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:41.960
 See,

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.980
 the importance of this

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:44.120
 is you read a story

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:45.360
 and you read the whole story

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:46.120
 to understand

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.759
 what's actually going on in it.

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.000
 You see,

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.480
 one of the things,

00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:48.779
 remember,

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.000
 some of you were here

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.799
 when we were talking

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.640
 about Jonah 3

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.759
 just a couple of weeks ago,

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.640
 the story of Jonah.

00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.799
 And in the story of Jonah,

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.960
 and this is a very,

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:57.059
 very common thing

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.640
 in the Bible,

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:59.720
 it seems as if

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.840
 Jonah goes into Nineveh

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.360
 and says,

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.280
 in 40 days,

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.360
 God is going to destroy

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.000
 this city

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.780
 just like he destroyed

00:27:05.780 --> 00:27:06.800
 Sodom and Gomorrah.

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.259
 And he goes

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.120
 and he proclaims this

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:09.060
 and proclaims this

00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:10.800
 and it sounds as if

00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.460
 there's no hope

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.000
 for the people,

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.920
 but the king

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:15.840
 orders that everybody fasts

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.780
 and he says,

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.780
 we're just going to

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:18.700
 throw ourselves

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:20.160
 on the mercy of God.

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:22.020
 We're going to

00:27:22.020 --> 00:27:22.880
 humble ourselves,

00:27:23.040 --> 00:27:23.900
 we're going to stop

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.620
 the evil

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.380
 and the injustice

00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.040
 and the violence

00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:26.940
 and we're just going to

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.860
 throw ourselves

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.140
 on the mercy of God

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.940
 and God in his mercy

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:32.580
 sees their repentance

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:34.519
 and they are not destroyed

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:36.420
 like Sodom and Gomorrah was.

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.240
 And in this story,

00:27:38.320 --> 00:27:39.840
 this woman who hears

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:42.039
 this statement about Israel

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:46.620
 and there's a little chink in it,

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.500
 but she throws herself

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.700
 on the mercy of the Lord

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:54.160
 and her faith is great.

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:56.000
 If you could put up

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.620
 the next point,

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.279
 here's some of the things

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.960
 which is going on

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.580
 in the story.

00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:02.180
 Salvation is from God

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.799
 through the Jews

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:05.160
 for the world.

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:08.860
 Salvation is from God

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:11.960
 through the Jews

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:13.440
 for the world.

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.940
 That's what this,

00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.660
 one of the many,

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.200
 many things

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.900
 that this story

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:20.680
 powerfully brings home

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:22.279
 to us in the shock.

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.200
 If you go back

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.720
 and you read Genesis chapter 12,

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.819
 which is the beginning

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:29.580
 of God choosing a people

00:28:29.580 --> 00:28:30.259
 for himself

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:32.180
 and him choosing Abraham,

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.059
 Abraham,

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.900
 who was a worshiper

00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:36.240
 of the moon god,

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:38.380
 that's who Abraham is.

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:40.120
 He worships the moon god

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:41.539
 and God chooses

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:43.279
 this unlikely person

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.880
 and says to him,

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:46.000
 I'm going to make

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.120
 a great nation out of you

00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.980
 and you are going to be

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.340
 a blessing to the entire earth.

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:50.140
 And if you go back

00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:51.120
 and read the Old Testament

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:52.359
 time and time and time

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.439
 and time and time again,

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.579
 you see that God

00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.399
 is calling a people

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.139
 for himself,

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.299
 but he's not calling

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.219
 a people for himself

00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:59.179
 just for himself,

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.719
 but that through him,

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:02.119
 through these people,

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:04.039
 the entire world will know.

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:06.000
 And so one of the things

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.539
 that John,

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.899
 you know how if you watch something,

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:09.379
 I was just watching something,

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:11.159
 a series the other day

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:12.199
 and I was saying to my wife,

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:12.779
 you know,

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:14.479
 I sure hope that,

00:29:14.659 --> 00:29:15.659
 like why is this in it?

00:29:15.719 --> 00:29:16.500
 Why is this in it?

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.359
 Why is this in it?

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.379
 I sure hope that this

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.199
 is a good series

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:20.279
 that's going to tie

00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.359
 all of these things up.

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.559
 And then when the series

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.039
 was over,

00:29:23.119 --> 00:29:24.500
 as it's coming to the final chapter,

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.759
 you go,

00:29:25.379 --> 00:29:26.960
 oh, that's why

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.960
 it prepared us with this.

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.879
 Oh, that's why

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:30.079
 it prepared us with this.

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.680
 And so if you go back

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.359
 and you read

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:33.980
 the entire gospel of Matthew,

00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.879
 how does the gospel

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.700
 of Matthew end?

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.480
 For evangelicals like us,

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.299
 it's one of the most

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.519
 important parts of the Bible.

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:41.379
 The message of the Matthew

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.899
 ends,

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.539
 the final words are,

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.879
 Jesus appears

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:46.299
 after he has died,

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.259
 he's resurrected,

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.160
 he appears to all

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.700
 of the disciples

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.220
 and he says,

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:51.220
 go into all the nations

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:53.680
 and make disciples,

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.319
 teach in them

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.279
 to obey all

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.559
 that I have commanded you.

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.119
 And lo,

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.000
 I am with you

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.099
 to the end of the age.

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.799
 And he,

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.920
 and they're going to go,

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.240
 Jesus went

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.680
 to the Canaanite land.

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:05.980
 He commended

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.019
 the Canaanite woman

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.680
 as being a woman

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.779
 of unbelievable faith.

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:11.039
 He was preparing us

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:13.099
 for this remarkable claim

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.220
 that we are to go

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:16.240
 even to our historic enemies

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.079
 and tell them

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.920
 about Jesus.

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:21.160
 And that some of them

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:22.400
 are going to respond

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:23.059
 and believe

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:24.440
 and we are going to have

00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.500
 to get over the fact

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.079
 that they are

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:28.539
 our historic enemies.

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.160
 Jesus,

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.259
 in this little statement

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.299
 to the Canaanite woman

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.799
 embedded in a story

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.860
 which we miss

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:43.220
 because we're so concerned

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.100
 about the rudeness,

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.799
 which I'm going to talk

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.539
 about in a moment,

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.899
 he is helping us

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.699
 as all stories

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:50.599
 to enter emotionally

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.919
 and imaginatively

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:53.619
 in to not only

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:55.219
 summarizing the entire

00:30:55.219 --> 00:30:56.139
 Old Testament,

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:58.939
 but he's prefiguring

00:30:58.939 --> 00:30:59.919
 and preparing us

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:01.019
 for Matthew 28

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.980
 and the book of Acts

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.119
 and all of the epistles.

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.839
 And the fact is this,

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.539
 at a political level,

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.039
 yes,

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.819
 we should be worried

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.639
 about North Korea

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:10.259
 and Iran.

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.480
 We should be.

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.299
 But you know,

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.899
 as Christians,

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:14.420
 we're not just Canadians.

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:14.960
 You know what we should

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.759
 also be praying?

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.080
 That the gospel

00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:18.019
 will go to Iran

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.800
 and North Korea.

00:31:20.040 --> 00:31:20.860
 That's what we should

00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.380
 be praying.

00:31:23.340 --> 00:31:24.680
 That should be our heart.

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:28.700
 The world will have enemies

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.960
 and divide the world

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.860
 and we are to view

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.720
 an enemy group

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:36.620
 would be as wise

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.059
 as a serpent

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.539
 and his innocence

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.980
 but our heart

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.620
 is to break.

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.779
 I think it is

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.480
 a great,

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.620
 wonderful

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:45.140
 thing

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.960
 of the humor

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.640
 of God

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.420
 that he would

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.500
 put our office

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:50.140
 and our ministry space

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.240
 in the gay village.

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.940
 Every day

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:56.100
 I walk down Bank Street,

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.960
 I am reminded

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.519
 all the signs.

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.720
 I go into the stores,

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.900
 the rainbow.

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.880
 I am to pray

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:05.519
 that many people

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.420
 who identify

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.360
 in such a way

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:08.420
 will come to know

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.440
 Jesus as Savior and Lord.

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.160
 They're not my enemy.

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.160
 They're not the other.

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:14.259
 I'm not to be afraid of them.

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.420
 I am to pray

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:17.059
 that they will come

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.740
 to know Jesus

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:19.200
 and so are you.

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.880
 Salvation

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:23.519
 is from God

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.500
 through the Jews

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.519
 for the world.

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.799
 One of the things

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.740
 which is very interesting

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.879
 about the Jewish people

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.980
 is that

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:32.399
 if you were to go back

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:33.980
 to the time of Jesus,

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.500
 all the smart people,

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:39.180
 you go to the

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.680
 Oxford of the day,

00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:42.200
 you go to the

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:43.079
 University of Toronto

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.480
 today,

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.480
 you go to the Yale

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.579
 and Princeton of the day

00:32:45.579 --> 00:32:46.200
 and what do all

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:47.299
 the smart people know?

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:50.079
 There are gods

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.819
 that exist.

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.659
 That's what all

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:53.879
 the smart people know

00:32:53.879 --> 00:32:55.139
 and not just the smart people,

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:56.300
 the dumb people know that.

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:57.360
 Everybody knows that.

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:59.200
 There's only one people

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.400
 on the entire planet

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:02.180
 who are so stupid

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.600
 that they don't know

00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:05.360
 what all the smart people know.

00:33:06.040 --> 00:33:07.060
 There's one people

00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:08.440
 that God has provided

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.440
 through the prophets

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.640
 and through the Old Testament,

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.140
 what we call

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.800
 the Old Testament,

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.680
 through the law

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:14.040
 and through the history

00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:15.040
 and through the prophets.

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:17.000
 They've come to disbelieve

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.560
 in the existence of gods

00:33:18.560 --> 00:33:19.440
 to understand

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:21.380
 that there is only one God.

00:33:23.020 --> 00:33:23.980
 And in a sense,

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:25.039
 all of the gods

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.160
 of the ancient world

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.900
 were like superheroes today.

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.259
 It's a very,

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.299
 very interesting thing.

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.160
 You know,

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.799
 we have all these

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.700
 superhero movies.

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.839
 They make billions

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:35.160
 and billions of dollars

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.559
 and then,

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.900
 of course,

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:37.480
 there's a small subcategory

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.640
 of superhero movies

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.900
 that try to imagine

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.680
 what it would be like

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:42.120
 if there really were superheroes

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:43.319
 and in most of those ones,

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.900
 people actually

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.860
 don't like superheroes.

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.299
 Why?

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.640
 They keep wrecking

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.360
 all the buildings.

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.519
 They wreck the road.

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:50.140
 They call all sorts of,

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.440
 they cause endless

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.980
 collateral damage

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:53.440
 and if we actually

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:54.180
 lived in a world

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.940
 where all of a sudden

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.640
 there's a superhero

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.360
 and wham,

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.900
 all of a sudden

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.660
 they take the roof

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.579
 off of this place

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.940
 and some of us

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.759
 are all captured

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:02.360
 with the rocks falling on us.

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.180
 We're all beat up

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.740
 and banged up.

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.180
 We'd say,

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:04.860
 you know,

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:06.200
 maybe there shouldn't be superheroes.

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.400
 Like,

00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.140
 maybe we want to make

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.480
 Ottawa a superhero-free zone.

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.420
 So most,

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.940
 you know,

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.900
 when you actually look at it,

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.380
 so here's the thing.

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.760
 You have this people

00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.480
 who are trained

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.260
 to understand

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:17.179
 that there are no superheroes.

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:20.300
 They're the only people group

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:21.400
 who understand

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.420
 that superheroes

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:24.320
 are an invention

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:25.720
 of the imagination

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:28.880
 and now you have

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:30.340
 a man who comes

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:31.980
 and walks among them

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:35.000
 and he can be standing there

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.920
 and if you were there

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.720
 you might see

00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:38.300
 the flakes of pita bread

00:34:38.300 --> 00:34:40.920
 in Jesus' beard

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:42.340
 and you might see

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.180
 that there's a little bit

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.780
 of humus

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:45.120
 right over here

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:46.800
 that he didn't take away

00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.880
 and none of the other guys

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.100
 said,

00:34:48.100 --> 00:34:48.440
 by the way,

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.740
 Jesus,

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.720
 you got humus,

00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.000
 right?

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.780
 Right here.

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:52.740
 Some tabouli in his teeth

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:54.280
 like he's human

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:57.400
 and by a mere act

00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.140
 of his will

00:34:58.140 --> 00:35:00.820
 he casts a demon out

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.800
 and banishes it

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.700
 and gives her peace

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:04.240
 just by a mere act

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.680
 of his will.

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.400
 See,

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:09.019
 the story

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.740
 is teaching

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.539
 deep theology.

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.180
 If you could put up

00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:11.720
 the next point,

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.060
 Andrew,

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:14.440
 what this story

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:15.180
 is teaching us

00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:16.340
 is only one

00:35:16.340 --> 00:35:17.500
 far greater

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.480
 than a demon

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.000
 can merely

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.579
 will

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.800
 the demon's

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.360
 banishment

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.719
 and bestow peace.

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.699
 That's what happens

00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:25.300
 in the story.

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.480
 It's done

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:28.780
 and it's gone.

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.800
 Who is this guy?

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:36.139
 They of all people

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.719
 would get

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.780
 what we don't get

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.639
 because we just think

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.500
 it's just religious,

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.500
 it's just spiritual.

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:42.739
 But remember,

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.679
 that's why I went on

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.119
 at the beginning

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.659
 of this thing

00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:46.000
 about what Matthew

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.659
 is claiming

00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.639
 is that he's writing

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:49.960
 an eyewitness biography

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:51.360
 of what really

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.719
 happened with Jesus

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:55.079
 and if this really

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:56.159
 happened to Jesus,

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:57.559
 if Jesus merely

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.579
 by willing it

00:35:58.579 --> 00:36:00.159
 can banish a demon

00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:01.219
 and bestow peace,

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.300
 who on earth is he?

00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:06.120
 And what on earth

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.720
 does it mean?

00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:14.000
 And it also

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.860
 brings out to us

00:36:14.860 --> 00:36:15.580
 something a little bit

00:36:15.580 --> 00:36:16.420
 about our emotional

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.360
 response to the

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.200
 things that he says.

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:21.160
 Bob Dylan had

00:36:21.160 --> 00:36:22.240
 two Christian albums.

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.019
 I mean,

00:36:24.080 --> 00:36:24.700
 some people just

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:25.760
 can't stand Bob Dylan.

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.500
 If you can get over

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.940
 his voice

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.780
 or if you like his voice,

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.500
 you should go listen

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.840
 to his two Christian albums,

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:31.539
 Saved and Slow Train

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.000
 coming,

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.599
 it's amazing

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.659
 how good the theology

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.179
 is in it.

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.599
 And in one of the songs,

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.800
 he has a line

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:38.820
 that God is not

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:40.300
 the errand boy

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:43.099
 for our wandering desires.

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:45.679
 God is not

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.880
 the errand boy

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:49.639
 for our wandering desires.

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.699
 You see,

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.159
 why are we bothered

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.779
 with Jesus?

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.340
 She wants to speak

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.880
 to Jesus.

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.679
 Jesus isn't speaking

00:36:58.679 --> 00:36:59.099
 to her.

00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.940
 We want him

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.519
 to deal with

00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.400
 the woman right away.

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:03.440
 He's not dealing

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:04.179
 with her right away.

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.059
 We want him

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.940
 to say certain things.

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.760
 He doesn't say

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.619
 those certain things.

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.579
 We want him

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.579
 to not say certain things

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.420
 and he doesn't say

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:11.260
 those certain things.

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.619
 And we just think

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.579
 it's all appropriate

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.340
 for us to have

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.260
 that response to him.

00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:15.860
 But just think

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.559
 for a second

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.559
 if you saw me

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.720
 treat Louise this way.

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.900
 Louise?

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.700
 Whoa,

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:26.700
 I spoke to you.

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.659
 Come back here

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:28.039
 right now

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:29.019
 and speak to me.

00:37:30.220 --> 00:37:30.559
 Whoa.

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:32.099
 You'd all be shocked.

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:35.159
 You'd all be shocked.

00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.880
 And then if

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.980
 Louise said something

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.220
 and I said,

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.700
 whoa, whoa, whoa,

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.220
 Louise,

00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:42.059
 you're not allowed

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.840
 to say that.

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:45.320
 And I did that

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:45.780
 in front of you.

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.320
 How would you react?

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.800
 You all know

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.460
 how you'd react.

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.940
 So why is it

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.639
 that I'm not allowed

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:51.579
 to speak like that

00:37:51.579 --> 00:37:52.119
 to Louise

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:53.119
 but it's all right

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.579
 for us to

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:55.179
 treat Jesus

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.760
 that way?

00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:58.760
 You see,

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.480
 in our heart,

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.840
 the God

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.560
 that we want

00:38:01.560 --> 00:38:02.480
 to have exist

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:05.040
 is the errand boy

00:38:05.040 --> 00:38:06.640
 for our wandering

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:07.440
 desires.

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:10.420
 Jesus,

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.660
 right now,

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:13.320
 I'm snapping

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:14.100
 my fingers.

00:38:14.740 --> 00:38:15.260
 Hurry up!

00:38:15.560 --> 00:38:16.380
 You can do it!

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:18.440
 But the fact

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:19.280
 of the matter is,

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:21.180
 such a God,

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.960
 why would we ever

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.340
 worship?

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:24.480
 On one hand,

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.200
 we want God

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:26.700
 to be the errand boy

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:28.079
 for our wandering

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.700
 desires,

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.800
 yet at the same time,

00:38:30.180 --> 00:38:31.440
 we would despise

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.880
 such a God.

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:41.340
 So what we see

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:41.980
 in this story

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:44.200
 is one far greater

00:38:44.200 --> 00:38:44.800
 than a demon

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.360
 can merely,

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.440
 only person,

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.820
 only one far greater

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:48.480
 than a demon

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.440
 can merely will

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.079
 its banishment

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:51.099
 and bestow peace.

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.840
 And what we see,

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.519
 if you could put up

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:54.059
 the next point,

00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.460
 Andrew,

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:56.260
 is what we're prepared

00:38:56.260 --> 00:38:57.780
 for is through

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:59.039
 the series of stories

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.660
 and through these

00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:00.660
 series of miracles

00:39:00.660 --> 00:39:01.539
 which are revealing

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:02.860
 not only our heart,

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:05.079
 and how we treat God

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:06.380
 and how we think of God,

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.360
 that we are over him,

00:39:07.420 --> 00:39:08.380
 that we are his judge,

00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:08.920
 that we want him

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:10.000
 to be our errand boy.

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:12.280
 And Jesus keeps being revealed

00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:14.780
 in ways that we can,

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.780
 like in Colossians

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:17.160
 and in Hebrews,

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:19.320
 it gives you abstract

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:21.260
 philosophical statements

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:21.820
 of the truth,

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.619
 but this story

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.280
 is communicating

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:24.119
 through story

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:25.000
 at an imaginative

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:26.160
 and emotional level

00:39:26.160 --> 00:39:27.640
 who Jesus is.

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:29.200
 And what it's revealing

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:30.099
 is that the Lord

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.960
 has invaded

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:32.760
 his demon-infested

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:33.480
 creation

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.320
 to begin

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.920
 to put things right

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.780
 and deliver

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:38.660
 his fallen image bearers.

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.980
 The world

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.840
 has been invaded,

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:45.180
 but not by,

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.800
 in a hostile takeover,

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:50.660
 but to restore order,

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:54.340
 to bring back

00:39:54.340 --> 00:39:55.880
 healing and deliverance.

00:39:56.300 --> 00:39:57.500
 And with all of these things,

00:39:57.560 --> 00:39:57.880
 you know what,

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:59.280
 if Jesus is revealed

00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:00.660
 as invading

00:40:00.660 --> 00:40:04.320
 his demon-infested creation

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:06.960
 to put things right,

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:09.180
 then how shall you

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.960
 or I live

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:14.039
 but secure in the gospel

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.900
 to begin to try

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.840
 to do the same thing?

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:20.920
 to our Muslim

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.539
 and Hindu

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.160
 and Buddhist

00:40:22.160 --> 00:40:23.019
 and secular

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.500
 and spiritual friends

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:25.600
 who've gotten

00:40:25.600 --> 00:40:26.260
 entrapped

00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:27.640
 with spiritual forces

00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:28.420
 that are hostile

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.980
 to them

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:29.600
 and they don't know

00:40:29.600 --> 00:40:30.240
 what to do,

00:40:31.240 --> 00:40:32.420
 we are to pray for them.

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:35.019
 I have a friend

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:37.539
 who shared with me,

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:39.579
 I kept mistaking

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.160
 that he was

00:40:40.160 --> 00:40:41.240
 some type of a person

00:40:41.240 --> 00:40:41.800
 who didn't believe

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.740
 in spiritual things,

00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:43.459
 and I discovered

00:40:43.459 --> 00:40:44.179
 that he in fact

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:45.059
 believed the demons

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.579
 are real

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.899
 and it came up

00:40:46.899 --> 00:40:47.779
 in conversation

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:49.219
 that he was experiencing

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:50.559
 demonic oppression.

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:54.139
 So I prayed,

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:56.079
 get away.

00:40:57.919 --> 00:40:59.139
 Not because I have

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.819
 any powers.

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:02.199
 I have no powers.

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:03.399
 Neither do you.

00:41:04.459 --> 00:41:05.279
 You and I

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:06.059
 are all hopeless.

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:06.979
 But we have

00:41:06.979 --> 00:41:07.579
 a great God.

00:41:08.619 --> 00:41:09.719
 We have a Lord

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.779
 who has invaded

00:41:10.780 --> 00:41:12.740
 his demon-infested

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:13.400
 creation

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.000
 to begin

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:15.060
 to set things right.

00:41:16.900 --> 00:41:18.060
 And in his name,

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.140
 we can pray

00:41:19.140 --> 00:41:20.220
 into those situations

00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.760
 and should.

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:22.220
 If you are here

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:23.240
 and you believe

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.880
 that you have

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.700
 any type of

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:26.180
 demonic presence

00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:26.740
 in your life

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.320
 that needs to be

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:27.760
 dealt with,

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.900
 you should speak to us

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.960
 and we will pray for you.

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.500
 And you see,

00:41:34.600 --> 00:41:35.840
 the fact of the matter is,

00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:36.780
 is if

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:38.100
 one far greater

00:41:38.100 --> 00:41:38.780
 than a demon

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.340
 can merely

00:41:39.340 --> 00:41:40.320
 will its banishment

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:41.320
 and bestow peace,

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:43.539
 then how on earth,

00:41:44.200 --> 00:41:46.320
 how on earth

00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:47.680
 could someone like that

00:41:47.680 --> 00:41:49.039
 die on the cross?

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.600
 And that's why

00:41:54.600 --> 00:41:56.140
 every miracle story

00:41:56.140 --> 00:41:57.820
 points to the fact

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:58.940
 that the only thing

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.700
 that can account

00:41:59.700 --> 00:42:00.760
 for Jesus dying

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.539
 on the cross

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:03.059
 is love.

00:42:03.960 --> 00:42:05.120
 His love for you.

00:42:05.740 --> 00:42:06.580
 His love for that

00:42:06.580 --> 00:42:07.420
 Canaanite woman.

00:42:08.220 --> 00:42:08.740
 If you could put up

00:42:08.740 --> 00:42:09.320
 the next point,

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:09.700
 Andrew,

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:12.100
 in the death

00:42:12.100 --> 00:42:12.660
 and resurrection

00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:13.380
 of Jesus,

00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:14.760
 he disarmed

00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:15.640
 and defeated

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:16.820
 all demons

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:19.180
 and he defeated

00:42:19.180 --> 00:42:19.720
 death

00:42:19.720 --> 00:42:20.880
 to deliver you.

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.260
 In the death

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:22.820
 and resurrection

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.660
 of Jesus,

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.900
 he disarmed

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:25.519
 and defeated

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:26.440
 all demons

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:28.460
 and he defeated

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.260
 death

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:30.900
 to deliver you.

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:33.980
 just in closing,

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:35.660
 one of the things

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:36.220
 I tried to talk

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:37.019
 about last week

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.720
 is how we

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.280
 in our culture

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.900
 get faith

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:39.539
 all wrong.

00:42:41.340 --> 00:42:42.200
 And Christians,

00:42:42.320 --> 00:42:42.920
 we get caught up

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.519
 in all the time.

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:44.079
 We think about

00:42:44.079 --> 00:42:45.380
 how weak our faith is,

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:47.099
 how impure our faith is,

00:42:47.180 --> 00:42:47.880
 how intermittent

00:42:47.880 --> 00:42:48.900
 our faith is,

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.840
 but the thing

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.599
 about the Bible

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.360
 is that the Bible

00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:52.900
 is acting as a corrective

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:53.440
 to help us

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:54.079
 to understand

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:55.260
 that what matters

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:56.940
 isn't the purity

00:42:56.940 --> 00:42:57.639
 of our faith,

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:58.480
 the constancy

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.119
 of the faith,

00:42:59.200 --> 00:43:00.260
 the power of our faith.

00:43:00.380 --> 00:43:01.019
 What matters

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:01.840
 is what we put

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.599
 our faith in

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:03.280
 or who we put

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:03.920
 our faith in.

00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:07.519
 We have Matt

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.460
 here in the congregation

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:09.960
 who does climbing

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.639
 of rocks

00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:11.700
 and all that type of stuff.

00:43:11.740 --> 00:43:12.619
 I'm afraid of heights.

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:14.019
 But if I finally

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:15.440
 ever agreed with him

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.480
 to go and actually

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.299
 try to climb

00:43:17.299 --> 00:43:18.319
 a rock face

00:43:18.319 --> 00:43:20.239
 and he sets up

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:21.000
 all the ropes

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:21.719
 and hooks me

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.380
 into things

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:24.099
 and helps me

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:24.719
 to get up,

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:26.059
 the fact of the matter

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:27.519
 is it doesn't matter

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:29.500
 if the entire time

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:31.119
 I am so terrified

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.920
 I'm hoping

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:33.259
 I don't pee my pants

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:34.079
 in front of him.

00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:36.079
 I have virtually

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.940
 no faith.

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:37.819
 What matters

00:43:37.819 --> 00:43:38.779
 is the strength

00:43:38.779 --> 00:43:39.460
 of the rope

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:41.139
 and the strength

00:43:41.139 --> 00:43:41.819
 of the connection.

00:43:41.820 --> 00:43:42.860
 I know people

00:43:42.860 --> 00:43:44.340
 who can hardly fly.

00:43:44.660 --> 00:43:45.519
 They have a huge fear

00:43:45.519 --> 00:43:45.940
 of flying.

00:43:46.200 --> 00:43:46.920
 It doesn't matter

00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.620
 how much faith

00:43:47.620 --> 00:43:48.320
 they have in flying.

00:43:48.400 --> 00:43:48.960
 What matters

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:50.180
 is that the plane works

00:43:50.180 --> 00:43:51.580
 and the pilot is good.

00:43:51.900 --> 00:43:53.600
 It's the object of faith

00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:55.340
 not the amount

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:56.220
 that we have

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:57.160
 and that's what's seen

00:43:57.160 --> 00:43:57.820
 here in the story.

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:59.260
 That's her great faith.

00:43:59.880 --> 00:44:00.380
 If you could put up

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:01.200
 the final point

00:44:01.200 --> 00:44:02.559
 and this is the wonderful

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:03.700
 thing about the gospel.

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.640
 This is the thing about

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:05.580
 this is why reading

00:44:05.580 --> 00:44:06.059
 the gospel

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:07.100
 and reading these things

00:44:07.100 --> 00:44:07.460
 like this

00:44:07.460 --> 00:44:08.400
 and remembering Jesus

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:09.120
 and who he is

00:44:09.120 --> 00:44:10.320
 is so important

00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:11.460
 because we might have

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.500
 only the tiniest bit

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.820
 of faith.

00:44:13.159 --> 00:44:14.000
 Like when I became

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.500
 a Christian

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:15.420
 I didn't become

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:16.139
 a Christian really

00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:16.980
 because I understood

00:44:16.980 --> 00:44:18.119
 how Jesus was Lord

00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:19.059
 of all of the earth

00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:21.800
 and how I was going to have

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:23.639
 a resurrected body

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:24.980
 and I didn't understand

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.559
 everything about

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:26.460
 the atonement

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:27.460
 and I didn't understand

00:44:27.460 --> 00:44:28.699
 I was stupid.

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:30.260
 I knew virtually nothing.

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.199
 What I knew

00:44:31.199 --> 00:44:34.099
 is that my life

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:34.900
 was messed up

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:35.800
 and I needed peace

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:36.619
 and I think he would

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.280
 give it to me

00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:38.660
 and I was willing

00:44:38.660 --> 00:44:39.620
 to surrender to him.

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:41.660
 That's all I knew.

00:44:42.100 --> 00:44:43.220
 If theology test

00:44:43.220 --> 00:44:44.360
 I would get 2%

00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:45.060
 out of 100.

00:44:47.580 --> 00:44:48.960
 But what matters

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:50.440
 is that it was Jesus.

00:44:51.720 --> 00:44:52.519
 And here's the wonderful

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:53.260
 thing about Jesus

00:44:53.260 --> 00:44:53.980
 and here's the wonderful

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.820
 thing about the gospel.

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:55.680
 Who Jesus is

00:44:55.680 --> 00:44:56.440
 and what he accomplished

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:57.060
 for you

00:44:57.060 --> 00:44:58.620
 is always higher,

00:44:58.860 --> 00:44:59.140
 deeper,

00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.720
 broader,

00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:00.160
 bigger,

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.780
 stronger,

00:45:01.000 --> 00:45:01.340
 greater,

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:02.640
 and more glorious

00:45:02.640 --> 00:45:03.740
 than you can ever

00:45:03.740 --> 00:45:04.780
 imagine or believe.

00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:06.420
 and you touch

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:06.920
 the beginning

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.420
 of the hem

00:45:07.420 --> 00:45:08.100
 of his garment

00:45:08.100 --> 00:45:11.500
 and it's huge.

00:45:13.220 --> 00:45:14.040
 We'll spend

00:45:14.040 --> 00:45:14.700
 all eternity

00:45:14.700 --> 00:45:16.960
 just all eternity

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:17.720
 trying to get

00:45:17.720 --> 00:45:18.920
 and we'll never

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:19.920
 get to the bottom

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.860
 of the depth

00:45:20.860 --> 00:45:21.780
 and the glory

00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:22.620
 and the height

00:45:22.620 --> 00:45:23.680
 and the riches

00:45:23.680 --> 00:45:24.380
 and the wonder.

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:28.120
 And it's

00:45:28.120 --> 00:45:29.100
 and yeah,

00:45:29.100 --> 00:45:30.680
 my faith is impure

00:45:30.680 --> 00:45:31.460
 and yes,

00:45:31.540 --> 00:45:32.580
 my faith is intermittent

00:45:32.580 --> 00:45:33.380
 and yes,

00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:34.560
 it's often not strong

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.500
 but it's in Jesus.

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.860
 It's in Jesus.

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:41.259
 Please stand.

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:43.960
 If you have

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:45.980
 not given your life

00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:46.380
 to Jesus,

00:45:46.840 --> 00:45:47.920
 if you are here

00:45:47.920 --> 00:45:48.579
 this morning,

00:45:48.699 --> 00:45:49.480
 whatever pressure

00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:50.500
 you feel in your heart,

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:51.259
 that pressure

00:45:51.259 --> 00:45:52.420
 is to call out

00:45:52.420 --> 00:45:53.059
 to Jesus

00:45:53.059 --> 00:45:54.460
 and touch him

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:54.920
 and ask him

00:45:54.920 --> 00:45:55.559
 to be your Savior

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:56.159
 and your Lord

00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:57.159
 and you just

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.779
 stop listening

00:45:57.779 --> 00:45:58.420
 to my prayers

00:45:58.420 --> 00:45:58.980
 and you just do

00:45:58.980 --> 00:45:59.500
 that business

00:45:59.500 --> 00:46:00.500
 with Jesus right now.

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:01.719
 That's the Holy Spirit

00:46:01.719 --> 00:46:03.980
 pressing in on you.

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:05.079
 It's Jesus knocking

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.559
 on the door

00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.300
 of your heart

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:06.840
 that you would

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:07.599
 open the door

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:08.179
 of your heart

00:46:08.179 --> 00:46:08.480
 and say,

00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:08.820
 Jesus,

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:09.340
 come in

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:10.260
 and be my Savior

00:46:10.260 --> 00:46:11.019
 and my Lord

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:12.519
 and have the run

00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:13.159
 of my life.

00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:15.240
 Let's pray.

00:46:18.240 --> 00:46:18.639
 Father,

00:46:19.000 --> 00:46:19.820
 we thank you

00:46:19.820 --> 00:46:20.539
 so much

00:46:20.539 --> 00:46:21.139
 for Jesus.

00:46:21.380 --> 00:46:22.079
 We thank you,

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:22.480
 Father,

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:23.039
 that

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:26.280
 we thank you

00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:26.980
 that he would

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:28.440
 come into our world

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:29.980
 and that he would

00:46:29.980 --> 00:46:31.119
 take upon himself

00:46:31.119 --> 00:46:32.579
 the doom that we deserve

00:46:32.579 --> 00:46:33.179
 and the death

00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:33.860
 that we deserve,

00:46:33.980 --> 00:46:34.440
 that he would

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:35.720
 take that upon himself

00:46:35.720 --> 00:46:37.300
 and that in his death

00:46:37.300 --> 00:46:38.059
 upon the cross

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:39.220
 he would bear the doom

00:46:39.220 --> 00:46:39.880
 that we deserved

00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:40.980
 and die the death

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:41.679
 that we deserved

00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:42.760
 and he would

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:43.720
 take that

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:44.720
 and give to us

00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:45.659
 the destiny

00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:46.480
 and the glory

00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:47.960
 that only he deserved.

00:46:48.179 --> 00:46:48.320
 Father,

00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:49.000
 we thank you

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.400
 that we have

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:50.320
 a great Savior,

00:46:50.840 --> 00:46:51.740
 that he is worthy

00:46:51.740 --> 00:46:52.960
 of all our trust

00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:54.119
 and all our faith

00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:55.240
 and all our hope

00:46:55.240 --> 00:46:57.220
 and all of our service.

00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:58.359
 And we ask

00:46:58.359 --> 00:46:58.980
 that you would

00:46:58.980 --> 00:46:59.719
 make us like

00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:00.859
 this Canaanite woman

00:47:00.859 --> 00:47:01.639
 and that you would

00:47:01.639 --> 00:47:02.980
 grow our faith

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:04.259
 in Jesus.

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:05.839
 That you would

00:47:05.839 --> 00:47:07.279
 grow our prayer

00:47:07.279 --> 00:47:08.199
 to Jesus

00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:09.439
 and our persistence

00:47:09.439 --> 00:47:10.019
 and our faith.

00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:10.339
 Father,

00:47:10.439 --> 00:47:11.119
 we ask

00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:12.179
 that you would

00:47:12.179 --> 00:47:13.519
 grow that within us

00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:14.980
 and all God's people

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:15.419
 said,

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:16.379
 Amen.