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 Good morning.

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 In our gospel reading this morning that we heard Kevin read,

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 which is again in the book of Luke,

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 we heard Jesus confronting the powers of darkness

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 and confronting a broken world.

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 He cast out a demon.

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 He miraculously healed people.

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 And I think from the outset,

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 we need to be aware of two possible errors to avoid.

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 The first is to find it so strange that we just write it off.

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 And it is strange.

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 It's peculiar.

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 We don't encounter miracles in the supernatural every day,

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 if at all.

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 And the knowledge that we've gained as an advanced society

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 tells us that none of that is possible in the first place,

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 that the supernatural world doesn't really exist.

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 And if you feel this way,

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 I'd ask you not to dismiss what we've read

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 or what we'll talk about for two reasons.

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 The first is you and I agree, I think,

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 that there's a lot of wisdom to be found in non-Western cultures,

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 wisdom that our culture has forgotten.

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 And in many of these cultures,

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 they are completely open to the idea

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 that there are personal forces behind the veil.

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 So while you and I might find it odd,

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 we would do well to be listeners.

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 The second reason I'd like you not to dismiss this

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 is because what we're reading in the book of Luke

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 is an eyewitness account to a person,

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 to the life of the person of Jesus.

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 And so we need to start with him,

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 who he was,

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 and what he and who he claimed to be.

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 If the spirit world does not exist,

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 then Jesus is merely a motivator or an encourager,

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 and these stories lack substance.

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 But Jesus claimed to be so much more

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 than an encourager or a motivator.

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 He claimed to be the very son of God.

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 All right, that's the first error,

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 just to write it off.

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 The second error, which might be more tragic,

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 is to be too familiar with these stories.

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 And when we're too familiar,

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 we tend to just gloss through them,

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 not pay attention.

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 This is like me, I think.

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 I love the book of Luke.

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 The book of Luke presents Jesus

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 as having compassion and a heart for the outsider

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 and for the outcast.

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 And so we read all these amazing accounts

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 of Jesus calling a tax collector of all people, Levi,

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 of Jesus calling out and saving Zacchaeus.

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 We read about the Good Samaritan.

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 And so with passages like this,

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 I tend to go, okay, exorcisms, healings,

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 let me get to the good stuff.

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 And I fail to be amazed.

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 I fail to be amazed at who Jesus is

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 and what he's done.

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 So let's descend with Jesus

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 to the city of Capernaum.

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 Let's encounter him

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 and his power

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 and his authority

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 and his compassion.

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 And let's discover what's available to us

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 as we have a personal encounter with him.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Almighty God, we long to see you.

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 Jesus, we long to see you in the synagogue.

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 We long to see you along the shores of Galilee.

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 We long to see you in Peter's house.

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 We long to encounter your power.

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 We long to encounter your authority.

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 We long to encounter your compassion.

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 So as we look at this passage together,

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 Lord, let the healing streams abound,

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 make and keep us pure within.

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 Amen.

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 So you maybe remember last week,

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 we were in Jesus' hometown of Nazareth.

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 And in Nazareth,

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 he delivered a sermon from the scroll of Isaiah,

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 which he identified as his mission statement.

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 To proclaim the good news for the poor,

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 to proclaim liberty to the captives,

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 to bring sight to the blind,

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 and freedom for those who are oppressed.

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 And though they were impressed with his preaching,

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 they soon turned against him

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 when he told his fellow Nazarenes of God's grace,

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 for the outsider,

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 for Gentiles,

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 for nations that Israel detested.

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 They turned against him,

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 marching him up a hill,

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 attempting to throw him off a cliff.

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 Jesus leaves unharmed.

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 And in verse 31,

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 we read that he went down to Capernaum.

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 Now this would have been about a 40-mile hike,

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 winding through hill country,

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 through valleys,

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 alongside rock cliffs,

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 lots of greens and browns,

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 quite lovely.

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 From 1,200 feet above sea level,

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 where Nazareth sits,

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 down to 686 feet below sea level,

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 to the Sea of Galilee,

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 to this fishing village called Capernaum,

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 which sits on the northern shore

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 of the Sea of Galilee,

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 about two miles from where the upper part

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 of the Jordan River flows into the lake.

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 And he visits the synagogue there.

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 And today you can visit the ruins

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 of a second century synagogue,

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 which probably was built over top,

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 the same spot where the first synagogue sat.

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 So you can visit probably the place

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 where Jesus preached these words

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 and confronted the powers of evil.

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 Inside the synagogue,

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 you would have found fishermen,

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 merchants, craftsmen, laborers,

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 and their wives,

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 all participating in the psalms

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 and blessings and prayers,

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 the reading from the law and the prophets.

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 And you were eagerly awaiting the sermon

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 from this carpenter

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 who was causing such a stir

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 among the towns around this inland sea.

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 Now, imagine yourself there, would you?

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 Imagine yourself there

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 and imagine you have some sort of ailment

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 or illness, sickness

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 that only you know about.

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 And it's nearly debilitating,

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 but you're still able to keep it a secret.

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 These fishermen and merchants and craftsmen

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 have no idea about your illness.

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 They don't know about your constant pain

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 because you don't reveal it to people.

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 If you do, you would be considered unclean,

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 would be considered an outcast.

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 You would be cut off from the community.

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 It's not hard to imagine that, is it?

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 Many of us right now

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 are hiding something about ourselves

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 that we would rather not have revealed

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 or else we would feel cut off.

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 We would be afraid of being cast off.

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 So you're standing there

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 alongside your fellow villagers

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 waiting for this Nazarene to preach.

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 He does not disappoint.

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 He said things in a way

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 that you had never heard before.

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 And everyone there, including yourself,

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 are thunderstruck with amazement.

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 I mean, take yourself back into the present.

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 Can you remember a time when you were dumbfounded?

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 When you jumped out of your seat,

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 perhaps because of an amazing sports play

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 or a ripping solo

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 or a crazy plot twist

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 in your favorite television show.

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 I mean, do you remember how that felt?

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 Like exhilarating, right?

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 Now imagine being in a whole group of people

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 experiencing that.

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 You're feeling this right now

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 in this crowd,

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 in this synagogue,

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 in this fishing village.

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 And in the middle of all this,

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 shrieks him in.

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 Ah!

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 And it doesn't sound entirely like a man.

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 Ha!

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 What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?

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 Have you come to destroy us?

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 I know who you are,

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 the Holy One of God.

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 And all eyes turn to Jesus.

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 This feels like a showdown.

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 Now you've heard of exorcisms happening before,

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 you being a turn-of-the-millennium Galilean.

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 But you, and most people you know,

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 you've been skeptical

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 because of the hocus-pocus

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 that would surround such an event.

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 You heard about one exorcist in Palestine

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 who would put a ring

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 under the possessed person's nose.

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 And then the exorcist would recite

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 this really long spell.

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 And then there would be a basin of water

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 staged nearby.

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 And then there'd be a splash.

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 Aha!

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 That's the demon.

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 We got him!

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 But not this time.

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 It doesn't happen this time.

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 After the demon-possessed man challenges Jesus,

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 there's silence and stillness

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 in the synagogue by the sea.

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 Except for the sound of the lapping water

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 through the window of the synagogue,

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 the sound of the Sea of Galilee

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 lapping up against the shore,

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 and maybe the cry of a seagull.

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 And Jesus says,

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 be muzzled.

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 That's what he literally says.

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 Be muzzled.

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 Come out of him.

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 And with this word,

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 with this simple rebuke,

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 the man is thrown down,

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 the demon is cast out,

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 and the man is in his right mind.

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 The people around you respond,

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 what is this word?

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 For with authority and power,

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 he commands the unclean spirits,

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 and they come out.

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 That's right.

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 You sense it too.

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 Authority and power.

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 Authority,

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 because the teachers of the law

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 that you have always heard taught in the synagogue,

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 they taught in a style

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 that was mainly just quotes.

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 They would just quote their teachers

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 who were quoting their teachers,

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 and it was just a sermon full of quotation marks.

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 These teachers took a lot of pride

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 in being able to rip off all these quotes.

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 But man, was it boring.

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 It was labyrinthine,

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 and legalistic,

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 and joyless,

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 and weightless.

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 It was all secondhand,

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 and thirdhand.

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 It was a hand-me-down theology.

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 But Jesus would say,

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 you have heard it said,

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 such and such,

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 but I tell you,

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 I tell you,

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 it was fresh,

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 and it was clear,

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 like it made sense,

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 and it was alive,

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 and it would penetrate,

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 and convict,

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 and liberate,

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 and heal.

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 You knew authority when you heard it.

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 And along with authority,

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 came power.

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 Jesus' authority was challenged,

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 and Jesus imposed his will.

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 Have you come to destroy us?

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 The demon asked.

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 Us, that is.

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 The demon is saying,

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 have you come to destroy both me,

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 and this man?

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 Because you're not winning

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 without me taking this guy down.

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 I know who you are,

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 the demon shouted.

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 The Holy One of God.

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 Now, you recognize being,

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 again,

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 a turn of the millennium,

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 Galilean,

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 that this is a power play.

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 It was believed that if you could name something,

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 or have the true name for something,

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 or someone,

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 then you had power over it,

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 and you could control it.

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 That's what the people of this time believed.

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 In giving something or someone its true name,

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 you could have control over it,

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 but this was no contest.

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 It wasn't even close.

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 It wasn't a riveting contest

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 of mostly equals,

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 like Skywalker versus the Emperor,

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 or Potter versus Voldemort.

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 It wasn't even 91 seconds

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 of Tyson dominating Sphinx.

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 It was instant.

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 And the man isn't even harmed at all.

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 Everyone lives.

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 So not only are you thinking

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 that Jesus had authority and power,

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 but you see he has compassion.

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 Jesus departs.

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 You go home,

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 and you can't stop thinking

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 about his authority,

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 his power,

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 and his compassion.

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 The Holy One of God,

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 you remember the demon saying.

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 You remember how the world

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 was spoken into existence

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 by a Holy One

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 with authority and power.

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 And you realize somehow

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 you were in the presence

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 of the divine.

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 That realization occurs

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 just as you are acutely aware

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 of your own pain,

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 this illness that you've been feeling

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 that you carried into that synagogue.

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 This wound,

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 this yuck

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 that you've been hiding

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 out of fear.

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 And you know what you need to do.

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 You need to go see him.

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 And you know where to find him.

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 You heard he went to Simon's house.

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 Simon is a burly fisherman,

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 a fellow Galilean from Bethsaida

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 who currently lives

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 in your town of Capernaum.

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 It's the Sabbath.

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 So you wait until sundown

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 because it's a bit too far

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 to travel on the Sabbath,

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 the day of rest.

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 But you're so eager

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 that you leave

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 as the sun is setting

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 hoping no one will see you.

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 Right?

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 But then you get outside

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 and of course

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 everyone's thinking the same thing.

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 Maybe they won't see me.

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 I'll just get a head start.

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 It's like my friend

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 who grew up in Iowa

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 at a fundamentalist Baptist church.

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 They were strictly not allowed

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 to see movies.

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 So they would go to the town

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 30 minutes away

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 and in the theater

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 half the people were from their church.

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 So anyway,

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 everyone is doing the same thing.

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 As the sun is setting,

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 they're heading to Simon's house.

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 They're going to see Jesus

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 including a lot of people

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 you haven't seen in a while.

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 You're going there

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 and you haven't seen

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 some of these people

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 because they've been sick

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 for a long time.

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 You arrive at Simon's house

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 with this throng of people

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 many who are sick

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 and through a window

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 you see Simon's mother-in-law

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 and you knew she was sick

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 with a raging fever

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 and you had wondered

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 knowing the average lifespan

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 at this time

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 is around 40 years

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 that this might be it for her.

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 But there she was

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 up and about

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 serving with energy

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 and joy.

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 So you're feeling hopeful.

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 I think she may have been healed.

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 Jesus opens the door

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 but then you start to doubt

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 because some of these people

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 are like religiously

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 ceremonially unclean.

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 So I doubt this holy one

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 is going to come into our midst

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 but he does.

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 He does.

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 He doesn't stand from a distance

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 and say a healing for you

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 and a healing for you

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 and you get a healing.

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 He comes into the midst

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 of these people

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 very slowly.

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 He places his hands

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 on somebody

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 and then he places his hands

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 on somebody else

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 and then on somebody else

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 and people are being healed.

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 He's not afraid

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 to touch us.

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 You've never seen compassion

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 like this.

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 And finally

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 it's your turn.

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 Finally it's your turn.

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 What's the look

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 on his face?

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 Do you see the kindness

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 in his eyes?

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 Does he place

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 his hands

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 on your head

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 or does he place

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 them on your heart?

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 or does he wrap you

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 with an embrace

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 and not let go?

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 Where do you need healing?

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 Where do you need healing

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 right now?

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 What kind of griefs

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 need to be healed?

00:17:36.659 --> 00:17:37.779
 What kind of addiction

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 do you need to be freed from?

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.559
 What broken relationship

00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:43.379
 do you find

00:17:43.379 --> 00:17:44.579
 needs to be restored?

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 What betrayal

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 have you been walking around

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.500
 unable to shake?

00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:52.579
 What fear

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.919
 do you need deliverance from?

00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:57.299
 What pits

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 of anxiety

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 or depression

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 or mental illness

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.559
 do you need

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 to be lifted out of?

00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:08.279
 What shame

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 or disgrace

00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.240
 do you need

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.019
 to be rid of?

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 What kind of physical illness

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 do you need relief from?

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 Brothers

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 and sisters

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 Jesus

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 had the authority

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 and power

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 and compassion

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 to heal you.

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 He has the authority

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 and the power

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 and the compassion

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 to heal you.

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 His

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 uncontested authority

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 and unlimited power

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 and unfathomable

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 compassion

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 means there is

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 more healing

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 available to you.

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 There is more healing

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:46.359
 available to you.

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 Do you hear this?

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 There is more healing

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:51.299
 available to you.

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 And it's an encounter

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 with the person

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 of Jesus.

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 His hands.

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 His embrace.

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 His countenance.

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 His heart.

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 That can bring

00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:05.680
 the healing.

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 You and I

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 probably think

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.480
 of salvation

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 as merely

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 a spiritual event.

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 Perhaps

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 we need to think

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:15.059
 of it more expansively.

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 After God

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 created the world

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 good and perfect

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 and man sinned

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 everything broke.

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 Our relationship

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 to God

00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.599
 because of sin

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 our relationship

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 with ourselves

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 our psyche

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 our environment

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 broke

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 including

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 our bodies.

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 So which of all

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 that did Jesus

00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.700
 come to fix?

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 Jesus came to earth

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 he died on the cross

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 and he rose again

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 so that you and I

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 could have access

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.420
 to the Father.

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 That is of utmost importance.

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.359
 We have access

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.019
 to the Father

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.359
 we have forgiveness

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 of sins

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:50.160
 and we can be healed.

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 Soul

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.940
 and body

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:54.119
 together

00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:56.019
 that is rescue.

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 We are rescued

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.859
 soul and body

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 together

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 the good news

00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.180
 of that Jesus

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.899
 proclaimed

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:03.160
 was forgiveness

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.960
 he proclaimed

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.560
 freedom

00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:05.180
 he proclaimed

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.960
 healing

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.220
 Jesus' healings

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:08.279
 weren't in ends

00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:08.980
 to a means

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:10.980
 they were in ends

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.259
 themselves.

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.400
 He had compassion

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.060
 for the sick

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 and he comes

00:20:15.800 --> 00:20:16.620
 in person

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.440
 as a person

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.560
 to heal

00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:19.960
 and because of his power

00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:20.779
 and authority

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.600
 and compassion

00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:23.100
 there is more healing

00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:24.060
 available to you.

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 Let's think of this

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 even more expansively

00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:29.100
 we read in the last

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 chapter of Revelation

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 chapter 22

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 that there is

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:34.300
 healing for the nations

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 available

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:38.259
 as Jesus makes

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.340
 all things new

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 healing

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 for the nation

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 I mean that's a cosmic

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 concept

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 there's healing

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.560
 available between

00:20:47.560 --> 00:20:49.460
 warring countries

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 there's healing

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 available between

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 races

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 there's forgiveness

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 available

00:20:55.060 --> 00:20:55.800
 reconciliation

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:57.359
 repentance

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 justice

00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:00.500
 that are available

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 there's healing

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 available

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 even between

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 Democrats

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 and Republicans

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 do you believe it?

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 do you believe that?

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 because the world

00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.379
 needs you to believe it

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 and the world

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 needs you to be

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 praying for it

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 or do you

00:21:20.659 --> 00:21:21.539
 bore the angels

00:21:21.539 --> 00:21:22.319
 with your prayers?

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 or do you pray

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.200
 for the impossible?

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:27.399
 what feels impossible?

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 do you pray

00:21:29.859 --> 00:21:31.639
 for healing

00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:33.259
 on a cosmic scale?

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 how about

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 you shock

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.819
 the angels

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 may it sound

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.079
 scandalous

00:21:41.079 --> 00:21:42.419
 the way you pray

00:21:42.419 --> 00:21:43.259
 with boldness

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.579
 that God would bring

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:46.039
 healing to this nation

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 we read of healing

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 being available

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 when people

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 encounter

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.819
 the person

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.200
 of Jesus

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 so how do we

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 encounter

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 the person

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 of Jesus?

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 well I think

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 it's instructive

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 at the end

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 of this account

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 in verse 42

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 we read

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 and when it was day

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 Jesus departed

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 and went into

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 a desolate place

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 and the people

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 sought him

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 and came to him

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 and he would have

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.220
 kept him

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.099
 from leaving them

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 but he said

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.439
 to them

00:22:12.439 --> 00:22:13.200
 I must preach

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 the good news

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.240
 of the kingdom

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 of God

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 to the other towns

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 as well

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 for I was sent

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.639
 for this purpose

00:22:17.639 --> 00:22:18.419
 you might remember

00:22:18.419 --> 00:22:19.179
 last week

00:22:19.179 --> 00:22:19.899
 that people

00:22:19.899 --> 00:22:21.039
 thronged Jesus

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.099
 and kicked him

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.599
 out of town

00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.200
 and tried to

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 throw him

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 off a cliff

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 this is the opposite

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 people like

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 mob him

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 and try to keep

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 him in town

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 they try to make

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 him stay

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 not only is that

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 instructive

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 I think that's

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 prescriptive

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 we encounter

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 Jesus

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 and we keep

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.639
 him from leaving

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 when we have

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 what you could

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 call a rule

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 of life

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 it's a rhythm

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 of praying

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 and reading

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 and resting

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 that keeps

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 Jesus' authority

00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:47.759
 and compassion

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 forefront

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 in our minds

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 and in our

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 spirits

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 through the

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 rhythms of our

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 day

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:55.059
 healing is

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.600
 available when

00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.120
 we encounter

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 Jesus

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:58.420
 when we gather

00:22:58.420 --> 00:22:59.480
 together at this

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 table

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 we believe Jesus

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.080
 is really present

00:23:03.080 --> 00:23:03.580
 here

00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.840
 when we come

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 forward and share

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 this meal

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:07.580
 and he heals

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 and he restores

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.799
 our soul

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.559
 healing is available

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.420
 when we confess

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.180
 our sins

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.940
 to one another

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.960
 in James 5

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 we read

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 is anyone

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:17.880
 among you

00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:18.240
 sick

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 let him call

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.759
 for the elders

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.380
 of the church

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:21.039
 and let them

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.799
 pray over him

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.759
 anointing him

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.140
 with oil

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.539
 in the name

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.039
 of the Lord

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:25.059
 the prayer

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.680
 of faith

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 will save

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 the one

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.220
 who is sick

00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:28.019
 and the Lord

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.420
 will raise

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.840
 him up

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.960
 and if he

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.559
 has committed

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.100
 sins

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:32.100
 he will be

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.500
 forgiven

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 therefore

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.960
 confess your

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.380
 sins

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.059
 to one another

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.700
 and pray

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.480
 for one another

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.019
 that you

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:38.799
 may be healed

00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.460
 you know

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.019
 we have a

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.340
 liturgy

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.920
 for that

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.340
 too

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:42.920
 we have a

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.400
 liturgy

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:45.300
 of prayers

00:23:45.300 --> 00:23:46.360
 of repentance

00:23:46.360 --> 00:23:47.519
 and reconciliation

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.580
 that you can do

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.780
 with a priest

00:23:49.780 --> 00:23:51.560
 a confession

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:54.720
 healing is available

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:56.820
 supernaturally

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:58.700
 we believe

00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.259
 that Jesus

00:23:59.259 --> 00:24:00.500
 still heals

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.420
 supernaturally

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.680
 and miraculously

00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:04.840
 tonight at our

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:05.500
 sister church

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.140
 Falls Church

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.680
 Anglican

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.480
 at 7 o'clock

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:09.500
 you can go

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.380
 to a healing

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.040
 service

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:11.860
 and anyone

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.320
 is welcome

00:24:12.320 --> 00:24:12.920
 to attend

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.860
 there will

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.200
 be people

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.759
 to pray

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.120
 to pray

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:15.620
 for you

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:15.860
 there will

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.519
 be songs

00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:16.900
 there will

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.759
 be prayers

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:21.060
 and healing

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:22.880
 is finally

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:25.380
 also available

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.200
 through men

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 and women

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:28.759
 made in the

00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.500
 image of God

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:32.080
 fulfilling God's

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.820
 mandate to

00:24:32.820 --> 00:24:33.539
 subdue the

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:33.880
 earth

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.420
 through the

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.180
 vocations of

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.160
 medicine and

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.940
 science

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:39.060
 counseling

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.259
 healing

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.980
 we can

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.579
 find

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.440
 healing

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.279
 for

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.819
 depression

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:44.039
 anxiety

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:45.059
 and mental

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.539
 illness

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:49.059
 so what

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.539
 about you

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:52.639
 what ailment

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.859
 did you carry

00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.379
 into the

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:54.720
 synagogue

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:56.720
 what ailment

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.059
 were you

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.639
 concealing

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.759
 from your

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.480
 fellow villagers

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:02.700
 what ailment

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.700
 did you carry

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.179
 as you walked

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.839
 along the shores

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.399
 of the sea of

00:25:05.399 --> 00:25:05.839
 Galilee

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.579
 to Simon's

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.919
 house

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:10.580
 what pain

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.160
 will you be

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.500
 bringing

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.200
 today

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:14.039
 as you walk

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.460
 down these

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.080
 aisles

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:17.940
 as you extend

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:19.560
 your hands

00:25:19.560 --> 00:25:20.660
 in need

00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.840
 to be fed

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.340
 at Jesus'

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:22.940
 table

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:25.380
 brothers and

00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.320
 sisters there is

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:27.380
 more healing

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:27.920
 available

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:30.360
 there is more

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.480
 healing available

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:33.079
 he has made

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.440
 all things

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.019
 so he has

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.539
 the power

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.920
 to heal

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:37.660
 he governs

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.160
 all things

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:38.620
 so he has

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.360
 the authority

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.980
 to heal

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:42.019
 and he has

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.779
 compassion

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.720
 on all he

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.180
 has made

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.700
 especially his

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.039
 daughter

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:48.000
 especially his

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.240
 son

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:50.019
 so he has

00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:50.740
 the desire

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.740
 to heal

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:53.019
 in the name

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.559
 of the father

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.279
 and of the son

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.960
 and of the

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.579
 holy spirit

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.140
 amen

00:25:56.140 --> 00:26:03.140
 father let

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.740
 the healing

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.360
 streams

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.840
 abound

00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:08.560
 let the

00:26:08.560 --> 00:26:08.960
 healing

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.740
 streams

00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.280
 abound

00:26:10.280 --> 00:26:12.980
 as we

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.560
 encounter

00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:14.160
 you

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.740
 lord

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.080
 as we

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:15.640
 encounter

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.140
 you

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.300
 among

00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:17.580
 your

00:26:17.580 --> 00:26:18.000
 people

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.500
 as we

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.259
 see

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.500
 you

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.960
 extend

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.640
 your

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.440
 grace

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.040
 to us

00:26:23.040 --> 00:26:23.480
 through

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:25.220
 embrace

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.500
 through

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.039
 touch

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.400
 through

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.960
 the

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.279
 peace

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.579
 of the

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:27.859
 lord

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.180
 lord

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.039
 let the

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.380
 healing

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:30.140
 streams

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:32.220
 abound

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.640
 as we

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.119
 partake

00:26:33.119 --> 00:26:33.420
 of this

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:33.720
 meal

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:35.299
 let the

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:35.579
 healing

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:35.980
 streams

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.359
 abound

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.720
 as we

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.319
 sing

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.920
 and rejoice

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.720
 give you

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.099
 praise

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.579
 and thanks

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.819
 for rescuing

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.380
 us body

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.940
 and soul

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:44.019
 let the

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.420
 healing

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.000
 streams

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.400
 abound

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.720
 as we

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.039
 go to

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.220
 this

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.559
 place

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:46.960
 into

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.359
 our

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.980
 workplace

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:50.079
 as we

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.460
 rely

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.839
 on your

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.180
 holy

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.660
 spirit

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:52.859
 to be

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.200
 reminding

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.440
 us

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.019
 constantly

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.980
 every hour

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.339
 of every

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:55.660
 day

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.380
 that we

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.799
 are your

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.160
 daughters

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.940
 and sons

00:26:57.940 --> 00:27:01.259
 in Jesus

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.720
 name we

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:01.980
 pray

00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.579
 amen