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 Father, we confess before you that we are very, very influenced by our culture without realizing it.

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 And so, Father, texts like this can sometimes be very hard for us to get our minds around.

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 And some of us have almost an unhealthy preoccupation with evil spirits.

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 And, Father, to be honest, probably most of us live day by day almost as if we're atheists,

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 not even believing that such beings exist or trouble people.

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 We ask, Father, that the healing medicine of your word would come into who we are

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 and that we would be gripped by the gospel.

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

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 Please be seated.

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 So, we're going to talk about demons.

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 So, get your Bibles out and we're going to look at the story.

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 And we're going to talk about this story, which have demons as an important part of them.

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 Mark 5, verses 1 to 20.

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 Those of you who don't have Bibles, the words will be there as we go through this particular story.

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 And here's how it begins.

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 Again, in Mark 5, verses 1 to 20.

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 They came, that's Jesus and the disciples,

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 they came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.

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 And we're just going to pause here for a second.

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 One of you folks, you know who you are.

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 Last Sunday, I guess I'd mentioned I was going to be preaching about this text.

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 And one of you asked me, it's a very, very good question.

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 Was it Gadara?

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 Was it Gerasene?

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 Or was it Gerga?

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 However you pronounce that word.

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 Like, which place was it that he went?

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 And maybe some of you have talked to people who are skeptics.

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 And they have a great deal of fun with this text.

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 Because one of the places that I mentioned,

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 if you look at one of the different gospel stories,

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 this story is told in three of the gospels.

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 They have different places.

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 The region of the Gadarenes, the region of the Gerasenes.

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 And some of them will say, actually, this other place called Gergesene.

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 And one of them, I think it's Gerasene, is about 30 miles.

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 That's a lot of kilometers from the Sea of Galilee.

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 So people, skeptics, will have a great deal of fun.

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 They'll say, can you just imagine these pigs running 30 miles before they plunge to the end of it?

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 It's like a pretty ridiculous story.

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 And they'll make fun of it.

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 And others, it just came this week.

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 I had a conversation with one of my friends.

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 And we got talking about the Bible.

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 And he made the very, very standard Canadian comment that,

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 well, the Bible has been translated so many times.

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 And it's been copied.

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 And there's so many ways incorrectly that you can't really trust anything it says within it.

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 So we just need to pause here for a second.

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 Some of you might or might not know that all those things are going on.

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 But it's, in fact, what goes on in the culture.

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 And they're very important questions.

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 So let's deal with the first thing first.

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 First, did this take place in the Gadara, or however you pronounce it, or Gerasa, however you pronounce it,

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 or the region of the Gadarenes, or the region of the Gerasenes?

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 Well, the important thing here is this very, very interesting word, region.

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 That's what's important here in this text.

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 If I was to try to tell you about a place that I used to go to visit,

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 well, here, we'll use a different example.

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 If I was talking to a group of people who are back to the Landers,

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 or used to be old hippies,

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 and I wanted to talk about a place that I used to visit,

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 I might say that it's in the region of Killaloo.

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 But if I was going over the border into the United States,

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 and I met a group of Catholic homeschoolers,

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 I would say to them that this place that I'm referring to is in the region of Combermere.

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 Now, why would I say that?

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 Well, maybe not only old hippies,

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 but anybody here in Ottawa who's gone and had a Killaloo sunrise beaver tail,

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 you might sort of at least know what the name Killaloo is.

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 And so if I said this is in the region of Killaloo,

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 you'll have a bit of an idea where that is.

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 Catholic homeschoolers who probably like beaver tails just as much as everybody else,

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 but if they're in the States, they've never had a beaver tail.

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 Well, a lot of Catholic homeschoolers in this whole part of the world know about Combermere

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 because Madonna House is there,

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 and Madonna House is a really important place for devout,

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 very, very conservative Roman Catholics.

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 And if I said, well, it's going to be in the region of Combermere,

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 I haven't contradicted myself.

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 Region is one of those nice words that can encompass many, many, many square miles.

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 Combermere and Killaloo are about 30 miles apart.

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 But there's a huge area in between

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 that's covered by this very, very simple word, region.

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 So there's no contradiction.

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 One author is using a word that certain people will go,

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 ah, the Catholic homeschoolers, ah, Combermere.

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 The people who like beaver tails, ah, Killaloo, have a picture.

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 The second thing to go on in this text is,

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 is, you know, what my friends just said.

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 You know, I have the hardest time in the world convincing my non-Christian friends

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 that what everybody in Canada knows to be true is wrong.

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 And it is just wrong.

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 But because it's so constantly repeated, people just think that it's correct.

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 It's actually a strength of the Christian faith in the Bible

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 that you'd have a bit of a question as to whether or not it's Gergesene

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 or whether it's the Gerasene, two different places.

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 And the strength of it is, is that unlike Islam,

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 which has really, in a sense, no critical study of the Koran,

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 even though there's not as many early copies

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 and there's lots of differences between them,

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 is that Christians want to actually know what the original text was.

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 And there's literally thousands of ancient texts

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 and there's an actual science that they go through.

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 And if you read an academic commentary,

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 if you read an academic commentary,

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 you'll come in this particular case to a footnote,

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 which is maybe half a page long,

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 which will go through all of the different ancient versions of the text

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 and how you figure out which one is the correct wording.

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 It's actually a strength of the Christian faith

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 that you're open to inquiry, open to reason,

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 to figure out what's actually true.

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 And the more they discover ancient texts of the New Testament,

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 the more confident we can be.

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 And all modern versions following the scholarship will have Gergesenes.

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 That's probably what the original word was.

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 But even if it isn't,

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 you know, if some other studies mean it's the other one,

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 it's not a deal-breaker.

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 My Combermere and Killaloo example still works.

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 But here's the really big takeaway that we don't appreciate

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 and Mark's original hearers would understand instantly.

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 Jesus has crossed the Sea of Galilee,

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 which is really just a big lake.

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 He's gone from the Jewish part of the Sea of Galilee

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 to the area which is primarily pagan.

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 In fact, it is an area that about 100 years earlier,

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 the Romans came in and conquered that part.

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 And when they conquered that part,

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 many of the residents they killed,

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 many of the residents they drove away.

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 But the main thing is,

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 is that what they did is,

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 in our modern language,

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 is they imposed their culture on 10 of the cities

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 and created 10 cities

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 that would be model cities

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 of the glories of Greek and Roman and pagan culture.

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 And that's what the Decapolis is.

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 And what Mark has done right here

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 is he's just said,

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 okay, Jesus has now gone into this area

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 where the occupying forces have conquered

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 and have imposed their culture

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 and it's a model of Roman, Greek, wisdom, and culture.

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 And that's where Jesus now is.

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 So that's an important part of the story.

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 So let's go back to the text.

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 So we'll read verse 1 again.

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 They came to the other side of the sea

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 to the country of the Gerasenes.

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 In other words,

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 they've come to the area

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 of model pagan cities

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 with not that many Jews

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 and mainly those who are pagan.

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 Verse 2.

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 And when Jesus stepped out of the boat,

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 immediately there met him out of the tombs,

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 a man with an unclean spirit.

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 Now just sort of pause here for a second.

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 What you're going to see

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 throughout the rest of the text

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 and what you see if you read the rest of the Bible

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 is that there's three different ways

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 in the New Testament

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 that the Bible talks about the same being.

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 Unclean spirits, evil spirits, and demons.

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 It's just three different ways

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 to refer to the same class of beings.

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 In the Bible here,

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 the New Testament very clearly teaches

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 that evil spirits exist.

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 And unlike in Islam or in other faiths

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 where it will teach

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 that God created both evil spirits,

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 they have different names for them,

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 and angels,

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 the Bible teaches

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 that that's not how things are,

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 that God created

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 only good spiritual beings,

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 which we would refer to them as angels,

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 but some of those angels

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 rebelled against God

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 and turned towards evil.

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 And that is what we now would call

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 an evil spirit,

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 an unclean spirit,

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 or a demon.

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 And this is a story

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 very specifically,

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 in fact,

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 sort of a very important story

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 to help us to understand

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 that the Bible is trying

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 to communicate to us

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 the reality,

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 the truth,

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 that evil spirits exist,

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 that it's not just mental illness.

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 If you go back

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 and you read the Bible,

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 even in the time of King David,

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 so a thousand years before Jesus,

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 so a thousand years B.C.,

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 and you'll go back

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 and you read the story,

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 and Jesus spends,

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 David spends some time

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 with a pagan king,

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 and David gets worried

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 that the pagan king

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 wants to kill him.

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 So what does David do?

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 If you go back

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 and read the story,

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 David pretends he's insane.

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 And the story goes,

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 the king said,

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 do I need more insane people here?

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 Get rid of this guy.

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 So even a thousand years B.C.,

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 in this part of the world,

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 they understood the difference,

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 but they might get it confused,

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 but they understood

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 the distinction

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 between mental illness,

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 just being crazy,

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 and demon possession.

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 But I sort of got

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 a bit ahead of myself.

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 But this is what's

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 at the heart of the story.

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 For some of us,

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 it's an easy thing to believe.

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 For others, it's a hard part.

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 But Jesus comes to this area,

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 a showcase for pagan culture.

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 He meets a man.

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 Well, let's read verse 2 again.

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 And when Jesus has stepped

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 out of the boat,

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 immediately there met him

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 out of the tombs,

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 a man with an unclean spirit,

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 a demon.

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 He lived among the tombs.

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 Pause again.

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 I was at Graveyard this week.

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 They're very peaceful places

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 in Canada.

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 In fact, you could almost

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 picture just sitting there

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 having a quiet moment.

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 You know, the bustle

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 of the city all around you.

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 It's green.

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 It's quiet.

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 It's very, very well maintained.

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 And if you have that image

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 of what's going on here,

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 you're all wrong.

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 Because what in the ancient world

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 it would have been

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 is that it would have been

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 a place, in some cases,

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 where there would have just been

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 some maybe covered structure.

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 Sometimes it would be like a cave

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 with doors that you could move

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 out of the way.

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 And the bodies are put there.

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 The bones are put there.

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 So what this text is trying

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 to communicate about this man

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 would be more like

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 if you're watching a movie

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 and the police go into a house

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 because they, I don't know,

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 there's been some complaint

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 of noise or whatever.

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 They're just trying to find

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 the person.

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 They go into the house

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 and as soon as they go

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 into the house,

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 they see that the house

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 is filled with skulls,

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 with bones,

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 and decomposing bodies.

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 Now, if you watch a movie

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 like that,

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 what do you know instantly?

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 The guy who lives here

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 is evil.

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 And there'd probably be

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 some type of musical sound effect

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 or maybe just an even more

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 awesome silence

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 to grip you with the power

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 of the evil.

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 That for a person to live

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 amongst bones

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 and decomposing bodies

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 is a sign of great evil.

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 It might be a turning point

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 in the whole movie.

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 And that's what you understand

00:11:53.099 --> 00:11:54.319
 here with this message.

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 This is a man

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 who chooses

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 or is forced to live

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 amongst decomposing bodies

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 and bones.

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 And by the way,

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 if you know somebody

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 who doesn't find

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 that as a sign of great evil,

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 you better keep your eye on them.

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 Because that's not a good sign

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 about your friend.

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 You better really

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 keep your eye on them.

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 So let's go back

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 to verse 3.

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 It's going to describe

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 the effect of this.

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 It's almost in a sense

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 it's like this very powerful

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 biblical picture

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 of the end result,

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 what it is

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 that an evil spirit,

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 a demon,

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 desires

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 if he has

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 more and more influence

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 over you

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 where he will push you.

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 And so the rest

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 of these first verses,

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 we'll read verse 3 again.

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 He lived among the tombs

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 and no one could bind him anymore,

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 not even with a chain.

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 Now this isn't like

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 a good example

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 of a spiritual power.

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 It's an image

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 of a man

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 who's so out of control

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 and does so many

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 violent things

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 that the people

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 want to try

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 to control him

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 and it's a type

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 of mad frenzy.

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 It's a type

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 of evil frenzy.

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 It's a type

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 of evil adrenaline rush

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 that's going on

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 inside of him,

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 not something

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 which is good.

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 He lived among

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 the tombs,

00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:17.779
 verse 3,

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 and no one could

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 bind him anymore,

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 not even with a chain,

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 for he had often

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 been bound

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 with shackles

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 and chains,

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 but he wrenched

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 the chains apart

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 and he broke

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 the shackles

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 in pieces.

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 No one had the strength

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 to subdue him.

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 Night and day

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 among the tombs

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 and on the mountains

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 he was always

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 crying out

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 and cutting himself

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 with stones.

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 This is a man

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 who is completely

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 and utterly

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 tormented.

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 You'll see it's

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 implied here,

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 it's made clear

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 in another version.

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 He doesn't wear

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 clothes.

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 That's not a good

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 sign.

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 It's not a good

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 sign.

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 He doesn't wear

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 clothes.

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 He lives where

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 nobody else lives.

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 He's completely

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 and utterly

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 tormented.

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 He's completely

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 and utterly

00:14:02.319 --> 00:14:03.039
 cut off from

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 other people.

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 And by the way,

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 the word that's

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 used throughout

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 this is a really

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 important word

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 in the original

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 language.

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 It talks about

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 him being

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 demonized.

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 And the reason

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 it's really

00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:15.959
 important is that

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 you see there's

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 a range of

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 being demonized.

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 There's everything

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 from just our

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 normal,

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 I'm going to

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 talk about it

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 more later on,

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 different types

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 of temptations

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 or different

00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:25.980
 trains of thought

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 which are bad

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 that might be

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 in a sense

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 encouraged by

00:14:28.719 --> 00:14:29.860
 an evil spirit.

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 And it goes

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 right from that

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 to something

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 which like you

00:14:32.959 --> 00:14:33.779
 see here where

00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.339
 somebody is

00:14:34.339 --> 00:14:35.100
 completely and

00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:36.299
 utterly overwhelmed

00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:37.699
 and consumed

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 and in a sense

00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:39.819
 possessed by

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 the actual

00:14:40.359 --> 00:14:41.179
 evil spirits.

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 And the word

00:14:41.599 --> 00:14:42.419
 is demonization

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 which implies

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 a bit of a

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 process,

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 a bit of a

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 range.

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 But here you

00:14:47.459 --> 00:14:48.179
 see the end.

00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:49.799
 So what

00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:50.319
 happens?

00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:51.139
 The man comes

00:14:51.139 --> 00:14:51.519
 to Jesus.

00:14:51.699 --> 00:14:52.259
 Verse 6,

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 And the demon

00:14:54.379 --> 00:14:55.240
 possessed man

00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:55.759
 when he saw

00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:56.799
 Jesus from afar

00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:57.620
 he ran and

00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.079
 fell down

00:14:58.079 --> 00:14:58.959
 before Jesus

00:14:58.959 --> 00:15:00.139
 and crying out

00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.579
 with a loud

00:15:00.579 --> 00:15:01.419
 voice he said,

00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:02.639
 What have you

00:15:02.639 --> 00:15:03.439
 to do with me,

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.079
 Jesus,

00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:05.120
 son of the

00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:06.059
 most high God?

00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:07.279
 I adjure you

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:07.959
 by God,

00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:08.839
 do not

00:15:08.839 --> 00:15:09.620
 torment me.

00:15:10.599 --> 00:15:11.019
 Now just

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 sort of pause.

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 It's really

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 a very

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 interesting

00:15:13.339 --> 00:15:14.240
 dynamic that

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.039
 goes on here

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 in the

00:15:15.479 --> 00:15:16.399
 original language.

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 First of all,

00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.139
 if you read

00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:18.679
 the Gospel

00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:19.120
 of Mark

00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:19.459
 from the

00:15:19.459 --> 00:15:19.740
 beginning

00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:20.859
 to here,

00:15:20.939 --> 00:15:21.299
 you'll see

00:15:21.299 --> 00:15:21.679
 that this

00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:21.979
 is the

00:15:21.979 --> 00:15:22.519
 highest,

00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:23.859
 this is

00:15:23.859 --> 00:15:24.240
 the most

00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:24.979
 profound

00:15:24.979 --> 00:15:25.899
 statement

00:15:25.899 --> 00:15:26.599
 of the

00:15:26.599 --> 00:15:27.000
 divinity

00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:27.599
 of Jesus

00:15:27.599 --> 00:15:28.199
 seen in

00:15:28.199 --> 00:15:28.639
 the Gospel

00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.079
 of Mark

00:15:29.079 --> 00:15:29.459
 up until

00:15:29.459 --> 00:15:29.759
 now and

00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.120
 it comes

00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.439
 from a

00:15:30.439 --> 00:15:30.639
 demon

00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.039
 possessed

00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:31.399
 man.

00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:32.419
 Jesus

00:15:32.419 --> 00:15:32.979
 is the

00:15:32.979 --> 00:15:33.519
 son

00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.159
 of the

00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:34.500
 most

00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:35.059
 high

00:15:35.059 --> 00:15:35.799
 God.

00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:36.899
 He is

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.220
 of the

00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:37.539
 very

00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.159
 nature

00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:38.879
 of the

00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.279
 most

00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:39.939
 high

00:15:39.939 --> 00:15:40.659
 God.

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.120
 It is

00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:41.480
 a

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.340
 profound

00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:43.419
 trinitarian

00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:44.100
 statement

00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.500
 and it

00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.139
 comes

00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.259
 from the

00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.519
 mouth

00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:46.879
 of a

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.039
 demon

00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.360
 possessed

00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:47.759
 man.

00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.100
 At the

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.360
 other

00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:48.860
 hand,

00:15:49.659 --> 00:15:50.159
 the other

00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.519
 thing about

00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.100
 I adjure

00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:51.460
 you,

00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:52.019
 what's

00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:52.279
 happening

00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:52.480
 in the

00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:52.740
 original

00:15:52.740 --> 00:15:53.240
 language

00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:54.600
 is that

00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:55.079
 the demon

00:15:55.079 --> 00:15:55.460
 possessed

00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:55.860
 man is

00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:56.199
 trying to

00:15:56.199 --> 00:15:56.659
 cast a

00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.139
 spell

00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.939
 on

00:15:57.939 --> 00:15:58.360
 Jesus

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:59.199
 to

00:15:59.199 --> 00:15:59.500
 bind

00:15:59.500 --> 00:15:59.759
 him.

00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:01.759
 Isn't

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:01.899
 that

00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:02.559
 interesting?

00:16:02.819 --> 00:16:02.980
 This

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.220
 most

00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:03.679
 profound

00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.399
 Christological

00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.059
 comment

00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:06.340
 married

00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:06.980
 with an

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.360
 attempt

00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:07.740
 by the

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:07.919
 demon

00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:08.299
 possessed

00:16:08.299 --> 00:16:08.699
 man to

00:16:08.699 --> 00:16:09.159
 cast a

00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.519
 spell

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:10.299
 on

00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:10.620
 Jesus

00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:10.879
 to

00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:11.120
 bind

00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:11.360
 him.

00:16:13.319 --> 00:16:13.799
 It

00:16:13.799 --> 00:16:15.199
 shows

00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:15.699
 the loss

00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:16.019
 of the

00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.519
 intellect

00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.899
 and the

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.740
 irrationality

00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.100
 that goes

00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:20.379
 on as

00:16:20.379 --> 00:16:20.720
 we come

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.039
 more and

00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:21.500
 more if

00:16:21.500 --> 00:16:22.039
 any person

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.519
 comes under

00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.059
 the influence

00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:23.319
 of an

00:16:23.319 --> 00:16:23.519
 evil

00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:23.960
 spirit.

00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.220
 So what

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.620
 does Jesus

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:25.879
 do?

00:16:25.939 --> 00:16:26.200
 Of course

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:27.240
 he can't

00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:27.700
 be bound

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:28.220
 by a

00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:28.620
 spell.

00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:30.020
 That's

00:16:30.020 --> 00:16:30.700
 ridiculous

00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:31.420
 as we're

00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:31.600
 going to

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:31.740
 see.

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.080
 Although

00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:32.540
 maybe the

00:16:32.540 --> 00:16:32.840
 original

00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.200
 readers

00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.700
 would wonder

00:16:33.700 --> 00:16:33.960
 what's

00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:34.160
 going to

00:16:34.160 --> 00:16:34.440
 happen

00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:34.759
 because

00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.060
 this

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:36.040
 demon

00:16:36.040 --> 00:16:36.460
 possessed

00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:36.780
 man

00:16:36.780 --> 00:16:36.920
 is

00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:38.340
 trying

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:38.620
 to

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:38.879
 cast

00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.060
 a

00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:39.240
 spell

00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:39.420
 on

00:16:39.420 --> 00:16:39.680
 Jesus.

00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:40.100
 So

00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:40.379
 maybe

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.640
 many

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 of

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 the

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 original

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 hearers

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 maybe

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 in

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 some

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 pagan

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 cultures

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 if

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 they

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 were

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 hearing

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 this

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 for

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 the

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 very

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 first

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 time

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 they

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 would

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 wonder

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 what's

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 going

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 to

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 happen.

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 But

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 we

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 see

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 in

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 verse

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 8

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 for

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 he

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 was

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 bound

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 what

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 is

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 your

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 name

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 and

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 the

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 man

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 replied

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 my

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 name

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 is

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 Legion

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 for

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 we

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 are

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 many

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 and

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 he

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 begged

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 him

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 earnestly

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 not

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 to

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 send

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 them

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 notice

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 that

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 he

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 begged

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 him

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 earnestly

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 not

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 to

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 send

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 them

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 out

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 of

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 the

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 country.

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 Now

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 just

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 pause

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 here

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 for

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 a

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 second.

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 What

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 he

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 says

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 is

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 we

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 are

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 an

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 army

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 of

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 demons.

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 That's

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 what

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 he's

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 saying.

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 We

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 are

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 an

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 army

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 of

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 demons

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 inside

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 this

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 man.

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 It's

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 an

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 attempt

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 to

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 intimidate

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 Jesus.

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 And

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 then

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 the

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 going

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 from

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 a

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 he

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 to

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 a

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 them

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 shows

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 that

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 in

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 fact

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 as

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 we're

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 going

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 to

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 see

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 in

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 the

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 text

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 that

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 the

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 man

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 is

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 possessed

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 demonized

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 by

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 far

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 more

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 vastly

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 more

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 a

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 legion

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 is

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 anywhere

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 from

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 3 to

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 6

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 thousand

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 people

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 so

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 this

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 is

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 a

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 very

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 large

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 number

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 of

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 demons

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 which

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 are

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 in

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 this

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 particular

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 man.

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 So

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 what's

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 going

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 to

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 happen?

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 What

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 does

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 Jesus

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 do?

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 Is he

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 intimidated?

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 Once again

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 remember pagans

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 might go

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 whoa

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 what's

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 going to

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 happen

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 next?

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 We know

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 the story

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 we've

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 already

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 heard

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 but let's

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 look at

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 it

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 again.

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 Verse 11

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 now

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 now

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 a

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 great

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 herd

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 of

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 pigs

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 was

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 feeding

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 there

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 on

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 the

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 hillside

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 and

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 they

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 begged

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 him

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 they

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 begged

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 Jesus

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 saying

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 send

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 us

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 to

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 the

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 pigs

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 let

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 us

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 enter

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 them

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 so

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 Jesus

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 gave

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 them

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 permission

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 and

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 the

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 unclean

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 spirits

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 came

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 out

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 of

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 the

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 man

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 and

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 entered

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 the

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 pigs

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 and

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 the

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 herd

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 numbering

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 about

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 2,000

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 rushed

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 down

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 the

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 steep

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 bank

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 into

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 the

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 sea

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 and

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 drowned

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 in

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 the

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 sea.

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 Now

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 we

00:18:32.559 --> 00:18:32.720
 have

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 to

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 pause

00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:35.460
 make

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 sure

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 we

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.119
 understand

00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.439
 what's

00:18:36.439 --> 00:18:36.619
 going

00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:36.960
 on

00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:37.539
 in

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 the

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 story.

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 First

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 of all

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 I don't

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 know how

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 many of

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 you know

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 this

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 logicians

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 actually

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 have named

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 a fallacy

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 after this

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 story.

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 If you

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 go up

00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:48.179
 and look

00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:48.399
 in the

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 internet

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 google

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 the

00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:51.099
 Gadarene

00:18:51.099 --> 00:18:51.819
 fallacy

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 you'll

00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.460
 see that

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 logicians

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 actually

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 talk about

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 this.

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 And

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 there's

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 two

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 versions

00:18:55.879 --> 00:18:56.179
 of the

00:18:56.179 --> 00:18:56.599
 Gadarene

00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.179
 fallacy

00:18:57.179 --> 00:18:58.039
 that come

00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.460
 from this

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 story

00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.200
 and it's

00:18:59.200 --> 00:18:59.659
 an important

00:18:59.659 --> 00:18:59.980
 way to

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.299
 understand

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.519
 another

00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.079
 a fallacy

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.559
 means that

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 if somebody

00:19:01.939 --> 00:19:02.519
 says this

00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:03.059
 or believes

00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.359
 this

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:03.959
 and they

00:19:03.959 --> 00:19:04.279
 believe it

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:04.559
 should be

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 true

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 it's

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 actually

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:05.759
 a fallacy

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:05.979
 it's

00:19:05.979 --> 00:19:06.179
 something

00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:06.379
 that

00:19:06.379 --> 00:19:06.879
 confuses

00:19:06.879 --> 00:19:07.119
 them.

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 And one

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.119
 version

00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:08.519
 of this

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 if all

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:09.619
 of the

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:09.799
 right

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.279
 people

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:11.379
 in all

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 of the

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 right

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 positions

00:19:12.419 --> 00:19:13.639
 are all

00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:13.979
 thinking

00:19:13.979 --> 00:19:14.479
 the same

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 thing

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 and all

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 going in

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:16.439
 the same

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 direction

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 it doesn't

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.219
 mean

00:19:18.219 --> 00:19:18.419
 they're

00:19:18.419 --> 00:19:18.759
 right.

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.740
 All the

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 pigs

00:19:22.219 --> 00:19:23.819
 all think

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 the same

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 thing

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:24.639
 they're all

00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:24.919
 going in

00:19:24.919 --> 00:19:25.139
 the same

00:19:25.139 --> 00:19:25.419
 direction

00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:25.759
 all go

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:25.979
 to their

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 death.

00:19:26.939 --> 00:19:27.379
 This is a

00:19:27.379 --> 00:19:28.039
 really important

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.439
 fallacy

00:19:28.439 --> 00:19:29.240
 for Christians

00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:30.179
 where so much

00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:30.379
 of the

00:19:30.379 --> 00:19:30.659
 culture

00:19:30.659 --> 00:19:31.519
 actually thinks

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 that things

00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.759
 are right

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.359
 or wrong

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:35.859
 and we

00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.299
 disagree.

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:36.740
 We might

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 be the only

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.700
 person in

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.059
 the company

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 the only

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 person in

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 a room

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.339
 the only

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 person in

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 a class

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 the only

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 person in

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 the faculty

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 that disagrees.

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 And that's

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 why the

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 second version

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 of the same

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 fallacy is

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 really really

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 important.

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 That if you

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 are in a

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 situation

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 where all

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 of the

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 people who

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 are in

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 the right

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 position

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 think the

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 same thing

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 and they're

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 all going

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 in the same

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 direction

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 and you

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 disagree with

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 them it

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 doesn't mean

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 you're wrong.

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 If the

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 people who

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 are all

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 in the

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 right

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 positions

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 all with

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 the same

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 view

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 and all

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 in the

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 same

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 direction

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 think you're

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 wrong it's

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 called the

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 gathering fallacy.

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 They still have to

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 prove you're

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 wrong.

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 They can't

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 just say well

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 you must be

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 wrong.

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 You know

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 like if

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 everybody in

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 the Starbucks

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 thinks that the

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 Bible is just

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 so many

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 translations and

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 so many

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 versions and

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 all that you

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 can't trust

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 it.

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 It doesn't

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 matter that

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 they all

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 think it.

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 They're wrong.

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 They have to

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 prove it.

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 They're sort

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 of surprised that

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 they can't.

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 That's the

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 first thing

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 here.

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 But here's

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 the most

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 important thing

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 about this

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 thing.

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 So Jesus

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 allows the

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 demons to

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 leave the

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 man to

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 go into

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 the pigs.

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 And that's

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 one of the

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 very important

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 signs that

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 this story

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 remember it

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 maybe you

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 don't remember

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 I didn't say

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 it at the

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 beginning of

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 the sermon.

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 What we're

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 reading when we

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 read Mark is

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 an ancient

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 biography of

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 Jesus and

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 a biography

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 where much

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 of it is

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 an eyewitness

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 account but

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 all of it is

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 based on

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 eyewitness

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 accounts and

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 written within

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 the time frame

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 of the

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 eyewitnesses

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 still being

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 alive including

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 eyewitnesses who

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 don't like

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 Jesus.

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 And Mark in

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 fact as most

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 of the gospel

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 writers gives

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 enough historical

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 evidence so

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 that when the

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 gospel is

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 written and

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 this particular

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 text might have

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 only been

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 written 17

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 years 16

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 years after the

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 death and

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 resurrection of

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 Jesus that a

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 person reading

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 it for the

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 first time could

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 go and check

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 and see could

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 he find the

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 herders could

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 he find the

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 man who had

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 the demons did

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 he hear about

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 this is it

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 true and so

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 the claim is

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 that this is

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 true and what

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 we can see

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 here is that

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 the man cannot

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 have been

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 mentally ill

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 because no

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 amount of

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 claiming about

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 mental illness

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 would explain

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 the behavior of

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 the pigs.

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 This is a

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 story which is

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 making a very

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 strong claim

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 about the

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 existence of

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 evil spirits

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 that they're

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 real.

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 That's the

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 first thing.

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 The other

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 thing though is

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 that this story

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 actually touches

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 at our hearts

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 and our value

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 because many

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 many many people

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 are troubled by

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 the death of

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 the 2,000 pigs.

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 Many are

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 troubled by the

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 death of the

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 2,000 pigs.

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 Such a waste.

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 Why did Jesus

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 allow it?

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 How can we

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 trust Jesus if

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 he allows

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 something like

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 that to happen?

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 So let's walk

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 towards it.

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 Here's what's

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 so wise about

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:31.660
 the text and

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 so unwise about

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.279
 our doubts.

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 And it's an

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.640
 unwisdom.

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 Our doubts

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.400
 might come from

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.860
 one of two

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.420
 sources or

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 both.

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 But here's

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.440
 this.

00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.019
 Here's the

00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.480
 wisdom of

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.759
 this.

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.620
 Jesus says

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 the life of

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 one man is

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.620
 worth more

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.460
 than 2,000

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.819
 pigs.

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 Do you

00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.680
 believe that?

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 Do you

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.400
 believe that

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.160
 one man's

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:50.779
 life is

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.259
 worth more

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.000
 than 2,000

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.380
 pigs?

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 You see

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 on the

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:56.360
 left human

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.780
 beings are

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 a bit of

00:22:57.020 --> 00:22:57.600
 a problem.

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 I keep

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 breathing out

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 stuff that's

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 destroying the

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.040
 ozone.

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 I'm causing

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 all this

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.300
 problem supposedly

00:23:08.300 --> 00:23:09.100
 that's going to

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.740
 bring the

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.360
 whole planet

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 to a collapse.

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 And so for

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 many of us

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 on the left

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 we go,

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 I don't

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 know if

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 one human

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.860
 being is

00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:18.280
 worth more

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:18.980
 than 2,000

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.300
 pigs.

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 Really?

00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:20.340
 Shame on you.

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 Do you really

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.080
 think that?

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 You really

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.319
 think that

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.940
 2,000

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.500
 pigs is

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.980
 worth more

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.340
 than one

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:24.880
 human life?

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 If there

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 was a

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.259
 story in

00:23:26.259 --> 00:23:26.860
 the newspaper

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 and for

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 some reason

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.460
 it was

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:28.920
 able that

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.200
 if for

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.660
 some reason

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.140
 whatever it

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.460
 is, if

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.779
 you killed

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.360
 the 2,000

00:23:31.360 --> 00:23:31.779
 pigs a

00:23:31.779 --> 00:23:32.360
 child would

00:23:32.360 --> 00:23:32.799
 live, would

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 you hesitate

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.799
 over that

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.140
 decision?

00:23:34.220 --> 00:23:34.420
 If you

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.000
 hesitate over

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.620
 that position,

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.960
 I say to

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.299
 you, shame

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.740
 on you.

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.000
 And from

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.519
 the right,

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.440
 you go with

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.920
 the economic

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.620
 value of

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.259
 the 2,000

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.640
 pigs.

00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:46.480
 The right

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:46.900
 aren't left

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.360
 out of this

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:47.580
 either.

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:47.960
 We can't

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.220
 just say,

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.519
 oh, those

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.180
 social justice

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.400
 warriors.

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.060
 No, no, no.

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.300
 If you

00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:51.880
 go, oh, 2,000

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.480
 pigs, that's

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.400
 worth clicky,

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:53.780
 clicky, clicky,

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.000
 click.

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.400
 Shame on

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:55.620
 you.

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.580
 Jesus is

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.060
 wiser.

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:59.200
 One human

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.700
 being is

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.220
 worth more

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.060
 than 2,000

00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.540
 pigs.

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.620
 Always

00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.259
 worth more.

00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:07.780
 And on

00:24:07.780 --> 00:24:08.300
 one level,

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.160
 if all that

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.800
 happens is

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.200
 that for the

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:11.140
 price of 2,000

00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.580
 pigs, a

00:24:11.580 --> 00:24:12.280
 very powerful

00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:13.000
 story about

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.920
 the reality

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.600
 and the

00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.180
 nature of

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.860
 demons is

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.320
 given to

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:16.620
 us, it's

00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.220
 a very small

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.720
 price to

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:17.920
 pay.

00:24:18.300 --> 00:24:18.759
 But why

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.059
 do we

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:20.160
 even doubt

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.240
 the goodness

00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.920
 of Jesus?

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:28.160
 Like, what

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.619
 is it about

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.299
 our heart

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.400
 that we

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.900
 would doubt

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.440
 the goodness

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.119
 of Jesus

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.000
 that for

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.859
 whatever reason

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.099
 that he

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.740
 allows it to

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.279
 happen, that

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.920
 it's only for

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.079
 good?

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.779
 I'm just

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.160
 going to ask

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.480
 you one

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:37.920
 for instance.

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.420
 Remember I

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.200
 told you that

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:40.460
 he's in a

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.160
 region that

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.720
 about 100

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.480
 years earlier

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.900
 had been

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.660
 occupied by

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.119
 the Roman

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.680
 forces.

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.279
 The locals,

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:46.799
 many of them,

00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.200
 of course,

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.779
 were killed,

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.140
 many of

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.519
 them driven

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:48.880
 out.

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.039
 Pagans are

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.799
 placed there.

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.420
 They make

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:54.080
 10 model

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:55.000
 cities to

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.980
 extol pagan

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.940
 Greek and

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.700
 Roman culture.

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 And we

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.799
 might all

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.460
 forget for a

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.940
 moment that,

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.340
 of course,

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.240
 Jesus and

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.880
 his disciples

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.480
 are a

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.779
 conquered

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 people.

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.100
 They are

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.580
 under the

00:25:06.580 --> 00:25:07.039
 thumb of

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.400
 the Roman

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:07.960
 authorities.

00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.360
 The Romans

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.759
 are in

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.380
 charge and

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.759
 the Jewish

00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.240
 people are

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.779
 a conquered

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.259
 people.

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 And what

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.279
 difference would

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.920
 this make in

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.440
 the entire

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.680
 story if I

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:17.619
 told you that

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.519
 those 2,000

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.059
 pigs were

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.579
 meant to

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.160
 feed the

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.720
 army of

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.599
 the oppressors?

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 Would it

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.480
 make a

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:22.900
 difference to

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.039
 you in

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.559
 that story?

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.359
 Imagine

00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.000
 you're watching

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.420
 a Second

00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.019
 World War

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.539
 movie and

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.559
 it's a story

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.259
 about Holland

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.759
 or it's a

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.359
 story about

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:33.779
 Norway.

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:34.879
 And part of

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.839
 the story is

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.259
 that some

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.900
 Norwegian or

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.200
 Dutch,

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:39.059
 we'll put

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:39.440
 Norway,

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.500
 some Norwegian

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.359
 freedom fighters

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.939
 are able to

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.799
 go and

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:44.299
 destroy pigs

00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:44.559
 that are

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.000
 going to

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.419
 feed the

00:25:45.419 --> 00:25:46.219
 Nazi troops.

00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:46.679
 We would

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.059
 make a

00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.519
 movie of

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.859
 that and

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.179
 we would

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.679
 cheer for

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.740
 the Norwegians

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:51.139
 as we

00:25:51.139 --> 00:25:51.599
 should.

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.319
 No, I'm

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.639
 not saying

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.019
 that's what's

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.659
 going on,

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.500
 but have you

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:56.740
 ever even

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.139
 thought about

00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:57.379
 that?

00:25:58.959 --> 00:25:59.699
 Like, why

00:25:59.699 --> 00:26:00.259
 is it in

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.819
 our heart,

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.659
 brothers and

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.859
 sisters, that

00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.439
 we doubt the

00:26:03.439 --> 00:26:03.919
 goodness of

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.479
 God and

00:26:04.479 --> 00:26:04.839
 the wisdom

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.279
 of Jesus?

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.019
 Why is it

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.659
 that we doubt

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.839
 that he does

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.279
 not have a

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.500
 good reason for

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.079
 why he allowed

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:10.459
 that to

00:26:10.459 --> 00:26:10.799
 happen?

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.000
 A reason

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.500
 that when we

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:12.939
 see him

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.359
 face to

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.819
 face, he

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.219
 will tell

00:26:14.219 --> 00:26:14.459
 it to

00:26:14.459 --> 00:26:14.659
 us and

00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:14.919
 we'll go,

00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.099
 gosh, that's

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.339
 a good

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.719
 reason.

00:26:17.919 --> 00:26:18.740
 I am so

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:20.079
 sorry, Jesus,

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.679
 that I ever

00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:21.299
 doubted your

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.919
 goodness and

00:26:22.919 --> 00:26:23.539
 your wisdom

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:25.339
 in the

00:26:25.339 --> 00:26:27.099
 affairs that

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.599
 are described

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.919
 here.

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.939
 So what

00:26:31.939 --> 00:26:32.459
 happens?

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.179
 You see, in

00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:37.219
 some way, in

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.539
 this story, if

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:40.779
 verses 3 to

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.600
 5, you

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.220
 get a

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:44.120
 picture of

00:26:44.120 --> 00:26:44.519
 what it

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.819
 is that if

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.240
 an evil

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.019
 spirit starts

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.460
 to have more

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:47.799
 and more of

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:49.039
 a hold or

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.700
 role in your

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.420
 life where

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.339
 the demon

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.900
 wants to

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.519
 lead you,

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.660
 in the rest

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.339
 of the story,

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.200
 you're going

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.299
 to see a

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.720
 very, very

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.420
 simple but

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.559
 powerful picture

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.940
 of where

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:01.100
 Jesus will

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.559
 lead you,

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.259
 where the

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.880
 Holy Spirit

00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.620
 will lead

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:03.799
 you.

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.839
 Let's

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.079
 look.

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.180
 Verse 14.

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.159
 The

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.919
 herdsmen fled

00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:10.500
 and told it

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.039
 in the city

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:12.559
 about what,

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:12.940
 you know, the

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.379
 pigs all

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.919
 rushing into

00:27:13.919 --> 00:27:14.339
 the sea.

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.059
 They told it

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.500
 in the city

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.859
 and in the

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.419
 country and

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:19.759
 people came

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:23.000
 to see what

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.379
 it was that

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:23.859
 had happened

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.639
 and they came

00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.419
 to Jesus and

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:26.039
 saw the demon

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:27.000
 possessed man,

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.220
 the one who

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.759
 had the

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.200
 legion,

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.559
 sitting there

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:32.879
 clothed and

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.440
 in his right

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.720
 mind and

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.019
 they were

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.519
 afraid.

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.539
 He's sitting

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.140
 with people.

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.680
 He's in

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.360
 control of

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.320
 his faculties.

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.820
 He's clothed.

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:49.000
 He's having

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.640
 a good time

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.120
 with Jesus

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.519
 and the

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.000
 apostles.

00:27:52.580 --> 00:27:53.519
 That's where

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.539
 Jesus will

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.680
 always lead

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:57.380
 you, to

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.960
 free your

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.600
 mind and

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:58.920
 make it

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.660
 work properly,

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:02.580
 to lead

00:28:02.580 --> 00:28:03.200
 you to be

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.819
 at peace

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.900
 with others

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.640
 and with

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:05.900
 him.

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.900
 To help

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.500
 you regain

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.200
 who you

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.759
 really are,

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:16.580
 that's where

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:16.900
 the Holy

00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:18.480
 Spirit will

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.819
 lead you.

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.799
 That's what

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.360
 the gospel

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:21.120
 will do in

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.580
 your life.

00:28:22.860 --> 00:28:23.680
 But notice

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.059
 that people

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.620
 are afraid

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:26.059
 and here we

00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.519
 see something

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.880
 which is

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.759
 quite profound

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.960
 and very,

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.840
 very amazing.

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:29.939
 amazing.

00:28:30.939 --> 00:28:31.319
 Look at

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.579
 verse

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.599
 16.

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.179
 And those

00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:34.439
 who had

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:34.759
 seen it

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.379
 described to

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:35.659
 them what

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.159
 had happened

00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.559
 to the

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.220
 demon-possessed

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.279
 man and to

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.759
 the pigs.

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:39.879
 And they

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.459
 began to

00:28:40.459 --> 00:28:41.220
 beg Jesus

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.959
 to depart

00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:42.879
 from their

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.439
 region.

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.279
 Now this

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.019
 is really

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.519
 quite an

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.459
 amazing thing

00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:49.519
 if you think

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.119
 about it for a

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.240
 second.

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.000
 And it really

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.559
 goes to the

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:51.980
 very, very

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:53.720
 heart of the

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:55.759
 gospel and

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.240
 how God

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.839
 deals with us

00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.439
 as human

00:28:57.439 --> 00:28:57.699
 beings.

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.199
 If you think

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:58.679
 about it for

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:58.980
 a second,

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.899
 here's Jesus

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.919
 by a mere

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.480
 act of his

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:02.679
 will can

00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:03.339
 cast out

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.059
 thousands of

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.619
 demons from

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:05.000
 a man.

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.899
 These people

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.459
 can't tell

00:29:07.459 --> 00:29:08.119
 Jesus what

00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:08.559
 to do.

00:29:09.859 --> 00:29:10.500
 Like how

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.119
 can they deal

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.480
 with that

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.859
 power?

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.819
 But they

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:14.279
 ask him to

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.639
 leave and he

00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.019
 leaves.

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.179
 You see,

00:29:16.439 --> 00:29:17.000
 what the

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.019
 Bible describes

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.480
 in the

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.399
 overarching big

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:20.119
 picture of

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:20.639
 what it is

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.119
 for us to

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.639
 be human

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:23.019
 is that God

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.619
 made human

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:23.879
 beings.

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.339
 He made

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.720
 you.

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.639
 He made

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.059
 you with

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.659
 the purpose

00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:26.960
 and the

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.519
 intent that

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.820
 you would

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:28.759
 know your

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.259
 creator.

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.640
 You would

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.440
 know God

00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.420
 with love

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.920
 and affection

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.640
 and trust.

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:33.920
 And then in

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.480
 a sense,

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.460
 in the cool

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.940
 of the day,

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.380
 you would be

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:37.060
 able to walk

00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.560
 with him

00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:37.980
 and have

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.100
 sweet conversation

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.460
 and be

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.160
 completely and

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.759
 utterly naked

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.400
 and completely

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.800
 and utterly

00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:42.400
 unashamed.

00:29:42.840 --> 00:29:43.279
 And that's

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.860
 how God

00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.740
 made us

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.160
 to be.

00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:45.700
 That is

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:46.120
 what we

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.560
 were really

00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.140
 designed

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.920
 to be.

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.000
 And we

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.860
 used our

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.060
 freedom.

00:29:50.060 --> 00:29:50.500
 You can't

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.040
 have love

00:29:51.040 --> 00:29:51.840
 without freedom.

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.420
 And we

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.380
 used our

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.140
 freedom to

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.740
 turn away

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.279
 from God,

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.819
 to seek

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.119
 to be

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.519
 a God

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.079
 ourselves,

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.879
 to no longer

00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.660
 trust God,

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.200
 to think that

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.960
 God had

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.920
 evil purposes

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.339
 and would

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.799
 hurt us.

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.059
 And we

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.720
 turned away

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.220
 from God

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.559
 to be

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.019
 God's

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.579
 ourselves.

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.680
 And as a

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:06.980
 result,

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.079
 we no longer

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.660
 are comfortable

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.480
 revealing who

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.940
 we really

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:10.160
 are.

00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:10.379
 And we're

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:10.920
 no longer,

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.359
 our relationship

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:12.879
 with other

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.399
 people is

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.220
 always dealt

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.279
 with in

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.220
 problems,

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.819
 some good

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.339
 moments and

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.839
 some bad

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.099
 moments.

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:18.339
 And our

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:18.779
 relationship

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.139
 with the

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.660
 creation is

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.220
 all messed

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.440
 up.

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.559
 And God,

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.220
 in his love,

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.059
 seeing our

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.579
 freedom and

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.399
 desiring to

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:25.259
 preserve our

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.799
 freedom, he

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:27.039
 sends his

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:28.500
 son to do

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.259
 what we

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.079
 cannot do.

00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:30.740
 And he

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.519
 sends his

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:33.259
 son who

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.119
 suffers the

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.799
 trials and

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:35.559
 temptations that

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.279
 we do only

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.220
 without rebelling

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:37.839
 against God,

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.720
 accepting the

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.299
 father's will,

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.160
 never breaking

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.940
 communion with

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:42.079
 God, living a

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.940
 life that even

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.440
 his enemies

00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:44.000
 said was

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.640
 sinless.

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.779
 And out of

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.379
 love, this

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.460
 man who by a

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.220
 mere act of

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.000
 his will can

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:51.379
 cast demons out

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.859
 of a human

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.920
 being, this

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.879
 man allows

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.500
 himself, he's

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.960
 going to

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.520
 Jerusalem to

00:30:55.520 --> 00:30:55.880
 die, he

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.560
 dies on the

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:57.720
 cross, how

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.180
 could that

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.740
 man be

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.060
 bound?

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.720
 The only

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.360
 reason he

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.740
 can be

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.400
 bound is

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.900
 it is his

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.520
 love for

00:31:02.520 --> 00:31:02.860
 you and

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.140
 me and

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.620
 his obedience

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.180
 to God

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.940
 that puts

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.280
 him on

00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:05.860
 the cross.

00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:08.960
 And on

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.420
 the cross

00:31:09.420 --> 00:31:10.160
 he dies.

00:31:11.760 --> 00:31:12.240
 His

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.620
 destiny is

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.360
 offered to

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:15.820
 you and

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.320
 he takes

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:16.880
 your doom,

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.440
 your

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.760
 wrongdoing,

00:31:20.340 --> 00:31:20.840
 he says,

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.420
 I will take

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.260
 upon myself

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.319
 and I

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.039
 offer you

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.140
 my perfect

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.559
 life.

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.599
 And we

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:29.059
 freely accept

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:30.460
 or reject.

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.140
 So it gets

00:31:35.140 --> 00:31:35.779
 right into the

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.140
 heart of it.

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.599
 But some of

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.000
 you might say,

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.619
 no, no, no,

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.099
 no, George,

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.740
 George, George,

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.099
 George, George,

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:39.440
 George, you

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.940
 missed something

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.619
 in the story.

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.299
 He doesn't

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.000
 really accept

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.460
 the demon

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.359
 possessed man

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:43.799
 who's now

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.299
 healed.

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.859
 And I have a

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.759
 worry that I'm

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.680
 like that guy.

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.400
 Yes, Jesus

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.940
 might do

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.539
 something in me

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.079
 which is really

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.720
 wonderful and

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.259
 helpful, but at

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.660
 the end of the

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:51.980
 day when I

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.299
 want to get

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.660
 into the

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.180
 boat with

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.920
 him, he

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.559
 won't pick

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.000
 me.

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.700
 He won't

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:58.539
 pick me.

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.779
 But that's

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.059
 to not

00:32:00.059 --> 00:32:00.740
 understand the

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.039
 story.

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.599
 In fact, the

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.900
 story ends

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.579
 in something

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:04.940
 very subtle

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.500
 but very

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.240
 powerful and

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.920
 very profound.

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.360
 Look what

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:08.019
 happens in

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.360
 verse,

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.839
 continue reading

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.220
 at verse

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.700
 18.

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:13.920
 As Jesus

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.380
 was getting

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.759
 into the

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.140
 boat because

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.480
 the people

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.860
 wanted him

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.240
 to leave,

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.720
 the man

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:16.960
 who had

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.460
 been possessed

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.039
 with demons

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.900
 begged Jesus

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.279
 that he

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.599
 might be

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.000
 with him.

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.279
 And Jesus

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.799
 did not

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.660
 permit him

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.200
 but said

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.599
 to him.

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:24.980
 Now here

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.259
 what we

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.759
 see is it's

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.200
 not that

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.899
 Jesus says,

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.099
 you know,

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.339
 I don't

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.859
 like you.

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.339
 I think I

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.980
 have better

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.899
 fish to

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.460
 fry than

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.779
 you.

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.339
 You know,

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.839
 I don't

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.139
 know.

00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.119
 You know,

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.500
 you're probably

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:34.019
 a pagan.

00:32:34.399 --> 00:32:34.980
 No, no, no,

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.200
 no, no.

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.859
 Jesus gives

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.920
 him, commissions

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.720
 him and gives

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.379
 him a mission.

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.119
 Entrusts

00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:41.940
 something very

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.680
 important to

00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:42.839
 him.

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.759
 Look what

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.420
 Jesus says.

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:46.279
 Go home

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.560
 to your

00:32:46.560 --> 00:32:47.259
 friends and

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.740
 tell them

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.220
 how much

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.720
 the Lord

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.180
 has done

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.600
 for you

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.259
 and how

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:50.600
 he's had

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.220
 mercy on

00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.420
 you.

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.539
 And the

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.940
 man went

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.300
 away and

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.740
 began to

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.220
 proclaim in

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.880
 the Decapolis

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.300
 how much

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.840
 Jesus had

00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.220
 done for

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.440
 him and

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.800
 everyone

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.460
 marveled.

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:57.940
 You know

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.539
 what is so

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.039
 wonderful?

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.000
 In the

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.360
 gospel,

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.940
 it's done

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.620
 very subtly.

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.259
 Later on,

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:02.940
 go home and

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.519
 read Mark

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:04.279
 chapter 8.

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.300
 If you read

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:05.960
 Mark chapter 8,

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.460
 just before

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.220
 Mark chapter 8,

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.720
 there's a very

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.460
 famous story in

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.000
 the gospels

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.480
 where Jesus

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.519
 feeds 5,000

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:10.860
 men.

00:33:11.300 --> 00:33:11.680
 And in two

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:11.900
 of the

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.300
 gospels,

00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.640
 there's a

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:13.240
 second story

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.660
 which is

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.040
 told.

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.680
 And in the

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.380
 second story

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:15.780
 which is

00:33:15.780 --> 00:33:16.140
 told,

00:33:16.520 --> 00:33:17.400
 Jesus feeds

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:17.860
 with a few

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.380
 loaves and

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.420
 fishes 4,000

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.880
 people.

00:33:20.180 --> 00:33:20.800
 And where

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:21.420
 is this?

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.860
 It's going to

00:33:21.860 --> 00:33:22.340
 happen about

00:33:22.340 --> 00:33:22.900
 a year later.

00:33:23.020 --> 00:33:23.540
 Where are

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:24.580
 those 4,000

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.120
 people who

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:26.100
 come to

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:26.780
 seek Jesus

00:33:26.780 --> 00:33:27.580
 out in the

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.520
 wilderness and

00:33:28.520 --> 00:33:29.400
 spend so long

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:29.940
 with him that

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.540
 they run out

00:33:30.540 --> 00:33:31.300
 of food because

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:31.960
 they're lapping

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.740
 up every word

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.380
 they say?

00:33:33.520 --> 00:33:34.620
 It is where

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.380
 this man

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:36.100
 goes.

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:42.220
 He goes.

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:44.640
 And the

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.400
 same people

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.160
 who want

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.780
 Jesus to

00:33:46.780 --> 00:33:47.360
 leave.

00:33:49.780 --> 00:33:50.580
 This man

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.060
 is so

00:33:51.060 --> 00:33:51.660
 used by

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:53.900
 God that

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.680
 4,000

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.500
 people spend

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.140
 days with

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.740
 Jesus and

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.259
 run out of

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.540
 food.

00:33:58.860 --> 00:33:59.360
 And Jesus

00:33:59.360 --> 00:33:59.860
 feeds them

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.120
 with a

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.560
 remarkable

00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:01.100
 miracle.

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.559
 You see,

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:09.119
 Jesus,

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.900
 if you're

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.360
 here this

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.840
 morning and

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.120
 you might

00:34:12.120 --> 00:34:12.340
 say,

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.579
 you know

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.880
 what?

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.220
 Guys

00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:14.940
 don't pick

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.079
 me.

00:34:15.120 --> 00:34:15.480
 Or girls

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:15.960
 don't pick

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.120
 me.

00:34:16.220 --> 00:34:16.680
 Bosses

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.240
 don't pick

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.460
 me.

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.440
 Hockey

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.140
 teams don't

00:34:19.140 --> 00:34:19.539
 pick me.

00:34:19.600 --> 00:34:20.140
 The military

00:34:20.140 --> 00:34:20.840
 doesn't pick

00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.039
 me.

00:34:21.120 --> 00:34:21.760
 Nobody picks

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:21.940
 me.

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.740
 Nobody likes

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.039
 me.

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:23.840
 And Jesus

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.440
 can't like

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:24.579
 me.

00:34:24.640 --> 00:34:25.019
 That's a

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.440
 lie that

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.940
 comes from

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.380
 the devil.

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.059
 Jesus

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:28.820
 never turns

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.760
 anybody aside.

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.500
 He never

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:30.960
 does.

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.280
 He never,

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.960
 ever,

00:34:33.100 --> 00:34:33.660
 ever,

00:34:33.660 --> 00:34:34.559
 ever does.

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:36.599
 I have

00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:37.039
 some points.

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.299
 I'm not

00:34:37.299 --> 00:34:37.460
 going to

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.759
 put them

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:37.900
 up.

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.139
 They'll be

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.400
 on the

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.739
 screen.

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:38.960
 They'll

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.480
 be sort

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.599
 of

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:39.960
 summarize

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.279
 some of

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:40.579
 the things

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:40.860
 I say.

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.059
 I just

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.279
 want to

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.599
 end with

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.980
 one other

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.239
 thing.

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.139
 Here's the

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.500
 thing which

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.860
 is so

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.539
 important to

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.199
 understand is

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.480
 that the

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.360
 more you

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.759
 and I

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:47.299
 are gripped

00:34:47.299 --> 00:34:47.659
 by the

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.079
 gospel,

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.559
 I mean,

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.000
 when we

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.759
 receive Jesus

00:34:49.759 --> 00:34:50.159
 as our

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.579
 Savior and

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.739
 Lord,

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:51.119
 not only

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.440
 does it

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.880
 mean that

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.500
 whatever is

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.900
 demonic

00:34:52.900 --> 00:34:53.420
 within us

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.699
 will be

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.279
 cast out

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:54.960
 and that you

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.340
 can never

00:34:55.340 --> 00:34:55.820
 be possessed

00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:56.199
 by a

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.380
 demon,

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.840
 but there's

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.420
 something else

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.760
 which is

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.300
 so really

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.720
 important

00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.260
 because the

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.760
 way most

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.039
 of us

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.760
 experience

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.639
 demonic

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.300
 temptation

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:03.260
 is this.

00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.139
 Something

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.760
 goes bad

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.039
 in our

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.599
 family

00:35:07.599 --> 00:35:10.340
 and we're

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.920
 tormented

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.559
 by it.

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.420
 We're

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.980
 tormented.

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.559
 Why is it

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.940
 that my

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.059
 husband did

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.320
 that?

00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:18.800
 Why is it

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.119
 that my

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.659
 wife did

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:19.900
 that?

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.420
 Why is it

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.760
 that my

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.320
 kids did

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:21.500
 that?

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.900
 Why is it

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.579
 my parents

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:23.159
 did that?

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.960
 And it

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.679
 torments

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:27.980
 us,

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.139
 it

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.599
 torments

00:35:28.599 --> 00:35:28.820
 us,

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:28.960
 it

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.420
 torments

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.840
 us.

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.500
 And we

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:31.699
 never

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.320
 stop to

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:33.639
 think that

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.059
 we're not

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.420
 God,

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.760
 we're not

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.300
 the center,

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:35.820
 like what

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.079
 is it

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.320
 about,

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.159
 like why

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.420
 is it

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.679
 that all

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:37.920
 of a

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.099
 sudden

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.340
 our

00:35:38.340 --> 00:35:38.720
 pride

00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.139
 is so

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:39.780
 inflamed

00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.119
 as if

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.460
 everything

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.699
 that

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.019
 happens

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.320
 to another

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.780
 person's

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.119
 life is

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.659
 all about

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:44.039
 me.

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.139
 And the

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.559
 other thing

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.920
 that goes

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.220
 on,

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.519
 which is

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.900
 how most

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.159
 of us

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.720
 experience

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.139
 demonic

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.679
 temptation

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.300
 is this.

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.199
 A few

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.900
 days ago,

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:55.039
 you say

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.659
 something to

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.159
 somebody and

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.559
 it's really

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.019
 cutting,

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.679
 it's really

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.059
 cutting.

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.139
 Or you

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.539
 tell a

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:01.279
 lie and

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.519
 you get

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.019
 away with

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.259
 it.

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.599
 Or you

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.159
 do something

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.559
 to hurt

00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.099
 a person

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:06.900
 and then

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.279
 as the

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:07.860
 days and

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.440
 the weeks

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:09.099
 go on,

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.799
 it wears

00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:11.440
 away at

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.559
 you,

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.299
 it grinds

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.759
 at you.

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.099
 And you

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.480
 think to

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.759
 yourself,

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.079
 I am

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.500
 such a

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.759
 loser,

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.320
 I am

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.759
 such a

00:36:16.759 --> 00:36:17.139
 failure,

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.360
 if only

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.719
 everybody

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:18.960
 knew,

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:19.299
 I am

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:19.719
 such a

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.099
 liar.

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.799
 Why is

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:22.199
 it that I

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.679
 say things?

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.059
 That's the

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.480
 thing about

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:23.719
 me.

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:25.259
 I think

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.819
 people know

00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:26.219
 about me,

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.559
 I can't

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.919
 let people

00:36:26.919 --> 00:36:27.379
 get close

00:36:27.379 --> 00:36:27.599
 to me,

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:27.899
 because you

00:36:27.899 --> 00:36:28.219
 know what

00:36:28.219 --> 00:36:28.539
 it is?

00:36:28.879 --> 00:36:29.419
 That's just

00:36:29.419 --> 00:36:29.819
 what I'm

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.000
 like.

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.739
 I put

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.339
 people down,

00:36:31.399 --> 00:36:31.719
 I put

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.019
 them in

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.439
 their place,

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.039
 I'm filled

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.539
 with foul

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:33.839
 language.

00:36:33.839 --> 00:36:34.159
 If they

00:36:34.159 --> 00:36:34.639
 only knew

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.079
 how bad

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.500
 I was,

00:36:35.959 --> 00:36:36.719
 and we're

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.319
 tormented,

00:36:37.439 --> 00:36:37.639
 and we're

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.179
 tormented,

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.519
 and we're

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.000
 tormented,

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.339
 and we're

00:36:39.339 --> 00:36:39.879
 tormented

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.480
 by it.

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.500
 And the

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.980
 reason we

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.379
 come to

00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:43.879
 church to

00:36:43.879 --> 00:36:44.159
 hear the

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.819
 gospel is

00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:45.219
 this.

00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.359
 On the

00:36:47.359 --> 00:36:47.959
 cross,

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.839
 Jesus knew

00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:50.419
 about that

00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:51.099
 bad word.

00:36:51.459 --> 00:36:51.939
 He knew

00:36:51.939 --> 00:36:52.579
 about your

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.319
 pride.

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.420
 He knew

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.199
 that you

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.779
 would lie.

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.639
 He knew

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:57.239
 all about

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.539
 that,

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:57.920
 and when

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.400
 he knew

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:58.819
 about it,

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.539
 he still

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.239
 knows that

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.719
 about you,

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:01.239
 and still

00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.799
 he died

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.139
 on the

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.819
 cross for

00:37:02.819 --> 00:37:02.960
 you,

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.579
 and every

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.119
 single

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.920
 wrong thing

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.299
 you have

00:37:05.299 --> 00:37:06.259
 ever done,

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.279
 and whatever

00:37:08.279 --> 00:37:09.159
 punishment should

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.779
 properly come

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.159
 upon it,

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:11.059
 that fell

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:12.079
 on him

00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:13.139
 because it

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:14.159
 would unmake

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.400
 you,

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.900
 and there's

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.460
 nothing

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.679
 missed.

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.980
 And when

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.599
 you stand

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.519
 before Jesus,

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.019
 it will

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.619
 not be

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:26.360
 because you

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.059
 were really

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.519
 good at

00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.260
 never telling

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.720
 a lie,

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:29.179
 or putting

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.800
 somebody in

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:30.519
 their place,

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.019
 and putting

00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:31.920
 somebody down.

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.519
 No, you

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.260
 stand before

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:34.440
 Jesus clothed

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:35.800
 with his

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.720
 perfect

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.400
 relationship

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.079
 before the

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.440
 Father.

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.300
 You stand

00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.840
 before him,

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.260
 and you can

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.519
 say,

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.500
 Father, I am

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.019
 so glad.

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.579
 I have

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.400
 nothing of

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:45.099
 merit that

00:37:45.099 --> 00:37:45.619
 I can

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.199
 offer to

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.480
 you to

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.099
 make myself

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.559
 right with

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.780
 you.

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.099
 I stand

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.820
 before you

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.199
 with the

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.780
 merit of

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.139
 Jesus.

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.420
 And as

00:37:53.420 --> 00:37:54.139
 this truth

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.780
 grips us

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.259
 to humble

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:55.699
 us and

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:55.880
 say,

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.119
 you know,

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:56.480
 it's not

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.059
 about me,

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.460
 it's not

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.860
 all about

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.199
 me,

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.559
 it's not

00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:58.880
 all about

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.360
 me,

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.539
 and while

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.039
 the gospel

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.679
 grips us

00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:02.619
 to understand

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.219
 that Jesus

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:04.179
 knew that

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.820
 too,

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.159
 and so I

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.739
 can say

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.719
 to the

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.059
 Father,

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.400
 Father,

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.039
 forgive me

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.340
 for a

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.619
 line,

00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:09.980
 and I

00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.320
 can say

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.579
 to the

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:10.880
 person,

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.400
 forgive me

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.639
 for a

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:11.820
 line,

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.139
 because I

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.480
 can be

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.860
 humbled

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.320
 by the

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.760
 gospel,

00:38:14.160 --> 00:38:14.620
 and through

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:15.420
 being the

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.880
 gospel,

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.579
 I can

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.240
 begin to

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:17.740
 have that

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:18.280
 type of

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.260
 self-possession

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.300
 whereby the

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:21.099
 devil cannot

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.420
 say,

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.160
 you failure,

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.120
 you loser,

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.360
 you are so

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.780
 dirty,

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.519
 you are so

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.019
 unclean,

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.380
 you are,

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.599
 no.

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:31.220
 I'm made

00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:31.579
 right with

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.260
 God by the

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.640
 death of

00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:32.960
 Jesus.

00:38:35.220 --> 00:38:35.840
 And I

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.539
 stand before

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.300
 God not

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:39.200
 only because

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:39.920
 my sin has

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.280
 been dealt

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:40.500
 with,

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:41.019
 but because

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.700
 his righteousness

00:38:41.700 --> 00:38:42.400
 closed me,

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.660
 and I

00:38:42.660 --> 00:38:43.039
 have no

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.619
 other ground

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.099
 than that

00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:44.599
 to stand

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.400
 before him.

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.460
 Satan,

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.240
 be silent.

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.579
 Shut up.

00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.539
 I will

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:53.920
 cling to

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.519
 the cross.

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.380
 I will

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:55.720
 remember

00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:56.119
 Jesus.

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:57.820
 He is

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.500
 my identity.

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:00.139
 He is

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.760
 my freedom.

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:02.480
 He is

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.039
 my standing

00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.760
 before God.

00:39:05.180 --> 00:39:05.960
 And thanks

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.400
 be to God,

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.800
 I have no

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.019
 other.

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:09.019
 I invite you

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.480
 stand.

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.559
 Just bow

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:15.880
 our heads

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.300
 in prayer.

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:34.480
 Father,

00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.920
 we ask

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.220
 that the

00:39:36.220 --> 00:39:36.760
 Holy Spirit

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.140
 would move

00:39:37.140 --> 00:39:37.539
 with might

00:39:37.539 --> 00:39:38.000
 and power

00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:38.360
 and deep

00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:38.900
 conviction

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:40.120
 amongst us,

00:39:40.220 --> 00:39:41.880
 that you

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.600
 would help

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:43.100
 us to be

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:43.640
 gripped by

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.280
 the gospel,

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:44.940
 that you

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.360
 would help

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.880
 us to be

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:46.600
 gripped and

00:39:46.600 --> 00:39:47.200
 taught by

00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:47.960
 these words,

00:39:48.160 --> 00:39:48.420
 that you

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.820
 would help

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.000
 us,

00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:49.360
 Father,

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.540
 neither to

00:39:50.540 --> 00:39:51.000
 start to

00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.420
 live like

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.180
 pagans where

00:39:52.180 --> 00:39:52.800
 we are

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.640
 worried about

00:39:53.640 --> 00:39:55.700
 evil spirits

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.320
 everywhere,

00:39:56.600 --> 00:39:57.340
 behind every

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:58.100
 bush and in

00:39:58.100 --> 00:39:59.160
 every stream and

00:39:59.160 --> 00:39:59.920
 in every nook and

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.180
 cranny,

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.820
 that we neither

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.760
 live like pagans

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.200
 nor that we

00:40:02.200 --> 00:40:02.640
 live like

00:40:02.640 --> 00:40:03.260
 atheists,

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.420
 as if there are

00:40:04.420 --> 00:40:05.280
 no evil spirits,

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.620
 that you

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:06.500
 help us to

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.940
 watch,

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.740
 but most of

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.140
 all that you

00:40:09.140 --> 00:40:09.600
 would grip us

00:40:09.600 --> 00:40:10.260
 with the gospel,

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:10.800
 that we would

00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:11.620
 be fed by your

00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:12.019
 word,

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.960
 and that

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.559
 when Satan

00:40:13.559 --> 00:40:14.239
 tempts us

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:15.019
 to despair,

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:18.380
 that you

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.880
 would make

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.940
 the gospel

00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.840
 more dear

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.259
 and more

00:40:21.259 --> 00:40:22.179
 clear to us,

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.099
 that you

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:23.500
 would help

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:24.099
 us to share

00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.659
 the gospel

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.179
 with each

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.440
 other.

00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.019
 Father,

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.639
 we ask for

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.099
 this mighty

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.759
 work of you

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.519
 in our lives,

00:40:29.900 --> 00:40:30.579
 all for your

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:30.940
 glory,

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:32.119
 and all God's

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.759
 people said,

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.699
 Amen.