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 a group of women who traveled with him who apparently had financial means.

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 And they supported him, it tells us, I think it's in verse 3 of Luke chapter 8,

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 they supported him out of those means.

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 So the Bible highlights for us that women played a special role in Jesus' ministry.

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 One of their roles was supporting him financially.

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 That, by the way, is part of the reason we believe it's appropriate for missionaries

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 when they're going out to ask for support.

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 So Jesus was a real man. He needed money just like you need money.

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 Things didn't appear for him out of thin air during his ministry,

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 but instead he had people who support him,

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 just like we continue now 2,000 years later to support those who go out in ministry.

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 With that, we're going to turn to our passage today.

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 We're in Mark chapter 1, verses 21 through 28,

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 and we're going to continue to ask our two questions that we've been looking at,

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 which is, who is Jesus and how do we respond to him?

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 You'll notice in this passage, again, that these are not questions

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 that I pulled out of thin air,

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 but they are actually the questions that the gospel of Mark itself is asking.

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 In this passage, we're going to hear people say or ask,

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 who is this?

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 And so the questions that the audience of Mark is asking

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 are the same ones that we're asking.

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 With that, we're going to jump right in here.

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 We're in Mark chapter 1, starting at verse 21.

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 You can turn with me in your Bible.

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 You can turn on your phone.

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 You can turn in your worship guide near the inn.

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 No matter where you go, remember that this is God's word.

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 God tells us that his word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path,

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 which means that God has not left us to stumble alone in the dark,

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 but instead he's given us his word to show us the way to go.

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 And so that's why we read now, starting at verse 21.

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 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath,

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 he entered the synagogue and was teaching.

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 And they were astonished at his teaching,

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 for he taught them as one who had authority and not as the scribes.

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 And immediately was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit.

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 And he cried out,

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

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 Have you come to destroy us?

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 I know who you are, the Holy One of God.

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 But Jesus rebuked him, saying,

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 Be silent and come out of him.

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 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice,

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 came out of him.

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 And they were all amazed,

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 so that they questioned among themselves, saying,

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 What is this?

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 A new teaching with authority.

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 He commands even the unclean spirits,

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 and they obey him.

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 And at once, his fame spread everywhere,

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 throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

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 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, we thank you that you haven't left us alone,

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 but you have given us your Son in the flesh,

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 and you've given us this gospel that we would learn about him,

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 that we would know him, and that we would respond to him.

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 We ask that you would help us do that this morning,

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 that you would show us more clearly who Jesus is,

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 in his glory and his beauty,

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 and you would also show us more clearly how we can love him,

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 and follow him, and serve him.

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 We thank you that that love and that service

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 doesn't earn anything from you,

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 and it doesn't prove anything to you,

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 but instead, it is only by your grace.

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 And so we ask these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 When we began our journey in the Gospel of Mark,

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 you may remember we were in the desert for quite some time.

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 For verses 1 through 13,

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 there was John the Baptist who was out in the desert,

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 and then there was Jesus who was out in the desert,

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 and we made this transition from the desert to Galilee,

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 which would have been in the northwest of Israel,

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 in verses 14 and 15,

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 when Jesus begins his earthly ministry.

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 So Jesus begins preaching in Galilee,

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 and then we saw,

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 last time we were in Mark,

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 verses 16 through 20,

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 he continues calling his disciples to him,

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 also, remember, by the Sea of Galilee,

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 which is this body of water in the north of Israel.

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 That's why we have the region of Galilee.

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 It's next to the Sea of Galilee.

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 Jesus is continuing that here in this passage.

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 We see in verse 21,

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 it tells us,

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 they went into Capernaum.

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 So Jesus has called these men to himself,

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 and now they're traveling as a group.

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 I mentioned last time that Jesus is with us.

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 He's calling these people,

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 and he remains with them.

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 He's not calling them to do it alone.

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 That's the pattern we see here.

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 Jesus is traveling with them into Capernaum,

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 and he's in the same area that he was before.

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 So if you think about the Sea of Galilee,

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 Capernaum would be,

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 well, the way I'm looking at it,

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 northwest for you would be right here.

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 So he's right along the sea.

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 Capernaum would have been and is still a sea town.

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 It is right on the water.

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 If you go there today,

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 you can see the 4th century synagogue,

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 and you can walk from there right to the seashore.

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 It's right there.

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 It's a port town.

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 It doesn't surprise us then that Jesus calls fishermen

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 and immediately goes to this area,

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 and we see the first thing he's doing here

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 is he's going in to the synagogue.

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 It tells us immediately on the Sabbath,

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 he entered the synagogue and was teaching.

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 Now the tradition then would not have been

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 that someone barged into a synagogue

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 and just started giving a lecture.

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 In the same way,

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 you would not expect someone

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 to simply walk into Cheyenne Mountain

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 on a Sunday morning

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 and just take over the pulpit.

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 So our assumption here is,

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 most likely,

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 Jesus had been working in Capernaum for some time.

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 He was well known,

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 and he was invited to speak in this synagogue.

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 In fact, if you're familiar with Jesus' ministry,

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 you'll know that Capernaum

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 was the city that was called

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 his base of operations

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 during his ministry in Galilee.

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 So Jesus is constantly coming to Capernaum,

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 returning there.

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 We'll find out next week,

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 this is where Andrew and Simon live.

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 So this is part of his home base here in Capernaum.

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 And apparently he's become well known enough

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 that he's invited to teach in the synagogue.

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 And this is where we find out

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 that there's something different about Jesus.

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 By the way,

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 I forgot to tell you at the beginning,

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 the two things we're looking at,

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 you'll see the word authority

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 is repeated in this passage.

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 We're gonna see Jesus' authority in teaching,

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 and we're gonna see Jesus' authority over evil.

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 Jesus' authority in teaching,

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 Jesus' authority over evil.

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 The first thing we see in this scene in the synagogue

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 as Jesus is invited to teach

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 is his authority in teaching.

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 By the way, Capernaum was a large city,

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 and so we would expect this

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 to most likely be a large crowd.

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 There would have been a lot more people

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 listening to Jesus

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 than we have right here

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 in this sanctuary this morning.

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 And we're told the very first thing

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 that's important as Jesus is teaching,

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 verse 22,

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 they were astonished,

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 for he taught them as one who had authority

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 and not as the scribes.

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 In other words,

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 Jesus is teaching in a way

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 that's different than anything

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 they've ever experienced before,

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 and this power,

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 this authority,

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 is something that comes across

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 probably in Jesus' content

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 and also in Jesus' call.

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 It comes across his authority

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 in the content and the call.

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 We would expect that

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 when the scribes were teaching,

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 they may have been quoting this person

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 or that person,

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 giving different ideas or theories

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 about what the texts mean.

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 Jesus has no need to do that.

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 He can teach directly from the scriptures

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 without referring to anyone else,

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 knowing that he himself is the authority,

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 giving the most direct

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 and true application

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 and preaching of these texts.

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 Jesus is able to speak

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 as someone who knows

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 what he's talking about,

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 not because he studied it,

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 but because he knows it

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 intimately and deeply and personally.

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 He is not referring to other authorities

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 because he is the authority.

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 Jesus is not standing up

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 in front of them and saying,

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 well, on the one hand,

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 this passage might mean this.

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 On the other hand,

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 it might mean that.

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 You know, scholars disagree,

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 but you know,

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 isn't it interesting

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 that we see this here in this text?

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 No, Jesus is speaking clearly

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 and directly to these people

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 in a way that hits them back

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 on their heels,

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 a way they're not expected,

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 a way they're not used to,

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 accustomed to

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 from listening to the scribes teach.

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 Jesus is his own source.

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 He doesn't need to quote anyone else.

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 And so there's this freshness,

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 there's this directness

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 that comes with his teaching

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 that they're not used to.

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 We're not told the content

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 of his teaching here,

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 but we can guess

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 because remember in verses 14 and 15,

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 we're told the general summary

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 of what Jesus was teaching.

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 He's teaching that the kingdom of God

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 has come near

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 and he's calling people

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 to repent and believe.

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 And so that's likely also

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 what Jesus is teaching here

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 as he's talking in the synagogue.

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 He's likely telling them

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 the kingdom of God is near,

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 it's at hand,

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 repent and believe.

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 That would have been

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 the other part of this

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 that would have astonished them.

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 And Jesus' teaching with authority

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 would have included

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 his call here to repentance.

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 And that's what makes sense, right?

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 When we think of authorities,

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 they're people who have power,

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 who have control.

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 They're people who are going

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 to tell us what to do.

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 And so it's not just here

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 that Jesus is speaking

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 as his own source.

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 He is speaking as someone

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 who is calling people

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 to act and respond.

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 Going along, right,

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 with our questions.

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 Who is Jesus?

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 How do we respond to him?

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 And so when it tells us

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 in verse 22

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 that they were astonished

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 at his teaching,

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 what it is not saying

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 is that they were so impressed

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 with Jesus

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 because he gave

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 such a fascinating TED talk.

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 Okay?

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 They were not astonished

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 in the sense that

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 Jesus was just telling them

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 things that were so interesting

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 and so fascinating,

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 although he may have.

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 They were astonished

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 in, as I mentioned,

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 a being pushed back

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 on their heels

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 sort of way

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 that this is a man

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 who's impressive

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 and scary

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 and unnerving

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 and unsettling.

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 He is speaking to them.

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 He's probably speaking

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 directly to their hearts

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 and their consciences.

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 He's exposing

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 what's going on

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 in their lives.

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 He's calling them

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 to change

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 and repent

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 and believe.

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 And we also,

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 of course,

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 know not just the fact

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 that that might be scary

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 and unnerving.

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 We know the joy, right,

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 of watching someone

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 who can speak authoritatively

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 about something.

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 There's a reason

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 that there are some

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 videos on YouTube

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 that have millions

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 of views

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 because the speaker

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 is able to speak

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 so clearly

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 and directly

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 to that situation.

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 Same is true of Jesus.

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 He is speaking here

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 with authority.

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 And that gets to

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 our challenge

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 as people living today

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 because we live

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 in a culture now

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 where we have

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 a fundamental loss

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 of trust

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 in people

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 who have authority.

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 And if we didn't

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 have it before,

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 we most likely

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 have it now, right?

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 We've lived

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 over the last couple

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 years with COVID.

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 We've heard

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 so-called experts

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 after the fact

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 telling us

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 that they lied

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 to us about certain things.

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 We've had new facts

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 come out.

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 People maybe

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 were very sincere

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 and earnest.

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 They weren't trying

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 to lie to anyone.

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 But we found out later

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 that what we were told

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 was wrong, right?

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 I'm not saying

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 everything was wrong,

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 but I am saying

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 that when it comes

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 to our leaders

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 and our politicians,

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 whether on the right

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 or the left,

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 we as people

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 are increasingly

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 losing trust

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 and confidence.

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 We are losing

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 the ability

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 to look at someone

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 and say,

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 man, I really believe

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 that person

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 is telling me

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 the truth.

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 There's one pastor

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 a couple weeks ago

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 who wrote this.

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 Authority is linked

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 to the control

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 of information

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 and no one

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 is in control

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 of information anymore.

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 There is a vacuum

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 of leadership

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 and the difficulty

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 is that nothing

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 has arisen

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 to fill the vacuum.

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 The temptation

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 for American Christians

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 is to think

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 that our country

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 is falling apart.

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 Actually, no.

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 It is the world

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 that is falling apart.

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 This is a global

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 crisis of authority.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 I do not blame you

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 for losing trust

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 in the people

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 who speak

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 in the world around us.

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 I don't blame you,

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 as many of you

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 have told me,

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 for stopping

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 to watch the news,

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 stopping listening

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 and watching

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 because you don't

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 believe any of it anymore.

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 Or you know

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 some of it's true,

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 you just don't know

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 what to believe

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 and what not to believe.

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 As we come

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 to this passage,

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 the point is this.

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 You may stop

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 watching the news.

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 Don't stop

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 listening to Jesus.

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 You may stop

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 listening to the news.

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 Don't stop

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 listening to Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 He is still

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 the one

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 who tells us

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 words that are true

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 in a world

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 filled with words

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 that are not true.

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 Jesus is still

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 the one

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 that we can trust.

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 Jesus doesn't lie

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 to us.

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 Jesus doesn't change

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 his story

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 from year to year.

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 Jesus doesn't

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 gaslight us.

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 He doesn't say

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 one thing

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 and then say

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 another thing

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 a month later

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 and pretends

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 he never said

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 the first thing.

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 and if you think

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 about the people

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 that lead

00:13:10.319 --> 00:13:11.639
 our world today

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 for many of them

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 the story

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 is always changing.

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 It doesn't take long

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 before the narrative

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 shifts.

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 It doesn't take long

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 before there's new data

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 and new information.

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 When we look

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 at our Lord and Savior

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 Jesus Christ

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 we can look back

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 at 2,000 years

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 of the testing

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 of his words

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 and know even more

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 than the people

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 who received these

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 for the first time

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 that he is true

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 and reliable.

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 He is a real

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 and true

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 and trustworthy

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 authority.

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 The audience here

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 knew that Jesus

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 was telling them

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 the truth.

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 How much more

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 for us

00:13:47.019 --> 00:13:48.559
 2,000 years later?

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 And so the point

00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.299
 is this

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 Jesus

00:13:51.840 --> 00:13:54.120
 still speaks

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 with authority

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 on September

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 the 12th

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 2021.

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 He is still

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 the one

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 in control

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 and in charge.

00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:06.900
 And that authority

00:14:06.900 --> 00:14:08.040
 is not just

00:14:08.040 --> 00:14:09.600
 his trustworthiness

00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:10.560
 and his reliableness.

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 It's also the fact

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.040
 that he is calling here

00:14:13.040 --> 00:14:14.200
 for a response.

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 Authority demands

00:14:15.520 --> 00:14:16.140
 a response.

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 That's part

00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:18.460
 of the definition

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 that someone

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 who has authority

00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:20.000
 is someone

00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:20.920
 who's in control.

00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:21.740
 There's someone

00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.940
 who's able to tell us

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 what to do.

00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:24.500
 In other words

00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.360
 as we look at

00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:26.160
 Mark chapter 1

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 we are not engaging

00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:28.620
 together in a book club.

00:14:30.099 --> 00:14:31.339
 We're not going to make

00:14:31.339 --> 00:14:32.459
 just fascinating

00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:33.240
 observations

00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:34.219
 and talk

00:14:34.219 --> 00:14:35.539
 and then walk away

00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.139
 as if nothing

00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:36.559
 had happened.

00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:37.839
 No, this is a book

00:14:37.839 --> 00:14:38.740
 that's meant to be

00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.339
 believed

00:14:39.339 --> 00:14:40.279
 and understood

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 and obeyed.

00:14:42.699 --> 00:14:43.559
 Jesus' authority

00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:44.240
 is not just

00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:45.279
 in his reliableness

00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:46.419
 and his trustworthiness

00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.120
 but also

00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:48.899
 that he calls us

00:14:48.899 --> 00:14:49.500
 to do

00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:50.419
 what he's commanded

00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:50.979
 us to do.

00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:52.419
 That his commands

00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:53.000
 are good

00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:53.519
 and right

00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:53.980
 and true.

00:14:54.099 --> 00:14:54.799
 His teaching

00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:56.019
 requires

00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.980
 a response.

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 Jesus is not

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.320
 sharing

00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:59.600
 interesting ideas

00:14:59.600 --> 00:14:59.940
 here.

00:15:00.420 --> 00:15:01.600
 He is proclaiming

00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:02.200
 and calling

00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:02.899
 and telling

00:15:02.899 --> 00:15:04.080
 and commanding.

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 That's what it means

00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:07.440
 for him to speak

00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:08.480
 and teach

00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.600
 with an authority.

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 And so we have to

00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:13.940
 answer and listen

00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.320
 to him.

00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:16.519
 We have to hear him

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:18.000
 and respond to him.

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 Kids,

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 you know

00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:21.220
 the difference

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 between

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 your parents

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 and other adults.

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 You need to obey

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 your parents.

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 That does not mean

00:15:27.720 --> 00:15:28.320
 you're required

00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:28.820
 to obey

00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:29.480
 all adults

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 everywhere,

00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:30.160
 right?

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 That's ridiculous.

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 When I was growing up,

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 my mom spent

00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.960
 a lot of time

00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:35.779
 training us

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.460
 to correctly

00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.240
 respond to

00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:38.100
 stranger danger

00:15:38.100 --> 00:15:39.820
 and one of the

00:15:39.820 --> 00:15:40.600
 things she taught us

00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.200
 is that if we were

00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:42.120
 ever at a store

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:43.300
 and some adult

00:15:43.300 --> 00:15:44.240
 separated us

00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:45.000
 from our parents

00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:46.660
 and was giving us

00:15:46.660 --> 00:15:47.360
 a hard time,

00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.300
 what we needed to do

00:15:48.300 --> 00:15:49.180
 was to make a scene

00:15:49.180 --> 00:15:49.660
 and here's how

00:15:49.660 --> 00:15:50.180
 we were supposed

00:15:50.180 --> 00:15:50.940
 to make a scene.

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 We would say

00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:53.240
 very loudly,

00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:54.940
 he is not

00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:55.600
 my dad

00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:56.360
 or she

00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:57.080
 is not

00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.659
 my mom

00:15:57.659 --> 00:15:59.399
 which is our

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 way of letting

00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.080
 everyone know

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.919
 this person

00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.600
 actually has

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.320
 no authority

00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:03.919
 over me,

00:16:04.060 --> 00:16:04.320
 right?

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.879
 This person

00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:06.720
 might be an adult,

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.659
 they might look

00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:08.399
 like someone

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.659
 who is my parent,

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 I want to make

00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:11.519
 sure all of you

00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.120
 know that they

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 are not.

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:14.220
 And at that point

00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:14.879
 the idea was

00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.440
 that people would

00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:16.060
 realize that

00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:16.659
 something wrong

00:16:16.659 --> 00:16:17.399
 was going on

00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:18.299
 and other adults

00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:18.680
 would come

00:16:18.680 --> 00:16:19.320
 to help us,

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:20.299
 right?

00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:20.799
 There's this

00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:21.299
 distinction

00:16:21.299 --> 00:16:22.459
 between those

00:16:22.459 --> 00:16:22.719
 who have

00:16:22.719 --> 00:16:23.419
 true authority

00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.879
 and false

00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.279
 authority.

00:16:25.379 --> 00:16:25.839
 Now I want you

00:16:25.839 --> 00:16:26.240
 to imagine

00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:26.779
 for a second

00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:27.439
 that I decided

00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:28.159
 I didn't do

00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:28.859
 this by the way

00:16:28.859 --> 00:16:29.779
 but I want you

00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.240
 to imagine

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:30.639
 that I was

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.479
 a devious kid

00:16:31.479 --> 00:16:32.479
 and I decided

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 to flip the tables.

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 What if I decided

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 in front of everyone

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 to yell at my mom

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 this is not my mother

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 or to yell

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 at my dad

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 he is not my father?

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 Chaos,

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 right?

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 The tables

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 would be turned

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 in the worst

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 sort of way.

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 Brothers and sisters

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 when we say

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 that Jesus

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 is our authority

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 we are saying

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 that we have

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 to answer to him.

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 He is

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 actually

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 our father.

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 He is

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 actually

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 the one

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 we have to

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 listen to

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 and answer

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 and obey.

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 When I was

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 growing up

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 one of the big

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 questions

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 that preachers

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 like to ask

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 was this

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 when was

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 the last

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 time

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 you stopped

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 doing something

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 or you

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 started doing

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 something

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 because Jesus

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 said so?

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 When was

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 the last

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 time you

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 started doing

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 something

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 or stopped

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 doing something

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 because Jesus

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 said so?

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 Because the

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 Bible told you

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 to.

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 In other

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 words

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 is Jesus

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 actually an

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 authority

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 in your life?

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 When you

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 read his

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 words

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 do you

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 read them

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 do you

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 treat them

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 as words

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 of authority?

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 Another

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 way of

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 asking it

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 would be

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 this.

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 What do

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 you wish

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 that Jesus

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 had never

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 said?

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 What do

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 you wish

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 that Jesus

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 had never

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 said?

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 What are

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 you tempted

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 to explain

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 away or

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 talk your

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 way around?

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 There's

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 people who

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 have made

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 their careers

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 out of

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 explaining away

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 Jesus'

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 words.

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 People who

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 have made

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 entire

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 ministries

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 out of

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 talking

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 around

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 what Jesus

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 has said

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 clearly.

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 Maybe

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 it's what

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 Jesus

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 has taught

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 us about

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 rich

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 entering

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 the

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 kingdom.

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 Remember

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 Jesus

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 says it's

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 easier for

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 a camel

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 to pass

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 through the

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 eye of

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 a needle

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 than for

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 a rich

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 man to

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 enter the

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 kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Maybe

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 that's

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 what you

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 wish

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 Jesus

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 had never

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 said.

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 Maybe

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 it's

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 Jesus

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 teaching

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 on

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 divorce.

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 Maybe

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 it's

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 what Jesus

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 tells us

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 about caring

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 for the

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 poor.

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 Maybe

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 it's

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 Jesus'

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 words

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 about turning

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 the other

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 cheek.

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 For

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 all of

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 us

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 there are

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 our hits

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 list,

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 our favorite

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 things that

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 Jesus has

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 said that

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 we want

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 to repeat

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 over and

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 over.

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 And for

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 all of

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 us I

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 believe if

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 we're honest

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 there's our

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 ignore list.

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 The things

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 that Jesus

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 has said

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 that we'd

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 rather not

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.579
 think about.

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 That we'd

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 like to find

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 neat and

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 easy explanations

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 for that

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 Jesus really

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 didn't mean

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 it.

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 But if

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 Jesus is

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 the one

00:19:03.099 --> 00:19:03.839
 who speaks

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 with authority,

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 if he's the

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 one that we

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 can trust,

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 and the one

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 that we can

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 believe,

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 then we

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 respond to

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 him by

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 obeying him.

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 We

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 respond to

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 him by

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 listening to

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 him.

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 We

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.960
 respond to

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 him by

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 seeing our

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 lives and

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 our hearts

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 changed in

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 their direction.

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 We want to

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 be like

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 Jesus'

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 followers.

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 In John

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 chapter 6,

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 Jesus is

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 asking the

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 twelve.

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 It says

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 here in

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 verse 67,

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 verse 66,

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 it tells us,

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 many of

00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:34.740
 Jesus'

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 disciples turned

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 back and no

00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.619
 longer walked

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 with him.

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 So Jesus

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:38.779
 said to

00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.259
 the twelve,

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 do you

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 want to

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 go away

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.680
 as well?

00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.519
 Simon

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 Peter answered

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 him,

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.680
 Lord,

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.640
 to whom

00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.220
 shall we

00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.500
 go?

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 You

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.460
 have the

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.079
 words of

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.420
 eternal

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:49.880
 life,

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 and we

00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:50.759
 have

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.279
 believed

00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.160
 and have

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.579
 come to

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 know that

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 you are

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 the holy

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 one of

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.240
 God.

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 Brothers

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:56.360
 and sisters,

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 that's the

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.460
 response of

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.940
 the Christian.

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 We look at

00:19:59.400 --> 00:19:59.860
 Jesus and

00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:00.180
 we say,

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 no matter

00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:01.120
 what you

00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.640
 command us

00:20:01.640 --> 00:20:01.940
 to do,

00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.519
 we know

00:20:02.519 --> 00:20:03.140
 that you

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.440
 alone have

00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.120
 the words

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:06.140
 of life.

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:08.140
 you're the

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.680
 only one

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.319
 who tells

00:20:09.319 --> 00:20:10.460
 us what's

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.079
 true and

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.880
 only tells

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.339
 us what's

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.539
 true.

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:14.079
 You're the

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 one we

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.259
 answer to

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 and we

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 obey.

00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.940
 Who is

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.200
 Jesus?

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:19.680
 He's the

00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.860
 one who

00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.339
 speaks with

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.720
 authority.

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.140
 How do we

00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.700
 respond to

00:20:23.700 --> 00:20:23.799
 him?

00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.360
 We follow

00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:25.180
 him and

00:20:25.180 --> 00:20:25.599
 listen to

00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:26.440
 him and

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:26.980
 obey him.

00:20:29.160 --> 00:20:29.680
 Now,

00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.299
 as we only

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.079
 read the

00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.640
 beginning of

00:20:31.640 --> 00:20:32.140
 this passage,

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 we might be

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.240
 tempted to

00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:33.900
 believe that

00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.140
 Jesus'

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.819
 authority was

00:20:34.819 --> 00:20:35.380
 only expressed

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.819
 in his

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.960
 words and

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.779
 his rhetorical

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.259
 skill.

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 Thankfully,

00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:40.420
 Mark doesn't

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:40.880
 leave us

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 there.

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 As we turn

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.319
 to the next

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.740
 section,

00:20:43.120 --> 00:20:43.500
 we see

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.759
 Jesus'

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.600
 authority not

00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.640
 just represented

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.380
 by words,

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:46.960
 but what he's

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.900
 able to do

00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.940
 and change.

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 I don't want

00:20:49.380 --> 00:20:50.019
 you to lose

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.880
 the story

00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:51.200
 here.

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.620
 If you're

00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.279
 an engaged

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.720
 reader,

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:53.519
 there's an

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.640
 anxiety that's

00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.180
 meant to come

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.720
 with this next

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.140
 part of the

00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:56.400
 story.

00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:56.720
 If you're

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.380
 really in it,

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.200
 you should

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.400
 feel something

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.920
 maybe in the

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.340
 pit of your

00:21:00.340 --> 00:21:00.660
 stomach.

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:01.579
 What's

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.420
 happening here

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:03.319
 is similar

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.700
 to what would

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.460
 happen if I

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.039
 was preaching

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.640
 here on a

00:21:05.640 --> 00:21:06.220
 Sunday morning

00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.140
 and I want

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.460
 you to

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:08.180
 imagine that

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.940
 while I'm

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.319
 preaching,

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.700
 someone walks

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.120
 into the

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.480
 sanctuary,

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 right, and

00:21:13.100 --> 00:21:13.400
 they just

00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.259
 start screaming

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.819
 and yelling.

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.819
 What would you

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.440
 be feeling in

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:17.900
 that instance?

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.440
 Maybe you've

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.140
 been to an

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.539
 event where

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:20.900
 there's a

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.420
 speaker and

00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.259
 someone interrupts,

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.980
 just walks into

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.920
 the auditorium and

00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:24.460
 starts giving

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.319
 their own speech.

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 This actually

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.180
 happened to me

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.799
 when I was in

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.140
 college.

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.819
 I was listening

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:30.240
 to a man

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.819
 give a lecture

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.740
 in a very large

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.400
 auditorium.

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 It was a special

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.680
 lecture.

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.060
 He was a

00:21:34.060 --> 00:21:34.759
 special guest

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.120
 who had been

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:36.080
 flown in to

00:21:36.080 --> 00:21:36.860
 speak to us

00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.880
 and someone

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.480
 just wandered

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.039
 in and started

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.440
 yelling.

00:21:40.900 --> 00:21:41.600
 Now what I was

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.240
 feeling in that

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.600
 moment, you

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.279
 might feel a

00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.799
 variety of

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.100
 things.

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.480
 Some of you

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.220
 might just

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.740
 feel anxious.

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.200
 Some of you

00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.299
 might be angry.

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.560
 Some of you

00:21:49.560 --> 00:21:49.960
 might be

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:51.360
 checking to

00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:52.560
 see if you

00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:53.279
 truly were

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.279
 exercising your

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.759
 Second Amendment

00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:55.360
 rights this

00:21:55.360 --> 00:21:55.620
 morning.

00:21:56.380 --> 00:21:56.779
 There would be

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.259
 a lot of

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.720
 different things

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.100
 that would go

00:21:58.100 --> 00:21:58.460
 through your

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:58.720
 mind.

00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.600
 For me in

00:21:59.600 --> 00:21:59.960
 that moment,

00:22:00.060 --> 00:22:00.680
 I was thinking,

00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:01.840
 do I need to

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.380
 leave this

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.020
 auditorium?

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.660
 Am I

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.040
 about to

00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:05.300
 die?

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.480
 What's going

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.820
 to happen

00:22:06.820 --> 00:22:07.080
 here?

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.480
 This is a

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.080
 very strange

00:22:08.080 --> 00:22:08.640
 situation.

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.440
 That is what

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.360
 is going on

00:22:11.360 --> 00:22:12.380
 in this

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.880
 passage.

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.060
 There's a

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.620
 complete

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.600
 disruption of

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:15.820
 Jesus'

00:22:16.020 --> 00:22:16.300
 teaching.

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.880
 Let's not

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.860
 downplay this.

00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.560
 This man is

00:22:19.560 --> 00:22:20.320
 screaming out,

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.040
 verse 23,

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:23.340
 in their

00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:23.620
 synagogue,

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.360
 a man with

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:24.980
 an unclean

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.320
 spirit,

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.860
 and he

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.540
 cried out,

00:22:27.020 --> 00:22:27.440
 what have

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:27.980
 you to do

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.540
 with us,

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.440
 Jesus of

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.860
 Nazareth?

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.560
 Have you

00:22:30.560 --> 00:22:31.240
 come to

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.040
 destroy us?

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.940
 I know

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.420
 who you

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.740
 are,

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:34.619
 the Holy

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.480
 One of

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.839
 God.

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.839
 In other

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:36.980
 words,

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.319
 he's saying,

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.839
 why are

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.220
 you here?

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.680
 What do

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.220
 you want?

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.759
 One person

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.399
 translates it

00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:42.799
 this way,

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.779
 go away

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.480
 and leave

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.059
 me alone.

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.659
 Jesus,

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.240
 why are

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.619
 you here?

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.000
 We were

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.000
 doing fine

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.819
 before you

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.119
 were the

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.859
 guest preacher.

00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.099
 Everything

00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.899
 was good

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.519
 before that.

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.500
 But now

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.180
 you are

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.680
 here

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.960
 disrupting

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.299
 things.

00:22:59.359 --> 00:22:59.920
 What happens

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.379
 next year,

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.759
 it's easy

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.140
 for us

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.700
 to miss

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.740
 as modern

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.160
 readers,

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.240
 but those

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.579
 who were

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.180
 the original

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.779
 audience would

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.279
 have understood

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.920
 that this

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.720
 demon begins

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.599
 a power play

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.180
 with Jesus

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.039
 because there

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.640
 is common

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.339
 ideas about

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.900
 the practice

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.740
 of exorcism

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.220
 during this

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.559
 time.

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.539
 One of the

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:14.960
 techniques

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.359
 that you

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.819
 would use

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.119
 if you

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.480
 wanted to

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.319
 gain control

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.019
 over someone,

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:18.879
 especially over

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.279
 a demon,

00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.819
 is you would

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.400
 speak their

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:20.759
 name.

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.720
 It was

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.559
 really important

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.940
 to know

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.579
 the name

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.640
 of the demon

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:24.940
 here.

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.500
 The demon

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.779
 is trying

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.220
 to turn

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.759
 the tables

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.259
 on Jesus.

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.960
 He begins

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.920
 a power

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.299
 struggle

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.039
 by saying

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.500
 his name.

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:30.740
 What do

00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:30.940
 you have

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.180
 to do

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.500
 with us,

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:31.980
 Jesus of

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.420
 Nazareth?

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.740
 I know

00:23:33.740 --> 00:23:34.299
 who you

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.680
 are.

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.140
 In other

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.500
 words,

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.380
 I think

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.880
 I may

00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.420
 actually be

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:38.819
 able to

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.299
 exercise

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.059
 authority

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.840
 and power

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.640
 over you.

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.620
 I'm going

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.240
 to test

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.779
 and see

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.640
 if your

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.200
 speaking

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.000
 with authority

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.140
 has any

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.640
 match of

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:49.920
 being able

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.420
 to act

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.579
 and perform

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.319
 with authority.

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.620
 So there's

00:23:52.620 --> 00:23:53.480
 an inversion

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.840
 here.

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.340
 The naming

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:54.740
 is supposed

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.180
 to come

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:55.580
 from the

00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:56.320
 exorcist,

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.180
 not from

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.600
 the demon.

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.420
 And bringing

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.900
 in the name

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.019
 is a way

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.460
 of power.

00:24:02.580 --> 00:24:03.039
 And so what

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:04.120
 comes next

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:05.140
 is even

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.960
 more surprising.

00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.660
 This demon

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.400
 throws out

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.140
 Jesus' name,

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.400
 right?

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:09.820
 What do we

00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.380
 expect to

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.920
 happen in

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.220
 reverse?

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.960
 If Jesus

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.640
 is a good

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.320
 exorcist,

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.759
 what is he

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.100
 going to

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:15.340
 do?

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.840
 Jesus is

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.019
 going to

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.220
 say,

00:24:18.340 --> 00:24:18.440
 oh,

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.799
 you think

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.160
 that's a

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.560
 big deal?

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.320
 I know

00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:21.120
 your name.

00:24:24.560 --> 00:24:25.000
 Jesus

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.380
 doesn't

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.799
 say his

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.099
 name.

00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.539
 Why?

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.480
 Because

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.700
 he doesn't

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.480
 need to.

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.599
 Jesus

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.160
 doesn't

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.859
 call on

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.440
 any higher

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.900
 power.

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.220
 We're going

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.500
 to see

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.799
 demons

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.339
 cast out

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.819
 later in

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.220
 the Gospel

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.680
 of Mark.

00:24:37.859 --> 00:24:38.380
 By those

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.880
 who follow

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.259
 Jesus,

00:24:39.380 --> 00:24:39.599
 they're going

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:39.920
 to do

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.539
 it in

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:40.900
 Jesus'

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.500
 name.

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.299
 Jesus

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.839
 doesn't

00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.500
 call on

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.140
 any name.

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.779
 Jesus

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.339
 doesn't

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.859
 use,

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.180
 as we

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:48.839
 might expect

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.160
 if some

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.500
 people have

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.900
 pointed out,

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.119
 any incantation

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.740
 or spell.

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.619
 In other

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:52.900
 words,

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.839
 Jesus ignores

00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:54.500
 all the

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.880
 rules.

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:56.720
 He does

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.740
 nothing that's

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.180
 supposed to

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.519
 give him

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.180
 an advantage.

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:00.299
 Jesus does

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.299
 nothing that's

00:25:01.299 --> 00:25:01.779
 supposed to

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.900
 work because

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:04.539
 Jesus doesn't

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.240
 need to.

00:25:06.380 --> 00:25:07.640
 That is how

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:09.279
 powerful Jesus

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.480
 is in this

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.799
 moment.

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.640
 Jesus doesn't

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.259
 appeal or

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.940
 call to a

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.680
 higher power

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.480
 because Jesus

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:16.119
 is the

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.859
 higher power.

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.220
 Jesus doesn't

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.160
 need to use

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.119
 anyone's name

00:25:21.119 --> 00:25:22.059
 because it is

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.559
 his name that

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.440
 they need to

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.179
 tremble at.

00:25:26.119 --> 00:25:27.059
 Jesus instead

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.839
 simply speaks

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.940
 with and by

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.539
 his own

00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.039
 authority.

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.500
 Be quiet

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:34.460
 and leave.

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.279
 This is in the

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.940
 same vein of

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.500
 what I've told

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.019
 you before.

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.639
 I used to say

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.159
 to some of my

00:25:39.159 --> 00:25:39.579
 students,

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.700
 it's time for

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.099
 you to shut

00:25:41.099 --> 00:25:42.319
 up and sit

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.639
 down.

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.019
 So verse 25,

00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.839
 Jesus rebuked

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.039
 him.

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.159
 Be silent

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:49.100
 and come

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.400
 out of

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.580
 him.

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:50.860
 What does

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.900
 this spirit

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.160
 do?

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.060
 Well, 26,

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:54.160
 he's silent

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:55.019
 and comes

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.320
 out of

00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:55.500
 him.

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.540
 No matter

00:25:58.540 --> 00:25:59.140
 what you've

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.720
 seen, no

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.300
 matter what

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:00.900
 these people

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.279
 in this

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.840
 passage have

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.840
 seen, they

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.620
 have not

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.700
 seen power

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.860
 like this.

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.920
 They have

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.779
 not known

00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.560
 about power

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.040
 like this.

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.820
 Maybe they've

00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.779
 heard of

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.700
 great exorcists

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:13.420
 who have the

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.360
 right incantation

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.920
 or spell

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.560
 or name.

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.200
 They're able

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:16.700
 to get the

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.180
 knowledge.

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.640
 They're able

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.420
 to find out

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.940
 the identity

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.500
 of the demons

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.900
 so they can

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.559
 gain power.

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.559
 Jesus skips

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.660
 all of those

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.440
 things because

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.319
 Jesus has a

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.240
 power and

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.480
 authority over

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.200
 evil and

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.080
 demonic forces

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.860
 that has never

00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.539
 been seen

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.039
 before.

00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:32.019
 Jesus has a

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.819
 power over

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.500
 evil and

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.600
 demonic forces

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:36.380
 like nothing

00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.200
 else.

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.640
 Brothers

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.420
 and sisters,

00:26:40.580 --> 00:26:41.400
 the same is

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.160
 true even

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:43.000
 now today.

00:26:43.299 --> 00:26:44.140
 Jesus is

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.740
 the one

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.480
 with the

00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.059
 great and

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.600
 greatest

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.619
 power over

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.019
 evil.

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.500
 He is the

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.099
 one and

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:50.639
 the only

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.179
 one who

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:51.799
 is able

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.439
 to put

00:26:52.439 --> 00:26:53.359
 an end

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.159
 to death

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.099
 and evil

00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.119
 forever,

00:26:56.399 --> 00:26:57.240
 once and

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.899
 for all.

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.779
 The king

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.719
 is on

00:27:00.719 --> 00:27:01.599
 the move.

00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.099
 We are

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.799
 beginning to

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.699
 finally see

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:05.759
 how powerful

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.899
 this king

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.699
 is, how

00:27:07.699 --> 00:27:08.740
 much he

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.500
 is actually

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.059
 able to

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.259
 do.

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:10.740
 One man

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.399
 says this,

00:27:11.959 --> 00:27:12.500
 the coming

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.179
 of the king

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.480
 and the

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.259
 inauguration

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.719
 of his

00:27:14.719 --> 00:27:15.079
 kingdom

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.199
 implied the

00:27:16.199 --> 00:27:16.720
 destruction

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.759
 and end

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.460
 of the

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.720
 kingdom

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.359
 of darkness.

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.339
 Jesus here

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.899
 is showing

00:27:22.899 --> 00:27:23.519
 that he

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.359
 has come

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.220
 to bring

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.220
 evil to

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.000
 an end

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:28.500
 once and

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.099
 for all.

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.919
 He is

00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.819
 not an

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.859
 exorcist,

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:34.019
 he is

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.659
 the

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:36.039
 exorcist.

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:38.019
 He is

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.819
 not a

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.379
 power,

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.659
 he is

00:27:40.659 --> 00:27:41.919
 the power.

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:41.960
 power.

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.300
 He is

00:27:43.300 --> 00:27:43.800
 the power

00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.380
 that doesn't

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.539
 need any

00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.240
 tricks in

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.840
 his bag

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.600
 because his

00:27:47.600 --> 00:27:48.980
 word is

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.519
 enough.

00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.340
 And so

00:27:51.340 --> 00:27:51.779
 that is why

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.220
 these people

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.860
 are able to

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.140
 say,

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.100
 what is

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:54.600
 this,

00:27:55.060 --> 00:27:55.480
 a new

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.960
 teaching

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.779
 with

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.259
 authority?

00:27:58.920 --> 00:27:59.900
 For us,

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.940
 we respond

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.560
 to Jesus

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:03.880
 by recognizing

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:05.320
 how powerful

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.960
 he is.

00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.620
 We recognize

00:28:06.620 --> 00:28:07.400
 that as we

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.980
 submit to

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.640
 him and

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.320
 obey him.

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.099
 we recognize

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:11.000
 that as we

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.759
 take comfort

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.839
 and joy

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.819
 and hope

00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.619
 in knowing

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.139
 that there

00:28:15.139 --> 00:28:16.000
 is no

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.099
 force that

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.859
 can stand

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.819
 against him.

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.119
 It's this

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.919
 same power

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.339
 that he's

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.700
 going to

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.240
 use to

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.759
 bring freedom

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.359
 to us from

00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:24.919
 the bondage

00:28:24.919 --> 00:28:25.299
 of evil.

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:25.759
 It's this

00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:26.460
 same power

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.839
 that he's

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.179
 going to

00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:27.939
 use one

00:28:27.939 --> 00:28:28.779
 day to

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.399
 bring full

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.039
 and final

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.139
 freedom in

00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.720
 this world.

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.240
 And so we

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.200
 trust and

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.980
 we hope in

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.299
 him.

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.200
 He is the

00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.119
 only one who

00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:36.559
 can put

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.639
 death to

00:28:37.639 --> 00:28:38.079
 death.

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.079
 Jesus is

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.419
 the only

00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:40.879
 one who

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.460
 can defeat

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.240
 and end

00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.799
 the kingdom

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.879
 of darkness.

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.599
 And that's

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:45.839
 what we're

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.279
 going to see

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.879
 later on

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.099
 in the

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.619
 Gospel of

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:47.839
 Mark.

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.759
 When Jesus

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.639
 dies on

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.359
 the cross

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:51.859
 and raises

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.539
 again from

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.019
 the dead,

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.799
 he also

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.559
 shows a

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.200
 power that

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.599
 no one

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.259
 else has.

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.500
 He shows

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.159
 the power

00:28:58.159 --> 00:28:59.119
 to defeat

00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.899
 death.

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.220
 And so

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.919
 that's why

00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:01.500
 the Apostle

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.179
 Paul tells

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.519
 us in

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.099
 1 Corinthians

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.839
 15,

00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:05.179
 then comes

00:29:05.179 --> 00:29:05.740
 the end

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.460
 when he,

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.220
 that is

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.559
 Jesus,

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.480
 delivers the

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.980
 kingdom to

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.460
 God the

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.579
 Father after

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.039
 destroying

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.860
 every rule

00:29:11.860 --> 00:29:12.579
 and every

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.240
 authority and

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.559
 power.

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.920
 For he must

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.620
 reign until

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.099
 he has put

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.620
 all his

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.460
 enemies under

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.120
 his feet.

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.380
 The last

00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.319
 enemy to

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.279
 be destroyed

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:23.079
 is death.

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.259
 Jesus has

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.259
 ultimate power

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:27.180
 over evil

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.099
 in this

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.500
 world.

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.220
 He will

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.819
 show it

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.819
 by ending

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:32.000
 even death

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:33.099
 itself.

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.319
 Who is

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.640
 Jesus?

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:35.800
 Jesus.

00:29:36.800 --> 00:29:37.820
 He is the

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.259
 one with

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.700
 the greatest

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.200
 power.

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.540
 Power like

00:29:40.540 --> 00:29:40.960
 we have

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.759
 never seen

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.540
 before.

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.360
 How do we

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.920
 respond to

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.040
 him?

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:45.580
 We love

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:45.840
 him.

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:47.000
 We obey

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.360
 him.

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.460
 We trust

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.820
 in him.

00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.759
 We take

00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.120
 hope in

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.320
 him.

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.860
 In his

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.460
 first book,

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.160
 in the

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.740
 Chronicles of

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.380
 Narnia series,

00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:55.820
 The Lion,

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.180
 the Witch,

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.420
 and the

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.860
 Wardrobe,

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.060
 C.S.

00:29:58.060 --> 00:29:58.580
 Lewis tells

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.220
 us the story

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.540
 of the

00:29:59.540 --> 00:29:59.920
 Pivensey

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:02.020
 children who

00:30:02.020 --> 00:30:02.600
 have to move

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.600
 away from

00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.099
 their home

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.539
 because of

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.000
 the bombing

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:06.240
 during the

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.759
 World War.

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.299
 They enter

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.639
 the world

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.119
 of Narnia

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.599
 and they

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.199
 quickly meet

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.599
 the Beaver

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.019
 family.

00:30:11.879 --> 00:30:12.199
 When they

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:12.559
 meet the

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:12.779
 Beaver

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.099
 family,

00:30:13.199 --> 00:30:13.419
 they have

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:13.879
 dinner with

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.019
 them.

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.439
 After they

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:14.740
 have dinner

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.119
 with them,

00:30:15.179 --> 00:30:15.539
 they sit

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.959
 down to

00:30:15.959 --> 00:30:16.899
 talk and

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.439
 they find

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:17.899
 out about

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.579
 this lion

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.839
 named Aslan

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.219
 who, of

00:30:20.219 --> 00:30:20.379
 course,

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:20.980
 they've never

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.439
 heard of

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:22.119
 before because

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:22.579
 they've never

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:22.899
 been in

00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:23.519
 Narnia before.

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.000
 They have

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.419
 to ask,

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.779
 who is

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:27.000
 this person?

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.199
 Who is

00:30:28.199 --> 00:30:28.659
 Aslan?

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.679
 Asked

00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:29.980
 Susan.

00:30:30.619 --> 00:30:31.000
 They begin

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.759
 to explain.

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.599
 Aslan is

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.059
 this great

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.419
 king.

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.740
 He's going

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.060
 to come

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.840
 back and

00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.060
 he's going

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.320
 to make

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.720
 everything

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.120
 right.

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.000
 There's

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.519
 this poem,

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.080
 wrong will

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.480
 be right

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:38.980
 when Aslan

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.560
 comes in

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.840
 sight.

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.560
 At the

00:30:40.560 --> 00:30:40.920
 sound of

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.340
 his roar,

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.340
 sorrows

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.000
 will be

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.440
 no more.

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.019
 Lucy wants

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.420
 to know

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.420
 if Aslan's

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.860
 a man.

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:48.920
 She's

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.700
 surprised to

00:30:49.700 --> 00:30:50.120
 find out

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.440
 that he's

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:50.860
 a lion.

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:52.640
 And so

00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.279
 Susan has

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.759
 this final

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.240
 question.

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.900
 Oh, said

00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.380
 Susan, I

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:56.660
 thought he

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:56.960
 was a

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.240
 man.

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.840
 Is he

00:30:58.840 --> 00:30:59.640
 quite safe?

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:00.960
 I shall

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.740
 feel rather

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.900
 nervous about

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.400
 meeting a

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.720
 lion.

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.580
 That you

00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.200
 will, dearie,

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.540
 and no

00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:07.240
 mistake, said

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.500
 Mrs.

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:07.840
 Beaver.

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.940
 If there's

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.540
 anyone who

00:31:09.540 --> 00:31:10.120
 can appear

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:11.019
 before Aslan

00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.519
 without their

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.280
 knees knocking,

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.220
 they're either

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.460
 braver than

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.720
 most or else

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.320
 just silly.

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.960
 Then he

00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:19.100
 isn't safe,

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.220
 said Lucy.

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.320
 Safe, said

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.580
 Mr.

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:22.900
 Beaver.

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.340
 Don't you hear

00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:24.840
 what Mrs.

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.519
 Beaver tells

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.740
 you?

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.740
 Who said

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.400
 anything about

00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.800
 safe?

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:29.200
 Of course

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.680
 he isn't

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:31.039
 safe, but

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.539
 he's good.

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.960
 He is the

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.960
 king, I

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.440
 tell you.

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.339
 Brothers and

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.139
 sisters, Jesus

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:38.539
 is not

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.419
 safe.

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.779
 He is the

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.159
 one who

00:31:41.159 --> 00:31:42.539
 comes with

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.359
 authority.

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.799
 He comes

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.339
 with authority

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.859
 in his

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.299
 teaching.

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.180
 He comes

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.720
 with authority

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.700
 in his

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.480
 power over

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.279
 evil and

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.180
 darkness and

00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.519
 sin.

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.879
 But he

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:53.399
 is good.

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.000
 Will you

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.539
 listen to

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:55.799
 him?

00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.779
 Will you

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.379
 obey him?

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.500
 Will you

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.079
 follow him?

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.460
 Let's pray.

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:03.180
 Our Father

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.559
 in heaven,

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:04.759
 we thank

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.619
 you that

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.359
 you aren't

00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:07.879
 safe, that

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.359
 you are

00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:09.099
 dangerous and

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.960
 powerful enough

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.680
 to protect

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.920
 us from

00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.259
 evil.

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.659
 We ask

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:13.940
 that you

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.359
 would give

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.720
 us the

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.420
 confidence and

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.879
 the hope

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.359
 that comes

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:16.779
 from that,

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.819
 and you

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.220
 would give

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.579
 us the

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.299
 trust and

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.200
 obedience and

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.920
 submission to

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.859
 you that

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.319
 comes from

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:22.799
 knowing that

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.480
 you are the

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.099
 authority in

00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.720
 this world and

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.359
 you are more

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:26.539
 powerful than

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.099
 anyone else.

00:32:27.199 --> 00:32:27.659
 We thank

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.139
 you that you

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.819
 showed your

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:30.659
 power, not

00:32:30.659 --> 00:32:31.399
 in strength but

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.919
 in weakness,

00:32:32.479 --> 00:32:33.000
 when Jesus

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.079
 died for us on

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.500
 the cross,

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.079
 taking the

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.199
 punishment that

00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:36.759
 we deserved

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:38.119
 and raised from

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:39.119
 the dead so

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.500
 that we could

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.959
 live with him

00:32:40.959 --> 00:32:42.139
 in new life.

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:43.039
 We ask these

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:44.179
 things, thankful

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.839
 that we haven't

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.500
 done anything to

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.000
 earn them, but

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.819
 instead we ask

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.319
 them in Jesus'

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.699
 name.

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:48.399
 Amen.

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.000
 For our

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.619
 closing hymn,

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:54.359
 спасибо.

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:54.859
 Amen.

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.279
,

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:55.699
 amen.