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 Well, if you'd open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 8, we're resuming our preaching through the Gospel of Matthew.

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 Children, we are so glad you're joining us this morning.

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 If you would, we've got a passage that is so vivid.

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 Would you write, would you draw some pictures for me of what we're about to read and what you're going to hear me preach?

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 It is absolutely amazing.

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 This is Matthew chapter 8, verses 1 through 17.

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 When he came down from the mountain, preaching the Sermon on the Mount, great crowds followed him.

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 And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.

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 And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, I will be clean.

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 And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

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 And Jesus said to him, see that you say nothing to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a proof to them.

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 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.

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 And Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him.

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 But the centurion replied, Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

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 But only say the word and my servant will be healed.

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 For I too am a man under authority with soldiers under me.

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 And I say to one, go, and he goes.

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 And to another, come, and he comes.

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 And to my servant, do this, and he does it.

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 But when Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith.

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 I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

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 While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness.

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 In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 And to the centurion, Jesus said, go, let it be done for you as you have believed.

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 And the servant was healed at that very moment.

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 And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever.

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 He touched her hand, and the fever left her.

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 And she rose and began to serve him.

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 That evening, they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons.

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 And he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick.

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 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah.

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 He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.

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 Well, it's New Year's resolution time.

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 You know that time of year when a person turns over a new leaf?

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 It's time to change in some ways.

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 And a new year is a great opportunity to set some things in motion.

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 So what are your New Year's resolutions?

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 Well, let me suggest one this New Year's.

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 It's a life resolution.

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 In light of who Jesus is.

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 In light of what he's done for you.

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 Would you make a resolution today to follow him?

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 All of your days.

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 In all that he commanded.

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 The Gospel of Matthew is about the kingship of Jesus.

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 And at the end of the Gospel of Matthew,

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 after Jesus has died and has been raised from the dead,

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 that's the climax of the whole book.

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 After his death and resurrection,

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 Jesus, in the Great Commission,

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 announces that he has been given all authority on heaven and earth.

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 Jesus is the rightful King of all.

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 Lord of lords.

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 King of kings.

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 And as his disciples,

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 we are to humbly submit to his authority

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 by obeying all that he commanded.

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 Jesus says,

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 All authority has been given to me.

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 Go make disciples of the nations.

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 And one of the big parts of fulfilling the Great Commission

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 is to teach those who believe in Jesus

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 after we share the Gospel with them.

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 And then they believe to teach them

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 all that Jesus has commanded.

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 So that they too obey.

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 The Gospel of Matthew is about the kingship of Jesus.

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 About his authority.

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 So what is authority?

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 Authority is the right to exercise power

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 and to require obedience.

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 Parents exercise authority over children.

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 Teachers exercise authority over students.

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 Governments exercise authority

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 authority to make laws

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 and to enforce laws with citizens.

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 And in this morning's passage,

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 which I just read,

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 we're going to see Jesus exercise

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 his authority to heal.

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 It's a series of healings.

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 There's actually four little segments here.

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 And children,

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 if you're drawing me a picture,

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 Jesus is going to heal a leper.

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 He's going to heal a centurion,

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 which is a soldier.

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 He's going to heal a sick woman.

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 And he's going to heal groups of people

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 that are brought to him one night.

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 In initial reading of this passage,

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 we may cause you to draw the conclusion

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 that what all these healings have in common

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 is that they point to Jesus

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 and that they reveal he is the Messiah.

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 And it's true.

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 They do.

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 And he is.

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 But there's something else being emphasized here.

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 These four healings have something else in common.

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 It's about who Jesus exercises his authority for.

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 So here's what we're going to do.

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 We're going to walk through this passage

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 and take a closer look at these four encounters

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 in which Jesus exercises his authority to heal.

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 And at the end of this,

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 I'm going to make a point

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 of what this passage is all about.

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 The point's going to come to the fore

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 as we move through it.

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 And then, to close,

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 I'd like to try to apply this passage

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 by way of three New Year's resolutions.

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 So let's walk through it.

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 The first encounter we read about

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 is in verses 2 through 4.

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 Jesus and a leper.

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 Now when you hear the word leprosy,

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 you may be thinking of a certain kind of disease.

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 It's known as Hansen's disease.

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 It's when a bacteria attacks the nerve endings

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 in someone's hands or appendages.

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 And it results in some horrible deformities and pain.

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 But when we talk about leprosy in the Bible

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 and what the Mosaic Law considers unclean

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 is not just Hansen's disease.

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 It's all different kinds of skin disorders.

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 And so what you need to know

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 is that according to the Mosaic Law,

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 if you have Hansen's disease

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 or some other kind of skin disorder,

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 you are considered ceremonially unclean.

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 And if you touched someone who had a skin disorder,

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 you were ceremonially unclean,

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 which means you were unfit

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 to come into God's presence to worship.

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 In fact, to protect others

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 from becoming unclean through contact with lepers,

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 the Mosaic Law would require a leper

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 or someone with a skin disorder

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 to, when approaching other people,

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 to cry out,

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 unclean!

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 I am unclean!

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 I am unclean!

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 Could you imagine that?

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 The effect that that would have on you over time?

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 There would be the hardship of the disease.

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 Suffering Hansen's disease would be brutal enough.

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 And then there's the spiritual hardship

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 of being prohibited,

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 if you're a Jew,

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 to enter into other Jews

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 with the worship of God.

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 And then there's the social hardship.

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 Could you imagine being isolated socially

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 from the people that you love?

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 And then there's the psychological hardship.

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 What effect would it have

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 of going from town to town,

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 walking among people,

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 and having to say,

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 I am unclean!

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 And just watching people scurry from you.

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 So when we read here in chapter 8, verse 2,

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 that a leper approaches Jesus,

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 what you need to know

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 that this leper on all accounts

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 is an outcast.

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 In verse 2 we read this leper

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 falls down before Jesus

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 and addresses Him as Lord.

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 Now he could have just been saying,

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 being polite and saying,

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 Sir,

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 but given that he's fallen down

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 before Jesus,

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 when he calls Him Lord,

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 he is saying,

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 You've got authority.

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 And in verse 2,

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 what we read is

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 that this leper has no question

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 about Jesus' ability

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 to heal Him.

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 What this leper has a question about

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 is Jesus' willingness

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 to exercise His power

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 to heal Him.

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 Lord,

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 Lord,

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 if You will,

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 You can make me clean.

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 It's like He's saying,

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 Lord,

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 are You willing

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 to exercise Your authority

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 to heal an outcast like me?

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 Are You willing?

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 And in verse 3,

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 we see Jesus' response.

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 You know what?

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 I love being a follower of Jesus.

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 And I love being a follower of Jesus

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 when I read things like this.

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 In Matthew 5, 6, and 7,

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 we see the authoritative preaching

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 and teaching of Jesus

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 and it's phenomenal.

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 And when we get into

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 here in Matthew 8,

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 we see Jesus

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 encountering other people.

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 He shows us

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 how God would interact

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 with people

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 because He is God.

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 and I love it.

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 I love seeing Him.

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 I love seeing what He's about to do.

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 He's my Savior and Lord.

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 This one we're about to read about,

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 He's your King.

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 This is who you're following.

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 Look what He does

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 in verse 3.

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 He reaches out

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 and He touches this leper.

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 He stretches out His hand

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 and touches Him.

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 Nobody in Israel

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 would have dared

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 to touch this leper

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 out of fear

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 of contracting the disease,

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 out of a desire

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 not to become

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 ceremonially unclean.

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 They don't want to be banished,

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 but not Jesus.

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 He doesn't shrink back

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 from this leper.

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 He's not afraid of this leper.

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 He's not disgusted

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 by this leper.

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 He moves towards the leper.

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 And when He touches him,

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 instead of Jesus

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 being made unclean,

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 Jesus cleans the unclean.

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 Jesus could have just

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 healed them with words.

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 When He heals

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 the centurion's servant

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 in just a minute,

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 it's just with words.

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 He could have healed them

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 with just words,

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 but He touches them.

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 When was the last time

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 this leper was ever

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 touched by another human being

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 we don't know?

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 But the first one

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 to touch Him

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 was God incarnate.

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 Jesus.

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 He reaches out

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 and touches

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 this untouchable outcast

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 saying,

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 I am willing

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 to be clean.

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 And immediately,

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 His leprosy clears.

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 He's been healed.

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 He's been made clean.

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 In the words of D.A. Carson,

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 Jesus' authority

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 immediately accomplished

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 what He wills.

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 And He willed

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 this leper clean.

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 And then in verse 4,

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 we have some interesting

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 things Jesus says to him.

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 Jesus essentially says

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 to this former leper now,

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 hey, what I just did to you,

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 keep it on the down low, buddy.

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 Don't tell anybody, please.

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 Now, you might wonder

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 why He's doing that.

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 Well, Jesus didn't want

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 to gain a following

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 for just being a healer.

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 He didn't want to make His,

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 give Him less opportunities

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 and make His ministry

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 more difficult

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 by stirring up

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 all sorts of crowds.

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 In fact,

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 in Mark's account

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 of this healing,

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 Jesus tells the leper,

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 don't go tell anybody.

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 And then the leper

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 goes and tells everybody.

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 And what Jesus has to do

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 in return is,

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 He's no longer able

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 to enter town freely

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 to preach.

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 And so He's got to now

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 go to the outskirts of towns.

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 And so Jesus wants access

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 to towns to preach

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 the good news.

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 And so He told this leper,

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 don't go blabbing this around.

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 I've got other things to do.

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 But then He says something else

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 to this leper.

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 He requires this cleansed leper

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 to go show himself

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 to the priest

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 and offer a gift

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 of Moses.

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 Moses required.

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 The priest He has in mind

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 is a particular piece.

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 He would have been like

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 the QC priest.

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 Quality control.

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 This priest would decide

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 whether or not someone

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 was truly healed

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 of a disease

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 so that they could

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 reenter

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 their social world.

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 And so what Jesus

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 is saying here

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 is abiding by the law

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 of Moses.

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 He says,

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 go to the priest,

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 show them that you're healed,

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 offer your gift,

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 and return

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 to your relationships.

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 What this points to

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 is not just an immediate healing,

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 but a complete healing.

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 Jesus says,

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 go get checked out

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 and go back to your family.

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 What we learn

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 from this little passage

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 is that Jesus

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 has authority over disease.

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 And when He exercises

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 His authority over disease,

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 it results in immediate

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 and complete healing.

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 But the surprise

00:14:28.160 --> 00:14:29.860
 is that Jesus

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 exercises His authority

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 to heal an outsider.

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 Someone who is an outcast.

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 A leper.

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 By touching this leper,

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 He doesn't become unclean.

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 His touch

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 cleanses the leper.

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 The second encounter

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 is between Jesus

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 and a centurion.

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 And this is in verses 5

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 through 13.

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 Now,

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 a centurion

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 was a Roman soldier

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 of rank.

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 If you hear the word

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 century

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 in the word centurion,

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 it makes you think

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 of 100.

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 A centurion

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 had responsibility

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 for 100 soldiers.

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 And centurions

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 were considered

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 the backbone

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 of the imperial army

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 of Rome

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 at the time.

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 You want to get

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 things done,

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 you get your centurion

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 on it.

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 Now,

00:15:21.760 --> 00:15:22.860
 we read in verse 5

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 that Jesus

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 is entering Capernaum,

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 which is basically

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:27.020
 kind of the town

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 of His ministry

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 headquarters

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 at the time.

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 And in Capernaum

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 at the time

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 was a Roman garrison.

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 And so,

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 if you're in Capernaum,

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 seeing Roman soldiers

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.540
 would not have been

00:15:39.540 --> 00:15:40.060
 uncommon,

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 but what you need

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 to realize

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 is that there would

00:15:42.760 --> 00:15:43.240
 be Jews

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 who viewed them

00:15:44.180 --> 00:15:45.500
 as unwelcomed

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 invaders.

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 What you also need

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 to know about

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 a centurion

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 is that they were

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 vested with the

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 very authority

00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.580
 of the emperor

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 himself.

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 And so,

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 when a centurion

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 commanded a foot soldier

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 to go do something,

00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.620
 that foot soldier

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:03.080
 would obey it

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:04.379
 as if the emperor

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:05.440
 was commanding him.

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 So,

00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:08.379
 centurions were men

00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:09.840
 who God understood

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:11.220
 authority.

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 But there's also

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 another really important

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 note to make.

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 Centurions were

00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.100
 Gentiles.

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 They were non-Jews.

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 And so,

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 we're not told

00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:27.700
 whether this particular

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:28.920
 centurion who comes

00:16:28.920 --> 00:16:29.580
 to Jesus,

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.160
 whether he's Roman

00:16:31.160 --> 00:16:32.820
 or he's Syrian,

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:35.240
 what we do know,

00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:36.139
 he wasn't a Jew.

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.139
 He was a Gentile.

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 Gentiles were to be

00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:43.419
 avoided by pious Jews

00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:44.720
 because they'll

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.779
 make you unclean.

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:49.259
 Gentiles were unable

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:50.460
 to fully participate

00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:52.460
 in Israel's worship

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.240
 of God.

00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.939
 They were considered

00:16:55.939 --> 00:16:57.659
 outsiders.

00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:00.000
 So,

00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.919
 in verse 5,

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.699
 upon entering

00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:02.340
 Capernaum,

00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:03.639
 this centurion

00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:04.920
 appeals to Jesus,

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:06.700
 actually beseeches

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:08.600
 him by addressing

00:17:08.600 --> 00:17:09.500
 him as Lord.

00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:14.060
 The centurion

00:17:14.060 --> 00:17:14.860
 has somehow

00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:15.779
 heard about Jesus

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.440
 and his ability

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.840
 to heal,

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:17.880
 and he's asking

00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:18.800
 him to heal

00:17:18.800 --> 00:17:19.420
 his servant.

00:17:19.860 --> 00:17:20.080
 So,

00:17:20.140 --> 00:17:21.279
 we have a Gentile

00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.360
 asking a Jew

00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:24.920
 to heal his servant.

00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:27.420
 And we learn

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:27.960
 that this

00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.680
 centurion

00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:29.180
 servant

00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.480
 is at his

00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.940
 home

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.519
 paralyzed

00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.820
 and suffering

00:17:32.820 --> 00:17:34.140
 terribly.

00:17:37.080 --> 00:17:37.900
 Now,

00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:38.320
 the question

00:17:38.320 --> 00:17:38.920
 that we're

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:40.060
 starting asking

00:17:40.060 --> 00:17:40.340
 is,

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:41.940
 is our

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.440
 Jewish

00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.060
 Savior

00:17:43.060 --> 00:17:44.279
 going to

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:44.980
 go

00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:46.180
 to this

00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:47.440
 Gentile's

00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:47.980
 house

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.960
 and heal

00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.539
 his servant?

00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.480
 In verse 7,

00:17:51.600 --> 00:17:52.560
 Jesus responds

00:17:52.560 --> 00:17:53.480
 to the request.

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:55.180
 He says,

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:56.019
 I will come

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.860
 and heal him.

00:17:57.360 --> 00:17:57.700
 And some

00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.319
 scholars think

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.740
 that Jesus

00:17:58.740 --> 00:17:59.460
 is actually

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.500
 asking a question

00:18:00.500 --> 00:18:01.400
 here as like,

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.380
 would you have

00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:02.740
 me come

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.299
 and heal him?

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.059
 As in knowing

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:07.660
 that I'm a Jew,

00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:09.299
 you're a Gentile,

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.240
 if I come

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.259
 to your house,

00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:11.940
 you know,

00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:12.440
 this isn't

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:12.880
 going to look

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.240
 good.

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.980
 Whether he is

00:18:15.980 --> 00:18:16.839
 making a statement

00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.599
 or asking a

00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.019
 question,

00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.360
 Jesus is

00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:20.160
 willing to go.

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.120
 Let me try

00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:22.819
 to help you

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.259
 understand

00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:23.740
 kind of

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.440
 the scale

00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:24.879
 of this.

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:25.660
 Do you

00:18:25.660 --> 00:18:26.019
 remember in

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.680
 Acts chapter

00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:27.099
 10,

00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:30.740
 Peter goes

00:18:30.740 --> 00:18:31.859
 to Cornelius'

00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.940
 house in

00:18:32.940 --> 00:18:33.339
 Joppa.

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.920
 Cornelius was

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.720
 a Gentile

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.740
 centurion.

00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.019
 And when

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:39.220
 Peter walks

00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:40.660
 into Cornelius'

00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.140
 house,

00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:42.660
 that would

00:18:42.660 --> 00:18:42.920
 have been

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.480
 the first

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.839
 time Peter

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.900
 walked into

00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:46.619
 the house

00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:48.279
 of a Gentile

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:49.879
 at any

00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.640
 point in

00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.440
 his life.

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.259
 first time,

00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:55.900
 Gentiles were

00:18:55.900 --> 00:18:56.440
 outsiders.

00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:57.960
 And so

00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.700
 for Jesus,

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.660
 a Jew,

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.700
 to go into

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:02.220
 a centurion's

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.620
 house,

00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:07.000
 in verse

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.259
 8,

00:19:07.340 --> 00:19:07.920
 the centurion

00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.420
 replies,

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.039
 Lord,

00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:10.160
 I am not

00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:10.720
 worthy to

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.019
 have you

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.400
 come under

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.019
 my roof.

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.039
 And this

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.279
 isn't

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.840
 flattery.

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:14.860
 He goes

00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.160
 on to

00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.480
 say in

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:15.840
 verse 8,

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.419
 but only

00:19:16.419 --> 00:19:17.019
 say the

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:17.500
 word,

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.199
 and my

00:19:19.199 --> 00:19:19.639
 servant will

00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.099
 be healed.

00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.639
 This Gentile

00:19:21.639 --> 00:19:22.279
 centurion

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:23.399
 recognizes that

00:19:23.399 --> 00:19:24.019
 Jesus,

00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:26.259
 that Jesus

00:19:26.259 --> 00:19:27.299
 is able to

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.000
 speak an

00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:28.699
 authoritative

00:19:28.699 --> 00:19:30.439
 word that

00:19:30.439 --> 00:19:31.279
 will heal

00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.279
 his paralyzed

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:34.079
 servant from

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.839
 a distance.

00:19:35.699 --> 00:19:36.259
 That's what

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.959
 this Gentile

00:19:36.959 --> 00:19:37.579
 centurion

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.000
 knows.

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:38.859
 That's what

00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.339
 he believes

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:40.000
 about Jesus.

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.259
 And he

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.740
 goes on in

00:19:42.740 --> 00:19:43.319
 verse 9,

00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:43.539
 say,

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:43.659
 hey,

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.099
 I get the

00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.459
 authority

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.799
 thing.

00:19:45.180 --> 00:19:45.539
 I too

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.779
 am a

00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.200
 man under

00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:46.740
 authority.

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.400
 I say to

00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:48.799
 a soldier,

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.079
 go,

00:19:49.160 --> 00:19:49.480
 he goes.

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:49.960
 I say to

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.259
 a soldier,

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:50.559
 come,

00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:50.980
 he comes.

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.400
 I say to

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.779
 my servant,

00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.220
 do this,

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.420
 and they

00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:52.779
 do that.

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:53.120
 I get

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.579
 authority.

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.880
 But this

00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.319
 Gentile

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.059
 centurion is

00:19:59.059 --> 00:19:59.519
 saying that

00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.140
 Jesus has

00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.880
 an authority

00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.420
 that supersedes

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:04.900
 the emperor's

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.480
 authority.

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.960
 Jesus has

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.740
 the authority

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:10.200
 to heal

00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:11.440
 someone paralyzed

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.100
 from a

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:12.600
 distance.

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:14.480
 that is

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.259
 an authority

00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:16.779
 of God.

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.699
 And so

00:20:20.699 --> 00:20:21.299
 at the end

00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:22.259
 of verse

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.839
 10,

00:20:23.419 --> 00:20:23.639
 well,

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.219
 excuse me,

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.519
 in verse

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.779
 10,

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:27.139
 Jesus'

00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.259
 response,

00:20:29.439 --> 00:20:30.059
 we read

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.399
 this.

00:20:30.939 --> 00:20:31.379
 When Jesus

00:20:31.379 --> 00:20:32.019
 heard this,

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:34.000
 what the

00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.819
 Gentiles said,

00:20:35.859 --> 00:20:36.679
 he marveled.

00:20:38.139 --> 00:20:38.779
 He was

00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.240
 amazed.

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.719
 Jesus was

00:20:41.719 --> 00:20:42.099
 amazed.

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:44.659
 the only

00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:45.379
 other time

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.279
 that this

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.740
 word is

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.399
 used for

00:20:47.399 --> 00:20:48.899
 Jesus in

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:50.199
 relationship to

00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:50.859
 somebody else

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:52.079
 is when Jesus

00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.259
 marveled at

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.799
 the unbelief

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:56.159
 of his

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:57.019
 fellow Jews

00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:58.879
 in Nazareth

00:20:58.879 --> 00:21:00.740
 in Mark

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.099
 6.

00:21:01.179 --> 00:21:01.519
 6.

00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.099
 And so

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.459
 when this

00:21:03.459 --> 00:21:04.279
 word is used

00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:04.740
 of Jesus,

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.379
 it's used

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:06.259
 of his

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.439
 marveling at

00:21:07.439 --> 00:21:08.399
 the unbelief

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.500
 of fellow Jews

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.539
 regarding him,

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:12.099
 and he's

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.960
 marveling at

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:14.059
 the belief

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.839
 of this

00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:15.720
 Gentile

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:17.259
 in relationship

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.440
 to him.

00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.740
 At the end

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.039
 of verse

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:22.319
 10,

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.519
 Jesus turns

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.440
 to those

00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.079
 Jews who

00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:25.859
 were following

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.379
 him.

00:21:26.819 --> 00:21:27.299
 He was being

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:27.960
 followed by

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:29.220
 multitudes of

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.059
 primarily Jewish

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.659
 people.

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.879
 And it's like

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.980
 he hears this

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.619
 and he turns

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.440
 to them and he

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.879
 says,

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.500
 truly,

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.159
 I tell you,

00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:38.359
 with no one

00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:38.939
 in Israel

00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:39.619
 have I found

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.279
 such faith.

00:21:41.179 --> 00:21:42.979
 This Gentile's

00:21:42.979 --> 00:21:44.519
 belief about

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:46.299
 Jesus stands

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:48.059
 out even

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:49.979
 among Israel.

00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.699
 This Gentile

00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:56.439
 centurion believed

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:57.079
 that Jesus

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.199
 possessed the

00:21:58.199 --> 00:21:59.039
 authority of

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.319
 God.

00:21:59.879 --> 00:22:00.519
 Seemingly,

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.119
 the fellow Jews

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.639
 were having a

00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.219
 hard time with

00:22:03.219 --> 00:22:03.419
 that.

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:07.639
 This Gentile

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.140
 knew that

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.880
 Jesus just

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.580
 needed to

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:09.900
 say the

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.160
 word.

00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.680
 Just say

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.180
 the word

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.280
 and my

00:22:13.280 --> 00:22:14.020
 servant back

00:22:14.020 --> 00:22:14.640
 at my house

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:14.960
 is going to

00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.300
 be healed.

00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:15.759
 You just

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.220
 say the

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.460
 word,

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:16.780
 Jesus.

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.080
 Only God

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.380
 can do

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:20.759
 something like

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:20.980
 that.

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:24.120
 In verse

00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.480
 11,

00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.780
 Jesus takes

00:22:25.780 --> 00:22:26.620
 the opportunity

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.280
 to clarify

00:22:27.280 --> 00:22:27.840
 something.

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.800
 Jesus is

00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.040
 going to

00:22:30.040 --> 00:22:31.120
 now go

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.140
 high altitude.

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.160
 He's going,

00:22:34.400 --> 00:22:34.920
 going to go

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.660
 talk about

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.080
 something in

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.560
 the future

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.279
 and he's

00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:37.460
 going to

00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.059
 go high

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.480
 altitude.

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.339
 Look at

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:39.879
 verse 11.

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.599
 He says,

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.419
 I tell you,

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.700
 many will

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.279
 come from

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.899
 east and

00:22:43.899 --> 00:22:44.480
 west and

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.259
 recline at

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.839
 table with

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.319
 Abraham,

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.019
 Isaac,

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.599
 and Jacob

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:47.980
 in the

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.419
 kingdom of

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:48.700
 heaven,

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.480
 while the

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.019
 sons of

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.500
 the kingdom

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.139
 will be

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.759
 thrown into

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.179
 the outer

00:22:52.179 --> 00:22:52.619
 darkness.

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.099
 First,

00:22:54.179 --> 00:22:54.480
 I want you

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:54.799
 to notice

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:56.200
 future tense.

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.720
 He goes

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.039
 into the

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.639
 future tense.

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.200
 I tell you,

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.019
 many will

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.559
 come.

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.460
 The sons

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.879
 of the kingdom

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.559
 will be

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.980
 thrown.

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:05.980
 What's

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.319
 he getting

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.579
 at?

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.880
 Jesus is

00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.279
 taking the

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.799
 opportunity

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:11.599
 to talk

00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:13.420
 about who

00:23:13.420 --> 00:23:14.660
 populates

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.519
 the kingdom

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.740
 of heaven.

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.220
 He's got a

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.779
 teaching moment

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.059
 here.

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.339
 He says,

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:21.880
 I tell you,

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.319
 many will

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.779
 come from

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.200
 east and

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.680
 west and

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.240
 recline at

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.720
 table with

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.120
 Abraham,

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.640
 Isaac,

00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.099
 and Jacob

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.420
 in the

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:26.839
 kingdom of

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.079
 heaven.

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.500
 The many

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.079
 he's talking

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.620
 about are

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.279
 Gentiles.

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.860
 Many

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.599
 Gentiles,

00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.960
 many non-Jews,

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:36.059
 many non-Jews

00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.519
 from east

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.980
 and west,

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.360
 what he's

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.680
 talking about

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.059
 is all

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.920
 around the

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.420
 world.

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.920
 They're going

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.339
 to come

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.039
 and recline

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.740
 at table

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.720
 with the

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.660
 patriarchs

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.039
 of the

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.339
 Jewish

00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.819
 faith.

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.000
 Now,

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.740
 the reclining

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.279
 at table

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.740
 is a

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.099
 reference

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.700
 to the

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.059
 great

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.920
 end-time

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.460
 banquet

00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.120
 of the

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.480
 people

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.279
 of God.

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.700
 Jesus

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.319
 is saying

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.740
 there are

00:23:59.740 --> 00:23:59.839
 going to

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.599
 be Gentiles

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.140
 from all

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.559
 around the

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:01.940
 world

00:24:01.940 --> 00:24:02.539
 who are

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:02.920
 going to

00:24:02.920 --> 00:24:04.279
 be at

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.620
 the

00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.140
 table

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:05.940
 of the

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.300
 great

00:24:06.300 --> 00:24:06.900
 banquet

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.660
 feast,

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:11.320
 which is

00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:11.759
 also known

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.000
 as the

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.400
 marriage supper

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.700
 of the

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:12.920
 lamb,

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.340
 Revelation

00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.759
 19.

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:17.140
 The promise

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.680
 God made

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.220
 to Abraham

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.060
 in Genesis

00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:19.759
 12 that

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.120
 he would

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.920
 bless all

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.519
 the nations

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.039
 of the

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.680
 world through

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.920
 his seed

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.920
 is being

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:26.140
 realized in

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.539
 Jesus

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.100
 Christ.

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:29.759
 the

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:30.359
 citizens of

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:30.679
 the kingdom

00:24:30.679 --> 00:24:31.079
 of heaven

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.480
 are not

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.399
 restricted to

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.259
 Jewish

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.139
 ethnicity.

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:36.879
 Jesus

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.399
 has thrown

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:37.959
 wide open

00:24:37.959 --> 00:24:38.459
 the doors

00:24:38.459 --> 00:24:38.740
 of the

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:38.980
 kingdom

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.559
 to all

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.859
 who would

00:24:39.859 --> 00:24:40.119
 believe

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.419
 that he

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:40.699
 is the

00:24:40.699 --> 00:24:41.179
 Messiah,

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:42.159
 whether

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.919
 Jew or

00:24:42.919 --> 00:24:43.500
 Gentile.

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.659
 Jesus

00:24:44.659 --> 00:24:45.159
 is making

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:46.000
 clear that

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.939
 the outsiders,

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.259
 Gentiles,

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:50.980
 who believe

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.500
 in who

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.179
 he is,

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.059
 are

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.599
 welcome

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.839
 inside

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.699
 the

00:24:55.699 --> 00:24:56.419
 end time

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:56.879
 banquet

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.419
 feast.

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:58.839
 But,

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.759
 those who

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.059
 are

00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:01.199
 insiders,

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.039
 the sons

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.339
 of the

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.599
 kingdom,

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.279
 the Jews,

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.619
 by rejecting

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.339
 Jesus,

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.199
 are cast

00:25:09.199 --> 00:25:10.219
 outside

00:25:10.219 --> 00:25:10.899
 the feast.

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.079
 Look at

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.559
 verse 12.

00:25:14.699 --> 00:25:15.359
 While the

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:15.799
 sons of the

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.199
 kingdom will

00:25:16.199 --> 00:25:16.599
 be thrown

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.079
 into outer

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.519
 darkness,

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.659
 in that

00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.159
 place there

00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:19.339
 will be

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.699
 weeping

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.539
 and gnashing

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.019
 of teeth.

00:25:21.199 --> 00:25:22.019
 That sons

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.439
 of the

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:23.039
 kingdom is

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.639
 an idiom

00:25:23.639 --> 00:25:24.220
 referencing

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:25.500
 Jews.

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.099
 And what

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.579
 Jesus is

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.099
 saying here

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.480
 is that

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:29.180
 those

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.859
 insiders

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.420
 who think

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:30.759
 that they're

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.319
 insiders,

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.879
 the sons

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.220
 of the

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.539
 kingdom,

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.279
 quote unquote,

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:35.240
 by rejecting

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.000
 Jesus as

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.480
 Messiah,

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.200
 they're going

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.799
 to be

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.480
 cast out

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.599
 into the

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.019
 outer

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.500
 darkness,

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.639
 the darkest

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.539
 of darkest

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.279
 places,

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.079
 where there's

00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.559
 weeping and

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.099
 gnashing of

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.339
 teeth.

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.180
 It's

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.339
 torment.

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.000
 He's talking

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.599
 about hell.

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.119
 He's talking

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.319
 about rejecting

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.700
 Jesus as

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:54.160
 Messiah has

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.700
 eternal

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.519
 consequences.

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.440
 And by the

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.120
 way, it's

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:57.660
 not just

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.840
 for Jews

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.700
 who reject

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.620
 Jesus as

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.120
 Messiah.

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.019
 It's for

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.759
 Gentiles too.

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.580
 For those

00:26:05.580 --> 00:26:06.259
 Gentiles who

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.840
 believe and for

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.340
 those Jews

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.880
 who believe who

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.700
 Jesus is, who

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.180
 we claim to

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.680
 be, they are

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.460
 welcomed into

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.539
 the great banquet

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.220
 feast at the

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.600
 end of the

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:13.920
 time.

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.279
 For those who

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.960
 reject Him,

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.900
 they will be

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.880
 cast out into

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.600
 outer darkness.

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:20.819
 So Jesus

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.339
 takes this

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.759
 moment,

00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.179
 standing in

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.599
 front of the

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.079
 Gentile

00:26:24.079 --> 00:26:25.199
 centurion to

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.819
 inform those

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:26.500
 listening about

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.899
 the true

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.419
 nature of

00:26:27.419 --> 00:26:27.839
 the kingdom.

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.579
 Admission to

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.139
 the kingdom

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:31.359
 has everything

00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.379
 to do with

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.919
 what you

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.719
 believe about

00:26:33.719 --> 00:26:34.779
 Jesus, not

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.439
 your ethnicity.

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.740
 So in

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.579
 verse 13,

00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:40.179
 Jesus turns

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.799
 back to the

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.500
 centurion and

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.719
 says, go, let

00:26:42.719 --> 00:26:43.439
 it be done for

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:44.059
 you as you

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.539
 believed.

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:45.219
 And we

00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:45.819
 learn that the

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.279
 Gentile

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:47.079
 centurion's

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.940
 servant was

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:49.000
 healed immediately.

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:51.180
 They must have

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.799
 figured that out

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.240
 when they all

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.299
 reunited at the

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:54.039
 centurion's

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.299
 house.

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.660
 They're all

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:55.980
 there and

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.500
 like, okay,

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.859
 my sundial,

00:26:58.139 --> 00:26:58.579
 when Jesus

00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.160
 said that, it

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.859
 was at this,

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.619
 wait, wait,

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.000
 wait, you're

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:02.299
 saying that he

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:02.920
 was healed at

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.480
 that time?

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.539
 Immediate,

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.059
 complete healing

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.220
 from a

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.700
 distance.

00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.700
 So what do

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.019
 we learn?

00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.559
 We learn that

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.039
 Jesus has

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.599
 authority to

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:13.779
 heal by word

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.519
 only, something

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.259
 that only God

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.740
 can do.

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.079
 We learn that

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.460
 Jesus talks

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.819
 about the

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.279
 kingdom of

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.240
 heaven as

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.920
 about believing

00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.420
 in him.

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.059
 It's not about

00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:23.099
 ethnicity, it's

00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:24.039
 about Jesus.

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.779
 The kingdom of

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.139
 heaven is

00:27:27.139 --> 00:27:27.899
 populated by

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.399
 Jews and

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.000
 Gentiles who

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.480
 believe in

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.779
 Jesus.

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.059
 And of

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.559
 course, we

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.319
 see here Jesus

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.440
 exercising his

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:35.099
 authority for

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:37.579
 an outcast, a

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.299
 Gentile.

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.039
 The third

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.660
 encounter is

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.339
 between Jesus

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.839
 and a woman

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.420
 with a fever.

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.960
 We see this

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:46.059
 verses 14 and

00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:46.460
 15.

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.420
 And not just

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.140
 any woman, this

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.680
 is Peter's

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.319
 mother-in-law.

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.160
 Peter was

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.660
 married and had

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.120
 a house in

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.740
 Capernaum and

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.299
 his mother-in-law

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.000
 was living with

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.079
 him.

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.279
 They were

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.940
 taking care of

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.079
 her.

00:27:58.779 --> 00:28:00.240
 In this, the

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.860
 first encounter

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.480
 we saw the

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.420
 outsider was a

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.640
 leper.

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.299
 The second

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:06.160
 encounter, the

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:08.120
 outsider is a

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.700
 Gentile.

00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.579
 And in this

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.340
 third encounter,

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:12.319
 the outsider is

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.860
 this woman.

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:14.639
 being a woman

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.119
 in the first

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:17.559
 century would

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:17.779
 have been

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.359
 considered a

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:19.039
 second-class

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.000
 citizen, even

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.919
 in Israel.

00:28:21.719 --> 00:28:22.959
 Women would

00:28:22.959 --> 00:28:23.699
 not be able to

00:28:23.699 --> 00:28:24.599
 fully participate

00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.519
 in Israel's

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.319
 worship of God

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.919
 for a variety

00:28:26.919 --> 00:28:27.479
 of reasons.

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.179
 But look at

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:29.579
 what Jesus

00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.000
 does.

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.199
 As soon as he

00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.679
 walks into

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.479
 Peter's house

00:28:33.479 --> 00:28:34.619
 and he sees

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.479
 his sick

00:28:35.479 --> 00:28:36.199
 mother-in-law,

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.139
 he goes to

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.259
 her.

00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.279
 He doesn't

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.740
 call a

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.559
 girlfriend to

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.199
 go check on

00:28:41.199 --> 00:28:41.319
 her.

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:42.419
 He goes to

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:42.619
 her.

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:45.019
 He's not put

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.519
 out by her

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:45.919
 illness.

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.559
 He's not put

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.039
 out by her

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.439
 gender.

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.960
 Like with a

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.539
 leper, Jesus

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:52.039
 touches her and

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.960
 she's immediately

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.439
 healed.

00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:55.519
 And the

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.319
 completeness of

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.939
 her healing is

00:28:56.939 --> 00:28:58.000
 demonstrated by

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.939
 the fact she

00:28:58.939 --> 00:28:59.799
 gets right up and

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.279
 starts serving

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.639
 Jesus.

00:29:01.679 --> 00:29:02.839
 It points to

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.779
 not only an

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.639
 immediate healing,

00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:05.960
 but a complete

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.279
 healing.

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:08.279
 God's

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.480
 love.

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.539
 So we see

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.279
 Jesus caring

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.700
 for women

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.579
 in other places

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.299
 in the Gospels

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.700
 as well.

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.379
 In John 4,

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.819
 Jesus has a

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.519
 very interesting

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.539
 encounter with

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.319
 a Samaritan

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.660
 woman.

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.759
 So much so,

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.319
 Jesus'

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.099
 disciples were

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.359
 like,

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:20.980
 Jesus,

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.119
 shouldn't you

00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.639
 come get

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.099
 something to

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.680
 eat with us

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:24.220
 and not talk

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.559
 to her?

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.720
 And in Luke

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:29.359
 7, a woman

00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:29.920
 of the city,

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.500
 another way of

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.039
 talking about

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.460
 a prostitute,

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.539
 she crashes a

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.299
 dinner party that

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:36.059
 Jesus was at,

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.680
 not just any

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.500
 dinner party,

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:39.079
 he was at a

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:40.000
 Pharisee's house

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.740
 named Simon.

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.519
 And this

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.799
 prostitute walks

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.220
 in and she

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.319
 walks right to

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:46.899
 Jesus, anoints

00:29:46.899 --> 00:29:47.419
 him with some

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.099
 very expensive

00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:49.099
 ointment, and

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.500
 then starts

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.440
 washing his

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.200
 feet with her

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.879
 hair and her

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.299
 tears.

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:53.940
 And you know

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.740
 what Jesus does?

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:56.079
 He doesn't

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.500
 flinch.

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.980
 He welcomes

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:01.200
 her doing that.

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.500
 He allows her

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.480
 to worship him.

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:04.500
 Meanwhile,

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.000
 Simon the

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.380
 Pharisee's

00:30:05.380 --> 00:30:05.900
 flipping out.

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.240
 Jesus

00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.440
 dignified

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:11.019
 every woman

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:12.259
 he encountered.

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:15.180
 And Peter's

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.700
 mother-in-law

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.579
 here represents

00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.180
 another kind

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.759
 of outsider.

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.339
 And Jesus

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.579
 exercises his

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.339
 authority to

00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:21.539
 her.

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.279
 He heals

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.500
 her.

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.700
 The fourth

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.319
 encounter is

00:30:24.319 --> 00:30:25.140
 between Jesus

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:26.619
 and many who

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.359
 were demonized

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.839
 and sick.

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.900
 We see that

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:30.339
 in verse 16.

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:32.779
 those demon

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.339
 possessed,

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.059
 those sick

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.720
 were considered

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.679
 unclean by

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.519
 pious Jews.

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:36.959
 They would have

00:30:36.959 --> 00:30:37.439
 been avoided,

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.480
 but Jesus

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.899
 welcomes them.

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.699
 Bring them.

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.659
 And what we learn

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.899
 is that not only

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.299
 does Jesus

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.159
 welcome them,

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.079
 He casts out

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:48.240
 demons with a

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.779
 word.

00:30:49.159 --> 00:30:49.839
 Verse 16.

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.500
 He heals

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.359
 all who were

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.919
 sick that were

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:53.559
 brought to Him.

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:55.519
 nowhere in

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.579
 this passage

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.679
 does Jesus

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.659
 turn away

00:30:58.659 --> 00:31:00.059
 any outcast,

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.559
 any outsider

00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.220
 seeking Him.

00:31:02.419 --> 00:31:03.240
 He welcomes

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.159
 them all to

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.599
 Himself.

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.839
 He welcomes

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.960
 and heals

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.359
 them.

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.079
 Jesus

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.059
 once again

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:13.539
 exercises His

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.059
 authority

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:16.000
 for those

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.279
 who are

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.700
 avoided,

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.919
 for those

00:31:18.919 --> 00:31:19.200
 who are

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.740
 marginalized,

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:22.200
 for the

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.819
 outsiders.

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:25.819
 after what

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.359
 was most

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.179
 likely a

00:31:27.179 --> 00:31:28.519
 really long

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.139
 day,

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.599
 Jesus

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:32.139
 welcomed

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.519
 and healed

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.659
 more

00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:35.599
 outsiders.

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.179
 And then

00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:38.359
 in verse 17,

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.099
 Matthew says

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:40.019
 that Jesus

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.819
 healing all

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.379
 these people

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.779
 was the

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.200
 fulfillment

00:31:42.200 --> 00:31:43.139
 of Isaiah

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:44.440
 53.4.

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:47.679
 He took

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.279
 our illnesses

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.819
 and bore

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.460
 our diseases.

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.779
 This is the

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.519
 famous passage

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.919
 of the

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.360
 suffering

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:53.960
 servant.

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.220
 God,

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.600
 God's man,

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.200
 His mighty

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.759
 arm of

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.320
 salvation

00:31:59.320 --> 00:31:59.940
 providing

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.940
 deliverance

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.960
 for people

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.580
 caught up

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:04.120
 in sin

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.600
 in the most

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.240
 shocking and

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.920
 humble ways

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.400
 that God

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:07.080
 Himself would

00:32:07.080 --> 00:32:07.660
 suffer and

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.060
 die in

00:32:08.060 --> 00:32:08.500
 their place.

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.100
 What Matthew

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.539
 is doing

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.420
 is by

00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.140
 quoting Isaiah

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.720
 53,

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.000
 Matthew is

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:14.160
 saying this

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.680
 Jesus is

00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:16.480
 God's

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.240
 suffering

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.759
 servant

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.380
 of Isaiah

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.900
 53,

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.940
 and He

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.840
 has gone

00:32:20.840 --> 00:32:21.560
 to the

00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:22.160
 outsiders.

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.640
 He has

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.019
 come

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:27.259
 for the

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:28.280
 outcasts.

00:32:29.280 --> 00:32:30.080
 And He's

00:32:30.080 --> 00:32:30.500
 come to

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.140
 heal us

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.680
 of our

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.220
 greatest

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:33.019
 problem.

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:34.220
 It's not a

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.780
 skin disease.

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:37.000
 It's not an

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.420
 ethnicity

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.080
 problem.

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.680
 It's not a

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:38.940
 gender

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.500
 problem.

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:41.220
 It's not a

00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:41.740
 problem of

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.440
 demon possession

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.280
 or being

00:32:43.280 --> 00:32:45.080
 just overwhelmed

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.980
 with illness.

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:47.240
 Our chief

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:48.159
 problem is

00:32:48.159 --> 00:32:49.299
 sin sickness.

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:51.419
 And Jesus

00:32:51.419 --> 00:32:53.139
 has come

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:54.799
 to heal

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.079
 that.

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:57.939
 So here

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:58.240
 we have

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.019
 four encounters

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.819
 between Jesus

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.679
 and outsiders.

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.220
 And so

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.679
 what's the

00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:01.939
 point?

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.919
 Well, it's

00:33:03.919 --> 00:33:04.339
 clear that

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.859
 Jesus has

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.559
 authority over

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.079
 disease.

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.519
 But that's

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.819
 not the

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.059
 point.

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.359
 The point

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.740
 is that

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:14.019
 Jesus exercises

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.879
 His authority

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.820
 over disease

00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:17.660
 for outsiders.

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.440
 That's the

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.780
 point.

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.940
 The emphasis

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.700
 is not just

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.000
 on His

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.540
 ability to

00:33:23.540 --> 00:33:23.960
 heal, but

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:25.060
 on who

00:33:25.060 --> 00:33:26.020
 He heals.

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:27.500
 A leper,

00:33:28.080 --> 00:33:28.840
 a Gentile,

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.480
 a woman,

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:30.420
 demon possessed,

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.240
 sick.

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.080
 Jesus has

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.640
 a heart

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:34.960
 for outsiders.

00:33:36.260 --> 00:33:37.280
 Jesus came

00:33:37.280 --> 00:33:38.320
 for the

00:33:38.320 --> 00:33:39.460
 outcasts.

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.120
 The kingdom

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.560
 of heaven

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:41.160
 is made up

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.940
 of outcasts

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:44.440
 and outcasts

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.279
 outsiders who

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.000
 see themselves

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.680
 as they truly

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.240
 are,

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.059
 poor in

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.380
 spirit,

00:33:48.820 --> 00:33:49.340
 and they

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.160
 see Jesus

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.640
 for who

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.160
 He really

00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.600
 is.

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.920
 The Messiah,

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.799
 Lord of

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.039
 Lords,

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.500
 King of

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.759
 Kings,

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.380
 the suffering

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.799
 servant.

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.000
 He possesses

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.519
 the authority

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.940
 of God

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.400
 because He

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:00.900
 is God.

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.900
 So let's

00:34:03.900 --> 00:34:04.460
 wrap this up

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.860
 with three

00:34:04.860 --> 00:34:05.400
 New Year's

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:05.920
 resolutions.

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.759
 Ready?

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.860
 New Year's

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.539
 resolution number

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.820
 one.

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:12.120
 keep Jesus

00:34:12.120 --> 00:34:12.519
 the main

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:12.840
 thing.

00:34:15.580 --> 00:34:16.320
 Jesus is

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.780
 the issue.

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.760
 What you

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.420
 believe about

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.039
 Jesus

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.059
 matters.

00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:22.620
 Who do you

00:34:22.620 --> 00:34:23.000
 believe Him

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.320
 to be?

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.460
 Only God

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.940
 in the flesh

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.260
 has the

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.780
 authority to

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.260
 heal someone

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.120
 paralyzed from

00:34:29.120 --> 00:34:29.660
 a distance

00:34:29.660 --> 00:34:30.720
 and only God

00:34:30.720 --> 00:34:31.400
 in the flesh

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.400
 has authority

00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.000
 to forgive

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.700
 sins.

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:37.199
 Jesus

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:39.899
 is God

00:34:39.899 --> 00:34:40.179
 in the

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.579
 flesh.

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.759
 We need

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.119
 to keep

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.519
 the main

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:43.819
 thing,

00:34:43.919 --> 00:34:44.279
 the main

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.659
 thing,

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:44.939
 and the

00:34:44.939 --> 00:34:45.179
 main

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:46.179
 thing is

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.819
 Jesus.

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.119
 Secondly,

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:52.599
 the second

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.439
 resolution

00:34:53.439 --> 00:34:54.399
 is

00:34:54.399 --> 00:34:55.779
 rejoice.

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.679
 If you're

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.079
 a believer,

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.079
 rejoice.

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.899
 And here's

00:34:58.899 --> 00:34:59.179
 why.

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.579
 He came

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.099
 for you.

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:04.559
 you are

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.199
 an outsider

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.699
 and He

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:07.319
 sought you

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.579
 out.

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:09.659
 We're all

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.139
 outsiders.

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.819
 Each of us

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.119
 have been

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.019
 separated from

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.519
 and placed

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.279
 outside a

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.719
 personal

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.279
 relationship

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:14.799
 with God

00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.779
 and sin

00:35:15.779 --> 00:35:16.119
 is to

00:35:16.119 --> 00:35:16.460
 blame.

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.839
 But Jesus

00:35:17.839 --> 00:35:18.440
 became a

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.440
 man and

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:19.819
 He came

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.400
 to us

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.699
 outside in

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.319
 order to,

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.880
 by His

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.199
 grace,

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.839
 bring us

00:35:23.839 --> 00:35:25.219
 inside into

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:26.059
 a relationship

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:26.679
 with God.

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.299
 And He

00:35:28.299 --> 00:35:29.219
 exercised His

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.759
 authority to

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.420
 heal you of

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.980
 your greatest

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:31.519
 disease.

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:34.239
 Isaiah 53

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.000
 talks about

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.639
 by His

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.179
 stripes,

00:35:37.279 --> 00:35:38.119
 you have

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:39.480
 been healed

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:41.619
 of your

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.000
 sin

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.420
 sickness.

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.299
 And we

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.619
 didn't go

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.059
 looking for

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.319
 Him.

00:35:47.319 --> 00:35:47.940
 He came

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.480
 looking for

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.900
 us.

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:51.739
 Out of His

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.460
 great love

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.920
 for you,

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.579
 He sought

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.079
 you when

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.339
 you were

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:55.079
 an outsider

00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.500
 and He

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.179
 brought you

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.659
 in.

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:58.679
 If you're

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:58.880
 in the

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.299
 kingdom of

00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.539
 heaven,

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.519
 you're in

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.960
 it because

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.259
 you're an

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.679
 outsider.

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:04.420
 By His

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.860
 grace,

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.039
 rejoice.

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.519
 He sought

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.000
 you when

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.279
 you were

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:08.900
 an outsider.

00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.099
 Resolution

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.679
 number three,

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:14.039
 value every

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:15.079
 person in

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.839
 your life

00:36:15.839 --> 00:36:16.719
 as an

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.400
 image bearer

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.839
 of God.

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.900
 The kingdom

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.500
 of heaven is

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:20.940
 made up of

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.440
 outsiders.

00:36:22.819 --> 00:36:23.480
 And we

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.259
 are to see

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:25.480
 others who

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.019
 have yet to

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:27.019
 encounter Jesus

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.839
 the way that

00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:28.599
 Jesus sees

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.860
 them.

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:31.300
 He wasn't

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.900
 put out by

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:33.000
 a leper or

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.980
 a Gentile or

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.599
 a woman or

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.320
 a demon

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.320
 possessed person

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.960
 or suffering

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.480
 illnesses.

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.440
 He wouldn't

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:38.980
 be put out

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.460
 today by

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.940
 someone who's

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:41.200
 transgender or

00:36:41.200 --> 00:36:42.039
 politically

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.019
 obnoxious or

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.519
 someone who's

00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:44.180
 homeless or

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:44.820
 someone who is

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.500
 mentally ill.

00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:46.240
 It wouldn't

00:36:46.240 --> 00:36:46.720
 throw him.

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.340
 He'd move

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:48.019
 towards them

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:49.800
 because He

00:36:49.800 --> 00:36:50.360
 sees them as

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:51.039
 image bearers.

00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:53.320
 And we are

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:53.800
 to see them as

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.559
 image bearers

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.820
 too.

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:58.700
 Who in

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.240
 your life do

00:36:59.240 --> 00:36:59.559
 you need to

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.039
 see as an

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.640
 image bearer?

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.840
 Who in

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.500
 your life

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:05.280
 could it be

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:06.059
 this year

00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:07.860
 that God

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:09.280
 reaches out,

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.620
 saves them

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:11.240
 by the blood

00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:11.760
 of Jesus,

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.620
 and they

00:37:13.620 --> 00:37:14.360
 will be

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:15.860
 placed next

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.880
 to you

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.880
 at the

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:19.240
 final banquet

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:20.120
 feast of

00:37:20.120 --> 00:37:20.680
 the Lamb?

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:24.319
 Jesus

00:37:24.319 --> 00:37:25.099
 possesses the

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.739
 authority of

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.480
 God because

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.379
 He is God

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:27.759
 and He

00:37:27.759 --> 00:37:28.739
 exercises that

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.460
 authority to

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.759
 outsiders and

00:37:30.759 --> 00:37:31.379
 we're all

00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:32.059
 outsiders.

00:37:33.779 --> 00:37:34.059
 Do you know

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.519
 how someone

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.179
 should respond

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.899
 to Jesus when

00:37:35.899 --> 00:37:36.579
 you recognize

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.079
 Him for who

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.480
 He is?

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.980
 You become

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.579
 His disciple.

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.579
 You start

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.460
 following Him,

00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:44.359
 obeying all

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 that He commands

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 and that's the

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.339
 greatest resolution

00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:49.279
 you can ever

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.739
 make.

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 Let's pray.

00:37:53.419 --> 00:37:54.099
 God in

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.579
 heaven, we do

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.179
 thank You so

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.879
 much for Jesus

00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.539
 and who He

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.859
 is.

00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.599
 Lord Jesus,

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.219
 thank You for

00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:00.119
 coming for me.

00:38:01.359 --> 00:38:02.119
 Thank You for

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.940
 coming for each

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 of us who

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 claim Your

00:38:04.399 --> 00:38:06.299
 name, who

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:06.759
 have been

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.539
 rescued and

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.139
 cleansed by

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.739
 Your blood.

00:38:09.879 --> 00:38:10.579
 We are

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.319
 Yours, Lord

00:38:11.319 --> 00:38:11.739
 Jesus.

00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:12.419
 We will

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 follow You

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 where You

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 lead us.

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.579
 You are our

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:15.980
 King of

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.359
 kings.

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 It's Your

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:18.039
 fame that we

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.940
 desire above

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.940
 all else.

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.819
 God, help us

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 to see others

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 the way You

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.519
 see them.

00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.639
 God, would You

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:25.239
 bring more

00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:26.480
 outsiders into

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.199
 Your kingdom

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:27.659
 of heaven?

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.739
 Would You

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 build this

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.739
 church?

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:31.899
 Cause Your

00:38:31.899 --> 00:38:32.699
 grace to go

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 out in power

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 and save.

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 God, make us

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 a people who

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 are distinctly

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 followers of

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:40.899
 Jesus from

00:38:40.899 --> 00:38:42.719
 variety of

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.299
 backgrounds.

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.379
 We know that

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:44.819
 would bring You

00:38:44.819 --> 00:38:45.519
 great honor and

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.079
 praise, Lord

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.379
 Jesus.

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 It's Your name

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 we pray.

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:49.099
 Amen.

00:38:49.099 --> 00:38:49.199
 Amen.