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 If you have a copy of God's Word, I invite you to open with me to Mark chapter 1.

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 Mark chapter 1.

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 We've been tracking with Jesus through the book of Mark over the past several weeks.

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 And in case you've missed it, or just to refresh your memory, I want to catch you up to where we are thus far,

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 and where we've been thus far in the book of Mark.

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 And to do that, I want to use a map.

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 Sometimes it's good to see a geographical context of where we've been and where we are.

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 So we could get that map up there.

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 This map that we're using is a map of the upper region of Galilee.

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 Galilee is a region. It's not a town. It's not a country. It's a region.

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 A lot of times people get confused about that.

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 Over here is the Mediterranean Sea, just to kind of give you a geographical context.

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 This is in modern-day Israel.

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 And where we've been thus far is, we'll come down here and we'll see that Nazareth is right there.

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 Nazareth is the town where Jesus grew up in.

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 It wasn't where he was born, but where he grew up.

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 But we've seen Jesus move from Nazareth over to this region over here, where it's the Jordan River.

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 The Jordan River flows between these two bodies of water and actually flows south of here as well.

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 But the Jordan River is right here where Jesus was baptized.

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 And then we see Jesus come down from the Jordan River to the shores of the banks of the Sea of Galilee,

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 where he's called his first four disciples.

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 So far we've seen Simon Peter, Andrew, James, and John.

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 And this week we arrive in a little fishing village called Capernaum.

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 It's right there.

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 If I can hold the thing on there just right.

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 It's Capernaum. It's a fishing village.

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 It's a very prominent fishing town of this time.

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 And it's actually the hometown of Simon Peter.

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 And this is really where we pick up in verse 21 of chapter 1 of Mark.

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 It says,

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 They went to Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and began to teach.

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 I want to pause here for a moment because Clay last week pointed out something that's really important to us

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 as we track through the book of Mark.

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 Mark likes to use words indicating immediacy,

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 or things that show quick action from one place to another.

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 In fact, we see this word immediate no less than ten times in the first chapter alone of Mark.

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 So Jesus, we see, immediately is compelled to go into the wilderness after his baptism.

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 Simon and Andrew immediately drop their nets to follow Jesus.

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 And here Jesus gets to Capernaum and immediately begins to teach.

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 So Mark is really, by using these words and using this immediacy,

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 he's really showing the urgency of the task at hand,

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 that Jesus' ministry is one of urgency.

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 It's one of necessity.

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 And we move from places very quick in the book of Mark.

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 And so, Jesus gets to Capernaum, likely with the first four disciples,

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 and says,

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 Man, that was a tough hike.

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 I'm feeling pretty tired today.

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 I think, since it's the Sabbath, we're just going to take a break and just kick up.

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 No, that's not what happens.

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 Jesus gets to Capernaum and he says,

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 Does somebody say it's the Sabbath?

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 Surely there's got to be somebody at the synagogue.

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 Let's get to work.

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 And Jesus begins to get to work.

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 He begins teaching in the synagogue.

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 By the way, the reason why Jesus is able to do this is because there is a Jewish tradition

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 in the synagogues of that day where traveling teachers could go into a synagogue and begin to teach.

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 They did that so that they could hear from other teachers.

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 And if somebody happened to be traveling, then it was a great thing to be able to hear from different people.

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 And so they allowed traveling rabbis and known teachers to be able to teach within the synagogues.

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 So Jesus is using that right that he has to go into these places and teach when he's teaching there.

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 Verse 22, it says that they were amazed at his teaching.

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 For he was teaching as one having authority and not as the scribes.

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 So there's something different about the way Jesus taught.

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 He was different than the scribes and the teachers of that day.

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 This is really important.

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 We're going to come back to that.

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 Verse 23, then there was a man in their synagogues with an unclean spirit.

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 In other words, he was demon possessed.

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 This demon possession and men filled with unclean spirits is synonymous in the New Testament.

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 And he cried out saying, what business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth?

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 Have you come to destroy us?

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

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 Now notice here, the demonized man was in the synagogue, which is essentially the old covenant equivalent of the church gathering place.

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 It would be like somebody coming into this room or into this building and creating a scene and shouting out loud during the teaching time.

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 So don't think for a minute that in the church all the people there are great,

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 and that the people outside of the church are the only ones who are demon possessed.

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 Because I would almost guarantee you, I can't know for certain, but I would almost guarantee you there are people all across our nation right now

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 who are entering into church buildings with demon possession.

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 Jesus called them wolves in sheep's clothing, and the enemy loves to enter into these places.

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 He loves to infiltrate our camps.

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 He loves to infiltrate our churches.

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 And they cause all kinds of division and strife and conflict within the flock.

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 And that's what's happening in this text.

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 Jesus is bringing in the kingdom of God.

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 The kingdom of God, we already know, is at hand.

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 And as the kingdom of God is ushered in, the kingdom of darkness is lashing out against it.

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 They rightfully don't want Jesus there, because he is disrupting their world.

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 He's disrupting their mission to destroy people's souls and destroy people in a very dark way.

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 This time, however, they're messing with the wrong person.

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 As we continue on in verse 25,

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 So three primary truths that we're going to focus on this morning.

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 And the first thing that we see in this passage is that Jesus had authority in his teaching.

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 There's something different about Jesus when he taught than the teachers of that day.

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 Jesus didn't bore people with the Bible.

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 That's one of the greatest travesties a teacher of God's Word can commit,

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 is teaching in a boring way.

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 And it's happening all over the country this morning,

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 where preachers and teachers are boring people with God's Word.

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 And to bore people with this Word that's so rich, is so meaningful,

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 is so powerful and authoritative, sharper than any two-edged sword,

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 and able to pierce as far as joint and marrow, according to Hebrews 4.12.

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 Jesus didn't just get up there and read some passages and just kind of make a few comments here and there,

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 like most of the teachers of that day did.

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 We've seen already some examples of Jesus' teaching,

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 and examples of how he taught with authority.

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 Last week, we saw where he said,

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 The time is fulfilled.

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 The kingdom of God is at hand.

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 Repent and believe in the Gospel.

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 It was foretold that this would happen, by the way,

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 in Isaiah 11.2.

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 It says that,

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 So we see Jesus teaching with authority,

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 and always in such a way that spurred his followers,

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 the people who are listening to him,

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 into action somehow.

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 And he was compelling in a very unique way.

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 Now, when I was in seminary,

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 I had the opportunity to listen to a lot of preachers and teachers.

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 When you're in a place, if you can imagine,

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 in a place where you have three chapel services every week,

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 in addition to your Sunday night, Sunday morning, and Wednesday night,

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 activities, you hear a bunch of sermons,

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 and you get to hear from a lot of different people,

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 which for the most part, is a really, really good thing.

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 It's good to see the different dynamics and teaching styles.

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 It's really good to be able to see how they divide the Word of God differently.

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 But every now and then, you run across someone who's in it for themselves.

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 And they're in it to make a name for themselves.

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 And oftentimes, you'll see these guys on TV.

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 And the primary reason is because they have made it a mission and a goal in their lives

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 to make a name for themselves.

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 And they have placed themselves in a position where they are in front of people.

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 And oftentimes, they're in front of people.

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 And they're on the news.

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 You see them on CNN sometimes making incredibly unbiblical comments.

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 It's because they've built themselves up to the point,

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 and they think that they are just going after it.

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 And these guys are really good communicators, by the way.

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 They'll tickle your ears.

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 They'll make you laugh.

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 But when it comes down to the content of what they're saying,

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 it's man-centered truth, not Bible-centered truth, and not God-centered truth.

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 And I want you to hear this this morning.

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 The deal is that good preaching never leads to man-centered praise.

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 Good teaching, good Bible teaching will never lead to man-centered praise.

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 As a teacher of God's Word, I almost cringe.

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 And I hesitate to say this because I don't want to discourage anybody.

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 But I almost cringe when people say,

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 Good job, Kyle.

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 That was a great sermon.

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 And it's not because I don't like that.

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 And if you've said that before, it's not a big deal.

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 I don't want to make a big deal out of just that fact.

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 But the reason why I cringe is because it seems like I'm taking credit where credit isn't due.

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 Because if there's anything good about something that I say or the way I preach,

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 it's not because of me.

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 It's because of the Spirit that works in and through me.

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 And God deserves the glory, not man.

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 I'd much rather have preached in such a way that people don't say,

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 Great job, Kyle.

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 I'd rather preach in such a way that people say,

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 Wow, what an amazing God we serve.

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 Because He is amazing.

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 And preaching should lead to God-centered praise, not to man-centered praise,

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 with the exception, by the way, of one preacher

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 who deserves all the praise and the glory that we can give to Him.

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 And I'm not talking about Spurgeon or Whitfield or Jonathan Edwards.

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 We like those people too.

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 But it's Jesus.

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 He speaks as one with authority because He is one with authority.

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 He speaks as one with authority because He is the authority.

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 As one writer put it,

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 Jesus' teaching is different than the scribes of that day

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 because His teaching is tied to His very character.

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 And that's just it.

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 Everything about Jesus is holy.

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 Everything about Him is God.

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 He is 100% God.

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 When He speaks,

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 every single word that comes out of His mouth

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 is the Word of God.

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 And people are rightfully amazed by Him in this context

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 because He is amazing.

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 He is the spoken, living, breathing Word of God.

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 And so we clearly see that Jesus had authority in His teaching

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 and He was rightfully authoritative in His teaching.

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 When I teach, or when Nathan teaches,

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 or when other people here,

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 Clay last week and Chris is speaking next week,

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 when we teach,

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 we teach on the authority of the Word of God.

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 We don't want to teach on our own authority.

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 We teach on the authority of the Word of God.

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 So we see that Jesus was authoritative in His teaching,

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 but Jesus also had authority over demons.

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 We see that very clearly in this text,

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 that Jesus has authority over demons.

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 So that brings up the question,

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 is spiritual warfare and demons, are they real?

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 But some people in our culture will tell you,

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 no, they're not real.

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 But it's written all over the pages of Scripture,

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 that yes, spiritual warfare is real.

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 Demons are real.

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 Satan is real.

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 C.S. Lewis wrote a good little book called Screwtape Letters.

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 Anybody in here ever read that book?

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 A few of us?

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 It's a tough read.

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 Sometimes it's hard for us to read that

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 because C.S. Lewis kind of gets into the mind

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 of what it's like to be a demon

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 or to be on the dark side of spiritual warfare.

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 It's a crazy book.

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 And it's amazing how he's able to write it.

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 Now, it's not truth.

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 It's fictional.

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 But he does write some truth in there.

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 And he makes this interesting little statement

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 in the Screwtape Letters that goes like this.

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 He says,

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 There are two equal and opposite errors

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 in which our race could fall about the devils.

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 One is to believe in their existence.

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 The other is to believe

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 and to feel an excessive, unhealthy interest in them.

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 And so what he's saying here is that people,

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 when they hear demons,

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 when they hear about spiritual warfare,

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 what they often do is they resort to one of two things.

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 Oftentimes they'll either go,

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 I don't want to see them.

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 I don't want to hear about them.

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 I don't believe in them.

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 I just want to ignore everything the Bible has to say about them.

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 You're making me feel awkward by even talking about them.

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 So some of you might be going there right now.

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 You might be like,

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 Kyle, I'm just kidding.

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 I'm feeling awkward even talking about it right now.

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 Others of you will have an unhealthy,

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 inordinate obsession with them

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 where you blame everything that happens

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 that's bad in your life on spiritual warfare.

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 I've heard some pretty crazy stuff.

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 I won't tell you exactly what I've heard,

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 but it's just crazy stuff.

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 Kind of like somebody would say,

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 you know,

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 my coffee is hot,

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 hotter today than it was yesterday,

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 and hell is hot,

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 so that means that the demons of coffee

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 are trying to scorch my tongue,

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 and they're trying to punish me today.

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 And I've heard some crazy off-the-wall stuff.

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 I've heard people blame Satan for their sin.

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 Satan made me do it.

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 Let's call sin what it is,

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 and it's an act of our own act,

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 our own choice to commit an atrocity against God,

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 to go outside of what God's Word has told us.

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 That's what sin is.

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 It's not anybody making us do it.

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 It's our own wrong.

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 It's our own decision.

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 So to deny spiritual warfare is wrongful,

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 and to overemphasize it is wrongful as well.

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 But spiritual warfare does exist,

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 and demons do exist,

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 and Satan does exist.

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 So what does that mean for us?

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 It means we're at war.

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 We're constantly at war

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 in a lot of different ways.

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 We're not just at war spiritually.

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 We're also at war with our flesh,

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 according to Scripture.

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 We know that spiritual warfare is going on,

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 and any good soldier,

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 in order to learn how to defeat the enemy,

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 has to know his enemy.

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 And so we see here that we need to know our enemy.

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 Scripture reveals much to us about Satan and demons.

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 We're not going to go into everything about that.

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 We don't have time this morning.

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 We could spend weeks on learning about our enemy.

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 So we're just going to stick to what does this text tell us

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 about demons and spiritual warfare.

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 The first thing that we should note here

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 is that Satan and demons can speak,

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 and that they are crafty.

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 They're smart.

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 They don't just come to us dressed in red,

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 holding pitchforks,

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 saying,

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 I'm a demon,

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 and I'm here to destroy your soul.

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 Right?

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 They come to us very subtly.

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 In this case,

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 a demon is coming into the synagogue,

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 into God's camp, so to speak,

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 and he is disguised inside of a human.

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 They're not just going to come to us

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 and make us fearful of them.

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 Satan came to Adam and Eve as a serpent.

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 And the way these evil spirits often operate

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 is they'll come to you in the context of truth.

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 They'll begin to twist that truth

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 and turn it into a lie.

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 And then they'll begin to promise goodness

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 apart from God.

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 We talked about this in our college Bible study

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 a couple of weeks ago,

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 where the lie that Satan tells Adam and Eve

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 in the garden,

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 it's just a mere,

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 it's a simple atrocity.

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 I mean, it is just an affront on God.

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 He tells them that by eating the fruit,

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 they will be like God.

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 And here's the lie.

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 Adam and Eve,

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 when they were created,

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 they were already like God.

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 They were created in God's own image.

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 He states it more than once in Genesis chapter 2.

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 And so we see that the Satan,

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 in the context of truth,

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 he twists that truth

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 and turns it into a lie.

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 The reality was for Adam and Eve,

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 they became less like God.

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 when they sinned.

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 Because before,

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 they were able to commune with God.

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 They were running to God.

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 They were enjoying His presence.

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 After they sinned,

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 it became a whole different story.

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 They're running from God

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 in sheer terror of God.

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 They became less like Him in reality.

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 So we need to recognize the enemy's schemes

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 and resist him.

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 The next thing that we need to recognize

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 and understand about our enemy

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 is that even though they may be crafty,

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 that God is creator

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 and they are creature.

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 Which means that God is sovereign

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 and Satan and demons are subordinate.

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 You look at what happens in this passage.

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 Verse 25,

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 And Jesus rebuked him saying,

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 Be quiet and come out of him.

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 There's no magic formula there.

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 There's no sprinkling of holy water.

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 There's no priest standing over him

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 reciting incantations.

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 Just a simple command,

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 but firm command

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 that Jesus gives.

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 He says,

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 Be quiet and come out of them.

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 And we see that demons recognize

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 Jesus' authority over them.

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 Not only that,

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 but they respond in immediate.

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 They have to respond

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 in immediate obedience.

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 Verse 26,

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 Throwing him into convulsions,

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 the unclean spirit cried out

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 with a loud voice

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 and came out of him.

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 And just like that,

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 the demon has to be obedient to Christ.

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 His authority and his rule

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 are too much to overcome.

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 So it's important for us to understand

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 because we often think of spiritual warfare

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 like dualism.

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 Dualism is what we see

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 in a lot of our stories

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 and a lot of our movies

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 that we come to

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 where,

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 like in Star Wars,

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 where you have

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 the evil emperor

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 who shocks people

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 into submission.

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 And you have this incredibly evil,

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 just everybody under his control

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 is incredibly evil.

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 His sidekick,

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 Darth Vader.

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 And everything that's happening

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 is just evil

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 from their side of things.

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 Then you come over

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 to the light side

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 and you have Luke Skywalker

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 and the last remaining Jedi.

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 And you have all the goodness

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 and they're fighting for the good

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 and trying to save the universe.

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 And oftentimes in our stories

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 you see this picture

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 where you have the evil side

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 and the dark side

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 are equal and opposing forces

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 that are going against each other.

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 That's not what we see

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 in the text of Scripture

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 when it comes to spiritual warfare.

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 This is not dualism.

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 This is total domination.

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 This is God supreme

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 and Satan subordinate.

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 God as the ruler of all things,

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 demons subject to his rule.

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 And when the time comes

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 for Jesus to return,

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 these guys are done.

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 They're just done.

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 You get the revelation

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 and it's all over for them.

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 Because the day will come

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 when God says,

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 enough is enough.

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 We're moving forward

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 with Operation Christ Return.

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 And when that happens,

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 Scriptures already told us

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 that the God of peace

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 will soon crush Satan

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 under your feet.

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 And on that day,

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 whether rich or poor,

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 whether angel or demon,

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 whether lost or saved,

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 every knee shall bow

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 and every tongue confess

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 that Jesus Christ is Lord.

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 And our God will reign

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 as He always has

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 for the rest of eternity.

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 And demons,

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 they come into contact with Jesus

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 and they know the authority

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 that Jesus has.

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 Verse 24 saying,

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 What business do we have

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 with each other,

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 Jesus of Nazareth?

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 Have you come to destroy us?

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 And the demon recognizes

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 Jesus' authority

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 and His ultimate ability

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 to destruct

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 in the spiritual realm.

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 This demon recognizes

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 that Jesus has the power,

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 if He wanted to,

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 to destroy Him.

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 And if that's not enough,

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 he further declares,

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 I know who you are,

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 the Holy One of God.

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 And I love the fact,

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 and hopefully you'll get this with me,

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 but I love the fact that demons,

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 every ounce that is within them,

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 they hate and loathe

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 everything about Jesus.

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 And yet at the same time,

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 they have no,

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 they are powerless

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 to do anything apart

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 from His sovereign authority,

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 His sovereign command.

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 It's just amazing.

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 It's good to be on Team Jesus.

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 It's good to be

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 on this side of the cross

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 and to be able to see

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 the power and the authority

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 that He has.

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 Satan can do nothing

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 in this world.

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 The minions,

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 His minions can do

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 nothing in this world to you

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 apart from God's divine authority

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 and apart from what God says

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 that they can do.

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 Satan is a lion,

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 according to 1 Peter 5,

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 but he is a lion

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 that is on a leash.

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 And the leash is being held

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 by the Son of God

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 who takes away

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 the sins of the world.

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 It would be one thing

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 if this just happened one time,

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 but it doesn't.

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 This happens over and over

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 and over again

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 where Jesus encounters demons

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 and spiritual warfare

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 and over and over

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 and over again

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 they submit to His authority.

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 I can't help but see

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 a contrast here.

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 I want you to think

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 about this with me.

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 Demons have fear

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 because of their belief.

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 They know who Jesus is

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 and they're scared

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 out of their minds.

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 They believe in

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 and know that Jesus

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 has authority

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 and that's why they're scared.

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 But we're the opposite.

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 Oftentimes, not always,

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 but oftentimes we fear

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 because of our disbelief.

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 And if we could only realize

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 what the demons realize

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 about Jesus,

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 then we can experience

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 security

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 and understand

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 that we have no reason

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 to fear.

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 He is the Son of God

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 who takes away

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 the sin of the world.

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 He came to us.

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 He walked among us.

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 He ate and drank

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 like we do.

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 He had a power over disease.

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 He had a power over nature.

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 And ultimately,

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 He sacrificed Himself

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 on the cross

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 so that we can come

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 into communion.

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 We can have a relationship

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 with Him.

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 And that same God

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 is holding us

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 and we can feel safe

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 and secure

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 in His arms.

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 You know,

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 this kind of reminds me

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 of this whole concept

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 of us not really

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 having that faith

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 in Christ.

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 It reminds me

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 of when He was

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 with His disciples

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 and they were out

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 on a boat

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 and the storm came

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 and the waves were rising

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 and the wind

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 was coming up upon them.

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 And Jesus was asleep

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 in the boat

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 as you recall.

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 And the disciples,

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 they are just rightfully

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 just like out of their minds

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 scared.

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 They're just scared

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 out of their minds.

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 And Jesus wakens

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 and He calms the sea.

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 He rebukes the wind

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 and the waves

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 and says,

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 Be calm.

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.019
 And immediately,

00:22:51.280 --> 00:22:52.220
 nature calms

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:54.300
 when He speaks.

00:22:55.580 --> 00:22:56.360
 And then,

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.540
 He rebukes the disciples

00:22:57.540 --> 00:22:58.060
 and says,

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.800
 O ye of little faith,

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:03.220
 there's been a time

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.680
 in my life

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.680
 when I've been scared

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.779
 out of my mind

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.720
 just like the disciples.

00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:09.680
 It was on Palm Sunday,

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.859
 1994.

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:13.359
 My brother was there

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.119
 with me.

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.079
 My brother's sitting

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.539
 in the back

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.099
 and his family

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.619
 and my dad

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:18.480
 and they're all here.

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.159
 It's good to have them

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.720
 here this morning

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.139
 with us.

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:22.000
 If you disbelieve

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.259
 anything about this story,

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:24.839
 go and talk to my brother

00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.220
 afterwards

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.940
 because he was there.

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.000
 It was me and my brother

00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:27.480
 and my mom

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.079
 were at home.

00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:29.259
 Anybody remember 1994?

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:30.779
 Anybody from Lumpkin County

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.420
 remember what happened

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.099
 in 1994

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:33.259
 on Palm Sunday?

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.420
 Maybe not.

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.099
 Craig remembers.

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.180
 Okay.

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.539
 That day,

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.779
 Lumpkin County

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.579
 was ravaged

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.900
 by a series of tornadoes.

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.019
 Our house

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:48.379
 was the first

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.220
 of the tornadoes

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.779
 to come through.

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.259
 We were eating

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.259
 a late lunch that day

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:55.059
 and we usually

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.720
 ate around noon

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.359
 but we were eating

00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.240
 more like 2 o'clock

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.640
 that day,

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.019
 I believe.

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:59.480
 and we were

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.220
 finishing up with lunch.

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.819
 We had observed

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.660
 all throughout the day

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.940
 how strange

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.700
 the weather was.

00:24:03.740 --> 00:24:04.019
 It was just

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:05.460
 a weird weather day.

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.859
 We saw the clouds

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.920
 racing and sometimes

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.559
 they were kind of

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.639
 colliding into each other

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.079
 which by the way,

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.759
 if you see that,

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:11.839
 it's time to get

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.379
 to the basement

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.859
 because,

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.879
 I mean,

00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:16.039
 that's a good sign

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:17.299
 that there's tornado

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.000
 weather coming.

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.879
 And we even made

00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.639
 the comment that day

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.000
 that hey,

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:22.099
 this looks like

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:23.400
 a lot like tornado weather.

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:25.759
 just to give you

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.200
 kind of a picture

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.080
 of how weird things were,

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:28.259
 there's a cloud

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.600
 we observed that day.

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.140
 There's a cloud

00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:30.780
 up in the sky

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:31.160
 that just had

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.280
 lightning just

00:24:32.280 --> 00:24:33.460
 surging through it.

00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:34.160
 It was like

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.259
 unending lightning

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.840
 just surging

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.580
 through this cloud.

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.000
 Never seen anything

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.680
 like it before

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.280
 in my life.

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.580
 So we already knew

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.240
 how strange

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.840
 the weather was

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.280
 that day

00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:42.900
 and so Craig

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:44.360
 goes out on the porch

00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:45.360
 and out into our yard

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.320
 just kind of observing

00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:47.320
 the weather

00:24:47.320 --> 00:24:48.300
 one more time

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.180
 and we'd already

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.639
 been out there

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.139
 several times

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.980
 but he went out there again

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.619
 and he's kind of

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.639
 looking over to the east

00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.339
 and kind of

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:54.359
 looking up to the clouds

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.799
 just kind of,

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:54.960
 man,

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.819
 this is so strange

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.940
 and he looks

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:58.019
 toward the west

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.299
 to our next door

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.079
 neighbor's house

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:02.279
 and there was a tornado

00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:03.680
 just standing there

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:06.079
 moving toward us

00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:07.839
 and beginning to rip apart

00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:09.159
 our next door neighbor's house.

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.139
 Now,

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.720
 I want you to know that

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.720
 because you need to know

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.639
 why my brother

00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.180
 was acting

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.220
 the way that he was.

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.519
 He's not normally

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.259
 scared of a lot of

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.019
 things but he came

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:20.940
 bolting in the house

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.299
 yelling at the top

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.759
 of his lungs

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.819
 get down to the basement

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.819
 everybody get down

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.420
 to the basement

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:27.359
 and so he and I

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:28.619
 it was the three of us

00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.500
 in the house at the time

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.400
 it was my mom

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:32.539
 me and my brother

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:34.779
 and my dad was

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.319
 somewhere else

00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:36.279
 serving in the community

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.720
 but the three of us

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.119
 were there

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:39.000
 and so Craig and I

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.920
 just bolt down

00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.759
 and we get to the bottom

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.259
 of the basement

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.500
 and we're standing there

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.720
 looking at each other

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.579
 where's mom?

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:46.500
 Mom was not down there yet.

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.319
 I don't know how

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.000
 she could have missed

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.599
 him yelling

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.419
 get down to the basement

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:50.200
 but somehow she did

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.220
 and apparently we found

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.859
 out later that she

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.339
 was upstairs

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.700
 turning lights off

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.859
 and closing the garage

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:56.039
 door while a tornado

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.519
 was barreling

00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.240
 towards our house.

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:58.980
 So,

00:25:59.279 --> 00:26:00.939
 we get up to the top

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.419
 of the stairs

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:01.839
 and we said

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:03.000
 mom get downstairs

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:04.759
 and we get down there

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.299
 and by the time

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.500
 that we got to the basement

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.220
 we're sitting

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.539
 on the basement floor

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.939
 we're kind of

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.539
 in a triangle

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.240
 huddled together

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.039
 we start to see

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.579
 the effects

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.159
 of this thing.

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.460
 I didn't see

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.080
 the tornado

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:15.720
 personally

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:17.560
 my brother did

00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:18.040
 and so

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:18.820
 this is how

00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.720
 is it okay

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.300
 if I tell them

00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:22.180
 how you're reacting?

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:23.660
 So,

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.680
 he's going

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.420
 oh no

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.080
 look at the trees

00:26:26.080 --> 00:26:26.840
 let me tell you

00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.460
 what the trees

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.920
 were doing

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.540
 the trees

00:26:28.540 --> 00:26:29.200
 would be sucked

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.060
 toward the tornado

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:31.420
 they'd be blown over

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.220
 and then they'd suck

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.880
 back and just

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.000
 snap off

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.200
 I'm talking about

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:36.160
 big trees

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:37.700
 just snapping off

00:26:37.700 --> 00:26:38.860
 and flying away

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:40.419
 I've never seen

00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:41.559
 power like this

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.539
 before in my life

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:44.039
 just sheer power

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.579
 of wind

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:46.439
 and he's going

00:26:46.439 --> 00:26:46.799
 oh no

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.639
 look at the trees

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.339
 oh no

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:48.899
 look at the

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.659
 look there goes

00:26:49.659 --> 00:26:50.159
 the fence

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.519
 and I mean

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.899
 he was just

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.859
 like we're observing

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:52.240
 everything

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.740
 we're looking

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.519
 out the windows

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.279
 seeing everything

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.899
 that's going on

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:56.240
 it is utter chaos

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:58.079
 mom's to my right

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.000
 and she's going

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.919
 it's going to be okay

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.839
 it's going to be okay

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.819
 it's going to be okay

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:03.519
 and then Mr. Future Preacher

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.479
 man I'm over here

00:27:04.479 --> 00:27:05.319
 in my corner

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.819
 of the triangle

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.639
 going let's pray

00:27:06.639 --> 00:27:07.419
 let's pray

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.199
 let's pray

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:10.600
 and finally

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.120
 I said

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:12.220
 let's pray

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.940
 now

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:14.460
 and I just began

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:16.420
 to spill out words

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.980
 out of my mouth

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.640
 I don't remember

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.080
 everything

00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:19.200
 that I prayed

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.420
 but I remember

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.740
 specifically asking

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.480
 that God would place

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:23.380
 a dome of protection

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:24.680
 over our family

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.700
 and over our house

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:28.080
 after I got done

00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:28.480
 praying

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.200
 Craig prayed

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.080
 and mom prayed

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:32.240
 and by that time

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.259
 the tornado

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:34.100
 had moved on

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:35.720
 and we could see

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.160
 outside

00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:37.000
 that there was

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.779
 no more wind

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.779
 at least there

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.119
 were no more

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.099
 effects of the wind

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.619
 at the time

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.960
 so we thought

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.279
 well hey

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.139
 we're okay

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.619
 right now

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.299
 at least we're alive

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.379
 and we're very grateful

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.160
 and thankful for that

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.299
 we walked up

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.099
 the steps

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.480
 from our basement

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:51.180
 our basement door

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.940
 kind of opens up

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:53.339
 into the foyer area

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.319
 of our house

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:56.579
 and we saw that

00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.379
 for the most part

00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:58.480
 our house is intact

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.899
 and we're grateful

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.359
 again

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.119
 all over again

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.000
 that we didn't know

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.579
 what we were going to see

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.259
 when we went up

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:04.259
 to the next floor

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.960
 we had no idea

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.620
 if we had a house

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.200
 above us

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.079
 or if we had a roof

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.559
 above us

00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.420
 or if there was

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.180
 anything there

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.500
 but we're grateful

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.180
 that at least

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.000
 our house was intact

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.720
 so we walked

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.480
 out our front door

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:15.279
 and we looked

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.940
 to the west

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.579
 to that house

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.819
 that Craig saw

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.720
 with a tornado

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.559
 hitting it

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:20.220
 at that time

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:22.299
 and it's leveled

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:24.559
 all but one wall

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.680
 the only one wall

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.460
 was left standing

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.660
 in that house

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:30.039
 and we realized

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.180
 how fortunate

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.740
 we were at the time

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:35.560
 it wasn't until

00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:36.519
 a couple weeks later

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.620
 when somebody

00:28:37.620 --> 00:28:39.380
 came into my dad's pharmacy

00:28:39.380 --> 00:28:41.140
 and told him

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:42.180
 what they saw

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:43.080
 that we realized

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.660
 the gravity

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.440
 of what happened

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.880
 that day

00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.080
 because they said

00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:47.019
 when I saw it

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.500
 coming through

00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.140
 your neighborhood

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:50.799
 I saw the tornado

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.019
 split into two

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.039
 different funnels

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.759
 it's a phenomenon

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:55.120
 that they call

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:56.500
 the double vortex tornado

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:58.279
 and they'll split

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.320
 into two different funnels

00:28:59.320 --> 00:29:00.500
 there's a funnel

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.440
 there's damage

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:02.259
 on the back side

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.920
 of our house

00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:04.519
 in the backyard

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.440
 there's damage

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.420
 to the lot

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.079
 across from us

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.700
 now there were

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.339
 some damage

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.940
 to our house

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.660
 but structurally

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.099
 speaking

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.960
 it stands today

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.980
 like it stood

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:13.140
 before the tornado

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:15.519
 structurally speaking

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:17.099
 it was pretty sound

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:18.700
 and the only way

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.400
 to explain it

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.180
 is that the God

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:21.579
 who can calm

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.319
 the wind

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.140
 and the waves

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:24.519
 place a dome of protection

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.759
 over our house

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:27.019
 and he is sovereign

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.980
 there is nothing

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.339
 that we should fear

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.439
 and let me tell you

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:30.639
 something

00:29:30.639 --> 00:29:31.359
 even if we had

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.119
 died that day

00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.439
 our eternal security

00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:34.579
 rests in Christ Jesus

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.799
 so either way

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.659
 no matter what

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.539
 had happened that day

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:38.619
 we were secure

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.459
 in him

00:29:39.459 --> 00:29:43.399
 so whom shall we fear

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.599
 Paul puts it this way

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.619
 he says

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.639
 for I am convinced

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.079
 that neither

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:48.619
 death nor life

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.279
 nor angels

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.959
 nor demons

00:29:49.959 --> 00:29:51.299
 neither the present

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.099
 nor the future

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:53.419
 nor any powers

00:29:53.419 --> 00:29:54.119
 neither height

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.699
 nor depth

00:29:54.699 --> 00:29:55.679
 nor anything else

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.879
 in all of creation

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.680
 will be able

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.520
 to separate us

00:29:58.520 --> 00:29:59.160
 from the love

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:00.200
 that is in

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.220
 Christ Jesus

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.140
 our Lord

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.540
 we have nothing

00:30:03.540 --> 00:30:04.800
 and no one

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.620
 to fear

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:07.020
 because Jesus

00:30:07.020 --> 00:30:08.160
 has all authority

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:10.320
 last but not least

00:30:10.320 --> 00:30:11.820
 what we see

00:30:11.820 --> 00:30:12.420
 in this passage

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.020
 and I want us

00:30:13.020 --> 00:30:14.420
 to see this clearly

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.160
 is that Jesus'

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.920
 authority

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.640
 his sovereign

00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.500
 authority

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.900
 leads us to

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:20.120
 total allegiance

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.680
 to him

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.400
 I'm going to say that

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.820
 again because

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.640
 that's kind of wordy

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.020
 I didn't know

00:30:24.020 --> 00:30:24.660
 how else to word it

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:26.680
 but Jesus' sovereign

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.220
 authority

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.900
 leads us to

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:29.160
 total allegiance

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.759
 to him

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:31.779
 this particular passage

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.640
 is bookended

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:34.580
 with the people's

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.779
 amazement of Jesus

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:37.360
 they were amazed

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.560
 first by his teaching

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:40.019
 and then at the end

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.660
 of this passage

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.400
 they were amazed

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.279
 by his authority

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.019
 over demons

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:46.500
 this word amazed

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.380
 here in the text

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:48.360
 is a compound form

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.040
 of the Greek verb

00:30:49.040 --> 00:30:49.500
 pleso

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:51.380
 and what pleso means

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:52.259
 it literally means

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.320
 to strike

00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:54.440
 or to smite

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.480
 and so we're

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.960
 talking about

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.960
 a very strong

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.400
 word with

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.080
 very strong

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.759
 meaning here

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.860
 so the picture

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.400
 is here

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:00.720
 is that

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.539
 the people

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:02.039
 weren't just

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.680
 amazed

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.440
 they were

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.360
 dumbfounded

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.700
 they were

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.480
 astonished

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.799
 they were

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.480
 shocked

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.480
 in other words

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.740
 Jesus may have

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.340
 caused a few

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.259
 jaws to drop

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.779
 that day

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:12.980
 what we know

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.440
 for sure

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:13.980
 and don't miss

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.620
 this is that

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.340
 people who were

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.200
 there that day

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:17.279
 were compelled

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.320
 to go and

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:19.299
 spread the news

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.880
 about him

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.820
 all over the

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.640
 region of Galilee

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:23.700
 you see one

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.460
 thing Jesus

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.120
 never had to

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.560
 do was to

00:31:25.560 --> 00:31:26.200
 beg people

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.380
 for followers

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:29.280
 or to follow

00:31:29.280 --> 00:31:29.460
 him

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.840
 he never had

00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.220
 to beg

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.700
 people to

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.280
 spread the

00:31:31.280 --> 00:31:31.800
 news about

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.080
 him

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:33.640
 he was just

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.300
 amazing

00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:34.980
 he amazed

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.280
 people

00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:35.860
 and in their

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.460
 amazement

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.340
 of Jesus

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.200
 they went

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.920
 out and

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.620
 they shared

00:31:39.620 --> 00:31:40.580
 the truth

00:31:40.580 --> 00:31:41.120
 about him

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.560
 the good

00:31:41.560 --> 00:31:42.000
 news

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.880
 about him

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.160
 last week

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.740
 we saw him

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.320
 approach four

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:45.720
 fishermen

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.220
 he said

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.920
 follow me

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.340
 there's no

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:47.700
 begging

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.320
 there's no

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.740
 pleading

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.380
 he just said

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.000
 follow me

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.400
 and it says

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.039
 they immediately

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.519
 dropped their

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:51.940
 nets and

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.460
 followed him

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:54.940
 the picture is

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.240
 the same

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.619
 this week

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.140
 Jesus didn't

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.559
 ask him

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.880
 people to

00:31:56.880 --> 00:31:57.220
 spread the

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.619
 word about

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:57.839
 him

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.339
 they just

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.759
 do it

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.019
 out of

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.160
 their

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.740
 amazement

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.319
 their

00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:00.740
 amazement

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.299
 led them

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.940
 to action

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:04.940
 and those

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.460
 followers

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.299
 told other

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.740
 followers

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.380
 and those

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.859
 followers

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.380
 told other

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:08.720
 followers

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.279
 until Jesus

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.640
 just has

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:10.339
 these crowds

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:10.880
 of people

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.160
 who are

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.839
 following him

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.140
 around

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.859
 everywhere

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:14.180
 so brothers

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.819
 and sisters

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.839
 in here

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.759
 this morning

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.640
 I exhort

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:17.960
 you

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.539
 if Christ

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.860
 has done

00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.279
 anything

00:32:20.279 --> 00:32:21.000
 amazing

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.400
 in your

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:21.880
 life

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:23.299
 if you

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.799
 are counted

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.539
 among the

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.079
 redeemed

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:26.759
 then go

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.460
 out and

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.940
 share

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.660
 what he

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.079
 has done

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:29.559
 for you

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:31.299
 there are

00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.160
 plenty of

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.779
 people all

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.420
 over north

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.819
 Georgia

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.799
 and all

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.279
 over the

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.740
 state of

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:35.940
 Georgia

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.299
 and all

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:36.759
 over the

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.360
 United States

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:37.720
 and to the

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.059
 ends of

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.380
 the earth

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:38.900
 there are

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.360
 people who

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:39.920
 do not

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.680
 yet know

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.240
 Jesus

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.819
 as their

00:32:41.819 --> 00:32:42.319
 Lord and

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.579
 Savior

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:44.779
 there is a

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.360
 mission field

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:46.140
 right here

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:47.160
 where we are

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.060
 in northeast

00:32:48.060 --> 00:32:48.519
 Georgia

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:50.920
 so if you

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.700
 are counted

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.120
 among the

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.500
 redeemed

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.940
 it's time

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.600
 that we

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.779
 act as if

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.320
 we're redeemed

00:32:55.320 --> 00:32:55.820
 and out of

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:56.420
 the joy

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.240
 that overflows

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.800
 in us

00:32:57.800 --> 00:32:58.460
 through what

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:59.100
 Christ has

00:32:59.100 --> 00:32:59.900
 done for us

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.660
 it's time

00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:01.200
 that we go

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.840
 and share

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:03.080
 that with

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.840
 our lost

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.120
 people

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.640
 to share

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.360
 it with

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:06.860
 our neighbors

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.620
 to proclaim

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.140
 it in your

00:33:08.140 --> 00:33:08.620
 workplace

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.240
 to proclaim

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.100
 him in your

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.560
 schools

00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:11.019
 or on your

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.480
 campuses

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.100
 to proclaim

00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:12.820
 him to

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.360
 the nations

00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:15.200
 he is

00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:15.720
 worthy

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.600
 to be on

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:17.080
 our minds

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.399
 he is

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:17.720
 worthy

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.000
 to be

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.460
 the topic

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:18.799
 of our

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.480
 conversations

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:21.339
 more than

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.000
 football

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.899
 and more

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.379
 than TV

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.919
 shows

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.500
 and more

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.399
 than politics

00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:26.240
 he is

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.679
 worthy

00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:27.819
 Jesus

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.939
 is worthy

00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:30.299
 may his

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.759
 name be

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.199
 glorified

00:33:31.199 --> 00:33:31.740
 as we go

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.279
 out from

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.639
 here

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.599
 and as we

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.119
 go into

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.839
 our communities

00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.579
 and we go

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.639
 to the various

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.199
 spheres of

00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:37.859
 influence that

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.220
 we have

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.699
 may his

00:33:38.699 --> 00:33:39.099
 name

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.919
 increase

00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:40.599
 because of

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:40.960
 our

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.839
 amazement

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.359
 in him

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:42.960
 and because

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.779
 we are

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.139
 willing

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.060
 to share

00:33:45.060 --> 00:33:45.900
 the gospel

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.880
 with a

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.300
 lost

00:33:47.300 --> 00:33:48.160
 and dying

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.640
 world

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.780
 let's pray

00:33:49.780 --> 00:33:50.120
 together

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.559
 together

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.559


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