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 20 years ago, 20 plus years ago, I was invited to a pickup football game in Columbus, Ohio.

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 I was just out of college. I had a unrealistic sense of my own athletic abilities.

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 And so I show up to this field thinking, man, you're going to see something today, folks.

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 Well, we got into two different teams, and the guy that I was assigned to cover me was a rather large fellow.

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 And I thought that my quicks versus his girth, I'd win every time.

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 Plus, he had a phenomenal mullet.

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 And so all party in the back, all business in the front.

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 And so it gave me this sense, I think if I just get the ball, I can run around this guy.

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 So we get into the huddle, and I say, give me a quick pass.

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 Let me do a little dance, and I'll hit pay dirt.

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 Set hike, throws it to me.

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 I catch the ball, and upon the ball hitting my fingertips,

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 all I can remember is see this mullet and these like 20-foot arms grappling, circling around me,

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 and I'm down on my back.

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 I bounce back up, shake off.

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 I'm like, okay, everybody gets a chance one time, you know, gets lucky.

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 Go back in the huddle, say, okay, do a quick pitch to me.

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 Set hike, quick pitch.

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 I catch the ball, and the guy with the mullet just wraps me up and drops me on my back again.

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 It was instantaneous.

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 And I'm starting to think, who is this guy?

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 I go back to the huddle.

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 I'm like, okay, one more time.

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 Give me a five yard out.

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 Set hut.

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 Five yards out upon catching the ball.

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 Again, 20-foot arms around me.

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 He was on me like white on rice.

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 Who is this guy?

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 It was completely humbling.

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 He's bigger, better, more athletic, more intelligent, and had a way better mullet than I did.

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 Turns out this guy was the starting linebacker for his D1, D2 college team, and it was completely humiliating to me.

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 Who is this guy?

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 If you would open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 13, I'm going to read you a length of Scripture.

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 I'm going to read Matthew 13, 53 all the way through chapter 14.

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 And as I'm reading this, be asking yourself this question.

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 Who is this guy?

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 Who is this Jesus?

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 And when Jesus had finished these parables, he went away from there.

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 And coming to his hometown, he taught them in their synagogue so that they were astonished.

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 And said, where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?

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 Is not this the carpenter's son?

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 Is not his mother called Mary?

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 And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

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 And are not all his sisters with us?

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 Where then did this man get all these things?

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 And they took offense at him.

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 But Jesus said to them, a prophet's not without honor except in his hometown and his own household.

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 And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

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 At that time, Herod the Tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus, and he said to his servants,

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 This is John the Baptist.

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 He has been raised from the dead.

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 That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.

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 For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

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 Because John had been saying to him, it's not lawful for you to have her.

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 And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people because they had held him to be a prophet.

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 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,

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 so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

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 Prompted by her mother, she said,

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 Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.

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 And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests, he commanded it to be given.

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 He sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

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 And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl,

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 and she brought it to her mother.

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 And his disciples came and took the body and buried it.

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 And they went and told Jesus.

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 Verse 13,

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 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself.

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 But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

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 When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd,

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 and he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

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 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said,

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 This is a desolate place, and the day is now over.

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 Send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.

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 But Jesus said to them, his disciples,

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 They need not go away.

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 You give them something to eat.

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 And they said to him,

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 We have only five loaves here and two fish.

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 And Jesus said,

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 Bring them here to me.

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 And he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass,

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 and taking the five loaves and the two fish,

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 he looked up to heaven and said a blessing.

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 Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples,

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 and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

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 And they all ate and were satisfied.

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 And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.

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 And those who ate were about five thousand men besides women and children.

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 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat

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 and go before him to the other side

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 while he dismissed the crowds.

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 And after he dismissed the crowds,

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 he went up on the mountain by himself to pray.

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 When evening came, he was there alone.

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 But the boat by this time was a long way from the land,

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 beaten by the waves,

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 for the wind was against them.

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 And in the fourth watch of the night,

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 he came to them,

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 walking on the sea.

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 But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea,

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 they were terrified and said,

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 It is a ghost!

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 And they cried out in fear.

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 But immediately Jesus spoke to them saying,

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 Take heart, it is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 And Peter answered him,

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 Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.

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 He said, Come.

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 So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water

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 and came to Jesus.

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 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid.

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 And beginning to sink, he cried out,

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 Lord, save me.

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 Jesus immediately reached out his hand

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 and took hold of him,

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 saying to him,

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 O you of little faith,

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 why do you doubt?

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 And when they got into the boat,

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 the wind ceased.

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 And those in the boat worshipped him,

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 saying,

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 Truly, you are the Son of God.

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 And when they had crossed over,

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 they came to the land at Gennesaret.

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 And when the men of that place recognized him,

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 they sent around to all the region

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 and brought to him all who were sick

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 and implored him that they might only touch

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 the fringe of his garment.

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 And as many touched it,

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 were made well.

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 It's the Word of God.

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 Who is this guy?

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 Who is this guy?

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 In these verses,

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 there are five little clips about Jesus.

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 five little vignettes

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 all having to do with this question,

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 Who is this guy?

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 Matthew starts us in Nazareth.

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 And then he moves us to Herod's palace.

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 And then we find ourselves in a desolate place.

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 And then all of a sudden,

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 we're on the Sea of Galilee.

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 And then we end up in Gennesaret.

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 And there is this question being asked.

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 Who is this guy?

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 So let's look at what happens in Nazareth.

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 And then we're going to move to Herod's palace.

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 And then we're going to move to the desolate place.

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 And we're going to spend the bulk of our time

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 on the Sea of Galilee.

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 And we'll wrap up in Gennesaret.

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 So who is this guy?

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 If you look at verses 53 through 58,

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 what happens is Jesus shows up in his own town,

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 teaches his hometown people in Nazareth,

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 one synagogue,

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 and what happens is they're astonished.

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 They're amazed.

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 And why they're amazed

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 is the same reason they were amazed

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 back in Matthew 7

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 after he preaches the Sermon on the Mount.

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 They're amazed that he's teaching

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 with this kind of authority.

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 And so they're amazed,

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 but they don't stay astonished.

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 Their astonishment quickly turns to unbelief.

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 And it's an unbelief that shows up

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 in a set of questions.

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 You can see those questions

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 starting in verse 54.

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 Where did this man get his wisdom

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 and these mighty works?

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 And then in 56,

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 where then did this man get all these things?

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 And the where that they're talking about

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 is not like Walmart.

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 They're not talking about him going to a store.

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 The where is a reference of source.

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 What gives him the right

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 to speak with this kind of authority

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 to us?

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 After all, he's just the carpenter's son.

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 Isn't his mom's name Mary?

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 We know his brothers.

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 Aren't his sisters among us?

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 We know this guy.

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 What gives him the right

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 to speak with such authority to us?

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 Now remember, when Jesus preached,

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 he would be saying things,

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 repent for the kingdom of heaven is near.

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 And then he would,

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 remember the Sermon on the Mount,

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 he would say,

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 you know, you've heard this said,

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 but I tell you.

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 And he would put a claim on the people.

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 And so his authoritative preaching

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 would call people to respond.

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 And so the people that thought they knew him,

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 when he preaches this way,

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 he's like, who is this guy?

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 And what gives him the right to do this?

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 They didn't like that.

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 In fact, if you look at verse 57,

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 it says,

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 and they took offense at him.

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 And the Greek word for that word,

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 took offense,

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 is the word we get scandal from.

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 They were scandalized by him.

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 It was scandalous for their hometown boy

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 to be speaking on behalf of God

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 and calling them to something.

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 They felt the claim.

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 They felt the authority.

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 But they were unwilling to believe it.

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 They were unwilling to believe

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 who this one really, really is.

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 Jesus responds by saying,

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 hey, a prophet's not without honor

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 except in his hometown.

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 Don't miss what Jesus is saying.

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 He's saying,

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 I have come to speak on behalf of God

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 to you all.

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 He came as the prophetic Messiah

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 speaking to his hometown.

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 And they wouldn't have anything of it.

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 His hometown resisted his messianic authority.

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 They thought they really knew him.

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 They thought they knew him fully.

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 But really, they just knew him partially.

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 Everything they said about him is true.

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 But they miss the greatest thing about him.

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 This is the Messiah in their midst.

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 Their unbelief resulted in them rejecting him.

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 And today, people do the same thing.

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 They presume to know everything about Jesus.

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 But in reality, they don't.

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 Their presumption blinds them to who Jesus is.

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 They don't have eyes to see.

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 They don't have ears to hear.

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 They don't have a heart to believe.

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 So if you're a parent in the room

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 and you hear this being preached

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 and you're thinking,

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 oh man, what does this mean for my kids?

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 Here's what this means for your parenting.

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 When you raise your children

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 in the fear and admonition of the Lord,

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 you pray for them.

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 You ask God to give them eyes to see

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 and ears to hear the Savior.

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 And then you know what else you do?

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 You paint big pictures of Jesus for them.

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 You point them to the Bible.

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 Again and again,

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 this is who Jesus really is.

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 He's glorious.

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 He's not just the carpenter's son.

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 What we're going to see is

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 He is the I Am incarnate.

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 So that's Nazareth.

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 Who is this guy?

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 Is he just the carpenter's son?

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 No, he's the unrecognized prophet,

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 Messiah, king.

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 They didn't recognize Him.

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 And so when you get to Gennesaret,

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 what you're going to see is

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 a people who barely knew Jesus

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 recognized Him.

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 The people who grew up with Jesus

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 didn't recognize Him.

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 So let's move on now from Nazareth

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 to Herod's palace.

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 Who is this guy?

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 Matthew just had us in Nazareth.

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 Now he brings us into a conversation

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 between Herod the Tetrarch

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 and his servants.

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 Now what you need to understand

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 about Herod is

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 this is a different Herod

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 than the Herod in Matthew 2.

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 That was Herod the Great.

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 And he was a royal jerk

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 to be honest with you.

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 And Herod,

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 this Herod in Matthew 14

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 is Herod Antipas.

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 And he is one of Herod the Great's

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 three sons.

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 And he's a Tetrarch.

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 He has control over one quarter

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 of Herod the Great's kingdom.

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 And that involved Galilee

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 where Jesus spent most

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 of his time on earth.

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 But what we see here

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 is a conversation.

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 Herod has gotten wind

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 of Jesus.

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 Specifically the miraculous works

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 that Jesus is doing.

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 And if we were to ask Herod,

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 Herod, who is this guy Jesus?

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 He gives us the answer.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 I'll start verse 1.

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 At that time Herod the Tetrarch

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 heard about the fame of Jesus

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 and he said to his servants,

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 this is John the Baptist.

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 He hears about Jesus

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 and he says to his servants,

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 it's John the Baptist.

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 And not just,

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 it's John the Baptist.

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 He says,

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 it's John the Baptist

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 raised from the dead.

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 And that's why he's doing

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 these miraculous works.

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 Now, what were his servants thinking?

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 We don't know.

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 But what are you thinking right now?

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 You're thinking probably

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 something like,

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 why would Herod think that Jesus

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 is John the Baptist

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 and when did he die?

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 Well, what Matthew does for us

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 in verses 3 through 12

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 is he shows us the back story

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 of why John the Baptist died,

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 of how he died.

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 And the story is brutal.

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 John the Baptist

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 had been preaching

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 against Herod

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 because Herod

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 had taken his brother's wife.

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 That's Philip's wife.

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 Her name is Herodias.

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 And when that happened,

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 John the Baptist,

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 we can just call him JTB,

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 JTB started preaching

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 against that

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 and he's saying,

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 it is unlawful

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 for you to have

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 your brother's wife.

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 Well, that really ticked

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 Herodias off.

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 And so Herodias

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 kept on pushing Herod

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 to arrest the guy,

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 throw him in prison.

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 And so Herod

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 finally did that.

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 And then Herod

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 kept him in prison.

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 He wanted to kill him,

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 but he wouldn't

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 because he feared the people.

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 And then there's this one day

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 where Herod's birthday

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 comes along

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 and he decides

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 to have this big banquet

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 and bring in

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 all these powerful people

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 and Herodias' daughter,

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 Salome,

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 does a little dance.

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 And Herod's impressed

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 and he says,

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 you just tell me

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 anything you want

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 and I'll give it to you.

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 And Salome looks over

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 to Herodias

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 and she says,

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 what should I ask for?

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 What should I ask for?

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 And she says,

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 ask for John the Baptist's

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 head on a platter.

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 And so Herod,

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 now fearing his guests,

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 has to stick with what he says.

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 Has John the Baptist beheaded

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 and his head brought on a platter?

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 What you need to see

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 is the fear

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 that is in Herod's heart.

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 He feared Herodias,

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 his wife.

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 And so he's like,

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 yeah, I'll have this guy arrested

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 just to get you off my case.

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 He feared the people.

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 He was the Tetrarch over Galilee.

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 And so he feared

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 what the Jewish people in Galilee

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 thought of him

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 if he were to kill John the Baptist

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 because they thought

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 John the Baptist was a prophet.

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 And so he feared what they thought.

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 And then he feared the company,

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 his guests at this banquet.

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 He would not renege

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 on having John murdered

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 because of these esteemed guests

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 in his presence.

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 And that all kind of points to

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 why he would be so JTP phobic

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 when he hears about Jesus.

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 He thinks that it's John the Baptist

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 raised from the dead

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 because he is fearful,

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 he is ashamed,

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 and he feels the guilt

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 of murdering someone

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 who is preaching the truth.

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 And so now he hears about Jesus

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 and he goes,

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 oh no,

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 it's John the Baptist

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 raised from the dead

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 and he's come to haunt me.

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 Now before you think

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 that this is just

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 a John the Baptist problem,

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 we all do that.

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 We allow our shame

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 and our fear

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 and our guilt

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 inform what we think

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 about Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 Here's how it works out.

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 Over and over again,

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 I have heard this.

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 I myself have experienced this.

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 It's this kind of thinking.

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 Maybe you've said this.

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 Maybe this has come out of your lips.

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 Or maybe it's in the back of your mind.

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 God can never forgive me of that.

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 That is so wrong.

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 That thing I did

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 is so awful.

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 That that cannot be forgiven.

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 Do you know what that is?

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 That's shame.

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 That's fear.

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 That's guilt.

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 And what that does

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 is it begins to inform

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 what you think about Jesus.

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 Instead of going to God's Word

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 and saying,

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 God, what do you say about Jesus?

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 Our experience starts to inform

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 our theology.

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 Instead of our theology

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 informing our experience.

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 And so what people can think is,

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 oh man,

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 I've blown it awfully

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 and so many times

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 Jesus can never forgive me of that.

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 But the reality is,

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 oh, He can.

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 He can.

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 That's why He came.

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 That's why He walked this earth.

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 That's why He died on the cross.

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 He just didn't come from sinners.

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 He came for the worst of sinners.

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 That's why He came.

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 And so when we see Herod

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 kind of flipping out

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 and thinking that

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 Jesus is John the Baptist

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 because of His shame

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 and His guilt,

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 we've all been there

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 to some degree.

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 We've all allowed

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 our fear and shame

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 and guilt

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 to shape Jesus

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 into something He's not.

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 You know what the reality is?

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 The only thing that Jesus says

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 is unforgivable

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 is when you attribute

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 a working of the Holy Spirit

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 to Satan.

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 That's called blaspheme

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 That's the unforgivable sin.

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 Everything else is forgivable.

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 Let me give you some good news.

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 If you would turn in your Bibles

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 to 1 Corinthians 9.

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 1 Corinthians 9.

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 1 Corinthians 9.

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 1 Corinthians 6.

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 Starting in verse 9,

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 you read this.

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 Or do you not know

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 that the unrighteous

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 will not inherit

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 the kingdom of God?

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 Do not be deceived.

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 Neither the sexually immoral,

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 nor idolaters,

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 nor adulterers,

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 nor men who practice

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 homosexuality,

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 nor thieves,

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 nor the greedy,

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 nor drunkards,

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 nor revilers,

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 nor swindlers

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 will inherit

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 the kingdom of God.

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 And right now,

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 you may be saying,

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 well, Mike,

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 that doesn't sound

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 like really good news

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 because I fall into

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 at least one of those categories

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 and what I just heard

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 is that that condemns me

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 to a life apart

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 from the kingdom.

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 Well, look at verse 11.

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 And such were some of you.

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 But you were washed,

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 forgiven.

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 You were sanctified,

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 made holy.

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 You were justified,

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 declared righteous

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 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and by the Spirit of our God.

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 Did you notice the sin list?

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 Those aren't small sins.

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 But you know what Jesus offers?

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 complete and utter forgiveness

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 for it all.

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 Don't let your fear

00:21:51.239 --> 00:21:52.979
 misinform

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 who you think Jesus is.

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 Jesus came to forgive it all.

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 The blood He shed

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 is a powerful blood He shed.

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 It is able to forgive.

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 We tend to be more like Herod

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 than we think.

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 We don't need to be afraid.

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 Jesus,

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 but we'll see,

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 He is the I Am

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 and He is present.

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 Who is this guy?

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 Well, Herod thought

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.779
 he's John the Baptist

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 raised from the dead.

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 And we know that's not true.

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 He's not some ghost haunting.

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 He's God in the flesh saving.

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 So now let's move towards

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 the desolate place.

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 We've moved from Herod's palace.

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 Now let's move

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 to this desolate place

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 starting in verse 13.

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 Here's what happens.

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 Jesus gets word

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 and what He gets word of,

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 it's most likely,

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 not John the Baptist's death,

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 it's most likely

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 He gets word

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 that Herod

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 is afraid of Him.

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 That's what He probably hears.

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 And He withdraws.

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 We see the same,

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.099
 similar thing happen

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 in Matthew 12,

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 verses 14 and 15.

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 When the Pharisees

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 start planning

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 to destroy Him,

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 He withdraws.

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 Because He's careful

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 not to let things

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:32.919
 disrupt His messianic plan.

00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:35.740
 His time had not come yet.

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.920
 So He withdraws

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 and He withdraws

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 to the other side

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 of the Sea of Galilee.

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 He was in Nazareth

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 and He takes a boat

00:23:44.560 --> 00:23:46.920
 over to what's probably Bethsaida.

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.440
 And what happens is

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.820
 there was a crowd of people

00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:52.580
 that saw Him leave

00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:53.940
 and as He's on His boat,

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:55.080
 this crowd of people,

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.820
 there's like this massive group

00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:58.800
 of people that walk over

00:23:58.800 --> 00:24:00.539
 kind of the northern rim

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.839
 of the Sea of Galilee

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:03.420
 and they are actually

00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.579
 waiting for Him

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:06.339
 when His boat pulls up

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.319
 on the other side.

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.240
 And what we learn is

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.319
 Jesus wanted to get away

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.019
 from the crowds.

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.500
 And He shows up

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.740
 and here are at least

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.940
 5,000 men

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:17.519
 and what we read is that

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:19.559
 He had compassion on them.

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.680
 And He heals them.

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.119
 It's late.

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.299
 His disciples say,

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.319
 hey, we've got to get

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:26.220
 these people out of here

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.339
 so they get some food.

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.699
 Jesus says,

00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:30.359
 you guys feed them.

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.000
 They're like,

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.679
 we don't know

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.559
 what you're talking about.

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.859
 We only got five loaves

00:24:33.859 --> 00:24:34.619
 and two fish.

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.579
 Jesus says,

00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:36.759
 bring that stuff to me.

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:39.139
 He prays.

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.220
 He blesses it,

00:24:40.699 --> 00:24:41.339
 breaks it,

00:24:41.759 --> 00:24:42.699
 gives it to His disciples

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:44.639
 and gives it to the 5,000 men

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:46.519
 and everybody eats

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.839
 until they're satisfied

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.619
 which means

00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:50.720
 they ate their fill.

00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.879
 And so it's just not

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.899
 5,000 men.

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.759
 You could probably double that

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.359
 with the women

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.099
 and children there.

00:24:56.099 --> 00:24:57.399
 So we're probably talking

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.599
 10,000 people.

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.619
 Now here's what is

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.980
 going on.

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:05.240
 It's very subtle.

00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.439
 So let me try to

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:07.679
 draw it out for you.

00:25:08.459 --> 00:25:08.939
 Do you remember

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:10.619
 where we were just at?

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:12.919
 We were in Herod's palace.

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.839
 And that place

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.199
 was a prestigious place.

00:25:18.219 --> 00:25:19.599
 And when you're at a banquet

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.339
 with Herod,

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.159
 do you know what kind of food

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.539
 you're eating?

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.980
 You're eating the best food

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.799
 and you're eating

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.679
 a lot of food.

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.099
 And so probably

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.919
 there was more food

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.919
 than people

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:31.019
 at the banquet

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.899
 Herod threw

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.740
 for his birthday.

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.599
 And then it was

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.379
 Herod's company.

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.740
 Do you remember

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.480
 the people that were

00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:36.879
 with him?

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:39.240
 These were his company.

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:40.179
 We read about it

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:41.419
 in Mark chapter 6.

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:44.119
 They were the nobles,

00:25:44.679 --> 00:25:45.740
 the military commanders,

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:47.859
 the leading men

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:49.579
 of Galilee at the time.

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:51.159
 So we had the hobnobs

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.980
 going on there.

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:54.699
 Eating the best of food.

00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:56.939
 What was going on

00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.819
 in Herod's heart?

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.879
 Fear.

00:26:01.699 --> 00:26:03.000
 Fear upon fear

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.740
 upon fear.

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:06.039
 The picture that Matthew

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.939
 shows us is a man

00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:09.639
 in power who's afraid.

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:12.699
 Trying to use his power

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:14.680
 to keep it.

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.559
 And then it culminates

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:19.660
 in his brutal action.

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:21.200
 This murder

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:22.700
 of John the Baptist.

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.220
 But what do we see

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.900
 going on here

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:27.160
 in Matthew 14

00:26:27.160 --> 00:26:28.340
 when Jesus pulls up

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:30.059
 in his boat?

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.400
 His location?

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:36.140
 Is it a palace?

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:39.460
 It's a desolate place.

00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.940
 It's a wilderness.

00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:46.420
 Do you notice his company?

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:50.060
 It's not the hobnobbers

00:26:50.060 --> 00:26:50.560
 of the day.

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.880
 We're talking

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.400
 10,000 nobodies.

00:26:56.540 --> 00:26:57.780
 No one would have known them.

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.420
 What are they eating?

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.500
 Nothing.

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:06.640
 There's more people

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.299
 than food.

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.579
 You get to see his heart.

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:16.319
 It's not one of fear.

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.259
 It's one of compassion.

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:21.380
 And that compassionate heart

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:23.099
 leads to selfless action.

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:25.700
 He performs a miracle

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:28.420
 in which he satisfies

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:29.940
 all 10,000 people there.

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:33.860
 Instead of selfless

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.960
 or selfish,

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.559
 brutal murder,

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:37.900
 selfish,

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:38.940
 compassionate

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.000
 provision.

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:40.900
 Life.

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.940
 That's what we see going on.

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.039
 And so what Matthew is doing

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.120
 is he's showing us

00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:47.440
 a difference between

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:47.940
 the leaders

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:49.019
 of the people.

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.400
 I mean,

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.299
 Jesus is the leader

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.080
 we all want.

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.539
 He's the one

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.940
 who rules in a way

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.240
 that's always best

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.220
 for his people.

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:02.019
 He is compassionate.

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.680
 He is selfish.

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:06.380
 He gives self less.

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.500
 He gives his people

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.500
 what they need

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.240
 in the wilderness.

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:16.420
 Now this may ring a bell.

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.700
 God's people

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.319
 in the wilderness,

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.319
 they have nothing to eat.

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.559
 The leader calls upon God

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.400
 to provide bread.

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.440
 Ring a bell?

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:25.700
 Moses leading his people out.

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.620
 Jesus is the better Moses.

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.859
 Jesus is greater than Moses

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:33.120
 leading a better Exodus.

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.240
 And he outclasses

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:37.200
 Herod huge.

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.880
 It's interesting

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.620
 when Herod the Great,

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.260
 his dad,

00:28:41.540 --> 00:28:42.860
 learned about Jesus coming.

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.860
 He talks to his scribe,

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.980
 where's this guy coming from?

00:28:45.040 --> 00:28:45.780
 Where is the Christ

00:28:45.780 --> 00:28:46.280
 to be Lord?

00:28:47.040 --> 00:28:47.620
 He's going to be born

00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.240
 in Bethlehem.

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:49.560
 And from that place

00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:50.360
 will come a ruler.

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.400
 And that ruler

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.320
 will be the shepherd

00:28:52.320 --> 00:28:53.280
 of God's people.

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:55.940
 And here is the son of Herod

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:58.460
 and he's being matched up

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.940
 with the Christ.

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.480
 The true ruler

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:04.080
 of God's people

00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:06.160
 and it's on display

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.880
 in the feeding

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:07.720
 of the 5,000.

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:10.160
 It stands in sharp contrast

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.680
 to Herod.

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.100
 Do you see it?

00:29:14.360 --> 00:29:15.539
 Who is this guy?

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.039
 He's the true shepherd.

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.980
 And what we're now going to see

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.680
 is he is the I Am.

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.500
 We move from

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:29.019
 the desolate place

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.579
 and let's move now

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:32.120
 to the Sea of Galilee.

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.640
 In chapter 14,

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:35.600
 verses 22-32,

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.799
 this is the climax

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:38.899
 of this stretch of Scripture.

00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:40.559
 It's all moving here.

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.379
 Now, the location

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.500
 is on the sea.

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.480
 It's in the boat.

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.480
 It's during a storm.

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:47.359
 And we're going to have them all,

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.539
 Jesus and his disciples,

00:29:48.699 --> 00:29:49.219
 together again.

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.599
 The last time that happened

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.819
 was Matthew chapter 8

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:53.519
 and Jesus is asleep

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.859
 and his disciples

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.740
 are freaking out

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.659
 and they wake him up

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.599
 and Jesus with words

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.679
 says,

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.639
 peace be still.

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.119
 Everything's quiet.

00:30:01.119 --> 00:30:03.000
 The disciples marvel.

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:06.359
 And we're going to see

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.059
 here's something here

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:09.419
 that's even more astounding.

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:13.939
 Jesus has just fed the 5,000.

00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:15.939
 He gets his disciples

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.699
 into the boat.

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.279
 He says,

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.619
 go before me

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.559
 to the other side.

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.319
 He's purposefully

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.199
 staying behind.

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.899
 Why is he staying behind?

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.279
 We see the answer to that

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.500
 in verse 23.

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:27.000
 He stayed behind to pray.

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:31.579
 We learn from John 6, 15

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.380
 that this crowd

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:33.500
 that he's just filled,

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:36.180
 they want to forcefully

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:37.440
 make him the king.

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.980
 And so what Jesus does,

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:41.160
 he dismisses the crowd,

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.579
 sends out his disciples,

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:44.839
 and goes and prays

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:45.940
 on the mountainside.

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:49.299
 His time had not come.

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.339
 And then,

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:55.119
 as the focus of this passage

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.960
 moves to the Sea of Galilee,

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.039
 we see something

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.279
 breathtaking.

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:02.660
 If you were on the boat,

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.180
 you would have responded

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.839
 in just the same way

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.539
 as the disciples.

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.279
 The disciples in verse 24

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.339
 have been laboring

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.240
 at their oars

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.059
 of the fishing boat.

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.200
 They're crossing back

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.200
 the Sea of Galilee.

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.200
 They're going to go

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.099
 to the other side,

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:19.339
 back around Capernaum.

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.819
 They're going to land

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.359
 in Gennesaret,

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:22.059
 which is just south of Capernaum.

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:24.259
 There's a headwind.

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:26.059
 Waves are hitting them.

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.859
 Big wind,

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.700
 big waves.

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:29.240
 And they're pressing on.

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:33.119
 In verse 25,

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.740
 we learn that they,

00:31:35.319 --> 00:31:36.879
 this is the fourth watch

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.639
 of the night,

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.059
 which,

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.579
 according to Roman time,

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:43.519
 is 3 to 6 a.m.,

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:45.159
 graveyard shift.

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:46.659
 And so what's been happening,

00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.819
 the estimate is

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.960
 these guys have been

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:51.240
 rowing for six to nine hours

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.599
 when Jesus gets out to them.

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:55.559
 So imagine rowing a boat

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:57.859
 for six to nine hours

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:59.159
 into a headwind

00:31:59.159 --> 00:32:00.259
 at night

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.839
 with big waves

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.839
 pounding you around.

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.980
 You're going to be wet.

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.939
 You're going to be miserable

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:06.100
 and cranky.

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:10.880
 And then something happens.

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:13.380
 If it wasn't in our Bibles,

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.080
 we would say

00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:15.860
 it is simply unbelievable.

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:21.000
 Jesus came to them.

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.980
 He didn't come to them

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.600
 on a jet ski.

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:28.480
 He didn't come Baywatch style

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.279
 on a surfboard.

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:33.680
 He didn't come in a kayak.

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.619
 He didn't come in another

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.339
 fishing boat.

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.579
 Matthew's very clear.

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:39.119
 He came to them

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:40.660
 walking

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:42.579
 on the sea.

00:32:46.579 --> 00:32:48.039
 It's a miracle.

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:50.879
 It defies physics.

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.559
 Now,

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.660
 His disciples probably thought

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.500
 He was just going to walk

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.519
 back around the rim

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.440
 of the Sea of Galilee.

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.880
 Jesus' mind is like,

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.059
 no,

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:01.840
 I'm taking the most direct path

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.660
 between two points,

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:02.980
 maybe.

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.259
 Billy, Matt, and I

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.600
 were talking at our staff

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.279
 meeting this week

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:09.299
 and we're talking about this

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:11.539
 and we're trying to imagine

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:13.320
 what this would have looked like

00:33:13.320 --> 00:33:14.059
 to the disciples.

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:17.759
 So if it was windy and wavy,

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:19.539
 so the waves are going up and down.

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:21.480
 So how was Jesus doing that?

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:24.100
 Was He kind of walking up,

00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:25.080
 walking down?

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:27.039
 Or was He doing the thing

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.600
 where He's just

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:29.599
 blasting through?

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.000
 You know,

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.899
 when you're walking out

00:33:30.899 --> 00:33:32.079
 into the Lake Michigan,

00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:32.579
 big waves,

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:32.859
 and you're like,

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.279
 pow!

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.939
 Explosions.

00:33:36.199 --> 00:33:39.139
 What are the disciples seeing?

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:43.959
 Well, we're not told,

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.459
 but in verse 26,

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.399
 here's what we're told.

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:48.719
 They freak out.

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:51.000
 They think it's a ghost,

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:52.319
 which makes this

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.379
 the second haunting

00:33:53.379 --> 00:33:54.179
 of our passage.

00:33:57.179 --> 00:33:58.679
 Herod has already been haunted

00:33:58.679 --> 00:34:00.139
 by the thought of Jesus

00:34:00.139 --> 00:34:01.079
 being John the Baptist

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.879
 raised from the dead.

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:04.460
 But this is no ghost.

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.819
 This is Jesus.

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:10.139
 And so,

00:34:10.299 --> 00:34:10.699
 they say,

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.380
 it's a ghost!

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:12.860
 And they start crying out,

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.720
 terrified.

00:34:15.140 --> 00:34:16.700
 And what Jesus does is

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:18.260
 He immediately says,

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:19.720
 take heart.

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.900
 It is I.

00:34:21.160 --> 00:34:22.700
 Do not be afraid.

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:24.180
 I want you to say that with me.

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.420
 Say it.

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.180
 Take heart.

00:34:27.380 --> 00:34:28.260
 It is I.

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.460
 Do not be afraid.

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.559
 All together.

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.380
 Take heart.

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.099
 It is I.

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.740
 Do not be afraid.

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.840
 Take heart means be courageous.

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.579
 Do not be afraid.

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.920
 Jesus isn't saying,

00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:43.300
 hey, don't be afraid of the waves.

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.059
 He's saying,

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.340
 don't be afraid of me.

00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:48.820
 And what is in between

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:50.559
 the be courageous

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.740
 and do not be afraid

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:55.780
 is the it is I.

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.559
 Do you see it?

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:58.579
 It's the meat of the sandwich.

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:01.680
 It's the reason why Jesus can say,

00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:03.720
 take courage.

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.519
 And it's the reason why Jesus can say,

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.480
 do not be afraid.

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.500
 It is I.

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:09.679
 Now, if you looked at that

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:11.059
 through the Greek language,

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.519
 that phrase,

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.500
 it is I,

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.639
 are two Greek words.

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.519
 Ego eimi.

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:20.760
 They show up in the Gospel of John,

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:22.559
 chapter 8, verse 58.

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:25.119
 Before Abraham was,

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.840
 ego eimi.

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.440
 Before Abraham was,

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.360
 I am,

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.559
 Jesus says.

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:33.539
 And remember what the Jews did?

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.340
 They pick up stones

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:35.659
 to stone them for blasphemy.

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:38.399
 It's a reference back to

00:35:38.399 --> 00:35:39.960
 Exodus chapter 3,

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.679
 verse 14,

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.980
 where God,

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.460
 Yahweh,

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:44.019
 discloses Himself to

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:45.339
 Moses as,

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:47.339
 I am who I am.

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:51.480
 Do you know what's going on

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.819
 in the Sea of Galilee right now?

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:55.399
 Do you know who just showed up

00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:56.440
 to this boat?

00:35:57.859 --> 00:35:59.799
 I am incarnate

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:00.960
 is on the sea.

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:03.019
 And He's walked out

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.000
 to His disciples.

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.380
 And Mark said

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.599
 His plan was to actually

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.840
 walk right by Him.

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.599
 He stopped!

00:36:10.220 --> 00:36:11.240
 It's amazing.

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.720
 And with those words,

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.480
 take heart,

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.199
 it is I,

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.019
 do not fear.

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:19.940
 There's an instant change

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.740
 in Peter's heart.

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.240
 Look at verse 28.

00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:22.980
 Peter,

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.300
 Lord,

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.880
 if it is You,

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:26.000
 command me to come to You

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.599
 on the water.

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.679
 Peter,

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:29.940
 Jesus says in verse 29,

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.420
 come.

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.719
 Peter steps out of the boat

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.699
 and he steps

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:35.599
 onto the solid ground

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:38.099
 of God's Word.

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.599
 Steps onto the solid ground

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:42.319
 of that command,

00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:43.480
 come!

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:45.699
 He steps out in faith.

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:50.599
 Two things.

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.420
 It's still windy and wavy.

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:54.339
 And the disciples

00:36:54.339 --> 00:36:56.119
 are all watching this.

00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:59.860
 Peter starts making

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.739
 his way to Jesus.

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:02.259
 He gets distracted.

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.699
 The fear of the wind

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:07.460
 causes him to lose sight

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.179
 of Jesus,

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:10.039
 of the Word come.

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:12.539
 And he starts to sink.

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:14.699
 Fear has this tendency

00:37:14.699 --> 00:37:16.920
 to crowd out faith.

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:19.659
 Fear is like a bully

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:22.900
 that pushes aside faith.

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:26.539
 It can govern our whole hearts.

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:29.739
 When you fear something,

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:31.159
 it takes the place

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:32.000
 of prominence

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.639
 in your heart

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.559
 and you end up

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:35.000
 being ruled by it.

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:36.440
 So Peter's fear

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.259
 of the wind

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:38.099
 pushes aside

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:39.219
 faith in Jesus' Word

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:40.980
 and he begins to sink.

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:45.259
 But he had enough faith

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:46.179
 left to say,

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.739
 Lord, save me.

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:51.360
 And immediately,

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:53.019
 Jesus reaches out His hand,

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.819
 takes hold of Peter,

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.519
 and saves him.

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.820
 But here's what you need

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.380
 to understand.

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.800
 Jesus isn't in His own boat.

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.219
 He's not in a kayak

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:01.340
 dragging Him out.

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.539
 He's not back in

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:03.440
 the fishing boat

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:04.300
 with the disciples.

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.659
 He's still on the water!

00:38:06.940 --> 00:38:08.199
 Jesus is on the water

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:10.019
 and He pulls Peter

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:11.199
 out of the water

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.360
 while He's on the water.

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.940
 They're not in the boat yet!

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:19.260
 And Jesus says to him,

00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:21.159
 O you of little faith,

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:22.340
 why do you doubt

00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:24.420
 while on the water?

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.480
 It's another reference

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.179
 to unbelief.

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.619
 But Peter had

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:34.059
 just enough little faith

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:36.019
 in his big Jesus

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:38.240
 that the big Jesus

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:39.200
 saves him.

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:43.139
 verse 32,

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.699
 they get him

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.359
 into the boat.

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:45.199
 Again,

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:46.679
 Jesus didn't swim him over

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.659
 lifeguard style.

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:49.019
 He walked him over.

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.719
 As soon as they get

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.299
 into the boat,

00:38:52.299 --> 00:38:56.679
 the wind stops

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:59.699
 and His disciples

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:01.779
 worship Him.

00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:05.699
 His disciples

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:07.119
 have just seen Him

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:08.439
 feed the 10,000.

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.400
 The disciples

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:10.159
 have just walked

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:11.519
 out on water.

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:13.159
 They just saw

00:39:13.159 --> 00:39:14.220
 Simon, Peter,

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.240
 step out on the water

00:39:15.240 --> 00:39:16.360
 and Jesus pull him

00:39:16.360 --> 00:39:17.000
 out of the water

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.980
 and bring him to the boat

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.639
 and when they got

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.059
 in the boat,

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:20.639
 the whole storm stopped.

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:22.119
 They just saw it all!

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.460
 They were just

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.780
 experiencing it all!

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.159
 And what do they do?

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.659
 They look at their clocks

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.119
 and say,

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:31.139
 well, it's time for pizza.

00:39:32.700 --> 00:39:34.460
 They worship Him!

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:38.780
 And they confess

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:41.059
 with their mouths

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:43.940
 to Jesus,

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.300
 truly,

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:47.780
 you are the Son

00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:49.559
 of God.

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:53.800
 Did they fully know

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:56.039
 all that Jesus meant?

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:58.599
 when He said,

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.219
 take heart,

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.820
 it is I,

00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.179
 ego,

00:40:00.259 --> 00:40:00.579
 and me.

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.480
 Do not be afraid.

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.960
 Do they fully realize that?

00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:05.619
 No, they wouldn't fully realize that

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.779
 until after Jesus

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.840
 is raised from the dead.

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:09.639
 But they had enough sense

00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:11.699
 that this is somehow

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:13.300
 God doing a work

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:14.079
 in their midst

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.920
 that they bow down

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.659
 and worship Him.

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.820
 And what Jesus done

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.079
 is like,

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.940
 don't do that,

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.800
 don't worship me.

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.239
 He says,

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.539
 no,

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:21.259
 you should be worshiping me.

00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:25.020
 You should be confessing me

00:40:25.020 --> 00:40:26.280
 that I am

00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:27.920
 the Son of God.

00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.480
 Who is this guy?

00:40:32.600 --> 00:40:33.040
 He's the,

00:40:33.700 --> 00:40:35.280
 who does He say He is?

00:40:37.100 --> 00:40:37.660
 Ego eimi.

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.360
 I am,

00:40:41.820 --> 00:40:42.940
 I am.

00:40:42.940 --> 00:40:50.420
 He wants us

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:52.880
 to worship Him.

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.619
 He wants us

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.480
 to confess

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.800
 to Him

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:59.159
 that you are

00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:00.019
 truly

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:01.780
 the Son of God.

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.260
 So here's how

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:05.019
 we're going to apply it.

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:06.280
 We have chartered a boat

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:07.300
 to go out

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:08.119
 on Lake Michigan

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:09.360
 the next time

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.119
 it's really windy

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.659
 and rainy.

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.159
 No,

00:41:11.220 --> 00:41:12.360
 I'm just kidding about that.

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:15.619
 You guys have enough

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:16.840
 wind and waves

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.860
 in your life right now.

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:22.179
 Maybe it's at the end

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:22.679
 of the month,

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:23.619
 it's,

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.380
 you're trying to make

00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:24.980
 ends meet

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:26.099
 and ends meeting

00:41:26.099 --> 00:41:27.059
 is out the window

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:27.880
 and you're just

00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.619
 starting to fear

00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.179
 that you're going to be

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.960
 put on the street.

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.340
 That's where you're

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:31.920
 living right now.

00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:32.500
 You're afraid.

00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:34.200
 And it can take

00:41:34.200 --> 00:41:35.360
 the place of prominence

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.900
 in your heart.

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.179
 Maybe you've been

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:39.940
 without a job

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.639
 and you fear

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.320
 another week

00:41:41.320 --> 00:41:42.659
 of feeling useless.

00:41:43.740 --> 00:41:45.059
 Maybe you're fearing

00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:46.059
 what is going on

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.599
 in your body

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.260
 right now

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:48.280
 wondering how

00:41:48.280 --> 00:41:49.119
 you're going to die.

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:51.139
 Maybe that you are

00:41:51.139 --> 00:41:53.019
 an exhausted mom

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.599
 and you fear

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.480
 losing it again

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.740
 with your 4 year old

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:57.000
 or your 14 year old.

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:58.179
 Maybe you're a brother

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.760
 in the room

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.380
 who fears

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.820
 having your secret sin

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:01.679
 found out.

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:03.260
 Maybe you are

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:04.599
 paralyzed by fear

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.280
 of what people

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:06.260
 think about you

00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:07.039
 because you're

00:42:07.039 --> 00:42:07.820
 always wondering

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:08.639
 if people think

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:09.619
 that you're too fat

00:42:09.619 --> 00:42:10.579
 or too ugly

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.900
 or too incompetent

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:13.199
 or too whatever

00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:15.839
 and it paralyzes you

00:42:15.839 --> 00:42:16.960
 and it rains

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.799
 in your heart.

00:42:20.739 --> 00:42:21.500
 You know what

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.659
 Jesus says to that?

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.960
 Take heart.

00:42:27.619 --> 00:42:29.099
 It is I.

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:32.179
 Do not be afraid.

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:35.440
 Jesus

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:37.719
 is alive.

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.799
 He's not dead.

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.539
 He's been raised

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.239
 from the dead.

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.339
 He's living

00:42:43.339 --> 00:42:44.019
 and reigning

00:42:44.019 --> 00:42:45.319
 right now.

00:42:45.980 --> 00:42:47.179
 Which means this.

00:42:47.779 --> 00:42:48.899
 You combine that

00:42:48.899 --> 00:42:49.679
 with His promise

00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:50.219
 that says

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 I will never leave you

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 nor forsake you.

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.879
 I am with you always

00:42:53.879 --> 00:42:54.759
 even to the end

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 of the age.

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 No matter what happens

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:58.379
 to you this week,

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:59.679
 no matter the waves,

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.599
 no matter the wind,

00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:02.139
 no matter what happens,

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:04.299
 He's with you.

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:08.679
 The I am

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:10.179
 is with you.

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:15.699
 Who is this guy?

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.440
 He's unlike anybody

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:19.920
 you know.

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.400
 He's more than

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 a carpenter's son.

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:29.799
 He's not John the Baptist

00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:30.640
 risen from the dead.

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.960
 He's not Herod-like

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:34.560
 in His ruling

00:43:34.560 --> 00:43:35.300
 over the people.

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:36.940
 He is God's shepherd.

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:39.420
 He is the guy

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.660
 that walks on water

00:43:40.660 --> 00:43:41.480
 and shows up

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.060
 in the storm

00:43:42.060 --> 00:43:43.360
 and bails us out

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:45.060
 again and again.

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.800
 When Jesus

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:49.200
 ends up in Gennesaret,

00:43:49.660 --> 00:43:50.360
 He shows up

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:50.940
 on the beach

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:52.140
 and people instantly

00:43:52.140 --> 00:43:52.960
 recognize Him

00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:54.360
 and they gather

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:55.380
 everybody they can

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.019
 around Him

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:57.080
 and they just want

00:43:57.080 --> 00:43:57.840
 to touch His garments

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:59.220
 and He heals everybody.

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:01.620
 It's very unlike

00:44:01.620 --> 00:44:02.240
 Nazareth

00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:05.660
 where minimal healings

00:44:05.660 --> 00:44:06.220
 took place.

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:08.480
 They got it.

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:11.740
 This morning,

00:44:12.260 --> 00:44:15.060
 I want you to ask

00:44:15.060 --> 00:44:15.940
 this question.

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:18.660
 Who is this guy?

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:21.639
 And have you

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:23.759
 called out to Him,

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.859
 confessed to Him,

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.359
 truly,

00:44:28.279 --> 00:44:29.500
 you are

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:31.179
 the Son of God?

00:44:32.480 --> 00:44:33.279
 Let's pray.

00:44:35.339 --> 00:44:36.359
 God in Heaven,

00:44:37.379 --> 00:44:38.079
 Lord Jesus,

00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:41.059
 we thank You so much

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:42.440
 for Matthew 14.

00:44:43.859 --> 00:44:44.299
 Jesus,

00:44:44.799 --> 00:44:46.379
 we need Your help.

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:48.340
 we're so grateful

00:44:48.340 --> 00:44:49.440
 that we can cry out

00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:50.119
 to You again

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.980
 and again and again,

00:44:51.140 --> 00:44:52.160
 Lord, save me.

00:44:52.500 --> 00:44:53.680
 Lord, save us.

00:44:54.220 --> 00:44:55.079
 And You do

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:56.840
 again and again

00:44:56.840 --> 00:44:57.320
 and again.

00:44:58.700 --> 00:44:59.920
 Lord Jesus,

00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:01.720
 You are our risen King,

00:45:02.200 --> 00:45:03.320
 our only hope.

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:04.660
 You are the One

00:45:04.660 --> 00:45:06.019
 who reigns over all

00:45:06.019 --> 00:45:08.340
 and You are the treasure

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:10.000
 of our souls.

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:12.759
 May all glory

00:45:12.759 --> 00:45:13.599
 and blessing

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.679
 and power

00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:15.559
 and praise

00:45:15.559 --> 00:45:16.800
 be to Your name.

00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:19.500
 Amen.

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:19.620
 Amen.