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 Please take out your copy of God's Word. Turn to the Gospel according to Mark chapter 7.

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! Often during an offering there's a choir special at a larger church.

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! And I'm a fan of the choir special.

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 I think it's enjoyable to hear large groups of people singing God's praises.

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 But I will take that over a choir special any day.

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 So thank you, Wes and Liz. I appreciate that.

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 Mark chapter 7, as we continue to work through our preaching of the Gospel of Mark.

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 Every week when one Sunday sermon closes down, I turn my attention to the next week and begin to prayerfully consider where we should go next.

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 And as we believe in verse-by-verse exposition as a general habit, of course my mind immediately goes to what's happening next in our text.

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 And how far should we go?

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 And I'm very apt every week to take some time to stop and ask the Lord if this is what He would have us do.

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 I think it's also okay to take a break from our verse-by-verse exposition and do that.

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 And I've got to tell you that this week I had the hardest time finding bearing on this morning's text.

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 And figuring out what it is exactly that God wanted to communicate to us from it.

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 And so I asked a couple of times, Lord, are you sure this is the text?

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 Mother's Day, should I preach a sermon about women and being mothers?

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 And was convinced that this was the text for us this day.

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 So I hope that you'll enjoy it as we join together.

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 At least there's a mother in it as we preach through it today.

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 Let me remind you though, before we read, we're going to look together at verses 24-37 in chapter 7.

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 But before we get there, remember that Jesus has just had this encounter with the scribes and the Pharisees.

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 The Pharisees, kind of the legalistic Jews of this day, they were apostate in every way.

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 They had really walked away from God and God's ways and His commandments, although they thought they were following Him to the letter.

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 But we see here as He confronts them, He quotes from them this prophecy from Isaiah.

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 And He says, in vain do they worship Me.

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 Speaking of both the Pharisees and the scribes, as well as all of Israel, as He says to us here.

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 They worshipped Him in vain as hypocrites with their hearts far removed from Him.

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 Placing above the commandment of God the traditions of men.

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 Giving evidence of their defilement or their uncleanliness, their unholiness.

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 By participating in the activities that we saw listed in verses 21 and 22.

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 And so we see that it is possible to worship the right God, but to worship Him wrongly.

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 And this is a fearful thing.

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 We ought to draw our minds and our hearts to worship Him properly.

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 Because God desires of us heart worship.

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 Deuteronomy 6.5

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 God commands, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

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 And hearts that are changed by God are hearts that worship God.

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 And this is what God desires of us.

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 And so as we look at this next text together, it would seem that Mark was inspired to record these events in this order

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 to stress this very point, what Jesus was speaking about defilement.

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 That it is a matter of the heart that matters mostly.

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 So look in your text and your copy of God's Word as I read to you verses 24 through 37.

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 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

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 And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden.

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 But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.

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 Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth.

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 And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

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 And he said to her,

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 Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to dogs.

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 But she answered him,

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 Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.

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 And he said to her,

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 For this statement you may go your way.

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 The demon has left your daughter.

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 And she went home and found the child lying in bed, and the demon gone.

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 Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis.

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 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him.

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 And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears,

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 and after spitting, touched his tongue and looked up to heaven.

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 He sighed and said to him,

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 Ephphathah, that is, be opened.

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 And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly.

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 And Jesus charged them to tell no one.

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 But the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it.

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 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying,

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 He has done all things well.

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 He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.

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 This is God's word to us, written for his glory and our good.

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 We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God, we do thank you for your word to us.

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 And Father, we recognize this morning that while this is an ancient book,

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 written in ancient pen,

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 that it was inspired by your spirit,

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 that Mark was carried along by him as he recorded the life of Jesus for us.

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 It has meaning and it has bearing on us this day.

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 And we believe that you brought us here together with purpose and meaning.

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 And so I pray, Father, we are all making ourselves available to what you would say to us by your word.

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 This is accomplished by the power of your spirit,

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 so we ask for a great deal of blessing in the preaching of your word

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 and the hearing of it as well,

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 to the great end of your glory.

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 And we pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So we see here that Jesus has concluded his time in Galilee.

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 His Galilean ministry has wound down.

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 And he leaves the region altogether and departs to go to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

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 Now, if you're not familiar with the geography of this day,

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 these two cities were located on the coast of the Mediterranean.

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 And this was far outside of any Jewish dwelling.

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 Now, to be clear, the Jews were interspersed in a number of places.

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 So there's not an area that Jesus travels that there were no Jews.

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 But by and large, this is now a Gentile region, right?

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 Which is a generic term for people who are not of Jewish descent,

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 which I would assume includes all of us in this room.

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 Maybe not, but most of us in this room would be counted in that number.

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 And this is the place that he travels to.

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 And it appears that he travels there to rest.

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 If you look at the second half of verse 24,

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 he goes and he hides himself away in a house,

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 but he is found out just the same.

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 So it seems that he's withdrawing.

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 And as is always the case, the crowds seem to follow him.

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 His reputation precedes him.

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 And there's a request that's made of him.

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 After this encounter with a Syrophoenician woman,

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 he makes a journey to the Decapolis, which he's been in before.

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 But this time to get there, rather than crossing the Sea of Galilee,

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 he goes through Sidon, which is on the northern area of this region that he's in,

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 and makes, it seems, we don't know this for sure,

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 but it seems that he makes a rather circuitous route

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 to get to the Decapolis, going all the way around Galilee.

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 So he is done with Galilee.

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 He has laid out his ministry.

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 He has preached the gospel there.

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 He has healed countless numbers.

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 And he's now going to go all the way around it

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 to get to this region called the Decapolis.

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 Now remember the last time he was there,

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 he crossed over the Sea of Galilee,

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 and he was encountered by a man as soon as he lands

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 that was possessed by a legion of demons.

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 And he casts him out into a bunch of pigs

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 who run off and are drowned into the sea.

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 And after this, the man wants to follow him.

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 He asks that he can get back in the boat with him and go with him.

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 But Jesus doesn't permit him to do that.

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 And in chapter 5, verse 19, he says to the man,

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 go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you

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 and how he has had mercy on you.

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 And then Mark accounts that this man went away

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 and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him.

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 And everyone marveled.

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 So it would seem that the man traveled far and wide in this region

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 that was east of the Sea of Galilee

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 and shared what Jesus had done for him.

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 And he was apparently successful in telling his friends what the Lord had done

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 because now we see this crowd gathered.

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 You see the mention of that in verse 33 that's gathered to him.

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 And then we note at the summation of all of this,

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 in verse 36, that Jesus charged them,

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 those who were his friends,

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 those who witnessed the healing of this man who was deaf

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 and had some form of blockage in his speech,

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 to not tell anyone.

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 But the more he charged them,

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 the more zealously they proclaimed it.

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 So he had entered into a region where he had no fame.

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 He cast out a legion of demons out of a man

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 and now he's suddenly famous.

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 And he's in a region now where this fame is growing

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 and it's growing.

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 And as seemed to always be the case,

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 as Jesus is led along by the Father,

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 he's trying to keep his popularity down a bit,

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 I believe to waylay his crucifixion,

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 that he might complete his time on earth

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 before it is that he's crucified.

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 So here's kind of the background

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 of where we see him moving as these events take place.

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 And I'd like for us to notice two things,

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 two primary things from our text this morning.

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 Number one, Jesus' compassion to non-Jewish peoples.

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 Number one, Jesus' compassion to non-Jewish peoples.

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 Praise God were the recipients of that.

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 And number two, the faith of the Syrophoenician woman

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 and the man who was deaf and had a speech impediment.

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 So these are kind of the larger things

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 that we want to notice together today

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 as we talk through these stories together.

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 So when he goes to this region of Tyre and Sidon,

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 he's encountered by a woman and she's called here a Gentile,

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 verse 26, now the one was a Gentile,

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 a Syrophoenician by birth.

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 Another way to say that would have been a Syrian Phoenician,

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 which speaks to her ethnicity being Syrian,

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 as well as the region in which she lived.

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 A larger area of the region of Tyre and Sidon

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 would have been known as Phoenicia.

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 And that is to say she was not of Jewish descent.

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 She was of a different ethnicity, a Syrian ethnicity.

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 These were people that were enemies of the Jewish people.

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 These were people that had carried them off

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 hundreds of years earlier into captivity

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 and they had later been released.

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 Much calamity had come upon the people of Israel

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 as a result of a Syrian attacks.

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 So she was of that descent.

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 That was her ethnicity.

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 And she didn't live in what was considered the Holy Land.

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 She lived outside of that realm in the region of Phoenicia.

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 And that's why this is being established for us.

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 Because the Jews thought that the blessings of God

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 just came to them because they were of a blood descent from Abraham.

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 That the promises to Abraham, the Abrahamic covenant,

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 was just theirs because of their bloodline.

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 And this was some of the arrogance that the Pharisees, the scribes,

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 and the people at large possessed in their worship of God.

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 So remember that.

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 We're coming just off the heels of this confrontation

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 and we're going to see many more as we progress through the Gospel of Mark.

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 But they were basing their merit before God

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 on something that was exterior

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 and that is their blood lineage,

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 which I get doesn't feel exterior.

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 But just the same.

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 It was a thing that was tangible,

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 not an issue of their heart.

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 So Mark establishes that for us, right?

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 Both by ethnicity and region,

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 that she was not Jewish.

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 In addition to that,

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 she was a woman

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 who would have been very much more lowly thought of

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 in this very patriarchal society.

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 And she had not a son that had a demon possession,

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 but she had a daughter with an unclean spirit.

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 So as far as the Jews were concerned,

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 the odds would have been really stacked up against

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 there being any blessing of any kind given to this woman.

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 Jesus had no reason in their thinking

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 to show her any compassion whatsoever.

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 And we see that she comes to Jesus

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 and she begs him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

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 She knew,

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 probably because she had heard of the work that he had done,

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 she had probably heard of the many exorcisms he had already done,

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 that he had the power to do this very thing.

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 But it's interesting that she thought

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 that that was something that he would do for her,

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 a woman with a daughter

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 who was not found to be part of Israel.

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 And so I wonder why,

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 and we don't know for sure,

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 but maybe,

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 maybe she knew the Old Testament Scriptures.

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 Maybe they had been taught to her at some point.

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 A scripture like Isaiah 5, 26,

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 which says,

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 He, being God,

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 will raise a signal for nations far away

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 and whistle for them from the ends of the earth

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 and behold,

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 quickly,

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 speedily,

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 they come.

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 Maybe she was like the Sumerian woman

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 that Jesus met at the well

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 found in John chapter 4.

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 The woman says to him,

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 Jesus,

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 Sir,

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 I perceive that you are a prophet.

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 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain,

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 but you say that in Jerusalem

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 is the place where people ought to worship.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Woman,

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 believe me,

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 the hour is coming when neither on this mountain

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 nor in Jerusalem

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 will you worship the Father.

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 You worship what you do not know.

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 We worship what we know,

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 for salvation

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 is from the Jews.

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 Remember,

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 Sumerian people were

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 an interbred people.

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 They were a people that existed

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 apart from the pure bloodline of Israel

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 because these were people that

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 were the result of intermarriages

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 between Babylonians

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 and the Israelites.

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 Verse 23,

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 But the hour is coming

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 and is now here

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 when the true worshippers

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 will worship the Father

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 in spirit and truth.

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 For the Father is seeking such people

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 to worship Him,

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 worship Him from the heart.

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 God is spirit

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 and those who worship Him

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 must worship in spirit and truth.

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 The woman said to Him,

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 so here's where we are,

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 maybe this Syrophoenician woman

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 was like the Samaritan in this way.

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 The woman said to Him,

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 I know that Messiah is coming,

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 He who is called Christ.

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 When He comes,

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 He will tell us all things.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I who speak to you am He.

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 And so she knew,

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 the Samaritan woman knew,

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 that the blessings of God

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 could come to her in Christ.

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 Maybe the Syrophoenician woman

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 thought so as well.

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 Maybe she was familiar

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 with Psalm 145,

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 8-13,

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 which says,

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 The Lord is gracious

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 and merciful,

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 slow to anger,

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love.

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 The Lord is good to all,

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 and His mercy is over

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 all that He has made.

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 All your work

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 shall give thanks to you,

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 O Lord,

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 and all your saints

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 shall bless you.

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 They shall speak of the glory

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 of your kingdom

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 and tell of your power

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 to make known to the children

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 of man your mighty deeds

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 and the glorious splendor

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 of your kingdom.

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 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,

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 and your dominion endures

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 throughout all generations.

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 Maybe she was aware

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 of the mercy that God had shown

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 the Ninevites

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 by the message of Jonah.

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 She saw that God has always

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 been about the work

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 of making Himself known

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 among the nations.

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 Israel used to be

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 the vehicle

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 by which that happened.

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 This was the way

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 that God displayed

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 His majesty

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 in a people.

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 Now the church

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 is that vehicle.

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 Praise God.

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 Which includes Gentiles.

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 And this is why,

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 as a church,

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 we have a vision statement

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 that includes

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 peoples.

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 We even use this language

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 to draw our minds

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 simply beyond the people

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 that we encounter

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 day to day,

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 but peoples,

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 meaning people groups,

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 people of different ethnicities

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 and backgrounds,

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 nationalities.

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 So Christ Family Church

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 exists to glorify God

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 by experiencing,

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 proclaiming,

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 and displaying

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 the supremacy

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 of Jesus Christ

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 in all things

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 to all peoples.

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 Because God wants

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 to be known

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 amongst all peoples

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 He is a global God

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 who deserves

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 global glory.

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 I would say to you

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 this is likely

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 what she knew

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 to be true

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 of Jesus

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 because of the way

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 she approaches Him.

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 She probably knew

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 that she wasn't excluded

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 from the blessing

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 of God in Christ

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 because of her ethnicity

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 or nationality.

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 The only thing

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 that can possibly

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 exclude anyone

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 from the blessings

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 of God in Christ

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 is their own unbelief.

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 Let's get that straight

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 in our minds.

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 The only thing

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 that can possibly

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 exclude anyone

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 from the blessings

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 of God in Christ

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 is their own unbelief.

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 There's nothing

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 that we have done.

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 There's no part

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 of who we are

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 except for our unbelief

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 that excludes us

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 from the blessings

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 of God in Christ.

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 Now as a side lesson

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 for mothers today,

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 if your child

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 has some spiritual malady

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 and the problems

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 that our children

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 experience

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 are only either

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 physical

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 or they are spiritual,

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 they have some

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 spiritual malady,

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 Jesus is the one

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 you should go to

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 for the remedy.

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 Our children need

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 doctors and Christ.

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 We don't need

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 child psychologists.

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 It's only valuable

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 psychology

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 if it points people

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 to Jesus Christ.

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 So let's go to Christ

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 for the spiritual maladies

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 of our kids.

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 I'm sure this week,

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 mothers,

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 you have felt

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 like your children

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 might be demon-possessed.

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 It's a high likelihood

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 of that.

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 Now Jesus responds

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 to her,

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 verse 27,

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 and it seems so harsh,

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 doesn't it?

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 It seems so very harsh.

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 Let the children

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 be fed first,

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 for it is not right

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 to take the children's bread

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 and throw it

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 to the dogs.

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 And this was,

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 on the surface,

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 pretty harsh.

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 This would have been

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 the appropriate

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 ethnic response.

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 This is the type of thing

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 that a Jew would have said

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 to a Gentile

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 who was asking

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 for some blessing

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 from God.

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 They would have seen

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 themselves as special

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 and set apart

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 and called,

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 in derision,

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 called people dogs.

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 Now Jesus was not

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 without compassion

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 at this point,

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 but this was rather,

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 he said this as a testing

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 of her faith.

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 So he gave to her

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 a harsh statement,

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 a statement that may have

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 caused her to turn away

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 altogether,

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 to say this couldn't

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 possibly be the man

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 that could do this thing

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 for my daughter,

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 but instead,

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 she gives to him

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 this beautifully

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 humble response.

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 And beloved,

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 humility is the beginning

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 of our faith

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 when we realize

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 that we are,

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 in fact,

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 broken.

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 That having once been

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 image bearers of God,

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 that has been destroyed.

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 Not made a little worse,

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 but destroyed

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 by sin.

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 That we have no capacity

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 for that whatsoever

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 apart from Christ.

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 And so we come to him

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 humbly.

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 And look what she does.

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 She answers him,

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 verse 28,

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 yes, Lord.

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 Yes, she is in

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 agreement with him.

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 It would be wrong

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 to do this thing.

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 I am a dog,

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 is what she's saying.

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 I am the very thing

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 you have accused me

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 of being.

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 Yet even the dogs

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 under the table

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 eat the children's crumbs,

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 which is so clever

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 of her.

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 But it is her faith

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 that elicits

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 Jesus' response.

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 It's not the cleverness

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 of her argument.

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 She didn't get him.

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 He didn't go,

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 oh, you got me.

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 You got me.

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 You tricked me into it.

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 Now I must heal

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 your daughter.

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 But it was this response

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 of faith.

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 For this statement,

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 you may go your way.

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 The demon has left

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 your daughter.

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 You see,

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 faith is what brings

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 to us

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 the blessings

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 of God.

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 I think she understood this.

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 If she didn't get it,

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 this is the thing

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 that Mark is trying

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 to communicate

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 to us.

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 Now remember Abraham.

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 Remember the Abrahamic covenant

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 that God said

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 to Abraham,

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 I will make you

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 the father

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 of many nations.

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 And he was very old

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 when this happened.

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 If you would turn with me

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 to Romans chapter 4.

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 Let me show you

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 a bit of this

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 before we move on

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 in our text.

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 Romans 4 beginning

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 in verse 18.

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 Paul writing here

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 is speaking of Abraham

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 in hope he,

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 Abraham,

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 believed against hope

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 that he should become

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 the father of many nations

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 as he had been told

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 so shall your offspring be.

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 He did not weaken

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 in faith

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 when he considered

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 his own body

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 which was as good

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 as dead

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 since he was about

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 100 years old.

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 Those of you who are

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 approaching that,

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 I'm sorry for the offense.

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 Or when he considered

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 the barrenness

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 of Sarah's womb.

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 Sarah had not born children

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 in many, many, many years.

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 No unbelief

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 made him waver

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 concerning the promise

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 of God

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 but he grew strong

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 in his faith

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 as he gave glory to God.

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 Fully convinced

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 that God was able

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 to do what he had promised.

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 That is why

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 his faith

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 was counted to him

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 as righteousness.

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 Now here's the key for us.

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 But the words

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:47.819
 it was counted to him

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:49.019
 were not written

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:50.160
 for his sake alone

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.700
 but for ours also.

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 It will be counted

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 to us who believe

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.500
 in him

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:56.240
 who raised from the dead

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.139
 Jesus our Lord

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 who was delivered up

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 for our trespasses

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 and raised

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 for our justification.

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 So if we believe

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.940
 in the God

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.660
 who raised Jesus

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:04.160
 from the dead

00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.819
 we believe

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:06.160
 in that reality

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:07.900
 it will also be counted

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.779
 to us

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.980
 as righteousness.

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 It is by our faith

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:13.480
 that we are saved.

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.240
 That is the great

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.620
 treatise of Romans.

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.400
 Right?

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.539
 Salvation by grace alone

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.400
 through faith alone

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:21.700
 in Christ alone.

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:22.900
 Right?

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.900
 So Jesus' response

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.759
 in verse 29

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:26.599
 is because her statement

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:28.700
 evidenced her faith

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 and therefore

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:31.099
 he exercised

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:32.160
 he cast the demon

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:33.759
 out of the daughter

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 and we get the affirmation

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.880
 of that in verse 30.

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 She goes home

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 and yes indeed

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:39.000
 Mark records for us

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:39.799
 it happened.

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 Jesus spoke it

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 and it did in fact

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.519
 happen.

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 What a beautiful

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:46.140
 beautiful response

00:23:46.140 --> 00:23:47.079
 of humility

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 and faith.

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 He then leaves the region

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:52.980
 making the circuitous route

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.900
 and going to the region

00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:55.059
 of the Decapolis

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 and we see the man

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.259
 who was deaf

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:58.160
 and had a speech impediment.

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.160
 Some of your texts

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:01.519
 might say that he was mute.

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.220
 I looked a little bit

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.440
 just for interest

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.359
 into that this week

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:06.039
 and the Greek

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.839
 really seems to be

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:08.000
 more properly rendered

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:09.259
 speech impediment.

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.720
 Couldn't speak clearly.

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.099
 A stutter.

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:14.220
 Something of that type.

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:15.740
 It doesn't really matter though.

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.900
 He couldn't hear

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:18.119
 and something was wrong

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:19.960
 with the way he spoke.

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.380
 This region of the Decapolis

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.420
 was a region containing

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:25.900
 ten prominent Gentile cities.

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 It was made up

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.220
 of many more cities.

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 It's a big region

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 if you get curious

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.039
 and you want to flip

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.579
 to the back of your Bible.

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.180
 It's the region

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:33.460
 that's primarily

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.440
 the whole region

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:35.220
 to the east

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.700
 of the Sea of Galilee.

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.640
 And we see again

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.440
 some evidence

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.960
 of faith.

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:42.880
 We see in verse 32

00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:44.539
 at least likely

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.400
 I think

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:47.100
 he's got a group

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:48.259
 that bring him

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:50.680
 to Jesus.

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.900
 Now I got in a conversation

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.759
 with this text

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.539
 with my father

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.019
 this morning

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.640
 and he made a really

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.519
 really great point to me

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.120
 and I just would like

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.700
 to bring it up

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.779
 for you.

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.539
 We see constantly

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.480
 throughout the Gospels

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.559
 we see it here

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.360
 in the Gospel of Mark

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.559
 this encounter

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:07.299
 with the scribes

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.460
 and the Pharisees

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.180
 and it seems to be

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.079
 a thing that increases.

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.740
 You see because

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.779
 Jesus was coming

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.839
 and he was destroying

00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:13.620
 the religion

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.519
 that they had set up.

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.920
 And this was not

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.920
 simply a religion

00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:17.759
 that was something

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.500
 they did just in

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.220
 devotion to God

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.420
 but it gained for them

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.500
 a great deal of power

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:23.160
 a great deal of wealth.

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.440
 There was a structure

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.400
 that was in place

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.380
 that was very beneficial

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.099
 to them

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.539
 on this side

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.279
 of heaven

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.380
 and that's not something

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.940
 that they wanted

00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:31.759
 to find destroyed

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.599
 and so we see

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.259
 there's constantly

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.099
 a little group

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.700
 of these guys

00:25:34.700 --> 00:25:35.519
 following around

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:37.220
 looking for occasion

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.920
 to step in

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.400
 and interject

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:39.420
 ask questions

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.480
 to try to get him

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.059
 to falter

00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:41.660
 and to fail

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.299
 at some point

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.680
 so they could accuse him

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.680
 of not being

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.559
 who he said

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.579
 that he is.

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:48.519
 And my dad proposed

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.379
 that it's possible

00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:51.480
 and I have to

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.740
 mull this over

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.279
 a bit more

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.279
 it's very possible

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:55.359
 that the people

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.599
 who brought this man

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.799
 being the they

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.619
 we find at the beginning

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.500
 of verse 32

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.359
 may have in fact

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.099
 been a group

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.259
 of Pharisees

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.259
 and the reason

00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.919
 that that could be

00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:04.299
 possible

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.059
 is because they asked

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.939
 they begged him

00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:07.319
 to lay his hand

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.279
 on him

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.980
 and this would have

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.699
 been a Jewish

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.480
 thing to do

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:11.859
 I don't know

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.799
 it's possible

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.719
 that this is the case

00:26:13.719 --> 00:26:14.799
 it also could be

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.639
 just a group of friends

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:16.399
 maybe they were

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:17.000
 even Jewish

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.480
 living in the

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.359
 Decapolis region

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.379
 and they brought

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:20.119
 to him

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:21.579
 their friend

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.719
 and begged him

00:26:22.719 --> 00:26:23.419
 that word

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:24.500
 is a challenging one

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.819
 in that view

00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:27.199
 but they begged him

00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:27.879
 to do this

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:29.320
 so we see

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:30.380
 possibly

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.260
 that they had

00:26:31.260 --> 00:26:32.640
 faith in this regard

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.240
 maybe not

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.740
 maybe they were

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.060
 coming

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:35.060
 looking for a sign

00:26:35.060 --> 00:26:36.140
 looking to do

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.880
 something to

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:38.140
 bring an accusation

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.300
 we see

00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:40.160
 in chapter 8

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.680
 Jesus is going to

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.540
 feed 4,000

00:26:41.540 --> 00:26:42.420
 and the very next

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.920
 thing we see

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.840
 is Pharisees

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:45.160
 demanding a sign

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.840
 from him

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:48.040
 so questionably

00:26:48.040 --> 00:26:49.640
 his friends had faith

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.480
 but we do see

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.200
 that he does

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.540
 the man that

00:26:52.540 --> 00:26:53.260
 they bring to him

00:26:53.260 --> 00:26:54.980
 this man who is deaf

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.600
 and has some type

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.319
 of speech impediment

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.159
 does in fact

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:58.199
 have faith

00:26:58.199 --> 00:26:58.759
 the beginning

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.480
 of verse 33

00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.919
 we record

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.399
 that he went

00:27:01.399 --> 00:27:02.000
 with Jesus

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.579
 right

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:04.039
 Jesus takes him

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.319
 aside

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.839
 he takes him

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.459
 aside from the

00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:05.719
 crowd

00:27:05.719 --> 00:27:06.699
 privately

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.399
 the man goes

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.839
 with him

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.240
 the man was

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.599
 capable

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.619
 of not going

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:09.899
 with him

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.240
 and walking

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.459
 away

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:10.959
 but he does

00:27:10.959 --> 00:27:11.959
 go in fact

00:27:11.959 --> 00:27:12.659
 with him

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.099
 and he has

00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:13.699
 faith that this

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.519
 man can do

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.259
 something

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.659
 for him

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.719
 now the

00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:18.019
 interesting

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.619
 question in

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.179
 this text

00:27:19.179 --> 00:27:19.919
 and this

00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.599
 miracle by the

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.179
 way is only

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:21.759
 recorded in the

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.179
 gospel of

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:22.399
 mark

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:24.859
 the interesting

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.319
 question is

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.759
 why did

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.179
 Jesus pull

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:26.419
 the man

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:26.859
 aside

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.579
 from the

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:27.799
 crowd

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:29.339
 we know

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:29.720
 that Jesus

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.759
 performed miracles

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.559
 not as the

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:33.119
 primary purpose

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.980
 of his ministry

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:35.139
 but he performed

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:35.679
 miracles

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:36.619
 to give

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:38.419
 evidence to

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:38.679
 to give

00:27:38.679 --> 00:27:39.039
 power

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.299
 to give

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.779
 credence

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.079
 to the

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.500
 message

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.119
 that he

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.379
 was

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:41.919
 preaching

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.139
 it was

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.480
 constantly

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.759
 a way

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.200
 to draw

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.559
 people

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.859
 to the

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.000
 very

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.200
 thing

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.419
 he was

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:44.579
 trying

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:44.799
 to say

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.059
 to them

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.599
 and that

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.960
 was the

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.299
 gospel

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.559
 of the

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.819
 kingdom

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:47.519
 of God

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.960
 so why

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.240
 does he

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.379
 pull

00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:48.559
 this

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.779
 man

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.339
 aside

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.599
 and it

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:49.839
 actually

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.079
 says

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.539
 he pulls

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.639
 him

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:50.899
 aside

00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.679
 privately

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.000
 which

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.579
 I would

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.039
 presume

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.059
!

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.480
 means it

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.740
 was just

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:53.940
 this

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.259
 man

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.660
 and

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.000
 Jesus

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.799
 maybe

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.000
 some

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.160
 of the

00:27:56.160 --> 00:27:56.480
 disciples

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.660
 were

00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:56.860
 around

00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:56.960
 him

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.039
 but

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.120
 he

00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.259
 gets

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.360
 them

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:57.740
 away

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:57.960
 from

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.120
 the

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:58.420
 crowd

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:58.579
 so

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:58.779
 people

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.000
 aren't

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.420
 witnessing

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.079
 this

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.500
 thing

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.960
 that

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.140
 he's

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.460
 about

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.880
 to

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.059
 do

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.680
 why

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.539
 did

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:03.740
 he

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.180
 do

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.640
 this

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:06.200
 well

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.740
 the clue

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.180
 is

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.039
 in what

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.140
 he

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.460
 did

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.019
 the

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.400
 last part

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:09.960
 of 33

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.880
 verse

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.400
 34

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.140
 he puts

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.500
 his fingers

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.759
 in his

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.079
 ears

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:14.599
 after

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:14.819
 he

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.319
 spits

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.480
 he

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.740
 touches

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.000
 his

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.319
 tongue

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.759
 he

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:16.960
 looks

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.079
 up

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.200
 to

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:17.380
 heaven

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.559
 he

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.079
 sighs

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.339
 says

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.460
 to

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.680
 him

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:20.319
 which

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.519
 is

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.920
 so

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.039
 he

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.200
 goes

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.299
 through

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.440
 this

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.740
 interesting

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:24.920
 thing

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.039
 now

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.200
 this

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.299
 is

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.420
 the

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.660
 Jesus

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:25.920
 that

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.500
 people

00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:26.720
 have

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:26.940
 been

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.519
 touching

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:27.900
 his

00:28:27.900 --> 00:28:28.319
 garment

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.920
 and

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.000
 he's

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.120
 been

00:28:29.120 --> 00:28:29.380
 healing

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:29.660
 them

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.000
 he

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.140
 has

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:30.380
 simply

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.740
 spoken

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:30.940
 he

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.279
 cast

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.440
 a

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.640
 demon

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:31.900
 just

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.640
 previously

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:32.839
 he

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.019
 cast

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.160
 a

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.319
 demon

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.500
 out

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.579
 of

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:33.640
 a

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:33.759
 little

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:33.980
 girl

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.380
 from

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:34.539
 a

00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:34.839
 distance

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.019
 we

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.140
 don't

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.240
 know

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.420
 how

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.660
 far

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:35.799
 but

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:35.880
 he

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.339
 said

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.880
 the

00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.079
 demon

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.180
 is

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.500
 gone

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.740
 he

00:28:38.740 --> 00:28:38.880
 could

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.000
 have

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.180
 done

00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.339
 this

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:39.539
 without

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:39.900
 going

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.079
 through

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.360
 this

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:41.500
 practice

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:41.960
 of

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:43.140
 it

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.620
 seems

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:43.900
 some

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.200
!

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.340
 incantation

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:46.100
 that

00:28:46.100 --> 00:28:46.279
 he's

00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:46.700
 doing

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.080
 here

00:28:47.080 --> 00:28:48.019
 but

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.380
 think

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.559
 about

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.759
 the

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.140
 man

00:28:49.140 --> 00:28:49.400
 that

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:49.799
 he's

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.299
 doing

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:50.620
 this

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.440
 for

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.120
 this

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.319
 man

00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:52.640
 can't

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.000
 hear

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.500
 anything

00:28:53.500 --> 00:28:54.140
 that

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.259
 he

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.440
 would

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.059
 say

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.900
 there

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.039
 may

00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.140
 have

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.259
 been

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.440
 some

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.680
 form

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:56.799
 of

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:56.960
 sign

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.200
 language

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.360
 in

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.480
 this

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.640
 day

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:57.779
 but

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:57.840
 I

00:28:57.840 --> 00:28:57.960
 don't

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.120
 think

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.500
 Jesus

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.220
 knew

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.500
 it

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.039
 so

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.200
 he

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.420
 did

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.580
 the

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:00.980
 thing

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.700
 some

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.279
 version

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.460
 of

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:02.740
 sign

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.100
 language

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.840
 to

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.200
 show

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.400
 the

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:04.680
 man

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.940
 what

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.100
 it

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:05.580
 was

00:29:05.580 --> 00:29:05.740
 he

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:05.920
 was

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.279
 healing

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.519
 him

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.960
 from

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:07.259
 how

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.460
 it

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:07.799
 was

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:07.920
 that

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.039
 he

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.180
 was

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.360
 going

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.340
 commonly

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:16.600
 connected

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.019
 to

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.660
 healing

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.000
 and

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.400
 medicinal

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.240
 things

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.180
 I

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.340
 did

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.559
 way

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:20.700
 too

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:20.840
 much

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.080
 study

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.240
 on

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.400
 that

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.600
 this

00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:21.819
 week

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:21.940
 and

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.600
 none

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:22.700
 of

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:22.779
 the

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.059
 details

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.220
 are

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.480
 important

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.680
 for

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:23.840
 you

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:23.960
 at

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.299
 all

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.700
 but

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:24.779
 there

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:24.880
 would

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:24.940
 have

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.140
 been

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:26.059
 an

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.720
 understanding

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.080
 of

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.680
 spitting

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:27.860
 and

00:29:27.860 --> 00:29:28.200
 saliva

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:28.420
 we'll

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.580
 see

00:29:28.580 --> 00:29:28.880
 later

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.039
 in

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.319
 Mark

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.819
 Jesus

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.299
 spits

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.460
 in

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.660
 some

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:30.900
 mud

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.000
 and

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.160
 puts

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:31.259
 it

00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.340
 on

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.420
 a

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.600
 blind

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.019
 man's

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.380
 eyes

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.259
 for

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.440
 the

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.740
 same

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.539
 reason

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.420
 right

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.819
 so

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:35.940
 he

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.120
 does

00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.340
 this

00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.620
 thing

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:37.380
 physically

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:37.740
 for

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.059
 him

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.360
 so

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.500
 that

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.619
 the

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:38.819
 man

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.359
 understands

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.599
 what

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:39.720
 he

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:39.880
 is

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.299
 doing

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.779
 he

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.039
 looks

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.299
 up

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.500
 to

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.900
 heaven

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.599
 so

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:42.700
 that

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:42.799
 the

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.000
 man

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.299
 knows

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.420
 that

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.559
 it's

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.039
 God

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.240
 who's

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.460
 going

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.680
 to

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:44.960
 heal

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.339
 him

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.680
 and

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:46.779
 then

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:46.859
 he

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.339
 commands

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.440
 that

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.519
 he

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.660
 be

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:48.859
 made

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:49.220
 well

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:50.579
 right

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.019
 so

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.259
 why

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:51.400
 did

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.500
 he

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.619
 pull

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:51.740
 the

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:51.859
 man

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.059
 aside

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.220
 from

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.319
 the

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.519
 crowd

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.259
 and

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.400
 I

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.619
 believe

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:53.759
 the

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:53.960
 reason

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.279
 is

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.000
 because

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.099
 he

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.220
 didn't

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.380
 want

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.720
 anybody

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:55.920
 in

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.000
 the

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.259
 crowd

00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.480
 to

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.839
 think

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:58.039
 that

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.140
 it

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.259
 was

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.480
 this

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.900
!

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:58.940
 magic

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.799
 incantation

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.039
 this

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.400
 thing

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.599
 he

00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:00.939
 did

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.139
 that

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:01.399
 caused

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:01.579
 the

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.819
 man

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.039
 to

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.179
 be

00:30:02.179 --> 00:30:02.480
 healed

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.459
 that

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:03.799
 God

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.259
 himself

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.459
 is

00:30:04.459 --> 00:30:04.579
 the

00:30:04.579 --> 00:30:04.740
 one

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:04.919
 who

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.419
 healed

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:05.539
 and

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.579
 he

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:05.679
 didn't

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:05.799
 want

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.139
 anybody

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.339
 to

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.659
 think

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.439
 otherwise

00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:07.740
 he

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.019
 wanted

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.699
 glory

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:09.159
 placed

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.679
 in

00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:09.819
 the

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.399
 proper

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.959
 location

00:30:11.959 --> 00:30:15.159
 I

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.319
 think

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.519
 that's

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.719
 why

00:30:15.719 --> 00:30:18.199
 so

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:18.480
 he

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.179
 so

00:30:19.179 --> 00:30:19.519
 he

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.059
 touches

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.279
 the

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.559
 man

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.899
 he

00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:22.539
 commands

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:22.699
 and

00:30:22.699 --> 00:30:23.119
 interestingly

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.500
 as he

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.639
 gives

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:23.779
 his

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.139
 command

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.299
 in

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.779
 Aramaic

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:24.919
 which

00:30:24.919 --> 00:30:25.019
 would

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.319
 be

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:28.980
 open

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.319
 he's

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.579
 actually

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:29.839
 giving

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.019
 the

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.399
 command

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:30.579
 to

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:30.740
 the

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.099
 ears

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.279
 which

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.379
 I

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.500
 just

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:31.659
 find

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:31.839
 so

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.480
 fascinating

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.699
 and

00:30:32.699 --> 00:30:32.779
 to

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:32.919
 the

00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.259
 tongue

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.399
 who

00:30:34.399 --> 00:30:34.960
 commands

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.259
 even

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.619
 your

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.099
 ears

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.259
 and

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.500
 my

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.859
 tongue

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:38.039
 be

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.519
 opened

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.980
 and

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:39.119
 they

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.599
 obey

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.220
 what

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.299
 he

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.720
 said

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.299
 to

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:41.599
 do

00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.339
 and

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.519
 then

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.879
 note

00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.079
 that

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.259
 he

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.039
 sighs

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.500
 he

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.679
 looks

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:44.779
 up

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:44.919
 to

00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:45.240
 heaven

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.799
 he

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.419
 sighs

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.659
 and

00:30:46.659 --> 00:30:46.799
 I

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.000
 think

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.240
 this

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.659
 speaks

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.159
 to

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.279
 the

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:48.819
 compassion

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.220
 of

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.639
 Christ

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.299
 as

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.399
 he

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.559
 has

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.000
 pulled

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.000


00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.179
 this

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:51.379
 man

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.579
 off

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:51.659
 to

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:51.779
 the

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.039
 side

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.159
 and

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.220
 he

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.319
 is

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.519
 about

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.679
 to

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:52.759
!

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:52.839
 heal

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.059
 them

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.019
 as

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.139
 he

00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.319
 and

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:01.319


00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:05.279
 felt

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.079
 a

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.619
 sorrow

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.099
 for

00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:07.199
 the

00:31:07.199 --> 00:31:07.559
 effects

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.740
 of

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.019
 sin

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.339
 on

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:08.460
 the

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.699
 world

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:08.859
 and

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.019
 I

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.480
 believe

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.819
 that's

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.019
 why

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.179
 he

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:10.460
 sighs

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.619
 that

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:10.740
 as

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:10.839
 he

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.000
 looks

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.119
 up

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.259
 to

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.500
 heaven

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.000
 he

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.299
 gives

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:14.419
 another

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:14.799
 one

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.779
 another

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.279
 one

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.919
 another

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.740
 created

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.099
 being

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.359
 another

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.079
 child

00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.619
 that

00:31:19.619 --> 00:31:19.759
 is

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.220
 being

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.399
 punished

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:21.720
 because

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:21.839
 of

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:21.919
 the

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.339
 effects

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:22.899
 of

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.179
 sin

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.759
 in

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:23.919
 this

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.220
 world

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.419
 and

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:24.500
 so

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.619
 we

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:24.779
 see

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:24.939
 this

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.320
 great

00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:26.200
 outflow

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.360
 of

00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:26.840
 compassion

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.519
 for

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.700
 this

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:27.940
 man

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.140
 verse

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.580
 35

00:31:28.580 --> 00:31:28.759
 his

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.360
 tongue

00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:30.580
 was

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:31.080
 released

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.480
 and

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.620
 he

00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.080
 spoke

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:33.220
 plainly

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.480
 whatever

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.759
 was

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:33.920
 the

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.700
 issue

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:34.900
 with

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.039
 his

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.240
 tongue

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.380
 he

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:35.519
 can

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.759
 now

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.299
 speak

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.200
 very

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.340
 plainly

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.019
 and

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.240
 all

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.380
 of

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.580
 this

00:31:39.580 --> 00:31:39.700
 and

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:39.799
 I

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:39.980
 believe

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.100
 the

00:31:40.100 --> 00:31:40.320
 reason

00:31:40.320 --> 00:31:40.500
 that

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.779
 Mark

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:40.960
 was

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.180
 led

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.320
 by

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:41.460
 the

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:41.680
 spirit

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:41.820
 to

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.180
 record

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:42.400
 this

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.519
 is

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.640
 a

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.080
 fulfillment

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.380
 of

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.500
 a

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.940
 prophecy

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:45.539
 he

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.759
 did

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:45.940
 a

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.279
 thing

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.840
 that

00:31:46.840 --> 00:31:47.120
 only

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.580
 God

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:47.880
 could

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.200
 do

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.180
 Isaiah

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.480
 chapter

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.039
 35

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:51.059
 verse

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.340
 5

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:51.480
 and

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.900
 6

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.880
 then

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.000
 the

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.600
 ears

00:31:55.600 --> 00:31:55.840
 of

00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:55.980
 the

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.420
 deaf

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.440
 unstopped

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.059
 then

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.279
 shall

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.440
 the

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.799
 lame

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.080
 man

00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.400
 leap

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.620
 like

00:31:59.620 --> 00:31:59.779
 a

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.000
 deer

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.180
 and

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.340
 the

00:32:00.340 --> 00:32:00.720
 tongue

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:00.920
 of

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.059
 the

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.279
 mute

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.759
 sing

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.039
 for

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.400
 joy

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:03.140
 for

00:32:03.140 --> 00:32:03.559
 waters

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.840
 break

00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.160
 forth

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.299
 in

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.380
 the

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.640
 wilderness

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:04.980
 and

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.680
 streams

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.400
 in

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.519
 the

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.840
 desert

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.059
 so

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.160
 he

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.320
 had

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.519
 done

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:07.680
 a

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:07.960
 thing

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.480
 that

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:08.740
 only

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:08.920
 he

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.100
 could

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.440
 do

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.600
 and

00:32:09.600 --> 00:32:09.680
 it

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:09.860
 was

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.440
 fitting

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.059
 that

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.500
 one

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.640
 of

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:11.740
 the

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.080
 gospel

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.580
 accounts

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:12.779
 that

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:12.980
 one

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.080
 of

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.220
 the

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.559
 writers

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.980
 was

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.380
 inspired

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.580
 to

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.059
 record

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.360
 this

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.720
 thing

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.100
 that

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.220
 we

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.440
 might

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.759
 see

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:16.940
 it

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.400
 take

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:17.820
 place

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.860
 and

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:18.980
 the

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.519
 response

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.720
 of

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:19.840
 the

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.200
 people

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.519
 when

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:20.600
 he

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:20.759
 goes

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.259
 back

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.680
 there

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:21.759
 was

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:21.880
 a

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.060
 man

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:22.180
 that

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.320
 they

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.560
 knew

00:32:22.560 --> 00:32:22.900
 he

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.060
 goes

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:23.460
 back

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.880
 now

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.060
 he

00:32:24.060 --> 00:32:24.220
 can

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.500
 hear

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.040
 now

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:25.240
 he

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.380
 can

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.820
 speak

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.240
 verse

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.660
 37

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:26.860
 they

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.040
 were

00:32:27.040 --> 00:32:28.100
 astonished

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:29.040
 beyond

00:32:29.040 --> 00:32:29.940
 measure

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.300
 they

00:32:30.300 --> 00:32:30.519
 were

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.519
 incredibly

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.600
 astonished

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.140
 more

00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:33.900
 astonishment

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.780
 took place

00:32:34.780 --> 00:32:35.019
 than we

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.140
 could

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.500
 possibly

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.320
 measure

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.519
 and

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.759
 this

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:36.900
 is

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.160
 their

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.880
 phrase

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.100
 this

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.180
 is

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.300
 the

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:38.600
 thing

00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:38.840
 they

00:32:38.840 --> 00:32:39.220
 say

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.220


00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.660
 He

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:39.820
 has

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:40.120
 done

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:41.019
 all

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.960
 things

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.840
 well

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.740
 he

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:43.880
 has

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.080
 done

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.680
 all

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.540
 things

00:32:45.540 --> 00:32:46.019
 well

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.000
!

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.359
 He

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:47.900
 even

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.440
 makes

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.039
 He

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.140
 had

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.240
 done

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.500
 so

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:49.740
 many

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.279
 things

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.680
 right

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:50.839
 He

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.000
 had

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.599
 cast

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:51.839
 a

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.339
 legion

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.839
 of

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.220
 demons

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.660
 out

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:53.759
 of

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:53.880
 a

00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.059
 man

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.220
 they

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:54.539
 knew

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.859
 about

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.079
 this

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.279
 this

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.559
 news

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:55.700
 had

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.059
 traveled

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.539
 around

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.700
 the

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:56.960
 area

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.380
 He

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.000
 even

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.559
 makes

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.059
 the

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.500
 deaf

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.920
 hear

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.720
 and

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:00.880
 the

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.220
 mute

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.460
 speak

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:03.279
 I

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.480
 think

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.619
 we

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:03.740
 can

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:03.980
 hear

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.099
 in

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.259
 this

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.599
 statement

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:04.819
 the

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.200
 echoes

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.460
 of

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.779
 Genesis

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.619
 131

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.200
 and

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.460
 God

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.740
 saw

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.279
 everything

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.819
 that

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:08.940
 he

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.079
 had

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.440
 made

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.940
 and

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.619
 behold

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:11.799
 it

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:11.960
 was

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:12.339
 very

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.819
 good

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:14.759
 Jesus

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.960
 is

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.319
 God

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.579
 incarnate

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:18.840
 and he

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.380
 proves

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 that

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 to us

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 once

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 again

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 as he

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 expresses

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 compassion

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 for

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 non-Jewish

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 people

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 and works

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 in them

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 a responsive

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 faith

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 beloved

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 we

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 are

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 now

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 given

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 to

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 the

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 very

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 same

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 task

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 and

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 I

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 hope

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 as

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 we've

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 been

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 looking

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 through

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 mark

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 as

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 we

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 will

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 continue

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 to

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 do

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 so

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 as

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 we

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 peer

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 at

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 the

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 life

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 of

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 Christ

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 we

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 will

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 desire

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 to

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 be

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 more

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 like

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 him

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 compassionately

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 pouring

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 out

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 our

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 lives

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 for

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 the

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 sake

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 of

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 and

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 the

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 advancing

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 of

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 his

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 kingdom

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 let's

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 pray

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 together

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 God

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