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 So we're going to read Matthew's Gospel, Matthew chapter 8, from verses 1 through to 22.

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 So follow along with me as we read God's Word.

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 When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.

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 A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said,

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 Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.

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 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man.

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 I am willing, he said. Be clean.

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 Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.

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 Then Jesus said to him,

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 See that you don't tell anyone, but go show yourself to the priests

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 and offer the gift of Moses commanded as a testimony to them.

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 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.

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 Lord, he said, my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 Shall I come and heal him?

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 The centurion replied,

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 Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof,

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 but just say the word and my servant will be healed,

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 for I myself am a man under authority with soldiers under me.

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 I tell this one, go, and he goes,

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 and that one, come, and he comes.

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 I say to my servant, do this, and he does it.

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 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him,

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 Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

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 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west

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 and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

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 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness,

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 where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 Then Jesus said to the centurion,

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 Go, let it be done just as you believed it would.

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 And his servant was healed at that moment.

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 When Jesus came into Peter's house,

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 he saw Peter's mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.

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 He touched her hand and the fever left her,

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 and she got up and began to wait on him.

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 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him,

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 and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all who were ill.

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 This was to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah.

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 He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.

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 When Jesus saw the crowd around him,

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 he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.

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 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said,

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 Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.

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 Jesus replied,

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 Foxes have dens, birds have nests,

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 but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.

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 Another disciple said to him,

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 Lord, first let me go and bury my father.

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 But Jesus told him,

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 Follow me and let the dead bury their own dead.

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 Well, keep your Bibles open there at Matthew 8,

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 and let's pray and ask for God's help

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 as we look at his word together.

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 Let's pray.

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 Amen.

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 Father, thank you for the Gospel of Matthew,

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 for this true historical account of Jesus.

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 we pray that stories and accounts that may be familiar to us

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 will become fresh.

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 And if we've never heard them before,

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 that we will equally be refreshed and amazed

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 at the wonder of who Jesus is.

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 May our focus and our gaze be upon him.

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 May our minds

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 be pulled towards him.

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 And may our hearts be changed

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 so that we reflect him and do his will

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 wherever we go.

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 In Jesus we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, every day we're reminded

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 that we live in a broken and a disordered world.

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 Turn on the television today

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 and we're reminded of that.

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 Sinful choices

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 and the sinful actions of others

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 mean that we do indeed struggle.

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 We observe and experience

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 all kinds of physical suffering

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 and sicknesses.

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 And in the midst of all of that

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 we have to deal with the destructive

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 schemes of Satan.

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 The reality is

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 wherever we go and wherever we look

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 we see sin, suffering

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 and Satan.

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 And together they leave us

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 crushed, broken

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 and in despair.

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 And it's into this very world

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 that Jesus steps.

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 His mission has been crystal clear

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 to announce to the world

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 that he is God's King.

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 The Supreme King.

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 And he has come to establish

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 a new kingdom

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 an eternal kingdom

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 where everything will be put

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 right.

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 And in chapters 8 and 9

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 we're giving a preview

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 of what this kingdom

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 will be like.

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 In chapters 8 and 9

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 Jesus overcomes

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 sin, suffering

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 and Satan

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 for us.

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 And to help us see this

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 Matthew has ordered

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 his material

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 deliberately

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 and intentionally.

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 So just follow with me.

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 Just use the headings

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 that you have in your Bible.

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 you'll see that there's

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 three miracle accounts

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 followed by a call

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 to follow.

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 So beginning of chapter 8

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 there's the healing

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 of the man with leprosy.

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 Then there's the

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 centurion servant.

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 And then Jesus heals

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 many.

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 And then there's this call

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 to follow Jesus.

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 Then after that

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 we have three more miracles.

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 Jesus calming the storm.

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 Jesus restoring the demon

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 possessed men.

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 Forgiving and healing

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 the paralysed man.

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 And then

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 we have a second calling.

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 The calling of Matthew.

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 And then if we read on

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 we have Jesus raising

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 a dead girl.

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 Healing a sick woman.

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 And then Jesus healing

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 the blind and mute.

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 And followed that

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 is the call

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 to go

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 into the harvest

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 because it is

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 plentiful.

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 These miracle accounts

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 have been written

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 and ordered

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 for an intentional purpose.

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 You can see it

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 on the screen.

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 Through these accounts

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 Jesus displays

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 his authority

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 over all things

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 and demands

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 our allegiance

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 in all things.

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 The miracles

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 that we read about

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 are like a spotlight

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 drawing our attention

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 to Jesus

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 and his kingdom.

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 A king with

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 absolute authority

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 who demands

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 nothing less

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 than our complete

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 allegiance.

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 So two things

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 we're going to look at

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 from our text

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 this morning

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 in Matthew chapter 8.

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 Jesus displaying

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 his authority

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 and demanding

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 our allegiance.

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 So first

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 Jesus displays

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 his authority

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 and he does it

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 in three ways.

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 First

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 overcoming

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 sin.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 A man with

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 leprosy

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 comes and kneels

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 before Jesus

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 and he cries

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 out to Jesus

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 Lord

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 if you're willing

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 you can make me

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 clean.

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 Now this man

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 has a terrible

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 skin disease

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 which deadens

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 the nerves

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 and knocks

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 off your limbs.

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 It means you

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 can't feel pain.

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 It results in

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 infection

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 and ultimately

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 death.

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 Treatments now

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 but certainly

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 back then

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 there was nothing.

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 Physically

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 this man

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 is in a

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 hopeless situation

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 which is why

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 his request

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 is surprising.

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 He doesn't

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 say to Jesus

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 heal my

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 leprosy.

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 He says

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 can you

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 make me

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 clean?

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 You see

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 under

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 Jewish law

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 under

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 Jewish

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 religious law

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 someone with

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 leprosy

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 was considered

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 spiritually

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 unclean.

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 in other words

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 your physical

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 condition

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 left you

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 excluded

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 and outside

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 of God.

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 Here's what

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 the law said

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 you can read

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 it there on

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 screen.

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 Anyone with

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 such a

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 defiling disease

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 must wear

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 torn clothes

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 let their

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 hair be

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 unkempt

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 cover the

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 lower part

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 of their

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 face

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 and cry

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 out

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 unclean

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 unclean

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 as long

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 as they

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 have the

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 disease

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 they remain

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 unclean

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 they must

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 live alone

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 they must

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 live outside

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 the camp.

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 In other

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 words

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 you can't

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 come close

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 to God

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 which also

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 meant that

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 if you

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 touched

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 someone

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 or came

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 into contact

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 with someone

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 who had a

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 similar skin

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 disease

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 you became

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 contaminated

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 you became

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 unclean

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 and you

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 were excluded

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 from God.

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 So you

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 have to be

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 very careful

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 if you

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 came in

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 contact

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 with a

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 leper.

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 So what

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 would Jesus

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 do?

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 Well

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 look at

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 verse 3

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 Jesus

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 reached out

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 his hand

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 and touched

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 the man

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 I am

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 willing

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 he said

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 be clean

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 immediately

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 he was

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 cleansed

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 of his

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 leprosy.

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 Now do

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 you see

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 what's

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 happened?

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 Something

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 extraordinary

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 has taken

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 place.

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 Instead

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 of Jesus

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 being the

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 one who

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 becomes

00:10:40.620 --> 00:10:41.320
 unclean

00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:43.080
 the leper

00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:43.840
 becomes

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 clean.

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 Instead

00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:46.580
 of the

00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:47.120
 leper's

00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:48.180
 uncleanness

00:10:48.180 --> 00:10:48.879
 being passed

00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:49.299
 on to

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 Jesus

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 Jesus'

00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:51.840
 cleanness

00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:52.360
 is passed

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 on to

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 him.

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 By a

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 simple

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 word

00:10:55.560 --> 00:10:56.539
 be clean

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 the leper

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 has his

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 life

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 restored.

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 He's

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 no longer

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 excluded

00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:02.159
 and

00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:03.000
 unclean.

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 He is

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 included

00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:05.740
 and made

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 clean.

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 It's a

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 beautiful

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 picture

00:11:10.539 --> 00:11:11.959
 of a

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 greater

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 healing

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 that we

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 all need.

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 The

00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:15.639
 external

00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.240
 disease

00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:16.620
 that we

00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:17.279
 see here

00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:18.419
 reflects the

00:11:18.419 --> 00:11:19.539
 internal

00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:20.159
 sin

00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:21.219
 that we

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 all have.

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 Just as

00:11:23.479 --> 00:11:23.919
 the man

00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:24.559
 needs to

00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.120
 be made

00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:25.719
 clean

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 outwardly

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 so we

00:11:27.439 --> 00:11:27.839
 need to

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 be made

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 clean

00:11:28.620 --> 00:11:29.320
 inwardly.

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 And through

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 Jesus by

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 just a

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 simple

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 word,

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 a simple

00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.080
 command,

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 all our

00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:36.600
 uncleanliness,

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 all our

00:11:37.620 --> 00:11:38.259
 impurity,

00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:39.200
 all our

00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:39.759
 sin can

00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:40.700
 be removed,

00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:41.320
 we can

00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:42.019
 be forgiven,

00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:43.659
 made

00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:44.259
 clean.

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 Jesus

00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:48.379
 overcomes

00:11:48.379 --> 00:11:50.139
 sin and

00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:50.679
 makes us

00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:52.360
 clean so

00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:52.779
 that we

00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:53.360
 can come

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 to God.

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 But not

00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:58.740
 only that,

00:11:58.879 --> 00:11:59.180
 Jesus

00:11:59.180 --> 00:12:00.340
 overcomes

00:12:00.340 --> 00:12:01.300
 suffering.

00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:02.580
 Look at

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 verse 5,

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 when Jesus

00:12:03.820 --> 00:12:04.379
 had entered

00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:05.060
 Capernaum,

00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:06.520
 a centurion

00:12:06.520 --> 00:12:07.040
 came to

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 him asking

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 for help.

00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:09.860
 Lord,

00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:11.140
 he said,

00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:12.600
 my servant

00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:13.120
 lies at

00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:14.020
 home paralyzed,

00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:15.180
 suffering

00:12:15.180 --> 00:12:16.200
 terribly.

00:12:18.640 --> 00:12:19.460
 Now a

00:12:19.460 --> 00:12:20.080
 centurion

00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:20.560
 was a

00:12:20.560 --> 00:12:21.180
 soldier of

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 considerable

00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.600
 authority

00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:23.180
 within the

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 Roman army.

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 He was

00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:24.840
 captain over

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 at least

00:12:25.480 --> 00:12:26.400
 a hundred

00:12:26.400 --> 00:12:26.800
 men.

00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:26.899
 men.

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 But he

00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:29.120
 was also

00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:30.339
 a despised

00:12:30.339 --> 00:12:31.240
 outsider.

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 Being in

00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:33.359
 the Roman

00:12:33.359 --> 00:12:34.139
 army meant

00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:34.519
 he was

00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:35.000
 part of

00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:35.199
 the

00:12:35.199 --> 00:12:35.740
 unwanted

00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:36.679
 occupying

00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:37.199
 forces.

00:12:38.319 --> 00:12:38.599
 Through

00:12:38.599 --> 00:12:38.839
 their

00:12:38.839 --> 00:12:39.319
 military

00:12:39.319 --> 00:12:39.819
 might,

00:12:40.219 --> 00:12:40.359
 the

00:12:40.359 --> 00:12:40.679
 Romans

00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:40.919
 had

00:12:40.919 --> 00:12:41.559
 expanded

00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:41.859
 their

00:12:41.859 --> 00:12:42.219
 empire,

00:12:42.659 --> 00:12:43.120
 swallowing

00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:43.899
 up smaller

00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:44.699
 nations like

00:12:44.699 --> 00:12:45.240
 Palestine.

00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:46.639
 He was

00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.179
 an enemy,

00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:48.699
 someone to

00:12:48.699 --> 00:12:49.859
 be despised

00:12:49.859 --> 00:12:50.519
 and hated.

00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.339
 So a

00:12:52.339 --> 00:12:53.179
 centurion who

00:12:53.179 --> 00:12:53.879
 comes asking

00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:54.580
 for help,

00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:56.299
 well here

00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:56.620
 was an

00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:57.179
 opportunity

00:12:57.179 --> 00:12:58.179
 for payback.

00:12:59.259 --> 00:13:00.019
 The context

00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:00.919
 here is like

00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:02.000
 a Ukrainian

00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:03.519
 helping a

00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:03.779
 Russian

00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:04.299
 soldier.

00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:06.279
 It was a

00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:06.820
 chance to

00:13:06.820 --> 00:13:07.500
 let him

00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:08.779
 experience

00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:09.519
 pain.

00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:10.659
 Let him

00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:11.700
 suffer.

00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:14.039
 How would

00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:15.019
 Jesus respond?

00:13:16.939 --> 00:13:17.860
 Well look at

00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:18.460
 verse 7.

00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:20.780
 Jesus said

00:13:20.780 --> 00:13:21.220
 to him,

00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:23.019
 shall I

00:13:23.019 --> 00:13:24.400
 come and

00:13:24.400 --> 00:13:25.060
 heal him?

00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:26.879
 I mean

00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:27.320
 what an

00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:28.060
 extraordinary

00:13:28.060 --> 00:13:28.759
 gracious

00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:29.400
 thing to

00:13:29.400 --> 00:13:30.639
 do, to

00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:31.320
 reach out

00:13:31.320 --> 00:13:31.800
 to your

00:13:31.800 --> 00:13:32.440
 enemy like

00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:32.700
 this.

00:13:33.019 --> 00:13:33.500
 Not only

00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.000
 does Jesus

00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.600
 go to

00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:35.000
 where the

00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:35.620
 servant is,

00:13:35.940 --> 00:13:36.480
 he offers

00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:37.620
 to heal

00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:37.980
 him.

00:13:38.920 --> 00:13:39.540
 He reaches

00:13:39.540 --> 00:13:40.080
 out to

00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:41.040
 the despised

00:13:41.040 --> 00:13:41.660
 outsider.

00:13:42.060 --> 00:13:42.519
 He shows

00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.240
 compassion

00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:44.519
 towards his

00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:45.379
 worst

00:13:45.379 --> 00:13:46.040
 enemy.

00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:49.320
 The centurion

00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:49.920
 didn't need

00:13:49.920 --> 00:13:50.360
 a second

00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:50.720
 offer.

00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:51.379
 Verse 8.

00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:53.420
 Lord, I

00:13:53.420 --> 00:13:53.879
 do not

00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.780
 deserve to

00:13:54.780 --> 00:13:55.120
 have you

00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:55.580
 come under

00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.060
 my roof,

00:13:56.340 --> 00:13:56.840
 but just

00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:57.379
 say the

00:13:57.379 --> 00:13:57.780
 word and

00:13:57.780 --> 00:13:58.320
 my servant

00:13:58.320 --> 00:13:58.700
 will be

00:13:58.700 --> 00:13:59.080
 healed.

00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:01.300
 Verse 13.

00:14:02.300 --> 00:14:02.879
 Then Jesus

00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:03.340
 said to

00:14:03.340 --> 00:14:04.680
 the centurion,

00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:06.960
 go, let

00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:07.519
 it be done

00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:08.100
 just as you

00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:08.720
 believed it

00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:09.000
 would.

00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.460
 And his

00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:11.139
 servant was

00:14:11.139 --> 00:14:12.660
 healed at

00:14:12.660 --> 00:14:13.519
 that moment.

00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:15.600
 It's

00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:16.320
 extraordinary,

00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.080
 isn't it?

00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:18.400
 Jesus

00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:19.200
 isn't even

00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:19.580
 in the

00:14:19.580 --> 00:14:20.620
 home of

00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.480
 the centurion.

00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:22.240
 He's not

00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:23.139
 even present

00:14:23.139 --> 00:14:24.200
 with the

00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:24.600
 suffering

00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:25.080
 servant.

00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:25.940
 Jesus

00:14:25.940 --> 00:14:26.700
 just says

00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:27.120
 from a

00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.620
 distance,

00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:28.460
 go.

00:14:29.780 --> 00:14:30.040
 And

00:14:30.040 --> 00:14:30.820
 immediately

00:14:30.820 --> 00:14:31.600
 the servant

00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:32.160
 is healed

00:14:32.160 --> 00:14:32.840
 and freed

00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.420
 from his

00:14:33.420 --> 00:14:33.960
 life of

00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:34.360
 suffering.

00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.360
 Now

00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:38.920
 incredible

00:14:38.920 --> 00:14:39.480
 as this

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:39.960
 is,

00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.400
 let's

00:14:41.400 --> 00:14:41.860
 not miss

00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.420
 the greater

00:14:42.420 --> 00:14:43.120
 healing and

00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.540
 restoration

00:14:43.540 --> 00:14:44.160
 that's

00:14:44.160 --> 00:14:44.980
 taking place.

00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:45.800
 Because

00:14:45.800 --> 00:14:46.180
 Jesus

00:14:46.180 --> 00:14:46.960
 uses this

00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:47.560
 moment to

00:14:47.560 --> 00:14:48.139
 teach about

00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:49.200
 all those

00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:50.200
 who can

00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:50.879
 be welcomed

00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.340
 into his

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:52.759
 kingdom.

00:14:54.280 --> 00:14:55.080
 Look at

00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:55.680
 verse 10.

00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:59.000
 When

00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.440
 Jesus

00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:01.040
 heard this,

00:15:02.040 --> 00:15:02.580
 he was

00:15:02.580 --> 00:15:03.300
 amazed and

00:15:03.300 --> 00:15:03.660
 said to

00:15:03.660 --> 00:15:04.360
 those following

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.740
 him,

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:05.940
 truly I

00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:06.340
 tell you,

00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:06.740
 I have

00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.280
 not found

00:15:07.280 --> 00:15:08.019
 anyone in

00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:08.639
 Israel with

00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.639
 such great

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:10.759
 faith.

00:15:11.900 --> 00:15:12.580
 For what

00:15:12.580 --> 00:15:13.019
 was so

00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:13.820
 different about

00:15:13.820 --> 00:15:14.920
 the centurion's

00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:16.480
 faith to

00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:16.779
 anybody

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:17.320
 else's

00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:17.800
 faith that

00:15:17.800 --> 00:15:17.980
 he's

00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.159
 come

00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:18.659
 across.

00:15:20.060 --> 00:15:20.340
 Well,

00:15:20.420 --> 00:15:20.960
 look back

00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:21.399
 to what

00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.279
 the centurion

00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:22.779
 has just

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.080
 said,

00:15:23.180 --> 00:15:23.800
 verse 9.

00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:25.800
 He says,

00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:26.500
 I myself

00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.080
 am a man

00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:27.379
 under

00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:27.980
 authority,

00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:28.980
 with

00:15:28.980 --> 00:15:29.379
 soldiers

00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:29.960
 under me.

00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:30.779
 I tell

00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.240
 this one

00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:31.539
 go,

00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:31.860
 and he

00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.360
 goes,

00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:33.379
 that one

00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:33.680
 come,

00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:33.920
 and he

00:15:33.920 --> 00:15:34.279
 comes,

00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:34.940
 I say

00:15:34.940 --> 00:15:35.279
 to my

00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:35.560
 servant,

00:15:35.680 --> 00:15:36.139
 do this,

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.680
 and he

00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.279
 does it.

00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:39.300
 You see,

00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.159
 he understands

00:15:40.159 --> 00:15:40.899
 authority,

00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:42.720
 yet he

00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:44.180
 recognises a

00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:44.679
 greater

00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:45.419
 authority

00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:46.339
 in Jesus.

00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.239
 He knew

00:15:48.239 --> 00:15:48.839
 that Jesus

00:15:48.839 --> 00:15:49.379
 just had

00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:49.739
 to say

00:15:49.739 --> 00:15:50.539
 a word,

00:15:51.579 --> 00:15:52.419
 and it

00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:52.699
 would be

00:15:52.699 --> 00:15:52.979
 done.

00:15:55.179 --> 00:15:55.519
 You see,

00:15:55.579 --> 00:15:55.979
 here's what

00:15:55.979 --> 00:15:56.559
 Jesus is

00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:57.339
 teaching us.

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:58.839
 He's saying,

00:15:58.919 --> 00:15:59.219
 I have

00:15:59.219 --> 00:16:00.679
 come to

00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:01.500
 enemies like

00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:01.899
 you,

00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:03.359
 so that you

00:16:03.359 --> 00:16:03.679
 could be

00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.399
 welcomed into

00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.079
 my kingdom.

00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.439
 I have

00:16:07.439 --> 00:16:07.899
 come to

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 welcome

00:16:08.259 --> 00:16:09.079
 outsiders,

00:16:09.779 --> 00:16:10.459
 to those

00:16:10.459 --> 00:16:11.199
 who oppose

00:16:11.199 --> 00:16:11.559
 me,

00:16:11.859 --> 00:16:12.479
 and stand

00:16:12.479 --> 00:16:13.319
 against me.

00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:14.819
 Verse 11,

00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.299
 I say

00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:15.719
 to you,

00:16:16.059 --> 00:16:16.699
 that many

00:16:16.699 --> 00:16:17.319
 will come

00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:17.819
 from the

00:16:17.819 --> 00:16:18.419
 east and

00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:18.919
 the west,

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 and will

00:16:20.199 --> 00:16:20.679
 take their

00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:21.379
 places at

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:21.979
 the feast

00:16:21.979 --> 00:16:22.779
 with Abraham,

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.419
 Isaac,

00:16:23.539 --> 00:16:24.039
 and Jacob,

00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:25.079
 in the

00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:25.599
 kingdom of

00:16:25.599 --> 00:16:25.899
 heaven.

00:16:26.979 --> 00:16:27.219
 Look,

00:16:27.259 --> 00:16:27.519
 he's saying,

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 if you

00:16:28.319 --> 00:16:29.099
 just come

00:16:29.099 --> 00:16:30.139
 in humble

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 faith,

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.679
 just like

00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:32.639
 the centurion,

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 if you

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 come relying

00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.099
 and depending

00:16:35.099 --> 00:16:35.599
 on the

00:16:35.599 --> 00:16:36.179
 words of

00:16:36.179 --> 00:16:36.579
 Jesus,

00:16:37.099 --> 00:16:37.879
 you too

00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:38.599
 will be

00:16:38.599 --> 00:16:39.139
 welcomed

00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:40.199
 into my

00:16:40.199 --> 00:16:40.579
 kingdom.

00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:43.759
 But where

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.159
 Jesus'

00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:45.200
 authority is

00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.860
 ignored and

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.379
 rejected,

00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:47.779
 look at

00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.399
 verse 12,

00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:50.740
 the subjects,

00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.480
 those who

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.399
 think they

00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:52.840
 are in,

00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.319
 will be

00:16:54.319 --> 00:16:54.860
 thrown

00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:56.179
 outside into

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 the darkness,

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.580
 where there

00:16:58.580 --> 00:16:58.899
 will be

00:16:58.899 --> 00:17:00.299
 weeping and

00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:00.919
 gnashing of

00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:01.340
 teeth.

00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:03.600
 You see,

00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:04.500
 Jesus frees

00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:06.299
 us from a

00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:07.200
 greater suffering,

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.200
 the suffering

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.920
 of hell

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.799
 itself.

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 it doesn't

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.059
 matter who

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.619
 you are,

00:17:14.159 --> 00:17:14.859
 what you've

00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.099
 done,

00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.759
 your background,

00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:17.019
 your experience,

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.460
 hear the

00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:19.039
 welcome of

00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:19.379
 Jesus.

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 There is a

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.680
 seat at the

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.720
 king's table

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.039
 for all who

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.680
 will come in

00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.460
 humble faith

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.200
 to Jesus.

00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.099
 He

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.899
 overcomes

00:17:28.899 --> 00:17:29.460
 suffering

00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:31.619
 to welcome

00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.519
 the outsider

00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.700
 in.

00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:33.759
 sin.

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.980
 So he

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.460
 overcomes

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:37.860
 sin,

00:17:38.620 --> 00:17:38.960
 he

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.580
 overcomes

00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:40.420
 suffering,

00:17:41.380 --> 00:17:42.900
 and Jesus

00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:43.680
 overcomes

00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:44.420
 Satan.

00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:45.799
 Look at

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.539
 verse 16,

00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:49.080
 when evening

00:17:49.080 --> 00:17:49.640
 came,

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.380
 many who

00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:51.960
 were demon

00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:52.640
 possessed

00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:54.080
 were brought

00:17:54.080 --> 00:17:54.539
 to him.

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:56.240
 Now we

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.940
 should never

00:17:56.940 --> 00:17:57.700
 ever ignore

00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.380
 the reality

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:59.019
 of Satan

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.400
 and his

00:17:59.400 --> 00:17:59.799
 work.

00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:01.700
 From the

00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.319
 first time

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.819
 of when he

00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.299
 rebelled

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.180
 against God,

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.579
 Satan has

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:06.299
 been on a

00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:06.940
 mission to

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.779
 disrupt and

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.859
 destroy God's

00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.180
 kingdom.

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.119
 In fact,

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.839
 his work

00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:13.299
 can leave us

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.259
 feeling hopeless.

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:16.519
 You see,

00:18:16.599 --> 00:18:17.419
 in our culture

00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:18.579
 and experience,

00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.440
 I would imagine,

00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.839
 most of us

00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:21.819
 think of demon

00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.379
 possession

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:24.180
 as unreal.

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:26.019
 It's the stuff

00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:27.220
 of horror movies.

00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:28.859
 But no,

00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.500
 demons,

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.279
 the servants

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.940
 of Satan

00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:33.159
 are very much

00:18:33.159 --> 00:18:33.599
 active.

00:18:33.940 --> 00:18:34.419
 We should be

00:18:34.419 --> 00:18:34.819
 alert,

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.399
 we should be

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.879
 attentive.

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:38.259
 Sometimes it

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:38.819
 comes in the

00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:39.159
 way of

00:18:39.159 --> 00:18:39.740
 temptation,

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.700
 other times

00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:42.259
 it can come

00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.639
 in the way

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.259
 of torment.

00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.240
 We're given

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.899
 an example

00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.460
 of what it

00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.319
 might appear

00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:47.819
 to be.

00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:49.159
 Verse 28,

00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.579
 when Jesus

00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:52.319
 arrived on

00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:52.960
 the other

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.659
 side in the

00:18:53.659 --> 00:18:54.919
 region of

00:18:54.919 --> 00:18:55.899
 the Gadarenes,

00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:57.099
 two demon

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.940
 possessed men

00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.599
 came from

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.240
 the tombs,

00:18:59.240 --> 00:19:00.160
 met him.

00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:00.940
 They were

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.880
 so violent

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:03.500
 that no one

00:19:03.500 --> 00:19:04.099
 could pass

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.660
 that way.

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.299
 Here were

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.920
 two people

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:07.900
 overcome,

00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:09.059
 their lives

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.819
 ruined and

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.359
 destroyed.

00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:13.099
 They wrecked

00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:14.460
 people's lives,

00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.059
 causing mental

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.740
 and physical

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.480
 anguish.

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.940
 And for all

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.579
 those that came

00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.480
 to Jesus back

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.359
 in verse 16,

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.400
 whatever the

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:22.940
 impact,

00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:23.680
 they were

00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:24.359
 unable to

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:24.980
 change their

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.720
 situation.

00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.440
 they were

00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:27.000
 powerless,

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:27.539
 they were

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.000
 hopeless.

00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.640
 And how

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.180
 is Jesus

00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:30.720
 going to

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.400
 respond to

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.600
 them?

00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:32.759
 Well, look

00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.160
 at the rest

00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:33.960
 of verse 16.

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.600
 Let's read it

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:34.860
 again.

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.740
 When evening

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:36.500
 came, many

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:36.839
 who were

00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.579
 demon possessed

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.059
 were brought

00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.480
 to him,

00:19:39.140 --> 00:19:39.620
 and he

00:19:39.620 --> 00:19:40.640
 drove out

00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.319
 the spirits

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.779
 with a

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.259
 word,

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.200
 and healed

00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:45.160
 all who

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.220
 were ill.

00:19:47.779 --> 00:19:48.500
 With just

00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.140
 a word,

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:51.259
 the spirits

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.759
 left.

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:53.299
 at his

00:19:53.299 --> 00:19:53.900
 command,

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.579
 they fled.

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.140
 You see,

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.859
 Satan may

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.579
 tempt and

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.000
 torment,

00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.099
 but he is

00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:00.859
 no match

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.240
 for the

00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:02.000
 authority of

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.359
 Jesus.

00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:04.039
 Jesus rules

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.519
 over the

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.019
 kingdom of

00:20:05.019 --> 00:20:05.440
 darkness.

00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:06.180
 He has

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:07.180
 power over

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.640
 demons.

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:08.900
 Satan has

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:09.720
 no hold

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.519
 over you

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.259
 if you

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.720
 have

00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:12.579
 Jesus.

00:20:14.660 --> 00:20:15.599
 If we're

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.420
 followers of

00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.740
 Jesus,

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:19.079
 we do not

00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.619
 need to

00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:19.980
 fear.

00:20:20.900 --> 00:20:21.539
 In fact,

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.379
 scripture

00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:23.200
 tells us

00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:24.119
 that Satan

00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:25.240
 requires the

00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.920
 permission of

00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.700
 Jesus before

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.220
 he can do

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.720
 anything.

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:31.240
 Jesus reigns

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.940
 supreme

00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:33.359
 over all

00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:33.980
 things.

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:36.400
 And when

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:36.960
 Jesus has

00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.660
 finished speaking

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.160
 to these

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.579
 spirits,

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.839
 not only do

00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:40.420
 the spirits

00:20:40.420 --> 00:20:41.180
 leave the

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.559
 people,

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.119
 but their

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:44.500
 lives are

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.039
 restored.

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.259
 They no

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.839
 longer live

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.259
 in fear,

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.759
 they've got

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.059
 hope.

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:48.740
 They're no

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.400
 longer living

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:49.980
 in torment,

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.660
 they have

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.440
 peace.

00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:53.539
 You see,

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.259
 scripture is

00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:54.779
 clear that

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.480
 we've all

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.379
 been born

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:57.700
 following the

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.160
 ways of

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.519
 Satan.

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.339
 We're all

00:20:59.339 --> 00:20:59.980
 part of

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.640
 this great

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.440
 big rebellion

00:21:01.440 --> 00:21:02.319
 against God,

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.339
 but through

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.200
 Jesus we're

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:05.140
 set free

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:05.960
 and restored.

00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:07.819
 Jesus

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.599
 overcomes

00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:10.119
 Satan and

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:11.119
 restores the

00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:12.000
 hopelessness.

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.140
 sins.

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:15.680
 So Jesus

00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.579
 overcomes

00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:18.099
 sin,

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.460
 suffering,

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.440
 and Satan.

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.339
 He cleans,

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.900
 he welcomes,

00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.400
 and he

00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.099
 restores.

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.400
 And he

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.380
 does it all

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:31.380
 through his

00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:32.099
 work on the

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:32.579
 cross.

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.359
 You see,

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.980
 what Jesus

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.680
 has done for

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.240
 these few

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.839
 people that

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.400
 we get to

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:37.819
 meet in

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.480
 chapter 8,

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:40.319
 Jesus has

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.059
 done for

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.960
 all who

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.620
 will trust

00:21:42.620 --> 00:21:43.299
 in his

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:45.099
 work on

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.740
 the cross.

00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.259
 Look at

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:48.019
 verse 17.

00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.420
 All these

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.860
 healings,

00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.299
 all that

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.839
 has happened.

00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.620
 Verse 17,

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.860
 this was to

00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:55.660
 fulfil what

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.259
 was spoken

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.759
 through the

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.579
 prophet Isaiah.

00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.839
 He took

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.579
 up our

00:21:59.579 --> 00:22:01.140
 infirmities

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:03.020
 and bore

00:22:03.020 --> 00:22:03.500
 our

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.340
 diseases.

00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:07.220
 Now, to

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.560
 help us

00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:08.280
 understand that,

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.820
 we need to

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.360
 read it in

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.880
 its whole

00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:10.440
 context.

00:22:10.560 --> 00:22:10.920
 It comes

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.520
 from Isaiah

00:22:11.520 --> 00:22:12.180
 53.

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.060
 It's a

00:22:14.060 --> 00:22:14.460
 well-known

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.080
 passage.

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.280
 And in

00:22:16.280 --> 00:22:16.960
 that chapter,

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:17.960
 chapter 53,

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.580
 the prophet

00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:19.300
 Isaiah is

00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:20.259
 looking forward

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.160
 to the

00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:21.660
 coming of

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.100
 a servant

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.560
 king,

00:22:23.020 --> 00:22:23.360
 Jesus,

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.240
 who would

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.000
 die on

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.580
 the cross.

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.240
 And this

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.700
 is what he

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.160
 says.

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:27.640
 You can

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.600
 follow on

00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:29.440
 screen here.

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.900
 Quoting,

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.680
 what we

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.140
 have here

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.640
 in Matthew.

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.259
 Surely he

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.759
 took up

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.520
 our pain

00:22:35.520 --> 00:22:37.100
 and bore

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:38.040
 our suffering.

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.420
 Yet we

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.220
 considered him

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.060
 punished by

00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:41.460
 God,

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.640
 stricken by

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.000
 him,

00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.140
 and afflicted.

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.780
 But he

00:22:44.780 --> 00:22:45.720
 was pierced

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.300
 for our

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:47.120
 transgressions.

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.880
 He was

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.720
 crushed for

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.520
 our iniquities.

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.480
 The punishment

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.020
 that brought

00:22:51.020 --> 00:22:51.640
 us peace

00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.340
 was on him.

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.560
 And by

00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.720
 his wounds

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:56.320
 we are

00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:56.680
 healed.

00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.740
 You see,

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.440
 when Jesus

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.240
 died on

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.759
 the cross,

00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.480
 he was

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.100
 overcoming

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.900
 sin,

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.039
 suffering,

00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.539
 and Satan.

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:09.039
 He took

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.259
 your sin

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:11.840
 and was

00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.600
 punished and

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.820
 crushed for

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.140
 you.

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.840
 He suffered

00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.799
 the hell for

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.440
 you that we

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.580
 deserve so

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:19.000
 that we

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.600
 don't have

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:19.860
 to.

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.960
 Jesus faced

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.720
 the deceiving

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.400
 and destructive

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.660
 schemes of

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.740
 Satan and

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.160
 won.

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:27.340
 Jesus took

00:23:27.340 --> 00:23:28.100
 it all to

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.639
 the grave

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.240
 and he

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.959
 triumphed

00:23:29.959 --> 00:23:30.339
 over it

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.699
 all as

00:23:30.699 --> 00:23:31.199
 he rose

00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:31.579
 from the

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:31.879
 dead.

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:32.919
 Jesus

00:23:32.919 --> 00:23:34.159
 overcame

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:35.179
 everything

00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:36.119
 so that

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.519
 we could

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.980
 be made

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.619
 clean,

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.699
 welcomed,

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.099
 and restored.

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:45.379
 Now,

00:23:45.419 --> 00:23:45.759
 does this

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.219
 mean if

00:23:46.219 --> 00:23:46.379
 we're

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.740
 trusting

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.459
 Jesus we

00:23:47.459 --> 00:23:47.819
 live a

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.379
 life free

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:49.119
 from sin,

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.439
 suffering,

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.139
 and Satan?

00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:52.419
 That it's

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:53.000
 all done

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.599
 with once

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:53.959
 and for

00:23:53.959 --> 00:23:54.219
 all?

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.500
 Well,

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:56.919
 yes,

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.019
 our sin

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.619
 has been

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.319
 paid for,

00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:01.099
 but we

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.719
 still live

00:24:01.719 --> 00:24:02.099
 in our

00:24:02.099 --> 00:24:02.879
 broken world.

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.599
 We still

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.259
 suffer the

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.019
 consequences

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.619
 of sin.

00:24:06.639 --> 00:24:07.139
 Yes,

00:24:07.219 --> 00:24:07.740
 God can

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.459
 still heal

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:08.779
 and he

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.059
 does,

00:24:09.179 --> 00:24:09.559
 but we

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.339
 still have

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.740
 broken

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.480
 bodies and

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.480
 we will

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.059
 all die

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.559
 of some

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.240
 disease or

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.639
 some

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.459
 disaster.

00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.159
 Yes,

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.899
 Satan has

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.659
 been defeated

00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.459
 and disarmed,

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.500
 but he is

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.719
 still scheming

00:24:21.719 --> 00:24:22.319
 through his

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.879
 temptation.

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.959
 You see,

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.619
 what Jesus

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.179
 is showing

00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:26.740
 us here,

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.559
 what he did

00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:27.959
 for these

00:24:27.959 --> 00:24:28.379
 people,

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.359
 he is giving

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:30.199
 us a glimpse

00:24:30.199 --> 00:24:31.259
 of what is

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.799
 to come.

00:24:32.439 --> 00:24:33.379
 It's a preview

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:34.019
 of his

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:35.459
 eternal kingdom,

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.319
 a kingdom

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.819
 where there

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.559
 will be no

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.299
 more sin,

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.179
 suffering,

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.019
 or Satan.

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.019
 And that

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.659
 kingdom has

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.439
 been secured

00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:44.839
 for us by

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:46.159
 Jesus through

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.980
 his death

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.719
 on the

00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:48.179
 cross.

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.679
 So,

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.699
 Jesus displays

00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.579
 his absolute

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:56.139
 authority by

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:56.740
 overcoming

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.359
 sin,

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.740
 Satan,

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.439
 and suffering.

00:25:01.439 --> 00:25:02.019
 And he does

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.799
 it all by

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.819
 his cross.

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:10.879
 allegiance.

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:12.899
 Because when we

00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.659
 consider the

00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:14.659
 authority and

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:15.379
 the power of

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:15.720
 Jesus,

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.919
 the question

00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.220
 is,

00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.099
 what am I

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.559
 going to do

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.179
 about it?

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.220
 How am I

00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:20.639
 going to

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.740
 respond to

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.839
 who this

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.819
 Jesus is?

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.700
 Well,

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.220
 the only

00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:27.359
 right response

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:29.039
 is complete

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.500
 allegiance.

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:31.559
 three things

00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:32.339
 very briefly

00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.680
 that ought

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.000
 to be

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.720
 expressed.

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.299
 Here's the

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.779
 first.

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.920
 Unwavering

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.680
 loyalty.

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.039
 Look at

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.819
 verse 19.

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:44.700
 Then a

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.240
 teacher of the

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.939
 law came to

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.579
 Jesus and

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:46.839
 said,

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.439
 Teacher,

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:49.099
 I will

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.980
 follow you

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:51.579
 wherever you

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:51.919
 go.

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.639
 You see,

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.700
 if Jesus

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.299
 is the

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:56.339
 supreme king

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.859
 with absolute

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.579
 authority,

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.179
 there is

00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:01.399
 nothing that

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.799
 he cannot

00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.639
 ask of you.

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.799
 Like the

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.720
 soldiers under

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.679
 the centurion,

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.579
 we are

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.679
 soldiers under

00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.339
 the king of

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.179
 kings who

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.660
 says to

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.080
 this one,

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.539
 go and

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.060
 he goes,

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.700
 to this

00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:12.900
 one,

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.360
 come and

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:13.820
 he comes,

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:14.519
 to this

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.720
 one,

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.259
 do this

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.539
 and he

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.080
 does it.

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.920
 We don't

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.539
 get to do

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.140
 deals with

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.460
 the Lord

00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:19.799
 Jesus.

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.420
 We can't

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.740
 come to

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:20.960
 him and

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.120
 say,

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.700
 I'll

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.320
 follow you,

00:26:22.560 --> 00:26:23.120
 but just

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.759
 know this,

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.860
 this area

00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.640
 of my life

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.060
 is off

00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.440
 limits.

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.680
 You cannot

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.480
 do anything

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.080
 with this.

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:30.220
 You cannot

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.740
 have my

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.360
 days off,

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.180
 my trips

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.580
 away,

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:33.279
 and my

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.640
 time.

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.220
 This is

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.660
 for me.

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.180
 Everything

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.680
 else,

00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.980
 over to

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.220
 you.

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.740
 No,

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.160
 it's all

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.600
 or nothing.

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.019
 It's an

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.980
 unwavering

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.840
 loyalty.

00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.200
 If you

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.519
 are in

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.220
 his kingdom,

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.960
 you give

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.820
 up rights

00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:52.220
 to self.

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.960
 You follow

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:55.580
 wherever and

00:26:55.580 --> 00:26:56.600
 whatever he

00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.360
 commands.

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.000
 That is

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.900
 the response

00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:02.100
 to his

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.799
 authority.

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:06.480
 Also,

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.160
 unconditional

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.060
 trust.

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:10.119
 verse 20,

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.480
 Jesus

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.139
 replied,

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.940
 Foxes

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.139
 have

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.700
 dens,

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.139
 birds

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.419
 have

00:27:15.419 --> 00:27:15.980
 nests,

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.559
 but the

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.919
 Son of

00:27:17.919 --> 00:27:18.240
 Man,

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.039
 speaking of

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.460
 himself,

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.200
 has nowhere

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.720
 to lay

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.220
 his head.

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.319
 You see,

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.839
 if Jesus

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.899
 has authority

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.839
 over all

00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:26.460
 things,

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.740
 and if he

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.240
 is calling

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.799
 us today

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.319
 to follow

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.659
 him,

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.539
 then it

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.480
 means I

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:32.440
 can trust

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:32.759
 him.

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.059
 We don't

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.440
 need to

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.039
 fear the

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.519
 future.

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.839
 I don't

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.319
 need to

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.039
 worry about

00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.799
 my health.

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.519
 If Jesus

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.119
 is Lord

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.339
 over sin,

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.920
 suffering,

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.700
 and Satan,

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.319
 he calls

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.660
 for

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.680
 unconditional

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:48.119
 trust.

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.740
 Following

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.639
 Jesus may

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.420
 mean lack

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.079
 of material

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.480
 comfort and

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.139
 financial

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:55.920
 security.

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.299
 Jesus knew

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.539
 this.

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:57.920
 He says,

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.180
 I have

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.460
 nowhere where

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.119
 I can call

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.460
 home.

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.079
 He had

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.539
 made the

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.940
 universe.

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.440
 He owns

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.039
 everything,

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.700
 but he

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.559
 made no

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.240
 claim on

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.400
 it.

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.380
 He trusted

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.140
 his heavenly

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:10.220
 father for

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:11.160
 all things.

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.039
 So we

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:13.000
 too, if

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.500
 we follow

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.759
 him, are

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.279
 to trust

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.620
 that he

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.240
 will provide

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.960
 us for

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.559
 all that

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.000
 he asked

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.320
 us to

00:28:18.320 --> 00:28:18.980
 step into.

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.700
 He will

00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.279
 sustain.

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.660
 He will

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.080
 keep.

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.519
 Unwavering

00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.039
 loyalty,

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:27.980
 unconditional

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.880
 trust,

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.620
 and undivided

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.939
 devotion.

00:28:35.459 --> 00:28:35.799
 Look at

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.579
 verse 21.

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:38.899
 Another

00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.779
 disciple said

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.219
 to him,

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.539
 Lord,

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.279
 first let

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.899
 me go and

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:43.439
 bury my

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:43.819
 father.

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.500
 But Jesus

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.239
 told him,

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.979
 follow me

00:28:48.979 --> 00:28:50.259
 and let

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.679
 the dead

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:51.259
 bury their

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.839
 own dead.

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.519
 Seems a

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.079
 bit harsh,

00:28:55.199 --> 00:28:55.679
 doesn't it?

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.219
 A bit

00:28:57.219 --> 00:28:57.659
 cruel.

00:28:59.099 --> 00:28:59.639
 But Jesus

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.359
 isn't saying,

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.119
 don't go to

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.699
 your parents

00:29:02.699 --> 00:29:03.519
 funeral or

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.539
 don't visit

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:04.879
 them.

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:06.979
 Jesus is

00:29:06.979 --> 00:29:07.319
 saying,

00:29:07.679 --> 00:29:08.299
 your love

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.199
 for me is

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:09.519
 to be

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.339
 greater than

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.839
 your love

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.519
 for your

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.859
 own family.

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.359
 I come

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.859
 first.

00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.839
 I want

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.500
 your

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.399
 undivided

00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.500
 devotion.

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.640
 family.

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.299
 You see,

00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.759
 one of the

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.720
 obstacles people

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.339
 have to

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.160
 following Jesus

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.880
 is family.

00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.519
 Family is

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.460
 so important.

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.799
 And parents

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.400
 can put a

00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.960
 huge

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.859
 expectation,

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.980
 not just on

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.720
 little children,

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.720
 but even

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.599
 adult children.

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:40.960
 There's

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.579
 unspoken

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.599
 demands within

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.420
 families that

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.380
 must always

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:45.359
 be obeyed.

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.759
 Emotional

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.640
 pressures that

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.579
 must always be

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:48.960
 followed.

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.880
 Family

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.840
 traditions that

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.640
 must be

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.140
 upheld.

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.660
 No,

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.320
 says Jesus.

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.020
 You

00:29:58.020 --> 00:29:58.640
 obey

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.720
 me.

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.160
 You

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.680
 follow

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.860
 me.

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.120
 You see,

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:05.600
 if Jesus

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.640
 has absolute

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.680
 authority over

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.140
 sin,

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.200
 suffering and

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:09.520
 Satan,

00:30:09.820 --> 00:30:10.460
 if Jesus

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.960
 has given

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.720
 his life for

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.080
 you and

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.940
 for me so

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.340
 that we

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:13.660
 could be

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.520
 made clean,

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.580
 welcomed and

00:30:15.580 --> 00:30:16.440
 restored into

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.060
 his kingdom,

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.400
 the only right

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:19.380
 response is to

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:20.280
 bow down and

00:30:20.280 --> 00:30:20.560
 say,

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.580
 I will

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:22.900
 follow you.

00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.840
 But know

00:30:27.840 --> 00:30:28.440
 what he is

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.100
 calling us

00:30:29.100 --> 00:30:29.380
 to.

00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:32.100
 He demands

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.800
 complete

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.280
 allegiance,

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.720
 nothing else,

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.320
 a life of

00:30:38.320 --> 00:30:39.000
 unwavering

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.500
 loyalty,

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.880
 unconditional

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.680
 trust,

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.100
 an undivided

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:45.580
 devotion.

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:45.720
 him.

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.539
 He is

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:48.899
 king.

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:51.000
 We

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.720
 follow him.

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.199
 Let's

00:30:54.199 --> 00:30:54.460
 pray.

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.960
 Let's

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.460
 pray.

00:30:55.460 --> 00:31:14.720
 Father,

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.360
 there is so

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:15.880
 much that

00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.579
 trouble us

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:16.980
 in this

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.400
 world,

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:20.700
 not least

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:22.420
 our own

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.180
 struggles with

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.759
 sin and

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.620
 putting self

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.239
 first.

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.939
 Each of

00:31:29.939 --> 00:31:30.319
 us, I'm

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.879
 sure, has

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.679
 a story to

00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:32.139
 tell of

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:32.759
 personal

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.359
 suffering.

00:31:35.959 --> 00:31:36.619
 And we

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.279
 all face

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.019
 the schemes

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.119
 and temptations

00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:40.099
 and torments

00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.739
 of Satan.

00:31:42.979 --> 00:31:43.759
 And yet

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.299
 you, Lord

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.959
 Jesus, have

00:31:44.959 --> 00:31:45.479
 come and

00:31:45.479 --> 00:31:46.139
 have proved

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.979
 your authority

00:31:46.979 --> 00:31:47.519
 over it

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:47.799
 all,

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.799
 your supreme

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.319
 power,

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.559
 welcoming

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:54.419
 us into

00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:54.940
 a new

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.480
 kind of

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.819
 kingdom,

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:58.619
 offering us

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.220
 eternal

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.819
 life,

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.319
 offering us

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.179
 glories to

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.539
 come,

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.480
 peace today,

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.379
 and a

00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:08.339
 glorious God

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.700
 who will

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.240
 walk with

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.599
 us.

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:10.379
 So,

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.319
 Father, would

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.299
 you help us

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:15.200
 follow you

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.559
 as we

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.899
 should,

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:18.500
 to give up

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.220
 our claims

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.240
 to ourself,

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:22.180
 our claims

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.659
 to our

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:23.279
 comfort,

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:25.099
 our claims

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.779
 to our

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.299
 rights.

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.700
 And would

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.579
 we bow in

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.299
 humble,

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.419
 humbleness

00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.180
 before you

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:35.279
 and say,

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:36.079
 Lord, here,

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.440
 here am I.

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.299
 Help me that

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.220
 I may follow

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.960
 you and go

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.839
 where you call

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:43.459
 and do

00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:44.019
 as you

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.559
 ask.

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.119
 Help us,

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.659
 we pray,

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.220
 in Jesus'

00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:49.679
 name.

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.099
 Amen.

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.399
 We're going

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.740
 to sing

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.279
 together

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:59.819
 a song

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.259
 that I

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.859
 hope

00:33:00.859 --> 00:33:02.079
 brings

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.500
 together

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.000
 our

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.579
 thoughts

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.159
 today.

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.839
 What

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.419
 grace is

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:06.799
 mine,

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:10.159
 the grace

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.519
 that has

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.039
 come to

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.439
 us,

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.039
 and the

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.699
 chorus is,

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.139
 so I

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.599
 will go

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.059
 wherever

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.599
 he is

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:15.959
 calling

00:33:15.959 --> 00:33:16.199
 me.

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.399
 I

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:17.000
 lose

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.379
 my

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.859
 life

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.879
 to

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:19.240
 find

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.500
 my

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.959
 life

00:33:19.959 --> 00:33:20.779
 in

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.000
 him.

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.179
 I

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:21.439
 give

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:21.720
 my

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.179
 all

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.419
 to

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:22.639
 gain

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:22.799
 the

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.039
 hope

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.220
 that

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.480
 never

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:23.899
 dies.

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.059
 I

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.459
 bow

00:33:25.459 --> 00:33:25.819
 my

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.179
 heart,

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.539
 take

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.720
 up

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:26.980
 my

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.399
 cross

00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:28.559
 and

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.959
 follow

00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.339
 him.

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.419
 May

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.639
 this

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:30.919
 song

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.139
 be

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.539
 our

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.879
 prayer,

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.220
 our

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.919
 response

00:33:32.919 --> 00:33:34.519
 to

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.699
 the

00:33:34.699 --> 00:33:35.220
 authority

00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.539
 and

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:35.939
 power

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:36.519
 of

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:36.859
 Jesus.

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.399
 Let's

00:33:37.399 --> 00:33:37.699
 stand

00:33:37.699 --> 00:33:38.079
 as we

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.359
 sing.

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:43.559
 praise

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:55.740
 his

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:57.059
 light,

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.659
 let's

00:33:57.659 --> 00:33:58.479
 he who

00:33:58.479 --> 00:33:59.339
 dwells

00:33:59.339 --> 00:33:59.719
 in

00:33:59.719 --> 00:34:00.319
 endless

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:01.619
 light,

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.479
 call

00:34:02.479 --> 00:34:02.959
 through

00:34:02.959 --> 00:34:03.559
 the

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.819
 night

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.359
 to

00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.899
 fight

00:34:05.899 --> 00:34:06.819
 his

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.980
 love.

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.019
 And

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.579
 from

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.019
 his

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.319
 heart

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:12.860
 for

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.579
 mercy

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.340
 that

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.779
 would

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.279
 be

00:34:15.279 --> 00:34:15.799
 for

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.699
 me,

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.659
 that

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.099
 I

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.559
 might

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.739
 live

00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.519
 and

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.019
 in

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.440
 his

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.880
 pain

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.400
 be

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.440
 poor.

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.719
 So I

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.119
 will

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.579
 go

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.199
 wherever

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.579
 he

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.019
 is

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.079
 calling,

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:32.779
 I

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.239
 do

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