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 Well, surprisingly, Mark gives much more time and space to this particular miracle of Jesus

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 than any other gospel author.

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 The parallel accounts, if you want to, you can write these in your notes, maybe you'll

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 want to reference them later.

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 The parallel accounts are found in Matthew 17 and Luke chapter 9.

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 And what you'll find as you begin to study those three accounts of this specific miracle

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 is that Mark not only gives more time to it, Mark gives more time to this event than the

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 other two gospel authors combined.

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 That's pretty significant.

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 It's unique because when we start to look at Mark's gospel, we step back and kind of consider

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 the book as a whole, what his style is typically like.

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 It's by far the shortest of the four gospels.

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 He constantly in style is pushing the story along, the narrative.

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 Even in this particular story, almost every verse begins with the word and, and it's

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 a literary note here on Mark's part.

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 He's pushing it forward.

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 He's keeping the story moving.

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 He doesn't want us to dwell too long on one particular thing.

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 He wants us to keep it moving.

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 So it's unique then that when we get to this story, he takes so much time, more time than,

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 as far as I can tell, more time than any other miracle in his entire book he gives to this

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 moment.

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 Now then we can go to John chapter 21 at the very end of John's gospel.

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 What is it that John says?

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 Of all the things that Jesus did, he did so many more things than what you've read about.

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 And if all of them were written down, the world itself could not contain the books.

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 And so if we start to step back and we have to ask this question then, okay, if that's true,

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 why did Matthew, Mark, and Luke, all three find this to be so important to include in their

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 gospels?

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 And then to take that question just a little bit further, why did Mark feel that it was

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 so important that he gives more time to this than he does to any of Jesus's other miracles?

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 I think that's significant questions to ask.

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 And I think to answer them, we have to step back for just a moment.

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 Remember that we have divided Mark's gospel really into two main sections.

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 The first eight chapters, remember, are focused more on Jesus's identity as the Messiah and the

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 Son of God.

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 The last eight chapters are focused primarily on his purpose in bringing salvation through his

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 crucifixion and resurrection.

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 And so that helps us to stop and think for just a moment, okay, where does this particular miracle

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 find itself?

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 Well, it's not in the part where we're trying to figure out Jesus's identity.

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 So we've already established that there's got to be another purpose for it here.

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 That's not lost on the story, but it's not really its main drive either.

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 When we start to look then at when Mark includes miracles, we see that most of them are in that

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 first section.

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 They are meant to say, this is who Jesus is.

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 Look at this power.

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 Look at what he can do and what he does.

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 How could he be anything else than God?

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 How could he not be the Messiah?

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 How could he not be the Son of God?

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 But then when we get to this last section, there's very few miracles included.

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 I think we could even take this section of Mark really about halfway through chapter 8 through

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 chapter 10 and look at it almost as a subsection where Mark has really zeroed in on Jesus's training

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 of the 12 disciples.

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 And this section is bookended by two miracles.

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 Both involve Jesus healing blind men, giving them sight.

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 What's Mark doing with that?

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 He's emphasizing in this section right now, he's emphasizing spiritual blindness and spiritual sight.

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 And every story, every part of the narrative vacillates between those two things.

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 In some cases, he's presenting an element of spiritual sight, someone who has exhibited faith

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 in Christ and is following Christ in faith.

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 In some situations, it's the opposite.

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 He's dealing with Pharisees and scribes and Sadducees, Herodians, where there is clearly

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 spiritual darkness.

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 And Mark is drawing these lines.

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 And then he particularly deals with the progressive nature of the disciples' spiritual sight.

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 Remember the first miracle with the man that was blind, Jesus healed them.

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 The first time there's, he can see, but it's not very clear.

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 And then Jesus touches him again, and then he can see clearly.

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 Well, the disciples are in this phase right now where they can't quite see clearly.

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 And Mark's explaining that.

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 And so when we get here to this particular passage, we find that it has less to do with Jesus's

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 messiahship.

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 It has more to do with our discipleship.

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 And the lesson that is being driven through by Jesus first in this miracle is a lesson on

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 the necessity of faith to the disciple.

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 The necessity of faith to the disciple.

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 So let's work through the story together.

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 The first thing, if you're keeping notes in your journals, the first thing that I would

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 write down is a problem of unbelief.

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 A problem of unbelief.

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 So the narrative picks up in verse 14 following, if you remember, the transfiguration of Jesus

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 on Mount Hermon.

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 Remember, Jesus had taken Peter and James and John with him up the mountain, but he left the

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 other nine disciples behind.

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 We're not told of any specific instructions that he gave to them.

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 But they were evidently engaged in some type of ministry as they waited for the Lord to return.

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 That may not have actually been their intention.

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 They probably didn't want to have to deal with the crowds in this particular moment, but the crowds

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 inevitably found them.

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 And the people coming to them, some of them had very urgent needs.

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 And now Jesus had sent his disciples out before.

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 And when he had sent them, he had empowered them in his name to perform these works that

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 needed to be done.

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 Let me just read you a part of Mark chapter six.

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 We studied this a few months ago.

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 Mark chapter six and verse seven, he called the 12 and began to send them out two by two

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 and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

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 And then we jumped down to verse 12 and it says, so they went out and proclaimed that people

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 should repent and they cast out many demons and anointed many with oil who were sick and

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 healed them.

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 And so it's not that the disciples had not done this before.

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 They had, God had used them to do this very thing in the past.

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 And so the crowd start to come to them and having a little bit of experience under their

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 belts, the nine disciples at the foot of the mountain began to minister to the needs of

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 the people.

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 The problem is they failed miserably, miserably.

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 They couldn't do the same things that Christ had empowered them to do before.

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 And so then we see this incredible contrast in chapter nine.

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 We see the glory of the Mount of Transfiguration.

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 We see this glimpse of glory, this glimpse of what awaits us, of who Jesus is in his essence,

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 of what awaits us even beyond this life.

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 And then we're immediately confronted with the chaos in the valley.

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 And we go from glory to chaos.

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 And it's a pretty good picture, isn't it?

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 It's a picture of what life will be for us at the end of this age.

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 But then down in the valley is a picture of what life is like for us now.

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 It's chaos.

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 It's darkness.

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 It's wickedness.

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 It's struggle.

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 And so Jesus descends the mountain and this is what he comes to.

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 Mark gives four different people or groups here as he unfolds the story for us.

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 The first one we see is disputing disciples, disputing disciples.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and scribes arguing with them.

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 So among this crowd that had gathered waiting for Jesus was a group of scribes, which is never a good thing.

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 We often find them partnered with the Pharisees and the Herodians,

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 always looking for a way to trap Jesus in his words,

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 always looking for a way to discredit him.

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 And we know that what they were really doing based on, I think it's Mark 3,

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 what they were really trying to do was destroy him.

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 They're looking for any means possible by which they could condemn him

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 and get him out of the way because he was bad news for them.

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 So you can imagine the delight of the scribes when the disciples were incapable of performing this miracle.

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 And apparently they confronted the disciples about this.

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 And what ensued in following with that is this embarrassingly public argument.

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 So this man brings the boy to the disciples.

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 The disciples could do nothing with it.

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 The scribes find it as a reason for them to give the disciples a hard time to discredit them.

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 And instead of exercising wisdom in this moment, what do the disciples do?

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 They engage in a public, embarrassing argument with the scribes.

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 They fed right into what the scribes wanted them to do in this particular moment.

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 Not only had they failed in their ministry, but they allowed themselves to get sucked into a fight that was unnecessary.

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 And of course, unbecoming of a disciple of Christ.

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 And this isn't too uncommon for us these days either.

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 It only takes a little bit of surfing on the various social media platforms to find groups of Christians

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 who are so distracted from what God has actually called us to do,

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 they're getting sucked into unnecessary arguments, embarrassingly public arguments.

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 It's unbecoming of a Christian, unbecoming of a disciple of Christ.

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 That's what Jesus walks down the mountain to.

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 The ones who were closest to him were a complete embarrassment to him in that particular moment.

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 He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

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 Number two, we see distracting crowds, distracting crowds.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 Immediately, all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up and greeted him.

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 Now again, crowds are never mentioned favorably in Mark's gospel.

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 They weren't opponents to Jesus in the same way as the scribes and Pharisees,

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 but they were often a distraction and even a danger to Jesus's ministry.

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 For the most part, they were only interested in Jesus's entertainment value.

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 They weren't concerned with his message.

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 They weren't concerned really with following him.

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 And in this moment, as they noticed Jesus, they excitedly run and greet him.

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 But it's not because they had a genuine faith in who he was.

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 They were just enamored by his celebrity.

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 Have you ever been out in public and a celebrity has emerged from the darkness,

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 maybe incognito, but somebody notices them?

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 And what immediately happens?

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 The crowd runs to them.

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 Not because they actually like the person.

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 Not because they care anything about what the person does.

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 But it's a celebrity.

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 And this is what we've come to see.

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 Jesus comes off the mountain and the crowd rushes over.

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 Not because they want to hear him.

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 They just want him to entertain them.

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 They want to see what he can do.

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 Maybe perhaps what he could provide for them.

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 Then we see this desperate father.

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 A desperate father.

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 Look at verse 16.

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 And he asked them,

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 What are you arguing about with them?

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 Someone from the crowd answered,

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 Teacher, I brought my son to you.

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 For he has a spirit that makes him mute.

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 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down.

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 And he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid.

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 So I asked your disciples to cast it out.

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 And they were not able.

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 So Jesus asked,

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 What are you fussing about?

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 And probably due to some embarrassment,

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 they hesitate to answer.

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 So this father pipes up.

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 He says,

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 Let me tell you.

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 I have a son.

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 And some people say that he's got epilepsy.

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 Here's his conditions.

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 I think there's more to it.

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 I think there's a demon torturing my son.

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 He can't talk.

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 He can't hear.

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 So I can't communicate with him.

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 I can't try to console him.

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 He's constantly being thrown on the ground violently.

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 He's foaming at the mouth.

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 He's grinding his teeth.

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 And I brought my son hoping that you could help,

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 but your disciples were unable to help him.

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 Can you imagine

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 being powerless to help your son

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 and having to set by day by day

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 and just watch as he's tortured?

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 He's desperate.

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 No doubt,

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 no one else has been able to help.

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 He hears of Jesus.

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 He hears that Jesus is nearby.

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 He goes to where Jesus is,

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 but Jesus isn't there.

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 So naturally,

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 who does he turn to?

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 Those who claim to represent him.

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 This is a word of warning for us, church.

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 People who don't know Jesus

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 by nature

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 turn to those

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 who proclaim to be his representatives.

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 It's a warning

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 and a reminder for us

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 that we must pursue a life

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 that truly reflects the Lord

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 in faith,

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 in word,

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 in deed.

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 And these disciples,

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 despite their best attempts,

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 were incapable of helping the man's son.

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 And what it produced in the man

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 was more doubt.

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 Not doubt about the disciples.

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 Doubt about who they said they represented.

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 Doubt about Jesus.

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 Here he is bringing his son,

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 hoping for help.

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 And after a couple of attempts,

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 they ignore his son's condition

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 so that they can fight

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 with the scribes over here

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 who have nothing to do

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 with the whole situation.

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 And who's left out in the process?

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 The desperate father

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 who's actually come for some help.

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 But he ends up getting ignored

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 so they can get caught up

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 in this battle over here.

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 Does that sound familiar?

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 I feel like we get caught up

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 in battles over here.

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 And there's a lot of people

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 that may be coming to us

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 or otherwise would come to us

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 seeking for help from Christ.

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 But we're ignoring them

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 in order to get caught up

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 in all the mess

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 that's going on over here.

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 Well, then we see

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 the disappointed Lord.

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 The disappointed Lord.

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 Look at verse 19.

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 And he answered them,

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 Oh, faithless generation,

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 how long am I to be with you?

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 How long am I to bear with you?

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 Bring him to me.

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 And it's here that we begin

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 to discover the point of the story.

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 You can sense the emotional frustration

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 in Jesus' words here.

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 He's exasperated

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 by their unbelief.

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 But it's not just the unbelief

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 of one person or one group.

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 When Mark says that Jesus answered them,

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 he means all of them.

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 Everyone that's there in that moment.

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 And of course,

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 there's a special nod

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 toward the disciples here,

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 but it's not just about the disciples.

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 Jesus says,

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 faithless generation.

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 Words used five times

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 in Mark's gospel,

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 always in a broad sense,

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 never to describe a specific group,

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 but to describe people

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 in a general sense.

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 When Jesus steps back

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 and says,

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 Oh, faithless generation.

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 He's not frustrated

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 only with the disciples.

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 It's with everybody

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 that's there present

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 in that moment.

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 And yes,

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 he's frustrated with the nine.

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 But it's not because

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 they couldn't cast out the demon.

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 It's not because

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 they were just merely incapable.

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 He knew they didn't have power

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 in and of themselves

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 to do those things.

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 But Jesus also wasn't going to let them

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 pass this off

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 as just a mere impossibility

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 due to their humanness.

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 No.

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 What does Jesus say?

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 Faithless.

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 Unbelieving.

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 What's he accusing

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 these nine disciples of?

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 Not in being incapable

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 due to their humanness,

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 incapable due to their unbelief,

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 their faithlessness

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 in this moment.

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 Because they had done

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 these things before,

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 they fooled themselves

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 into thinking

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 that they indeed had the power

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 to do it themselves.

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 It's not that they doubted

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 that God could

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 or would perform this miracle.

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 It's that they didn't think

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 they needed God this time around.

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 They didn't think

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 they needed him.

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 We've done this before, fellas.

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 Let's say the words.

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 Let's do the touches.

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 Let's find the oil.

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 Let's do the stuff

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 and it will just work.

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 There's no notion

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 of God's power.

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 There's no reliance

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 on God's work.

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 They think they have it

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 in and of themselves,

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 which is just a form

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 of unbelief.

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 Jesus is frustrated.

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 They're still not getting it.

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 They're still not getting it.

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 But he's not just frustrated

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 at them.

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 He's frustrated

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 at everybody else.

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 There's the scribes there

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 who had no faith at all

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 and were only trying

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 to cause problems for Jesus.

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 Faithless generation.

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 There's the crowds

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 who believed

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 he could provide them

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 with good,

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 a good show

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 or maybe some bread and fish,

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 but their unbelief

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 refused to follow him

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 as Lord.

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 Then there's the Father

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 who came to the right place

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 and he doesn't seem

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 to doubt Jesus' willingness,

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 but after the disciples failed,

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 what we find

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 is that he doubts

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 whether or not

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 even Jesus can do this.

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 And Jesus observes

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 everybody in this crowd

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 and he steps back

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 and he says,

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 Faithless generation,

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 how long do I have

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 to be with you?

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 How long am I going

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 to have to bear with you

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 before you will finally believe,

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 believe before you will

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 finally get it?

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 And we have to ask,

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 do we fit

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 any of these descriptions?

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 Are we like the disciples

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 trying to do the work of God

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 without God?

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 Relying on our own abilities

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 to do what God

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 has called us to do,

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 whether it be

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 in a ministerial way

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 in the church

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 or whether it be

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 as parents

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 or grandparents

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 or whether it be

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 in whatever thing

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 that God has put

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 in our lives

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 for us to accomplish

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 for his glory.

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 How many of us

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 are going about those things

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 trying to do the work

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 of God in our lives

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 but absent of God,

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 thinking that we have

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 within ourselves

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 what it takes

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 to do the things

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 that God wants us

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 to do in this life?

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 how many of us are like the crowds?

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 Interested in Jesus

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 so long as he gives us

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 what we want

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 or makes us feel good

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 in the process?

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 Maybe we're like the Father,

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 desperate for God's intervention,

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 but giving in to doubt

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 about whether his power

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 and faithfulness is true.

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 Who of us

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 would Jesus stand here today

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 and say,

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 faithless generation,

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 how long?

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 But then we get

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 to the last phrase

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 of this verse,

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 verse 19.

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 And it's the most encouraging phrase

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 of this particular story.

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 What is it Jesus says

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 at the end of that?

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 Bring him to me.

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 Bring him to me.

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 This is fantastic.

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 If the church

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 has failed you

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 like the disciples

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 failed this man

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 and his boy,

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 Jesus is still able.

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 Trust him.

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 If your life

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 is an utter mess right now,

00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:52.019
 like just an absolute mess

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 and you don't know

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 what you're gonna do,

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.099
 you feel like you have

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 no hope in the world

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 at all,

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 Jesus is still able.

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 Trust him.

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 Trust him.

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 He can do for us

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 what no one else can do.

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 And he has a willingness

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 that's unmatched.

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 Nobody loves you

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.960
 like Jesus loves you.

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 Your spouse doesn't love you

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:14.639
 like Jesus loves you.

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 Your kids don't love you

00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:18.019
 like Jesus loves you.

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 Your parents don't love you

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 like Jesus loves you.

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 He has an unmatched

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 willingness to help you.

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 And he says,

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 just come to me.

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 Just come to me.

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 Bring your burdens to me.

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 Cast yourself on me.

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 I can help you.

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 I want to help you.

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 Trust me.

00:22:36.919 --> 00:22:37.720
 Believe me.

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:39.579
 Bring him to me,

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 Jesus said.

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 Which sets up the miracle

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:44.079
 that awaits us.

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 We have to move quickly.

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 Number two,

00:22:45.879 --> 00:22:47.539
 we see the lesson taught.

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 The lesson taught.

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 Look at verse 20.

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 They brought the boy to him

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 and when the spirit saw him,

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 immediately it convulsed the boy

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 and he fell on the ground

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 and rolled about,

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 foaming at the mouth.

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 Jesus asked his father,

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 how long has this been happening to him?

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 He said, from childhood.

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 And it's often cast him into fire

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 and into water

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 to destroy him.

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 But if you can do anything,

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:24.599
 have compassion on us

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 and help us.

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 Demon possession is not always

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:34.360
 the source behind physical disorders.

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 We understand that.

00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:36.920
 We know that.

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 But this boy was clearly suffering

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:44.180
 from spiritual torture,

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 not epilepsy.

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 There is way more going on

00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.960
 with this little boy

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 than just an illness.

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 He's being assaulted

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 assaulted by forces

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 beyond our sight,

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 beyond our control.

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 And it's easy for us

00:24:04.419 --> 00:24:05.879
 to come to passages like this

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 and even as believers

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.700
 just wonder,

00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:10.159
 is this real?

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.200
 Like, is this just meant

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.279
 to be figurative?

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.399
 No, this is real.

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.759
 Demons are real.

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 And they're torturing this boy.

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.899
 They brought the boy to Jesus

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 and the demon responded,

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 the way that they always do

00:24:26.340 --> 00:24:27.520
 when confronted by Jesus

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 in the Gospels.

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 Began its destructive work.

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 Tossed the boy on the ground.

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 Caused him to convulse

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.259
 and so on.

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 And then Jesus inquired

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:42.060
 of the father

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 more about this boy's condition.

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:47.440
 Now, Jesus knew the boy's condition.

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 It wasn't that he needed

00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:49.560
 the information.

00:24:49.820 --> 00:24:51.220
 He's drawing something

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.360
 out of this man, okay?

00:24:52.979 --> 00:24:54.399
 Now, hang on to that thought.

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 You're going to see it

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.579
 as we go through these verses.

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 He's drawing something

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.979
 out of this man.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.199
 He's drawing his doubt out

00:25:00.199 --> 00:25:01.639
 so that he can draw his faith out.

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 And he asked him,

00:25:04.219 --> 00:25:05.399
 how long has this been happening?

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.339
 From childhood.

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 Not only does it happen,

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.740
 but the demon tries

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.559
 to destroy him.

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.500
 Sometimes it throws him

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.079
 into fire

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.939
 and we have to rescue him

00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:13.559
 out of the fire.

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 Sometimes it throws him

00:25:14.699 --> 00:25:15.199
 into water

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:16.319
 and tries to drown him.

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 You can imagine

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.659
 this poor boy

00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:20.240
 scarred

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.619
 from all of the struggle

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.379
 that he's gone through.

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:23.200
 All the times

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.960
 he has been

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:27.539
 cast down

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 into these different ways,

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.639
 these different places.

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 And again,

00:25:31.379 --> 00:25:31.859
 we see

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:33.779
 the desperate cry

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.379
 of his father,

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:34.759
 don't we?

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 If you can do anything,

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.679
 will you please

00:25:39.679 --> 00:25:40.460
 have compassion

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.059
 on my boy?

00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:43.919
 Will you please help?

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:46.080
 That's the same thing

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.620
 we would say,

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.140
 is it not?

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.500
 If one of our kids

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.000
 were struggling

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.640
 in this way,

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.660
 what would we do?

00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:52.320
 If there was anybody

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.140
 that could help,

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:55.000
 we would go to that person.

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:56.820
 If you can help,

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:58.380
 please help.

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.880
 And notice,

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:02.279
 he says help us.

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.640
 He doesn't just say

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.420
 help my son.

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.740
 He says help us.

00:26:07.060 --> 00:26:08.000
 This was torture

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.940
 for his father.

00:26:10.320 --> 00:26:11.340
 This was painful

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:12.300
 for his father.

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:15.099
 He's asking for Jesus

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:16.079
 to do something.

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:18.019
 But Jesus latches on

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.039
 to one element

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.559
 of the man's plea

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:22.039
 that reveals his doubt.

00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:23.500
 Look at verse 23.

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.480
 And Jesus said,

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.599
 if you can,

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.440
 if you can,

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:33.200
 all things are possible

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:36.619
 for one who believes.

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.819
 I don't think Jesus

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.559
 is speaking out

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.460
 of frustration here.

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.500
 I think before,

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.420
 he's speaking out

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:43.039
 of frustration.

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.319
 Oh, faithless generation.

00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.440
 Now he's dealing

00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.600
 with this man one-on-one.

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.400
 He's not frustrated

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.100
 with him at all.

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.860
 He's drawing this out.

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:51.160
 He wants him

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.480
 to acknowledge his doubt

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.519
 so that Jesus

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.160
 can get him

00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:55.380
 to acknowledge his faith.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.960
 It's amazing

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.960
 what Jesus does here.

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.500
 He has to empty us

00:26:58.500 --> 00:27:00.019
 before he can fill us.

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.900
 And he's doing that

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.559
 with this man.

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.319
 And he says,

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.420
 you can just imagine.

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:06.220
 We see the tenderness

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.759
 of Jesus

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.480
 in these miracles

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.039
 all the time.

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.720
 You can imagine Jesus

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.879
 not being frustrated,

00:27:11.159 --> 00:27:12.099
 but getting down

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.539
 with the man,

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.399
 looking the man

00:27:13.399 --> 00:27:14.000
 in the eye,

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.279
 maybe putting his hands

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.920
 on his shoulders,

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.859
 whatever would have been

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:18.700
 customary in that day,

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.819
 getting his focus

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.740
 and just saying compassionately,

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:24.960
 all things are possible

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:26.159
 for the one

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.799
 who will believe.

00:27:27.819 --> 00:27:28.839
 What's Jesus saying?

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.279
 Essentially he's saying this.

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.680
 The question,

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.420
 the issue here

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.619
 is not my ability.

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:38.119
 Of course I can do this.

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:40.500
 The question is not

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.299
 whether I can.

00:27:41.479 --> 00:27:42.379
 The question is

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.579
 whether you will believe

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:45.039
 because all things

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.899
 are possible

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:47.019
 for the one

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:49.139
 who will believe.

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:51.579
 He was directly

00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:53.000
 challenging the man

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.919
 to believe

00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.579
 for his son

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.179
 to be healed.

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.319
 The burden rested

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.839
 on the father's faith,

00:27:58.979 --> 00:28:00.619
 not on Jesus' ability.

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:03.079
 Jesus could certainly do it.

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:05.159
 No doubt he could do it.

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:07.459
 And he needed this man

00:28:07.459 --> 00:28:08.000
 to understand

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.279
 it's not about my ability,

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.559
 it's about your faith.

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:12.099
 Will you believe?

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.479
 Which makes me wonder

00:28:14.479 --> 00:28:16.179
 how often

00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:17.919
 we fail to experience

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:19.019
 the power of God

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:20.059
 at work in our lives,

00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:22.059
 not because he's incapable

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.919
 or unwilling,

00:28:23.439 --> 00:28:24.819
 but because we fail

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:27.019
 to believe him for it.

00:28:28.459 --> 00:28:30.279
 Isn't that what Jesus is saying?

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:35.279
 All things are possible

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.619
 for the one

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.420
 who will believe.

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.420
 Now,

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:42.940
 not to put an asterisk on it,

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.639
 but we do have to understand

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.279
 this correctly,

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.740
 don't we?

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.339
 Because many

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:48.279
 of prosperity preachers

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:50.139
 have taught

00:28:50.139 --> 00:28:51.119
 a false gospel

00:28:51.119 --> 00:28:52.660
 that is dangerous

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:54.599
 and has destroyed people

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:56.099
 along with this verse.

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:58.539
 Jesus didn't say

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.939
 all things are guaranteed.

00:29:00.859 --> 00:29:01.559
 That's not what

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:02.459
 Jesus told the man.

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.079
 He said

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.819
 all things

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:06.059
 are possible.

00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.879
 And he didn't mean

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.879
 that we have to reach

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.500
 a certain

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.879
 quantum

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.759
 of

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:14.219
 super spiritual

00:29:14.219 --> 00:29:15.139
 faith

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:16.839
 that would put

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.839
 God in a position

00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.439
 where he has

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:19.639
 no other course

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:20.819
 but to

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.599
 listen

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.559
 and obey

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.099
 our request.

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.819
 That's not what

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.659
 Jesus is saying.

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.099
 Faith is not

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.819
 an instrument

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:29.359
 that controls God.

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:29.819
 No,

00:29:29.939 --> 00:29:30.719
 he is God.

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.259
 He does what

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.099
 he wills.

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.219
 And God

00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:36.119
 will never answer

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:37.059
 a request

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.579
 that goes against

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:39.899
 his sovereign will.

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.980
 That's not what

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:42.059
 Jesus is saying.

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.779
 We can't control God.

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.339
 Many people

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.079
 have turned away

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.699
 from Christ

00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.659
 because somebody

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:48.459
 has told them

00:29:48.459 --> 00:29:49.559
 God will give you

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.359
 whatever you want

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:51.659
 if you just believe enough.

00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:53.500
 If you just believe enough

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.640
 God will give it to you.

00:29:55.060 --> 00:29:55.880
 And when they don't

00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.759
 get what they want

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.580
 who is it that

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:58.460
 they end up rejecting?

00:29:59.320 --> 00:30:00.220
 Not so much

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.720
 the preacher

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.740
 that lied to them

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:03.120
 but the God

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.880
 who they now feel

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:05.140
 has betrayed them.

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:07.240
 What else could I do?

00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:08.600
 I put all the faith

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.660
 I had into this one day.

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.940
 I really wanted this job.

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:12.060
 I really wanted this thing.

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:12.540
 I really wanted

00:30:12.540 --> 00:30:13.540
 God to do this thing

00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:14.660
 and he didn't do it

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:16.060
 and it's his fault.

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.140
 That's not what

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.940
 Jesus is saying.

00:30:19.040 --> 00:30:19.940
 That is not what

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.980
 this is about.

00:30:22.040 --> 00:30:23.300
 The Bible helps us

00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:24.080
 to stay grounded

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.540
 on this.

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:24.820
 Okay?

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.140
 I want you to consider

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:27.040
 the Apostle Paul

00:30:27.040 --> 00:30:27.660
 for a moment.

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:30.600
 If we were to stack up

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.200
 and list

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.680
 the most faithful people

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.480
 in the New Testament

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.600
 Paul is going to be

00:30:34.600 --> 00:30:35.600
 at the top of the list.

00:30:37.500 --> 00:30:38.820
 Who had such faith

00:30:38.820 --> 00:30:39.480
 as Paul?

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.460
 And yet

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:43.580
 when he asked God

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.519
 to take away

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.640
 something that caused

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.400
 him to suffer

00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:48.380
 God wouldn't do it.

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.759
 And it wasn't because

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.900
 Paul didn't have faith.

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:52.160
 It's because it wasn't

00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.480
 God's plan for his life.

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.560
 Let me read it to you.

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:57.100
 2 Corinthians chapter 12.

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:58.680
 Paul says,

00:30:58.820 --> 00:30:59.519
 To keep me from

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.640
 becoming conceited

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:02.680
 because of the surpassing

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:04.100
 greatness of the revelations,

00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:06.100
 a thorn was given me

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.800
 in the flesh,

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:09.080
 a messenger of Satan

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.340
 to harass me,

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.900
 to keep me from

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.019
 becoming conceited.

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:15.900
 three times

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.859
 I pleaded

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.440
 with the Lord

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.059
 about this

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:19.180
 that he should leave me.

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.700
 But he said to me,

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.480
 My grace is sufficient

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.099
 for you

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:25.619
 for my power

00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.440
 is made perfect

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.139
 in weakness.

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.500
 Therefore,

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.220
 I will boast

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.139
 all the more gladly

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.940
 of my weaknesses

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.480
 so that the power

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:32.940
 of Christ

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.539
 may rest

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.740
 upon me.

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:37.259
 Here's a faithful man

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:39.279
 full of faith

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.759
 that God can take away

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.319
 this thorn

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.799
 that God has given him.

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.639
 And yet God says no.

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.119
 You say,

00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:48.220
 How do we reconcile that

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.859
 with what Jesus

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.659
 is saying here?

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.339
 Remember,

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:52.000
 Jesus didn't tell the man

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.200
 all things are guaranteed.

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.519
 He said all things

00:31:54.519 --> 00:31:55.359
 are possible.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.500
 Every impossibility

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:59.559
 is made possible

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:01.439
 when you believe God

00:32:01.439 --> 00:32:02.240
 for that thing.

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.779
 It doesn't mean

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.319
 that he's always

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.019
 going to do it,

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.700
 but it does make it possible.

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.619
 But there's a ditch

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.259
 on the other side

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.839
 of the road here,

00:32:08.859 --> 00:32:09.240
 isn't there?

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:11.680
 It's easy to let

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.620
 the prominence

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.220
 and prevalence

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.660
 of prosperity gospel

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:17.480
 to lead us

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:18.500
 to a constant state

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.180
 of doubt.

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.779
 Like we want to be

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.720
 so careful sometimes.

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.980
 I feel this way at least.

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:25.299
 I want to be so careful

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.799
 sometimes

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.960
 not to give people

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.900
 the wrong idea

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:29.200
 with a verse like this

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.620
 that I basically

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.480
 go through my life

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.359
 in a constant state

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.799
 of doubt.

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.799
 Praying for healing

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.380
 for someone,

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.360
 but always having

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:38.960
 to put a parenthetical

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.780
 statement on it.

00:32:39.800 --> 00:32:40.080
 Lord,

00:32:40.360 --> 00:32:41.800
 if you desire

00:32:41.800 --> 00:32:42.440
 to do this,

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.160
 if this is your will,

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.900
 we need of course

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.960
 to pray for God's will.

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:46.440
 But the mindset

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.320
 behind those prayers

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.860
 sometimes

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:49.580
 is that we don't

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.040
 really think

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:51.240
 God is going to do this

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.540
 and we're saving

00:32:52.540 --> 00:32:53.200
 ourselves from

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.940
 the embarrassment

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.240
 of expressing a faith

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.020
 that doesn't actually

00:32:56.020 --> 00:32:56.760
 come to fruition

00:32:56.760 --> 00:32:57.400
 later on.

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.140
 Don't do that.

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.780
 Jesus takes the man

00:33:01.780 --> 00:33:02.160
 and he says,

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.460
 listen,

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:04.100
 this is not about

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.779
 my willingness.

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.679
 This is about

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.539
 your faith.

00:33:06.959 --> 00:33:07.279
 Believe.

00:33:07.719 --> 00:33:08.480
 Believe me.

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.500
 Believe me.

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:10.759
 Trust me.

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:12.939
 Follow me.

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.500
 It's a lesson

00:33:14.500 --> 00:33:15.339
 we need to learn.

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:18.179
 Jesus' point

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:19.339
 is that when faith

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:21.659
 is put in the right source,

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:23.439
 it makes possible

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:24.719
 everything that is

00:33:24.719 --> 00:33:26.059
 otherwise impossible.

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:29.719
 And when we trust Christ,

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.639
 we appeal

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:33.300
 to the one person

00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:34.140
 with the ability

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:35.160
 and willingness

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.820
 to do absolutely anything.

00:33:37.720 --> 00:33:39.100
 We avail ourselves

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:40.380
 to the fullness

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.420
 of his power.

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.920
 And true faith

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.759
 believes in the promises

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.360
 of God.

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:48.580
 True faith

00:33:48.580 --> 00:33:49.480
 submits

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.640
 to the sovereignty

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.360
 of God.

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.680
 And true faith

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.860
 trusts

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:56.400
 the power of God.

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.440
 True faith

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.920
 believes the promises

00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.539
 of God,

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.560
 submits

00:34:01.560 --> 00:34:02.340
 to the sovereignty

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.960
 of God,

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:04.180
 and trusts

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:05.140
 the power of God.

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:07.060
 And it does not

00:34:07.060 --> 00:34:07.600
 waver

00:34:07.600 --> 00:34:08.820
 when the outcome

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.420
 is different

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.119
 than we hope.

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.000
 It trusts

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.519
 the Lord

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.360
 even when he says

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.680
 no.

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.159
 Isn't that

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.800
 Paul's point?

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.180
 I asked God

00:34:20.180 --> 00:34:20.860
 three times

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.780
 to take this away.

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.920
 He didn't do it.

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:23.860
 And I trust him.

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.079
 He did the right thing.

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.159
 It's hard for me,

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.240
 but this is right

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:28.220
 because God

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.800
 is always

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.700
 right.

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:31.500
 The father

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:32.399
 needed to understand

00:34:32.399 --> 00:34:32.819
 that.

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.359
 He needed to understand

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.119
 that the healing

00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:35.619
 of his son

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.359
 was not threatened

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:37.199
 by any inability

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.899
 in Jesus,

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.159
 but by his own doubt,

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.460
 which is what leads

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.279
 us to the father's

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.299
 response in verse

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:43.339
 24.

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.239
 Immediately,

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:46.379
 the father of the child

00:34:46.379 --> 00:34:47.939
 cried out and said,

00:34:48.879 --> 00:34:49.779
 I believe,

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:53.019
 help my unbelief.

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:55.119
 I believe,

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:57.419
 help my unbelief.

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.420
 I love this.

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.460
 I love how he responds

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.820
 because it reveals

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.539
 that his faith

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.039
 was actually

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:04.019
 more robust

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.539
 than what we

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.460
 originally supposed.

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.940
 Notice he didn't

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.500
 try

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:11.039
 to think

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:12.340
 positive thoughts

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:14.599
 or dig deep

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.440
 within his heart

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.260
 for the necessary

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.099
 kind of faith.

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.519
 It's not what he did.

00:35:19.700 --> 00:35:20.240
 Isn't that

00:35:20.240 --> 00:35:21.019
 what our temptation

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.420
 would be?

00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:21.880
 If somebody were

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.480
 to tell us that,

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.180
 we're really seeking

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.920
 for God to do something.

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.139
 They said,

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.800
 if you just believe,

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:25.260
 you gotta believe,

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:25.700
 you gotta believe.

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.699
 Maybe we sit there

00:35:26.699 --> 00:35:27.079
 and we think,

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.359
 okay,

00:35:27.439 --> 00:35:27.539
 well,

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.019
 what do I have

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.799
 to do to believe?

00:35:28.919 --> 00:35:29.559
 Do I have to just

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:31.119
 think really hard

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:32.500
 and just convince myself

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:32.899
 of something

00:35:32.899 --> 00:35:33.759
 that I don't actually

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.980
 feel is true

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.679
 in that moment?

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.699
 No,

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.839
 that's not what

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.339
 the man does.

00:35:38.399 --> 00:35:39.000
 What does he do?

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.559
 He cast even

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.500
 his doubts,

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.899
 even his doubts,

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.960
 he cast wholly

00:35:43.960 --> 00:35:45.259
 on the Lord Jesus.

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.399
 Jesus,

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.239
 I believe

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:48.699
 whatever doubts

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.739
 are within my heart,

00:35:49.899 --> 00:35:51.000
 please help

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.779
 those things.

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.259
 Help my unbelief.

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.839
 Help my unbelief.

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:56.579
 That's true faith.

00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:57.800
 True faith

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.600
 doesn't ignore

00:35:58.600 --> 00:35:59.140
 the doubts

00:35:59.140 --> 00:36:00.079
 that are in your heart.

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.700
 True faith

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.640
 goes to the Lord

00:36:01.640 --> 00:36:02.420
 with those doubts.

00:36:02.620 --> 00:36:03.600
 It casts those doubts

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:04.320
 on him.

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.720
 That's what Jesus

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.740
 was drawing out

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.380
 of this man.

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:09.019
 That's why he inquired

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:10.039
 more about the boy.

00:36:10.300 --> 00:36:11.519
 He wanted to expose

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.340
 his doubt

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.340
 so he could then

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:14.340
 fill him

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.380
 with this faith

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.059
 that he needed.

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:16.820
 And how did

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.820
 that faith look?

00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:19.380
 It looked like surrender.

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:21.280
 It looked like surrender.

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.059
 Jesus,

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:23.519
 I don't have this faith.

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.960
 If it's gonna be there,

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.480
 it's gonna be

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:27.300
 because you help me have it.

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:28.500
 You give it to me.

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.440
 Help my unbelief.

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.259
 The word helps,

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.679
 interesting.

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.239
 It's the same word

00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:34.739
 he uses

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:36.259
 in verse 22

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:37.380
 or 21

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:38.360
 when he's asking

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.820
 for God

00:36:38.820 --> 00:36:39.880
 to help his son.

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:41.400
 It literally means

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.079
 to rescue.

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.179
 So the father's

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:45.000
 asking Jesus

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.719
 at this moment,

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:47.099
 please rescue

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.920
 my son

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.759
 from this demon

00:36:48.759 --> 00:36:50.320
 and please rescue

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.940
 me

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:52.519
 from my unbelief.

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:54.260
 Rescue me

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:55.599
 from my

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.740
 doubt.

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.980
 Jesus isn't interested

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.619
 in you trying

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.159
 to dig up

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:02.179
 some kind of confidence

00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:03.380
 from somewhere

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.179
 in the depths

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:05.000
 of your being.

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:06.179
 It's not there.

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.559
 It's not there.

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.960
 You can't do it.

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.300
 He wants you

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:11.860
 to exhibit

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.840
 true faith

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:14.579
 by recognizing

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.420
 you can't actually

00:37:15.420 --> 00:37:16.039
 provide it

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.700
 for yourself.

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:19.359
 He wants you

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:20.239
 to cast yourself

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:21.139
 wholly on Him.

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:23.079
 He wants you

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.699
 to bring your

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.779
 doubts to Him

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:26.719
 trusting that

00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:27.099
 if anyone

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.859
 can do something

00:37:27.859 --> 00:37:28.239
 with Him

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:28.739
 it's Him.

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:31.079
 Casting all

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.639
 your care

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.419
 upon Him

00:37:32.419 --> 00:37:34.559
 because He cares

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.119
 for you.

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:37.219
 Help my unbelief

00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.759
 should be the

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.480
 daily cry

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.619
 of every one

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.119
 of us.

00:37:40.719 --> 00:37:41.159
 Lord help

00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:41.939
 my unbelief.

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:43.719
 Quickly

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.539
 we see the power

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:44.960
 of God.

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.419
 Verse 25

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:48.340
 when Jesus saw

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.880
 that a crowd

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.380
 came running

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.840
 together

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.519
 He rebuked

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.079
 the unclean

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.480
 spirit

00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:52.360
 saying to it

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:53.599
 you mute

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:53.900
 and deaf

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.260
 spirit

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:54.900
 I command

00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:55.260
 you

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:56.420
 come out

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.760
 of Him

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.139
 and never

00:37:57.139 --> 00:37:57.559
 enter Him

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:58.000
 again.

00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:00.059
 After crying

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.940
 out and convulsing

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.480
 Him terribly

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.139
 it came out

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:03.360
 the boy

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:04.260
 was like a corpse

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.920
 so that most

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.559
 of them said

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.300
 he's dead

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:09.039
 but Jesus

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.440
 took Him

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.119
 by the hand

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:11.440
 and lifted

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.920
 Him up

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:13.019
 and He arose.

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.539
 It's amazing.

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:16.860
 It's a picture

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.519
 of the gospel.

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.739
 This boy

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.340
 was gripped

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:22.039
 by evil.

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.119
 He was

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.759
 enslaved

00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:25.659
 by the powers

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.380
 of this world.

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:29.259
 His condition

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:29.779
 was such

00:38:29.779 --> 00:38:30.199
 that he could

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.579
 not help

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.000
 himself

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.940
 neither could

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.759
 those closest

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:33.239
 to him

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:34.199
 provide any

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:35.059
 type of rescue.

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.500
 There was only

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:38.159
 one person

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.559
 that could

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:38.960
 meet his

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:39.340
 need

00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:41.140
 and without

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:41.960
 any effort

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.740
 from the boy

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:44.480
 Jesus

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.200
 delivered him

00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:45.600
 from his

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:46.220
 bondage

00:38:46.220 --> 00:38:47.019
 to the

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.700
 wickedness

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:48.840
 and death.

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:51.660
 Is that

00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:52.079
 not what

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.600
 salvation

00:38:52.600 --> 00:38:53.019
 is?

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.480
 We're

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.180
 enslaved

00:38:56.180 --> 00:38:57.640
 to evil

00:38:57.640 --> 00:38:59.200
 to sin

00:38:59.200 --> 00:39:00.380
 to the

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:00.740
 powers

00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.100
 of this

00:39:01.100 --> 00:39:01.559
 world

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:03.079
 incapable

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.880
 of helping

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.660
 ourselves

00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:06.840
 incapable

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.360
 of being

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.700
 helped

00:39:07.700 --> 00:39:08.100
 by those

00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:08.920
 around us

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:11.119
 desperate

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.740
 for God

00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:12.099
 to do

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.800
 his work

00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:14.480
 and only

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.860
 Jesus

00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:15.380
 can do

00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:15.659
 it

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:17.639
 and he

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:17.880
 doesn't

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.180
 need our

00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:18.500
 help

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.760
 wouldn't

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.039
 do any

00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:20.200
 good

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:20.740
 anyways

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.920
 it is

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.320
 all of

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.460
 his

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:22.900
 grace

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:24.559
 he

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:24.860
 does

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.079
 this

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.460
 work

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:29.460
 the

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:29.659
 demon

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.019
 had no

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.280
 choice

00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:30.860
 to obey

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.559
 it fled

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.099
 dramatically

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.659
 actually

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:34.720
 and the

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.019
 crowd

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.380
 that had

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:35.800
 gathered

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.420
 presumed

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.700
 that the

00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:36.880
 boy

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.119
 was

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.559
 dead

00:39:37.559 --> 00:39:39.960
 but again

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.340
 Jesus

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:41.019
 tenderly

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.239
 and

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:41.920
 compassionately

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.159
 does

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:42.460
 what

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:45.299
 he

00:39:45.299 --> 00:39:45.559
 doesn't

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:45.779
 send

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:45.940
 the

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.360
 disciples

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.900
 to him

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:48.719
 he

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:48.980
 doesn't

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.219
 send

00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.380
 the

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:49.699
 father

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.199
 to him

00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:52.279
 he

00:39:52.279 --> 00:39:52.539
 gets

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.759
 down

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:52.900
 with

00:39:52.900 --> 00:39:53.039
 the

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.340
 boy

00:39:53.340 --> 00:39:54.679
 himself

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.579
 taking

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:55.799
 him

00:39:55.799 --> 00:39:55.940
 by

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.119
 the

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.460
 hand

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.239
 and

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:57.639
 raising

00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:57.880
 him

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.119
 up

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.079
 and

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.380
 Matthew

00:39:59.380 --> 00:39:59.860
 says

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.519
 at that

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.820
 point

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.279
 he

00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:01.559
 gives

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:01.679
 him

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:01.820
 to

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:01.960
 the

00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:02.279
 father

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:05.060
 the

00:40:05.060 --> 00:40:05.300
 word

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.620
 that

00:40:05.620 --> 00:40:06.000
 Mark

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.360
 uses

00:40:06.360 --> 00:40:06.660
 here

00:40:06.660 --> 00:40:06.880
 when

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.019
 he

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.220
 says

00:40:07.220 --> 00:40:07.420
 that

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.720
 Jesus

00:40:07.720 --> 00:40:08.220
 lifted

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:08.500
 him

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.840
 up

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:10.680
 is

00:40:10.680 --> 00:40:11.160
 the

00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:11.340
 word

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.560
 for

00:40:11.560 --> 00:40:12.200
 resurrection

00:40:12.200 --> 00:40:13.580
 it's

00:40:13.580 --> 00:40:13.840
 not that

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:13.960
 the

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.100
 boy

00:40:14.100 --> 00:40:14.260
 was

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.580
 actually

00:40:14.580 --> 00:40:14.840
 dead

00:40:14.840 --> 00:40:14.940
 I

00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.060
 don't

00:40:15.060 --> 00:40:15.220
 think

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.340
 that

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.440
 he

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.720
 was

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:15.900
 not

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.019
 in

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.200
 this

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:16.640
 case

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:17.780
 I

00:40:17.780 --> 00:40:18.019
 think

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:18.200
 that

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.400
 he

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.920
 probably

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.340
 seemed

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:19.900
 lifeless

00:40:19.900 --> 00:40:20.700
 after

00:40:20.700 --> 00:40:20.980
 such

00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:21.100
 a

00:40:21.100 --> 00:40:21.500
 traumatic

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.000
 moment

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:23.040
 but

00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:23.100
 I

00:40:23.100 --> 00:40:23.220
 don't

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:23.360
 think

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:23.480
 that

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:23.540
 he

00:40:23.540 --> 00:40:23.660
 was

00:40:23.660 --> 00:40:24.040
 actually

00:40:24.040 --> 00:40:24.580
 dead

00:40:24.580 --> 00:40:25.500
 but

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:25.820
 Mark

00:40:25.820 --> 00:40:26.140
 wanted

00:40:26.140 --> 00:40:26.340
 us

00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:32.640
 saves

00:40:32.640 --> 00:40:32.880
 our

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.400
 souls

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.100
 he

00:40:34.100 --> 00:40:34.760
 raises

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.500
 us

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:36.360
 from

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:36.920
 spiritual

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:37.460
 death

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:38.340
 to

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:38.720
 eternal

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.240
 life

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:42.100
 we

00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:42.420
 must

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:42.640
 not

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:42.920
 see

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.920
 in

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.200
 this

00:40:44.200 --> 00:40:44.720
 miracle

00:40:44.720 --> 00:40:46.180
 anything

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.920
 less

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:48.060
 than

00:40:48.060 --> 00:40:48.300
 what

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:48.680
 Jesus

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:49.019
 has

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.420
 done

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.740
 in

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:50.040
 each

00:40:50.040 --> 00:40:50.300
 one

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:50.420
 of

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:50.580
 us

00:40:50.580 --> 00:40:50.720
 at

00:40:50.720 --> 00:40:50.840
 the

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.080
 moment

00:40:51.080 --> 00:40:51.260
 of

00:40:51.260 --> 00:40:51.780
 salvation

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:53.540
 that's

00:40:53.540 --> 00:40:53.700
 what

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:53.960
 that

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.340
 is

00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.560
 we

00:40:55.560 --> 00:40:55.740
 are

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.340
 dead

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:58.900
 Jesus

00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:00.100
 raises

00:41:00.100 --> 00:41:00.519
 us

00:41:00.519 --> 00:41:00.960
 up

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.480
 and

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.640
 then

00:41:01.640 --> 00:41:01.800
 what

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:01.980
 does

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:02.119
 he

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.360
 do

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.840
 gives

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.059
 us

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.219
 to

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.400
 the

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.820
 father

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:06.099
 gives

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.300
 us

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:06.440
 to

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.599
 the

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:06.940
 father

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.519
 that's

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:07.659
 the

00:41:07.659 --> 00:41:07.840
 whole

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:08.240
 point

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:10.059
 Ephesians

00:41:10.059 --> 00:41:10.360
 chapter

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.719
 two

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.840
 but

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.240
 God

00:41:12.240 --> 00:41:12.500
 being

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.780
 rich

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:12.960
 in

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.400
 mercy

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:14.360
 because

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.619
 of

00:41:14.619 --> 00:41:14.740
 the

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:15.039
 great

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.599
 love

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.480
 with

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.740
 which

00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:16.880
 he

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.260
 loved

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.699
 us

00:41:17.699 --> 00:41:18.320
 even

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.579
 when

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:18.800
 we

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.000
 were

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.519
 dead

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.800
 in

00:41:19.800 --> 00:41:19.980
 our

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.860
 trespasses

00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:22.099
 made

00:41:22.099 --> 00:41:22.360
 us

00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:22.980
 alive

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.420
 together

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.639
 with

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.119
 Christ

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:25.099
 by

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.639
 grace

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.320
 you

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:26.559
 have

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:26.760
 been

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.260
 saved

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:28.460
 and

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:28.599
 he

00:41:28.599 --> 00:41:28.760
 has

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.219
 raised

00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:29.460
 us

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.719
 up

00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:29.900
 with

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:30.159
!

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:30.159


00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:31.380
 seated

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:31.680
 us

00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:31.900
 with

00:41:31.900 --> 00:41:32.119
 him

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.260
 in

00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:32.400
 the

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:32.700
 heavenly

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.200
 places

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:33.460
 in

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.740
 Christ

00:41:33.740 --> 00:41:34.119
 Jesus

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:35.940
 so that

00:41:35.940 --> 00:41:36.200
 in the

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.460
 coming

00:41:36.460 --> 00:41:36.880
 ages

00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:37.119
 he

00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:37.300
 might

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:37.579
 show

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:37.800
 the

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:38.519
 immeasurable

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.300
 riches

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:39.720
 of his

00:41:39.720 --> 00:41:40.180
 grace

00:41:40.180 --> 00:41:40.880
 in

00:41:40.880 --> 00:41:41.300
 kindness

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:41.599
 toward

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:41.820
 us

00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:41.980
 in

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.240
 Christ

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.700
 Jesus

00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:44.440
 that

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:44.920
 description

00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:45.200
 of

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:45.740
 salvation

00:41:45.740 --> 00:41:46.720
 is

00:41:46.720 --> 00:41:47.340
 illustrated

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.860
 by what

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:48.140
 Jesus

00:41:48.140 --> 00:41:48.420
 does

00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:48.780
 for this

00:41:48.780 --> 00:41:49.059
 boy

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:50.260
 finally

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:51.180
 we see

00:41:51.180 --> 00:41:51.539
 the place

00:41:51.539 --> 00:41:51.700
 of

00:41:51.700 --> 00:41:52.039
 prayer

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:53.780
 the place

00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:53.940
 of

00:41:53.940 --> 00:41:54.240
 prayer

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:55.200
 look at

00:41:55.200 --> 00:41:55.840
 verse 28

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.840
 and

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:56.980
 when

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.120
 he

00:41:57.120 --> 00:41:57.300
 had

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.559
 entered

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:57.780
 the

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:58.180
 house

00:41:58.180 --> 00:41:59.220
 his

00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.720
 disciples

00:41:59.720 --> 00:42:00.079
 asked

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:00.240
 him

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.680
 privately

00:42:00.680 --> 00:42:01.720
 why

00:42:01.720 --> 00:42:01.960
 could

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.100
 we

00:42:02.100 --> 00:42:02.340
 not

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:02.700
 cast

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:02.860
 it

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:03.140
 out

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:04.800
 and

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:04.920
 he

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.160
 said

00:42:05.160 --> 00:42:05.320
 to

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.500
 them

00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.760
 this

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.100
 kind

00:42:06.100 --> 00:42:06.460
 cannot

00:42:06.460 --> 00:42:06.720
 be

00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:07.000
 driven

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.240
 out

00:42:07.240 --> 00:42:07.420
 by

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.740
 anything

00:42:07.740 --> 00:42:07.980
 but

00:42:07.980 --> 00:42:08.320
 prayer

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:11.380
 at

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:11.500
 the

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:11.600
 end

00:42:11.600 --> 00:42:11.720
 of

00:42:11.720 --> 00:42:11.800
 the

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.019
 day

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.220
 the

00:42:12.220 --> 00:42:12.400
 whole

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:12.740
 event

00:42:12.740 --> 00:42:12.920
 is

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.200
 teaching

00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:13.420
 us

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.740
 something

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.079
 about

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.280
 the

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:14.780
 necessity

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:15.100
 of

00:42:15.100 --> 00:42:15.579
 faith

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:15.980
 in

00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.940
 discipleship

00:42:16.940 --> 00:42:18.480
 and

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:18.760
 whenever

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:18.960
 the

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.340
 disciples

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.579
 had

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.700
 an

00:42:19.700 --> 00:42:20.160
 opportunity

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.620
 to

00:42:20.620 --> 00:42:21.140
 ask

00:42:21.140 --> 00:42:21.539
 Jesus

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:21.980
 more

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:22.380
 about

00:42:22.380 --> 00:42:22.660
 how

00:42:22.660 --> 00:42:22.860
 they

00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:23.059
 had

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.539
 failed

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.679
 Jesus

00:42:24.679 --> 00:42:25.400
 response

00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:25.840
 was

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:26.019
 that

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.219
 they

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:26.480
 did

00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:26.840
 not

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.559
 pray

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:29.000
 which

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.179
 is

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.440
 why

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.619
 it

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:30.000
 gives

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.219
 us

00:42:30.219 --> 00:42:30.679
 light

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.099
 as to

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.239
 what

00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:31.400
 the

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:31.739
 problem

00:42:31.739 --> 00:42:32.019
 was

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.139
 at

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.239
 the

00:42:32.239 --> 00:42:32.579
 beginning

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:34.340
 Jesus

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:34.659
 said

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:34.779
 it

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:34.920
 was

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.099
 their

00:42:35.099 --> 00:42:35.820
 unbelief

00:42:35.820 --> 00:42:36.840
 but

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.019
 then

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.179
 when

00:42:37.179 --> 00:42:37.360
 they

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:37.759
 ask

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:37.940
 he

00:42:37.940 --> 00:42:38.360
 says

00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:39.059
 this

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.400
 only

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.860
 comes

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.239
 through

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:41.300
 prayer

00:42:41.300 --> 00:42:43.360
 so

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:43.519
 at

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:43.820
 one

00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:44.159
 time

00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:44.340
 in

00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:44.519
 Mark

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:44.840
 chapter

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.279
 6

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:45.460
 they

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.639
 had

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.420
 recognized

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:46.820
 how

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.360
 desperately

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:47.699
 they

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:48.079
 needed

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.559
 Christ's

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:48.980
 power

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.860
 as

00:42:49.860 --> 00:42:50.059
 they

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.460
 fulfilled

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:50.679
 the

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.039
 ministry

00:42:51.039 --> 00:42:51.279
 that

00:42:51.279 --> 00:42:51.400
 he

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:51.559
 had

00:42:51.559 --> 00:42:51.779
 given

00:42:51.779 --> 00:42:52.039
 them

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:53.519
 this

00:42:53.519 --> 00:42:53.800
 time

00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:54.219
 however

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:55.159
 they

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:55.559
 relied

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:55.940
 totally

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.179
 on

00:42:56.179 --> 00:42:56.719
 themselves

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:58.099
 apparently

00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:58.820
 they

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.039
 didn't

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.239
 even

00:42:59.239 --> 00:42:59.679
 stop

00:42:59.679 --> 00:42:59.900
 for

00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:00.119
 a

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:00.480
 moment

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.340
 to

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:01.579
 pray

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:01.800
 for

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.159
 God's

00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:02.460
 help

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:04.280
 which

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:04.719
 reveals

00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:04.940
 to

00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:05.159
 us

00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:05.340
 their

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.980
 unbelief

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:07.880
 they

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.099
 knew

00:43:08.099 --> 00:43:08.340
 God

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:08.559
 could

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:08.780
 do

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.059
 it

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:10.300
 but

00:43:10.300 --> 00:43:10.440
 they

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:10.659
 didn't

00:43:10.659 --> 00:43:10.860
 think

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.019
 they

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:11.300
 needed

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.659
 him

00:43:11.659 --> 00:43:13.559
 now

00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:13.920
 similar

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.239
 to

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:14.840
 the

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.139
 point

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.519
 made

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:15.739
 in

00:43:15.739 --> 00:43:15.940
 verse

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.380
 23

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:16.699
 about

00:43:16.699 --> 00:43:17.280
 faith

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:18.340
 Jesus

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:18.820
 wasn't

00:43:18.820 --> 00:43:19.079
 giving

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.340
 a

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:19.759
 measurement

00:43:19.759 --> 00:43:20.139
 of

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.599
 prayer

00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:20.940
 to

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:21.340
 follow

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:21.639
 when

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:21.940
 seeking

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.179
 his

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:22.579
 work

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.340
 he

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:23.480
 wasn't

00:43:23.480 --> 00:43:23.659
 saying

00:43:23.659 --> 00:43:23.799
 you have

00:43:23.799 --> 00:43:23.900
 to

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.119
 pray

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.259
 a

00:43:24.259 --> 00:43:24.440
 certain

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:24.619
 amount

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:24.759
 of

00:43:24.759 --> 00:43:25.259
 times

00:43:25.259 --> 00:43:25.420
 or

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:25.539
 that

00:43:25.539 --> 00:43:25.639
 you

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:25.819
 have

00:43:25.819 --> 00:43:25.960
 to

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.239
 say

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.500
 a

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:27.119
 certain

00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:27.739
 kind

00:43:27.739 --> 00:43:27.880
 of

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.559
 words

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:30.039
 what

00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:30.159
 he

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.500
 meant

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:30.840
 here

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:31.119
 was

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.380
 that

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:32.019
 prayer

00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:32.400
 is

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.779
 that

00:43:32.779 --> 00:43:33.519
 external

00:43:33.519 --> 00:43:34.360
 action

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:35.659
 that

00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:36.599
 reveals

00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:38.039
 an

00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:38.539
 internal

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:39.259
 faith

00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:40.400
 in other

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:40.619
 words

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:41.019
 when we

00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.880
 truly rely

00:43:41.880 --> 00:43:42.179
 on

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.679
 God

00:43:42.679 --> 00:43:43.500
 it

00:43:43.500 --> 00:43:43.659
 will

00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:43.980
 show

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.219
 up

00:43:44.219 --> 00:43:44.440
 in the

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:44.579
 way

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:44.739
 that

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:44.900
 we

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:45.299
 pray

00:43:45.300 --> 00:43:47.100
 our

00:43:47.100 --> 00:43:47.519
 faith

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:47.640
 and

00:43:47.640 --> 00:43:47.800
 our

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.140
 prayers

00:43:48.140 --> 00:43:48.360
 are

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:49.080
 inextricably

00:43:49.080 --> 00:43:49.500
 linked

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:51.039
 and

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:51.300
 this

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:51.580
 kind

00:43:51.580 --> 00:43:51.740
 of

00:43:51.740 --> 00:43:52.120
 praying

00:43:52.120 --> 00:43:52.720
 faith

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.720
 is

00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:53.840
 an

00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:54.240
 essential

00:43:54.240 --> 00:43:54.780
 quality

00:43:54.780 --> 00:43:54.980
 of

00:43:54.980 --> 00:43:55.300
 faithful

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:55.940
 disciples

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:57.620
 so we

00:43:57.620 --> 00:43:57.980
 conclude

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.380
 that our

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:59.080
 greatest

00:43:59.080 --> 00:43:59.480
 failures

00:43:59.480 --> 00:43:59.920
 in life

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.080
 are

00:44:00.080 --> 00:44:00.340
 prayer

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:00.920
 failures

00:44:00.920 --> 00:44:02.800
 and

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:02.960
 our

00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:03.240
 prayer

00:44:03.240 --> 00:44:04.120
 failures

00:44:04.120 --> 00:44:04.460
 are a

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:04.720
 direct

00:44:04.720 --> 00:44:05.080
 result

00:44:05.080 --> 00:44:05.260
 of

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.400
 our

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:06.039
 unbelief

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:08.940
 at

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.100
 its

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:09.420
 very

00:44:09.420 --> 00:44:09.940
 heart

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:11.019
 prayer

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:11.340
 is a

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.840
 demonstration

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.380
 of our

00:44:12.380 --> 00:44:12.660
 total

00:44:12.660 --> 00:44:13.220
 reliance

00:44:13.220 --> 00:44:13.460
 on

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.820
 God

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:16.160
 but the

00:44:16.160 --> 00:44:16.539
 problem

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:16.920
 is that

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:17.340
 so many

00:44:17.340 --> 00:44:17.600
 of us

00:44:17.600 --> 00:44:18.000
 go through

00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.400
 life

00:44:18.400 --> 00:44:18.700
 not

00:44:18.700 --> 00:44:19.220
 actually

00:44:19.220 --> 00:44:19.600
 thinking

00:44:19.600 --> 00:44:20.000
 that we

00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:20.280
 need

00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:20.440
 him

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:20.640
 that

00:44:20.640 --> 00:44:21.080
 much

00:44:21.080 --> 00:44:23.100
 else

00:44:23.100 --> 00:44:23.320
 we

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:23.519
 would

00:44:23.519 --> 00:44:23.960
 pray

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:25.900
 right

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:28.059
 now think

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.500
 about what

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.140
 Jesus has

00:44:29.140 --> 00:44:29.740
 just said

00:44:29.740 --> 00:44:31.539
 they said

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:32.160
 why couldn't

00:44:32.160 --> 00:44:32.500
 we do

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:32.740
 it

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:34.260
 Jesus

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:34.800
 says

00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:35.340
 you

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:35.620
 didn't

00:44:35.620 --> 00:44:35.940
 pray

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:37.240
 so let's

00:44:37.240 --> 00:44:37.640
 switch that

00:44:37.640 --> 00:44:38.039
 around and

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:38.620
 just restate

00:44:38.620 --> 00:44:38.840
 it a

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.039
 different

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.340
 way

00:44:39.340 --> 00:44:40.780
 how can

00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:41.100
 we do

00:44:41.100 --> 00:44:41.380
 it

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:42.140
 Jesus

00:44:42.140 --> 00:44:42.580
 says

00:44:42.580 --> 00:44:43.420
 this only

00:44:43.420 --> 00:44:43.700
 comes

00:44:43.700 --> 00:44:43.900
 by

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.260
 prayer

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:46.579
 how are

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:46.639
 we

00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:46.840
 going to

00:44:46.840 --> 00:44:47.079
 raise

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.700
 kids

00:44:47.700 --> 00:44:48.740
 to love

00:44:48.740 --> 00:44:48.920
 the

00:44:48.920 --> 00:44:49.260
 Lord

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:50.260
 in a

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:50.659
 society

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:50.900
 that

00:44:50.900 --> 00:44:51.240
 hates

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.500
 him

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:53.740
 our

00:44:53.740 --> 00:44:53.940
 kids

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.099
 have

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:54.400
 nothing

00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:54.639
 going

00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:54.900
 for

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:55.159
 them

00:44:55.159 --> 00:44:56.320
 nothing

00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:58.900
 everything

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.159
 they're

00:44:59.159 --> 00:44:59.360
 going to

00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.800
 grow up

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:00.019
 in in

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.159
 their

00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:00.579
 life

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:01.940
 outside

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.280
 of the

00:45:02.280 --> 00:45:02.800
 faithfulness

00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:03.059
 of their

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:03.440
 families

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:03.740
 and their

00:45:03.740 --> 00:45:04.200
 church

00:45:04.200 --> 00:45:05.579
 is going

00:45:05.579 --> 00:45:05.960
 to push

00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.360
 them to

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:07.039
 wickedness

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:08.019
 and evil

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:09.180
 and corruption

00:45:09.180 --> 00:45:10.800
 and as far

00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:11.159
 as this

00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:11.740
 world around

00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.059
 them is

00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:12.420
 concerned

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:13.260
 they have

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:13.880
 no hope

00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:14.340
 and if

00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:14.460
 we're

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:15.019
 being honest

00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.460
 parents

00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.260
 we can't

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:16.740
 help them

00:45:16.740 --> 00:45:19.039
 because what's

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.539
 in me

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:20.500
 is not much

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.380
 better than

00:45:21.380 --> 00:45:21.880
 what's out

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:22.240
 there

00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:24.320
 how are we

00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:24.519
 going to

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.079
 raise kids

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:25.420
 to love

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:25.720
 the Lord

00:45:25.720 --> 00:45:26.039
 in this

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:26.380
 culture

00:45:26.380 --> 00:45:28.039
 I think

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.599
 Jesus would

00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:28.840
 say

00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:29.639
 this kind

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:30.200
 only comes

00:45:30.200 --> 00:45:30.760
 by prayer

00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:32.780
 how are we

00:45:32.780 --> 00:45:32.960
 going to

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:33.180
 reach

00:45:33.180 --> 00:45:33.700
 Cornelius

00:45:33.700 --> 00:45:34.000
 with the

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.380
 gospel

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:35.720
 we can

00:45:35.720 --> 00:45:35.980
 come up

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.260
 with all

00:45:36.260 --> 00:45:36.539
 kinds

00:45:36.539 --> 00:45:36.700
 of

00:45:36.700 --> 00:45:37.300
 strategies

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:39.280
 isn't

00:45:39.280 --> 00:45:39.559
 this what

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:39.860
 churches

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.180
 do

00:45:40.180 --> 00:45:40.519
 they come

00:45:40.519 --> 00:45:40.760
 up with

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:41.320
 all kinds

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:41.480
 of

00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:42.059
 strategies

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:43.920
 strategies

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:44.599
 that are

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.279
 exempt

00:45:45.279 --> 00:45:45.619
 from

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:46.019
 God's

00:45:46.019 --> 00:45:46.500
 power

00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:47.440
 it's

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:47.599
 not

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:47.759
 that

00:45:47.759 --> 00:45:47.880
 they

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.039
 don't

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.219
 have

00:45:48.219 --> 00:45:48.320
 a

00:45:48.320 --> 00:45:48.480
 good

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:48.960
 plan

00:45:48.960 --> 00:45:49.420
 it's

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:49.579
 that

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:49.759
 they

00:45:49.759 --> 00:45:50.000
 think

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:50.179
 that

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.400
 their

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:50.920
 plan

00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:51.079
 is

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:51.259
 what

00:45:51.259 --> 00:45:51.420
 will

00:45:51.420 --> 00:45:51.579
 do

00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:51.739
 the

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.179
 work

00:45:52.179 --> 00:45:53.079
 our

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:53.539
 plan

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:53.820
 can't

00:45:53.820 --> 00:45:53.960
 do

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.159
 any

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:54.380
 kind

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:54.480
 of

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:54.960
 work

00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:56.719
 how are

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:56.759
 we

00:45:56.759 --> 00:45:56.900
 going to

00:45:56.900 --> 00:45:57.099
 reach

00:45:57.099 --> 00:45:57.380
 people

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:57.519
 with

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:57.619
 the

00:45:57.619 --> 00:45:58.019
 gospel

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:59.679
 this

00:45:59.679 --> 00:45:59.960
 only

00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:00.259
 comes

00:46:00.259 --> 00:46:00.500
 by

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:00.960
 prayer

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:02.239
 how are

00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:02.239


00:46:02.239 --> 00:46:02.420
 going to

00:46:02.420 --> 00:46:02.759
 stand

00:46:02.759 --> 00:46:02.940
 up

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:03.159
 against

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.380
 the

00:46:03.380 --> 00:46:03.759
 evils

00:46:03.759 --> 00:46:03.920
 of

00:46:03.920 --> 00:46:04.099
 this

00:46:04.099 --> 00:46:04.500
 society

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:04.759
 how are

00:46:04.759 --> 00:46:04.820
 we

00:46:04.820 --> 00:46:04.900
 going

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.019
 to

00:46:05.019 --> 00:46:05.559
 confront

00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.019
 the

00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:06.380
 sexual

00:46:06.380 --> 00:46:06.980
 revolution

00:46:06.980 --> 00:46:06.960
!

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:12.380
 to

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:12.559
 go

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:12.759
 and

00:46:12.759 --> 00:46:12.940
 try

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.119
 to

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.440
 confront

00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:13.779
 people

00:46:13.779 --> 00:46:14.059
 about

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.179
 it

00:46:14.179 --> 00:46:14.360
 it's

00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:14.579
 not

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:14.940
 just

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:15.179
 that

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:15.420
 way

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:15.759
 we

00:46:15.759 --> 00:46:15.920
 can

00:46:15.920 --> 00:46:16.019
 do

00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.179
 that

00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:16.340
 until

00:46:16.340 --> 00:46:16.460
 we're

00:46:16.460 --> 00:46:16.679
 blue

00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:16.920
 in the

00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:17.139
 face

00:46:17.139 --> 00:46:17.400
 and it

00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:17.679
 won't

00:46:17.679 --> 00:46:18.159
 matter

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.460
 unless

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:18.759
 we have

00:46:18.759 --> 00:46:19.079
 God's

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.639
 power

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:21.099
 now how do we see

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:21.940
 God's power

00:46:21.940 --> 00:46:22.799
 come to work

00:46:22.799 --> 00:46:24.059
 through prayer

00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:25.599
 through faith

00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:26.980
 so the question

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:28.179
 is are we

00:46:28.179 --> 00:46:28.799
 praying

00:46:28.799 --> 00:46:30.400
 are we

00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:31.039
 praying

00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.659
 and begging

00:46:31.659 --> 00:46:32.279
 God to

00:46:32.279 --> 00:46:33.000
 help us

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.639
 strengthen

00:46:33.639 --> 00:46:34.039
 us

00:46:34.039 --> 00:46:34.739
 help us

00:46:34.739 --> 00:46:35.119
 do what

00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:35.860
 is necessary

00:46:35.860 --> 00:46:36.519
 to raise

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.119
 our children

00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:37.860
 and our

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.440
 grandchildren

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:39.219
 are we

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:39.719
 praying

00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:40.259
 earnestly

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:40.299
!

00:46:40.299 --> 00:46:40.839
 that God

00:46:40.839 --> 00:46:41.259
 would do

00:46:41.259 --> 00:46:41.940
 his work

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.299
 in our

00:46:42.299 --> 00:46:42.579
 church

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.339
 not just

00:46:43.339 --> 00:46:43.719
 through the

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:44.319
 systems

00:46:44.319 --> 00:46:44.719
 that we

00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:45.099
 come up

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:45.299
 with

00:46:45.299 --> 00:46:45.799
 but that

00:46:45.799 --> 00:46:46.099
 God

00:46:46.099 --> 00:46:46.500
 would do

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:46.639
 it

00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:47.139
 despite

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:47.460
 our

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.940
 systems

00:46:47.940 --> 00:46:49.139
 are we

00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:49.559
 praying

00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:50.079
 that God

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:50.420
 would do

00:46:50.420 --> 00:46:51.019
 his work

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.539
 in the

00:46:51.539 --> 00:46:51.779
 world

00:46:51.779 --> 00:46:52.079
 are we

00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:52.299
 just

00:46:52.299 --> 00:46:52.599
 hoping

00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:52.799
 that

00:46:52.799 --> 00:46:53.159
 somebody

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:53.579
 that knows

00:46:53.579 --> 00:46:53.839
 a little

00:46:53.839 --> 00:46:54.019
 bit

00:46:54.019 --> 00:46:54.219
 more

00:46:54.219 --> 00:46:54.659
 than us

00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:55.159
 figures

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:55.519
 out a

00:46:55.519 --> 00:46:55.639
 way

00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:55.820
 to

00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:56.019
 deal

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.219
 with

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:56.460
 it

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:58.380
 are we

00:46:58.380 --> 00:46:59.019
 praying

00:46:59.019 --> 00:47:00.940
 do you

00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:01.500
 pray

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:04.599
 I believe

00:47:04.599 --> 00:47:04.900
 Jesus

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:05.480
 would say

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:06.639
 that unbelief

00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:06.960
 is the

00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:07.280
 greatest

00:47:07.280 --> 00:47:07.719
 danger

00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:08.139
 facing

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:08.360
 the

00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:08.599
 church

00:47:08.599 --> 00:47:08.940
 today

00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:10.900
 it's

00:47:10.900 --> 00:47:11.059
 the

00:47:11.059 --> 00:47:11.440
 greatest

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:11.920
 danger

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:12.259
 that has

00:47:12.259 --> 00:47:12.519
 faced

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:12.860
 the world

00:47:12.860 --> 00:47:13.380
 ever since

00:47:13.380 --> 00:47:13.840
 the first

00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:14.199
 sin

00:47:14.199 --> 00:47:16.219
 unbelief

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:16.719
 prevents

00:47:16.719 --> 00:47:16.980
 us

00:47:16.980 --> 00:47:17.179
 from

00:47:17.179 --> 00:47:17.719
 receiving

00:47:17.719 --> 00:47:18.320
 the grace

00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:18.679
 of God

00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:19.400
 and salvation

00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:20.920
 it leads

00:47:20.920 --> 00:47:21.400
 churches

00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:22.000
 to carry

00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:22.420
 on in

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:22.739
 ministry

00:47:22.739 --> 00:47:23.059
 that's

00:47:23.059 --> 00:47:23.519
 powerless

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:24.960
 it robs

00:47:24.960 --> 00:47:25.260
 us

00:47:25.260 --> 00:47:25.619
 of the

00:47:25.619 --> 00:47:25.980
 miracle

00:47:25.980 --> 00:47:26.340
 working

00:47:26.340 --> 00:47:26.780
 power

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:27.240
 of God

00:47:27.240 --> 00:47:27.840
 that he

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.280
 is so

00:47:28.280 --> 00:47:28.579
 willing

00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:29.019
 to pour

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:29.360
 out on

00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:29.940
 our lives

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:31.340
 and it's

00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:31.880
 revealed in

00:47:31.880 --> 00:47:32.280
 our lack

00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:32.800
 of prayer

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:34.740
 and I think

00:47:34.740 --> 00:47:35.280
 God's message

00:47:35.280 --> 00:47:35.800
 is clear

00:47:35.800 --> 00:47:36.119
 in this

00:47:36.119 --> 00:47:36.599
 passage

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:38.780
 may we

00:47:38.780 --> 00:47:39.300
 join with

00:47:39.300 --> 00:47:40.019
 this desperate

00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:40.740
 father and

00:47:40.740 --> 00:47:41.380
 cry out

00:47:41.380 --> 00:47:43.559
 help my

00:47:43.559 --> 00:47:44.159
 unbelief

00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:45.719
 help

00:47:45.719 --> 00:47:45.940
 help my

00:47:45.940 --> 00:47:46.480
 unbelief

00:47:46.480 --> 00:48:16.460
 Thank you.