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 Mark chapter 5, we live in a world of instant.

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! We can text someone and we can expect an instant response.

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 We love instant. I remember just a couple of weeks ago when half of America was under snow and ice, Amazon no longer could deliver in two days.

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 They estimated my delivery to be in a week. In a week, I needed it before the storm. I didn't need it after it.

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 I was blown away. Something has to be done about something like that.

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 We live in a microwave society. We put things in the microwave and we've learned that if you stand in front of it and stare at it, it'll be quicker.

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 We love things instantly.

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 Things aren't always instant.

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 And the reality is that God seldom works instantly.

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 Very often, there's delay.

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 Prayers feel unanswered.

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 Delay feels like denial.

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 Waiting feels like failure.

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 I mean, surely if it's going to happen, it would have happened by now.

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 However, the reality is that God's not bound by our clocks.

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 And I want you to know He's not intimidated by our persistence.

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 He works on His time.

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 He works deliberately.

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 And He uses waiting and delay and even interruption to accomplish great things in line with His purposes.

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 In Mark chapter 5, Jairus is in a heavenly holding pattern.

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 And it's tough when you're in the waiting room of faith.

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 But that's where He is.

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 And God seems late.

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 Prayers seem unanswered.

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 However, I want us to learn from Him and His experience that silence from heaven is not the same as the absence of God.

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 And that God often does His greatest work after tough delays.

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 Let's look at it this morning.

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 It's in Mark chapter 5, beginning in verse 21.

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 And remember the preceding passage that we dealt with last week.

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 When Jesus traveled the six miles over the Sea of Galilee to the land of the Gentiles,

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 He was met by a demoniac.

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 A man that was filled with thousands of demons.

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 And He healed that man and moved those demons into swine.

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 And those pigs ran off a cliff into the water and died.

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 And the people that owned the pigs and the people who watched it and got scared by it wanted to believe.

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 The man who He healed wanted to go with Him.

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 But He left Him there as what I called last week the first missionary to the Gentiles.

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 And said, go tell people.

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 And He did.

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 He went and told it throughout the Decapolis, Scripture says.

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 Which are ten Roman cities there.

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 So now He gets back in the boat.

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 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about Him.

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 And He was beside the sea.

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 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name.

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 And seeing Him, He fell at His feet and implored Him, earnestly saying,

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 My little girl is at the point of death.

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 Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be made well and live.

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 And He went with Him.

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 And a great crowd followed Him and thronged about Him.

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 Now, verses 25 through 34 give us a divine interruption.

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 When a woman came to Him with a health issue and stops Jesus.

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 And she was in such great need.

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 Christ healed her miraculously.

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 And the Lord willing, we'll look at that next week.

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 But I want you to notice what happens as He ministers with her.

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 It says in verse 35,

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 While He was still speaking,

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 There came from the ruler's house some who said,

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 Your daughter is dead.

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 Why trouble the teacher any further?

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 But overhearing what they said,

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 Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue,

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 Do not fear, only believe.

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 And He allowed no one to follow Him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

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 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue,

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 and Jesus saw a commotion.

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 People weeping and wailing loudly.

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 And when He entered, He said to them,

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 Why are you making a commotion and weeping?

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 The child is not dead, but sleeping.

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 And they laughed at Him.

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 But He put them all outside,

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 And He took the child's father and mother and those who were with Him

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 and went in with the child, where the child was.

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 Taking her by the hand,

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 He said to her,

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 Talitha com,

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 which means,

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 Little girl, I say to you,

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 Arise.

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 And immediately,

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 the girl got up

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 and began walking,

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 for she was 12 years of age.

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 And they were immediately overcome with amazement,

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 and He strictly told them

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 that no one should know this

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 and told them to give her something to eat.

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 Now, I just want to admit this morning

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 that I have a hard time waiting.

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 Waiting is difficult in everyday things,

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 but it is much harder

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 when it's not about inconvenience,

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 but about crisis.

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 I mean, it's really tough

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 when your loved ones are hurting,

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 when your loved ones are struggling,

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 when your loved ones are dying.

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 Hope while waiting

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 can be the hardest kind of hope.

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 However, I want you to see

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 what Jesus does

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 in the midst of those moments.

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 The first thing I notice

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 is that Jesus calms.

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 Now, He's crossed over

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 six miles across these waters,

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 and He's welcomed

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 by a bunch of hurting,

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 wanting people.

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 The needs, I am sure,

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 are varied.

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 There are some there

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 who just want attention.

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 Jesus is getting a lot of attention,

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 and they want attention from Jesus.

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 And then there are others

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 who are just wanting to lay eyes

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 on a miracle man

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 because they've heard of what He can do.

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 Whether they've got word or not

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 about this particular miracle,

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 they've got wind

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 of what He's been able to do,

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 even among them.

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 And then some are there

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 because they desperately

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 are needing help.

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 And one of them

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 that desperately needs help

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 approaches Jesus.

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 His name is Jairus,

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 and Jairus is described

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 as a ruler of the synagogue.

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 Now, let me explain

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 what that means.

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 They had the temple

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 in Jerusalem.

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 And Jewish males

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 were to go to the temple,

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 if possible,

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 three times a year.

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 They were to go at Passover.

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 Passover was a celebration

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 of commemoration

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 of the deliverance

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 of the people

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 from the Egyptians.

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 It's recorded in Exodus chapter 12,

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 and they had a celebration

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 every year

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 to celebrate

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 what God did for them

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 when He released them

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 from the Egyptians.

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 That is in,

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 that's called Passover.

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 And everybody was expected

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 to be there for that.

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 And then there was Pentecost.

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 Pentecost is 50,

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 it actually means 50,

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 and it's 50 days

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 after Passover,

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 and Pentecost

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 was a day

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 to celebrate

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 the harvest.

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 It was when

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 the wheat harvest

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 came in.

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 It was also a celebration

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 of the giving of the law,

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 and you were expected

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 to be at the temple

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 for Pentecost.

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 And then there was

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 the Feast of Tabernacles,

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 or what's also called

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 the Feast of Booths.

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 We would call it

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 the Feast of Tents,

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 because that's what

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 a booth was,

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 a canvas and stick

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 held together hut

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 that they lived in

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 as they lived in the desert

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 for 40 years.

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 They'd move that booth

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 around and live in it.

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 So the Festival

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 of Tabernacles,

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 which is a temporary shelter,

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 or the Festival of Booths

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 were a time

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 when they would come back

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 to Jerusalem

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 and live in a booth

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 or live in a tent

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 for seven days.

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 At the end of those seven days,

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 they would have a great

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 sacred celebration

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 on the eighth day.

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 Then they'd go back home.

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 And if you go to Jerusalem

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 today and you see

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 the Temple Mount,

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 where the Dome of the Rock

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 is now,

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 you're standing beside

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 the Jezreel Valley.

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 And between,

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 and the Jezreel Valley

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 goes deep down,

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 comes back up,

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 and the Mount of Olives

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 is on the other side.

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 And both sides

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 of that valley

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 are filled with,

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 it's a cemetery,

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 just a huge cemetery

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 where Jews have strived

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 to be buried

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 as close as they can

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 to the Temple Mount.

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 And,

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 but in the first century,

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 all those graves

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 weren't there.

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 There were a few

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 commemorative graves,

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 Absalom's pillars there.

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 And so there were

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 a few of those,

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 but those,

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 that area would have been

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 covered with booths

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 during that week.

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 Every rooftop

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 would have a booth on it.

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 Every courtyard

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 would have a booth on it.

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 They would find

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 any place they could.

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 It was almost like

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 a big tailgate party,

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 but for sacred reasons.

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 And there's a lot

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 that's not sacred

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 about tailgate parties

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 sometimes.

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 But anyway,

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 that's basically

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 what it was like.

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 And so they were expected,

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 males were expected,

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 if they could,

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 to be at the temple

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 three times a year

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 for that.

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 By the way,

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 there are Southern Baptists

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 that follow somewhat

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 like that pattern.

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 And they come

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 at Christmas

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 and Easter

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 whether they need to

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 every year.

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 Preachers call them

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 Christers.

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 And they always wonder

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 why the preacher

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 only preaches

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 on the birth of Christ

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 and the death

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 and resurrection of Christ.

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 He can't move on

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 to anything else.

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 They wonder that.

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 Man, you're here

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 in February.

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 Congratulations.

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 Congratulations.

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 But when they did not

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 go to the temple

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 those three times,

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 they went to the synagogue

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 every Sabbath.

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 And as I've told you before,

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 every town that had

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 more than 12 Jewish males

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 had a synagogue.

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 And they would meet

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 in that synagogue

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 and that was the place

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 where they were fed spiritually.

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 The temple was the place

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 for major feasts,

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 priestly matters,

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 atoning sacrifices.

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 The synagogue was the place

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 of worship

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 on a regular basis.

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 And those synagogues

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 had rulers.

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 The rulers

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 were a board of men

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 that made sure

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 the synagogue

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 was managed well.

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 They were men

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 that took care

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 of the scrolls.

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 They were men

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 that cared

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 for the facility.

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 They were those

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 that made sure

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 that everything

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 went on schedule.

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 They supervised

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 the readers

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 and the teachers.

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 Typically,

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 the rulers

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 of the synagogue

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 did not do

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 the teaching

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 or the reading

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 of the word.

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 But they would

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 supervise those areas.

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 And I tried

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 to find

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 a contemporary example

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 of what that position

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 is.

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 But quite honestly,

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 as I look at our church,

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 it is so varied

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 and we have so many people

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 in so many different spots

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 doing so many different things

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 that's hard to say.

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 When I got here

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 this morning,

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 the welcome board

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 that normally

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 is on the sidewalk

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 out here

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 was laying down.

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 And as I walked in,

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 one of the security guys

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 was with me

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 and he picked it up

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 and put it up.

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 And the minute

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 we walked inside,

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 it blew back down.

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 And another security guy

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 came on the scene

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 and picked it up

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 and put it up.

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 And the minute he did,

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 it blew back down.

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 Another guy came up

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 about that time

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 and set it up.

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 It was just fun

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 standing inside

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 watching it,

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 you know.

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 just one right

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 after another

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 trying their best

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 thinking that they

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 have the magic touch.

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 I think they finally

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 just removed it.

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 I walked in here

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 and there was somebody

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 opening these shutters.

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 If I had walked

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 to the coffee bar,

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 there's people

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 down there working.

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 There were people

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 making sure that people

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 were welcomed

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 when they would come here.

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 We had tech guys

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 working with

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 the musical staff

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 to make sure

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 that everything was,

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 there were so many

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 working pieces.

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 Your children

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 are invested

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 to our ministry

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 as we speak right now.

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 There are so many

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 different people

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 that make sure

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 things are taken care of.

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 And I am very appreciative

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 and I don't like

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 naming names

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 because I'll leave

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 somebody out.

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 So just do it

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 for the Lord

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 and thank you

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 for what you do.

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 And if you're not

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 doing anything,

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 get busy doing something.

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 There's places to serve.

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 That's a whole other sermon.

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 But anyway,

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 but the guys

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 that watched over

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 all of that

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 were the rulers

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 of the synagogue.

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 And not from that position,

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 but they were often

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 very wealthy people,

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 highly regarded

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 and very important.

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 I said all that

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 to say that

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 when Jairus walked up,

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 people would have

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 got out of his way

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 because he's the one

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 that makes sure

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 everything's taken care

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 of for us.

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 And he approached Jesus

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 and it must have

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 took him a lot

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 to approach Jesus

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 because Jesus

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 was not highly esteemed

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 by Jewish leaders.

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 And now,

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 Jairus,

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 I feel sure

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 being ruler

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 of a local synagogue,

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 was not part

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 of the Sanhedrin,

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 but because

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 the Sanhedrin

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 oversaw

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 the synagogues,

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 he would have had

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 a lot of interaction

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 with the heads

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 of Jewish religion

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 who were pursuing Christ.

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 And so for Jairus

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 to come

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 and approach Christ

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 with his great need

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 had to take a lot.

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 But when your kid's sick,

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 you'll do whatever

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 you have to do

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 to try to fix the problem.

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 It says that not only

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 did he approach Christ,

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 but it said he fell

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 at his feet,

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 that term there

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 speaks of a worshipful fall,

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 as if he was kissing

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 the feet of Jesus.

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 He laid before him.

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 And by the time

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 that Jesus

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 had healed the woman,

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 they were getting word back

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 that Jairus'

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 dying daughter

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 was dead.

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 And upon Jairus

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 hearing the word

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 that his daughter

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 had died,

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 he also heard

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 Jesus say,

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 do not fear,

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 only believe.

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 So even in the midst

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 of the crisis,

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 Jesus speaks words

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 of comfort

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 that had to be effective.

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 And I love how

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 even when the problem

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 is not yet solved,

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 even when the problem

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 may not even be solved,

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 Jesus has a way

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 to calm us.

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 He says the right things

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 through the powerful presence

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 and through his word

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 into our lives.

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 And it just teaches us

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 that we can trust him

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 even when we don't understand.

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 Jesus calms.

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 Not only does he calm,

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 but he also corrects.

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 I want you to notice this.

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 Christ proceeds

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 to take the inner three,

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 that's Peter,

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 James,

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 and John

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 with him

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 into the house

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 of Jairus.

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 Peter,

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 James,

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 and John

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 will also be the ones

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 that he takes up

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 on the Mount

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 of Transfiguration.

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 Peter,

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 James,

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 and John

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 will also be the one

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 that he takes deeper

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 into the Garden

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 of Gethsemane

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 on the night

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 of his arrest.

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 They were the obvious

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 leaders of the apostles.

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 And as they get

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 to the house,

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 there is quite a commotion.

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 Now notice that

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 this is obvious

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 because a young lady

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 has died,

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 people are going

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 to be very upset.

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 Of course they are.

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 But there's a lot

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 more going on here

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 than just the loss

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 of a life.

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 For one,

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 professional mourners

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 would come

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 and they would loudly

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 weep on behalf

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 of the dead.

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 Flutists would come

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 and they would show up

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 and they would begin

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 to play

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 while people

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 sang dirges

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 that were deadly

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 and sorrowful.

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 The thought was

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 that it would help

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 the family

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:10.879
 better express themselves

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 without feeling embarrassed

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 with their mourning.

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 It was actually expected

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 that even the poor,

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 rabbinical law,

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 not biblical law,

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 but that that's added to it,

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 rabbinical law

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 stated that even the poor

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 should have at least

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 two flutes

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 and one wailing woman.

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 That's what it says.

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 You know,

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 you've got to mourn the dead.

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 You've got to let people know.

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 Therefore,

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 when word got out,

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 those mourners

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 would come lurking.

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 Now,

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 I don't mean to be

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 gross here,

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 but when somebody dies

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 in that atmosphere,

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 if you're going to mourn

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 the body,

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 you better hurry

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 because there's a change

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 that's going to take place

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 in that body.

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 And so,

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 when they got word

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 that Jerish's daughter

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 was dying,

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 typically,

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.559
 those mourners

00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.940
 would be waiting outside

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 like a bunch of vultures

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 waiting for the dead

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 so they could toot their flute

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 and call out their whale.

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 There's a lot of commotion.

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 Mourners were expected

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 to beat their breasts.

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 Mourners were expected

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 to tear at their hair.

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 They were expected

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 to tear their tunic.

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 If you were close relatives,

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 you were to tear it

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 in the chest.

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 And you could sew it up

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 loosely as long as it still

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 looks like it's been torn,

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 but you have to wear it

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 for 30 days

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 to show that you're mourning.

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 I mean,

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 it was an elaborate process.

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 And it was that kind

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 of atmosphere

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 that Christ walked into.

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 And verse 39 says,

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 and when he entered,

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 he said to them,

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 why are you making

00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:53.639
 a commotion and weeping?

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 The child's not dead,

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 but sleeping.

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 And they laughed at him.

00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:02.400
 Now,

00:21:02.520 --> 00:21:03.060
 once you understand,

00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:03.740
 when Jesus says

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 the child is sleeping,

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 he's not talking about

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.759
 a soul sleep here.

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 What he's saying is,

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 it's going to be easier

00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:11.140
 for me to rouse this child

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 than it is your child

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 on a school day

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 when you try to get them

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 up to go to school.

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 It's going to be

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.960
 nothing for him.

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 This state is only

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 temporary.

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 They had misunderstood

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 and Jesus corrects them.

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 What they think

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 is permanent

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 is only temporary.

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 What they think

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 can't be changed

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 will be changed.

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 What they thought

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 was dead and gone

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 would be alive and well.

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 And it's the kind

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 of correction

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 that Jesus makes

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 in people's lives.

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 He's much greater

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 than our anticipations.

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 And he'll correct us

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 when he needs to.

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 Not only does he correct,

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 but he also answers.

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 Jesus answers.

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 He sent them out

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 and took the parents

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 and went in

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 and took the girl

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 by the hand

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 and spoke in a language

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 that he normally spoke

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 which was Aramaic.

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 And Mark

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 in one of those few times

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 in the Gospel of Mark,

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 I believe four times,

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 he uses the original language

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 of Aramaic

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 to state what Jesus said

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 to that little girl.

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 and he told her to rise

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 and immediately she did.

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 There was no CPR.

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 He didn't yell at her.

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 He didn't slap her.

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 He just took her by the hand

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 and she arose.

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 And there was no need

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 for recovery.

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 She didn't start PT and OT.

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 She walked across the room

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 rehabilitated.

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 Now,

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.299
 why does Mark

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 use the original language here?

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 Well,

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 I want you to remember

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 that Mark

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 was very young

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 when this happened.

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 He was probably

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 about the age

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 of this 12-year-old.

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 And I'll say girl,

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 but at 12 years old

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 in that culture,

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 she was on

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 the verge

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 of womanhood

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 and their thoughts.

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 Mark was about that age.

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 He wasn't there.

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 But he got his information

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 about this

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 and he got his information

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 about what we have

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.380
 in the Gospel of Mark

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 from Peter.

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 He penned it

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 based on Peter's testimony

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 and Peter was there

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 and Peter told him

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 what Jesus said.

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 And in this event,

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.299
 the words,

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 the touch,

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 the power,

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 the opening of the eyes,

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.380
 the answered prayer,

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 all of it

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 was so burned

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.200
 upon the mind

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 of Peter.

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 It was so stamped

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 upon his conscience

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 that he quoted it

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 just like he saw it.

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 He could hear

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.660
 the words again.

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 Talitha kum.

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 Talitha kum.

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 When that young lady

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 walked across that room,

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 they were absolutely amazed.

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 And Jesus told them

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 not to talk about it.

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:54.920
 Now,

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.500
 that tickles me

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 because the marvel

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.819
 of this miracle

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:59.000
 is not going to be held long.

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 It's not going to be

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.480
 secret long.

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 I mean,

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.759
 the minute she walks

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 out the door

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 and is on the street,

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.799
 somebody's going to say,

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 wait a minute,

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 I thought she died.

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:10.180
 It's not going to be long.

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.859
 But he told them

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.740
 to get her something

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 to eat.

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.099
 Now,

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.940
 we have no idea

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.880
 how long her terminal

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.819
 illness had kept her

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.420
 from eating.

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:24.079
 But they're in shock

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.980
 looking at

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.140
 their little girl

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.900
 who had died

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:28.519
 walking around

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 and Jesus sees them

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 and says,

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.400
 would you get her

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.019
 something to eat?

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:33.420
 Would you get her

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:32.019
 something to eat?

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:40.759
 so what does all that mean for us

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:44.839
 why is it here

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:47.519
 recorded in scripture

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:51.639
 does it just show the miracle of the touch of Jesus

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:53.920
 well it does no doubt about that

00:24:53.920 --> 00:25:00.139
 but I will tell you that all the sick will not be made well

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:04.020
 they wasn't in the first century

00:25:04.020 --> 00:25:11.060
 and all the dying will not be risen up in this life

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:13.320
 it's not going to happen

00:25:13.320 --> 00:25:19.060
 even if we do see miraculous escape from death

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:21.180
 it's not going to be in this manner

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 it's not so what does this mean for us

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:33.779
 what it means for us is his delay does not mean that he's failed

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:40.539
 that his delay does not mean that he's not true

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:45.980
 his delay does mean that he has greater things in store

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:53.620
 Jairus suffered a horrible delay

00:25:53.619 --> 00:26:00.019
 and those that saw Jesus as he approached

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:02.619
 the girl that had died

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.979
 ridiculed him

00:26:03.979 --> 00:26:05.819
 they laughed at him

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:08.539
 they did not believe him

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:13.699
 one of the reasons why it's recorded in the gospel of Mark

00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:14.539
 the way it is

00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.500
 is because it is a foreshadowing

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.939
 of another time

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:19.599
 when they would not believe him

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:21.359
 and another time

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.359
 when they would not ridicule him

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:27.319
 there was a worse delay that was coming in the future

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:29.319
 there was a Friday

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:31.539
 when the Lord died

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:35.559
 and to some

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:37.059
 it appeared that he had failed

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:41.939
 it seemed as if what he said was not true

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:43.639
 but in reality

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:45.699
 he had greater things in store

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:47.620
 and when Saturday came

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:49.740
 heaven was silent

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:53.019
 and the tomb was sealed

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.200
 shut

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:57.140
 and there were people waiting

00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.380
 wondering

00:26:58.380 --> 00:27:01.039
 what in the world have we put our faith in

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:09.920
 nothing happened that day

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:13.519
 and it was a horrible

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.860
 delay

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.080
 surely he's failed

00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:18.580
 did anything he say

00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.960
 was it even true

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:26.460
 and sometimes in our lives

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:28.019
 when the tomb's been sealed

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:30.980
 and the delay's been long

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:34.200
 we wonder where's God in all this

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:41.080
 is he who he proclaims to be

00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:46.340
 can I really put my faith in him

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:51.240
 and then Sunday morning comes

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:54.299
 and without anyone's help

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:56.299
 Christ rises from the grave

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:59.580
 and those that had ridiculed him

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:00.500
 were silent

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:02.620
 and those who had hoped in him

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:04.140
 was now fulfilled

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.640
 fulfilled

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.740
 and I will tell you

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:08.120
 that those who put their hope

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:09.180
 in Christ

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:12.180
 will always be fulfilled

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:16.759
 it may not feel like it today

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:21.840
 and it may not feel like it tomorrow

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:27.340
 and I can't tell you

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:28.740
 when your answer is going to come

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:32.100
 but I can tell you

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:33.240
 what the answer is

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:36.019
 the answer is Jesus

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:40.359
 and you can put your faith

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.400
 and hope in him

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:43.460
 and trust him

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:46.960
 even when there's no way in the world

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.819
 you understand

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:49.900
 what is happening

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:53.660
 waiting hope

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.660
 hope

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:59.779
 is the toughest hope

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:04.540
 but if that waiting hope

00:29:04.540 --> 00:29:06.560
 is in Christ

00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:10.060
 it'll be fulfilled

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:15.620
 it's not gonna be on my schedule

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:20.519
 it's probably not gonna be

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.799
 the way I designed it to be

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:25.759
 but it really ain't about me

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:28.900
 and I hate to be the one

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.599
 to break it to you

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:31.039
 it really ain't about you

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:34.139
 it's about him

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:37.579
 we can put our hope

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.980
 and our faith

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.379
 in him

00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:43.960
 so I wanna ask you this morning

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.700
 have you ever done that

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:51.220
 have you ever put the hope of your life

00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.900
 in Christ

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:56.340
 scripture tells us what that means

00:29:56.340 --> 00:29:57.260
 is that we acknowledge

00:29:57.260 --> 00:29:58.600
 that we've sinned against him

00:29:58.600 --> 00:30:00.200
 that we've done wrong

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:01.260
 and that we need a savior

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:04.180
 and that we ask him

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:05.299
 to not only forgive us

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:06.339
 but I want you to hear me

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:08.379
 we surrender our lives

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:09.220
 to follow his will

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.799
 and his way

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:11.619
 that from this day forward

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.819
 I'm no longer in charge

00:30:12.819 --> 00:30:13.660
 he's in charge

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:16.099
 I didn't say

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.799
 that we raise our hand

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.839
 during a vacation Bible school

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.700
 when nobody's looking

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.799
 and repeat a prayer

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.259
 after somebody

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.960
 it's not what I said

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:24.059
 I think there's been

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:25.039
 a lot of confusion

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:26.460
 along the way in life

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:28.559
 from easy believism

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.339
 along the way

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:31.599
 and a lot of people

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:33.259
 have done a lot of things

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.919
 they never meant

00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:35.599
 and they think they're okay

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:38.879
 that's not putting your hope in Christ

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:45.399
 have you ever

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:47.980
 surrendered your life to Christ

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:50.679
 and put your hope in him

00:30:50.679 --> 00:30:53.539
 if you never have

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.099
 I wanna tell you

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.159
 today's the day of salvation

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:58.220
 he'll take you where you are

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.500
 in your circumstances

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:01.240
 and he'll change you

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:02.240
 and begin to mold you

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.920
 and make you to be

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.940
 what he'd have you to be

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:05.680
 you just have to put your hope in him

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:09.160
 and if you've done that privately

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:10.059
 but you've never

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:11.980
 effectively done that publicly

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.360
 and never told anybody else

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:13.980
 what you've done

00:31:13.980 --> 00:31:14.600
 I'm gonna tell you

00:31:14.600 --> 00:31:16.720
 private faith is no faith at all

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.380
 quite honestly

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.559
 based on scripture

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:22.339
 Jesus tells us

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.279
 not to be ashamed of him

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.860
 before others

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:26.600
 and by his example

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.439
 and by his commission

00:31:27.439 --> 00:31:28.079
 he shows us

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.759
 the first step

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.639
 to follow

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.439
 after our salvation

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:30.939
 is baptism

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:32.139
 and if you've never been

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:33.019
 baptized as a believer

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.699
 I'm gonna tell you

00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:35.379
 it can cause a great hindrance

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.019
 in your life

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.619
 and your faith

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.559
 and trusting in him

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:39.619
 if you've disobeyed him

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.179
 in that step

00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:41.259
 and so if that's never happened

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.500
 to you

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.500
 I encourage you to come

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:46.000
 maybe you're here

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.659
 and God's leading you

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.679
 to First Baptist Church

00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:52.779
 you feel like God's leading you

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:54.039
 to be a part of this worship

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:56.940
 and if he is

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.960
 I encourage you to come

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.160
 I'd love to guide you

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.740
 in that process

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.420
 what that means

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:05.880
 but I know

00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.240
 there's a lot more people here

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.920
 this morning

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:11.960
 that have weighty matters

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.039
 in their life

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:16.920
 and struggle

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:20.240
 with putting their hope

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.859
 in Christ

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:24.299
 in the midst

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:26.700
 of the weight

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:30.379
 I'm just gonna tell you

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:32.639
 you can

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:36.039
 he's worthy of it

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:38.200
 you lay it down

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.839
 before him

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:41.839
 I'm not telling you

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 you'll understand

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 all the way

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 I'm not telling you

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 you'll understand

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 at all

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 this side of eternity

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 I will not tell you that

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 but I will tell you

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 that you can put your hope

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 in Christ

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 and trust him

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 and so whatever

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 that burden is

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 you can do that

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 where you stand

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 in just a moment

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 you can do it

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 at this altar

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 you can do it

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 with me praying for you

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 and with you

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 but whatever it is

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 trust him

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 even in the delays

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 even in the wait

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 put your hope

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 in Christ

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 heavenly father

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 help us today

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 to simply obey you

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 as you speak

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 to our hearts and lives

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 oh God I pray

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 in Jesus name

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 amen