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 Have you ever noticed how it's possible to be amazed by the miracles of Jesus and still be

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 completely oblivious to their true significance? Not only is that a possibility, but I think that

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 it's actually more common than what we would hope it to be. Just think of all of these people that

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 Jesus has encountered in the gospels up to this point and beyond. Thousands of people flocked to

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 Jesus and his disciples wherever he went, but very few of them actually believed and followed him.

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 They were eyewitnesses to his power, but they were utterly ignorant of his person.

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 They loved to see what he could do, but they completely missed who he was. And even the

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 people that were closest to Jesus, his 12 disciples in particular, still struggled to understand the

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 significance of Jesus's identity and purpose. And despite all that they had seen, despite all that

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 they had even partaken in as a result of the power and authority of Jesus, the disciples generally

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 misunderstood what all of that was about. And such is the case here at the conclusion of chapter six.

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 And it's for this reason that this miracle of Jesus walking on water of which probably all of us are so

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 familiar is actually one of the most significant moments in the life of the disciples as they walked

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 with Jesus. Now that might be a bit of a hard statement, but I think it's true because we look at all,

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 all that they experienced with Jesus clearly the most significant moment was when the resurrected Christ

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 appeared to these men. But this was such a massive turning point for these men in their acknowledgement of who

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 Jesus was and they're beginning to understand exactly what his purpose was in all of this. They were following him in

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 faith, but they just weren't getting it. All the things that they saw and experienced, it wasn't clicking. They

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 weren't bringing these connections together to really understand what Jesus was doing until this point.

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 And even at this point, they didn't quite grasp it, but something significant changed as we'll get to in

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 beginning to understand this. And so when we come to the miracle of the walking on the water,

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 it's not just meant to amaze us that Jesus did this really incredible thing, but I really think that we

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 should view this particular story and miracle as a turning point in the life of the 12 disciples.

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 We need to understand this event in tandem with the feeding of the 5,000, which is what we studied

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 last Sunday. You will have difficulty understanding the purpose of Jesus walking on water without

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 understanding first the purpose of Jesus feeding the 5,000. It's really not two different stories. It's

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 really one story. This walking on the water is really the conclusion to the story of Jesus feeding

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 the 5,000. When you go to the Gospels, Luke is the only one that doesn't cover Jesus walking on water,

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 but all four Gospels cover the feeding of the 5,000. Every time the walking on the water is mentioned,

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 it is always, always directly linked to Jesus feeding all of those people in the desolate place near

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 Bethsaida. And so you can't understand the two apart from one another.

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 It's not just for continuity of narrative. It's not just about that. There's a reason that these two

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 are linked together. And Mark, I think, lays out two particular reasons here that we want to cover

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 today. The first one is this, that in verse 45, we see this urgency with which Jesus sent the disciples

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 away. So he does this great miracle. He feeds all of these people. And then the very next verse,

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 we don't see anything else happening except for Jesus hurriedly, urgently making sure that his

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 disciples don't stay around. He's pushing them away. Go, get out of here, go get in the boat, go to the

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 other side, and I'll catch up with you later. There's an urgency to what Jesus is doing here. So the question

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 is, what's happening? What was happening in Bethsaida or near Bethsaida that Jesus had to so

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 urgently get these disciples away? So it's not just about this continuity and narrative telling story in a

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 particular order. There's a reason that these two are being connected. The second one is this. We read

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 it a moment ago. Look again with me at, what is it, verse 52. They were amazed, but why were they amazed?

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 Mark circles back around to the feeding of the 5,000. He says they were amazed because their hearts were

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 hardened due to them not understanding what the feeding of the 5,000 was all about. They didn't

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 understand the loaves. They hadn't considered that. Their hearts were hardened, which is a pretty

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 important statement when we come to Mark's gospel. And that's why things weren't clicking for them before.

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 That's why they were astounded. So after he gets all the way through this story of what Jesus has done,

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 he circles back around. And so we have to ask that question, why was Jesus sending these disciples

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 away with urgency? And what was it that they didn't get? What was it about this feeding of the 5,000 that

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 wasn't clicking for these men that Jesus had to go walk on water in order to make it click? Because

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 that's essentially what's happening. They've missed something massive. So Jesus, in order to demonstrate

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 something very specific to these men, walks on water. And that's what becomes the turning point for the men.

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 And it's these questions that I hope that we can answer this morning as we go through this chapter.

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 Now, remember, we're coming to the close of this chapter that has focused specifically on the

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 disciples. All of Mark's gospel is about Jesus. All of the Bible is about Jesus. But Mark is giving us

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 this picture of Jesus and telling these stories of Jesus in Mark chapter 6 through the lens of his

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 disciples, their training, and what it was that was going on in their minds.

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 Let me ask you, when you got saved, when you were converted to Christ, did everything that you read

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 in the Bible and everything that you had ever heard about the Bible just all of a sudden just click,

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 and you just had it, and you were just like, you're a doctor of theology now, it all just makes sense?

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 Of course not, right? Of course not.

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 The character of God is infinite.

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 You will never, you will never understand it all. You will never grasp it all.

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 I was talking to Caitlin and Michaela this morning about a song I was listening to this week.

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 It's a City of Light song called I Want to Know You.

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 And there's a bridge in the song, it says, it says like wave after wave on the ocean,

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 like all of the sand on the shore, your beauty and glory are endless. Oh Jesus, I must know you more.

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 And I think the more that we actually begin to understand the Bible, and the more we begin to

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 actually see who Christ is, we realize how little of Christ we actually understand.

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 And for a believer, it should put this desire, this fire in your heart.

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 Lord, I just want to know you more. I want to know more of who you are.

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 I want to understand this more.

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 So now let's put ourselves in the disciples' shoes.

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 Yes, they've seen some amazing things.

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 They had done some amazing things through the power of Christ.

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 But they're not any different than us.

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 Didn't mean that everything just clicked with them all of a sudden.

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 There was a progression to their understanding.

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 They grew in grace the same way that we grow in grace.

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 And it wasn't that they didn't have faith.

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 It wasn't that they weren't regenerate.

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 It wasn't any of that.

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 It was that this was just another step in their walk of faith.

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 And it ended up being a monumental moment for them in this time that they were following Christ.

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 So if you care to keep an outline, maybe next to verses 45 and 46 in those scripture journals,

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 you'll write this, messianic misunderstanding.

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 Messianic misunderstanding or misunderstanding the Messiah or however you'd want to phrase that.

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 It doesn't really matter to me.

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 But it's in verses 45 and 46 where we're going to see this.

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 And one of the recurring problems with the crowds that followed Jesus

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 was that they continually misunderstood the purpose of the Messiah.

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 It wasn't necessarily that they denied Jesus as being a messianic figure.

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 I think that was the point in the crowds following him is that they suspected that he was indeed

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 at least a Messiah from God.

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 What they misunderstood is exactly what that meant and exactly what the purpose of the Messiah would be.

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 They expected this political leader, this military hero that would deliver the nation from oppression

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 and would restore it to a former glory, like the glory of David's kingdom.

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 And even those who had followed Jesus expected a physical kingdom that would be established in their lifetime.

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 Now, Isaiah had prophesied that the coming of the Messiah would cause a few things to happen.

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 That deaf people would hear, that blind people would see, that lame people would walk,

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 that good news would be brought, that blessing would come upon the nation.

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 And what have we seen Jesus doing as he's going throughout Galilee in Mark's gospel?

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 He's preaching good news.

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 He's bringing blessing to the nation.

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 The deaf can hear, the blind can see, the lame can walk.

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 All of these things that the prophets had foretold would be true of the Messiah are true in Jesus.

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 And the crowds are starting to see that.

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 They're seeing, okay, this might be the one.

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 What they misunderstood is what the one was intending to do.

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 But then Jesus even admitted that he was the one.

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 Remember this from Luke chapter four.

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 You don't have to turn there.

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 Maybe write it in the margins of your notes and you can reflect on it later.

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 Luke chapter four, Jesus's first visit to Nazareth after his ministry had begun.

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 And he goes and he's allowed to speak in the synagogue.

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 And it says that in the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him.

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 He unrolled the scroll and found the place where this was written.

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 The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

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 He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind,

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 to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

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 And Jesus rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, sat down,

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 and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

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 And he began to say this,

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 Today, this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.

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 Okay, Jesus was clear.

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 Sometimes we wonder that.

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 Why wasn't Jesus more clear?

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 That's pretty clear.

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 And that's early on in his ministry.

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 He's reading these prophets and he's saying,

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 I am that one.

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 And so it's not that the people didn't think he was the Messiah or a Messiah.

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 It's that they misunderstood what his whole purpose was.

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 Remember John the Baptist?

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 Before he was executed, he's in the prison.

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 And remember, he's confused.

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 Because even John the Baptist thought that Jesus,

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 though he knew Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world,

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 he thought Jesus was bringing a physical kingdom then in his lifetime.

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 And he's confused because he is sitting in the prison.

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 And he wasn't thinking that that was going to be a part of the plan of the Messiah

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 and of his cousin, Jesus.

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 He didn't think that's what was going to happen.

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 And remember, he sends some of his own followers to Jesus.

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 And they say,

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 John wanted us to ask you,

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 Are you the one or should we look for another?

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 And what was it that Jesus said?

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 You can read it in Matthew 11 or Matthew 14.

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 One of those passages has this in context.

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 And Jesus says,

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 Jesus heals a few folks in front of John's disciples.

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 And he does all these works.

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 And then he turns to those disciples.

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 And he says,

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 Go and tell John that the deaf hear,

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 and the blind see,

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 and the lame walk,

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 and good news is preached to the people.

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 In other words,

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 John, you know,

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 you may not understand what I'm doing,

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 but you know I'm the one to do it.

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 So go tell John,

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 Don't worry.

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 Things are fine.

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 So even the people that were closest to him

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 didn't quite get it at this point.

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 But he was doing all of these things.

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 So with that in mind,

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 look at verse 45.

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 Immediately,

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 I'm reading from the ESV now.

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 Immediately,

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 he made his disciples get into the boat

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 and go before him to the other side,

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 to Bethsaida,

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 while he dismissed the crowd.

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 So there's this misunderstanding.

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 People aren't grasping exactly,

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 even the disciples aren't grasping exactly

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 what Jesus' purpose is.

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 Something is now happening on the side of this hill,

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 and Jesus forces these disciples to leave.

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 You have to get out of here.

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 Go get in the boat and go away.

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 The feeding of the 5,000 had taken place,

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 as we talked about last week,

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 in a desolate place.

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 It was in the region of Bethsaida,

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 which is northeast Galilee.

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 Probably,

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 there's some confusion

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 over what's happening in direction.

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 There's no reason to be confused.

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 Jesus is sending them away

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 to go to the other side.

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 Okay?

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 He's sending them to go back to the other side,

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 probably around the shoreline,

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 the way that they had come.

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 But why?

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 Well,

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 this particular area

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 was known to be a stronghold

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 for the zealot movement.

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 You'll probably recognize that term

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 because one of Jesus' disciples

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 was a zealot.

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 His name was Simon.

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 In one passage,

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 he's called Simon the Canaanite,

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 which literally means zealot.

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 That's what he was.

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 He was a part of this zealot movement.

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 Now,

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 this tells you something

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 about Jesus' mindset

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 toward this group.

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 Simon repented of

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 and left that group

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 in order to follow Jesus.

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 Now,

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 that was a messianic group.

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 They cared about Israel.

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 They cared about the Messiah.

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 They cared about all those things.

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 But that didn't mean

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 that they had it all together.

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 It didn't mean

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 that they were thinking rightly

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 about who Jesus is

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 and what the Savior would do.

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 In fact,

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 they were a military group.

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 They were hiding in the hills,

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 training in order to kill,

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 in order that they might free Israel

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 from the bondage

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 that they had experienced in Rome.

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 So they were freedom fighters.

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 They were revolutionaries.

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 And what they expected

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 the Messiah to do

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 was to be a military leader

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 that would lead them

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 in their training

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 in a fight,

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 a physical fight,

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 against Rome.

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 Now,

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 because this is the place

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 where this feeding took place,

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 some have suggested

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 that this crowd

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 was made up

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 predominantly of zealots.

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 He's in zealot territory.

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 All four Gospels

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 emphasized

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 that it was 5,000 men.

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 We know that there were women

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 and children there too,

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 but the emphasis is on the men.

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 Could it be

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 that this is basically

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 a group of 5,000 zealots

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 that have gathered

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 on the hillside

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 that now have witnessed

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 with their own eyes

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 Jesus do an incredible miracle?

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 And now they think,

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 okay,

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 the Messiah is here.

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 We've been training for this.

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 It's time to go fight.

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 And there's this messianic fervor

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 that's misunderstood

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 because they didn't really understand

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 who Jesus was.

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 And John tells us

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 that they attempted

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 to make Jesus a king

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 by force.

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 In fact,

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 John chapter 6,

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 verse 14,

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 when the people saw the sign

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 that he had done,

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 they said,

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 this is indeed the prophet

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 who is to come into the world.

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 Perceiving then

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 that they were about to come

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 and take him by force

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 to make him a king,

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 Jesus withdrew again

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 to the mountain by himself.

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 So why is it

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 that Jesus is sending

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 the disciples away

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 in such a hurried fashion?

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 Because the disciples

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 generally agreed

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 with the messianic expectations

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 of the people.

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 And they were probably

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 getting caught up

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 in the zeal of the crowd.

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 Zealots are ready

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 to take Jesus by force,

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 force him to be their leader.

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 They're going to go

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 fight against Rome.

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 And here's the disciples

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 on the other end

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 who are gung-ho for that.

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 That's what they thought

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 this was all about.

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 They thought,

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 yes,

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 this is it.

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 We're going to be

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 his right-hand men.

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 And they're getting excited.

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 And Jesus says,

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 no,

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 you need to get out of here.

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 It's time for you

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 to leave.

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 The language in verse 45

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 indicates that Jesus

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 had to force them out,

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 that they were reluctant

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 to leave.

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 And now we begin

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 to understand exactly

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 why this was such an issue

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 with the disciples.

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 After everything

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 they had witnessed Jesus do,

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 after Jesus calling

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 them to be apostles

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 that were going to

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 continue his kingdom,

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 they were going to

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 take his kingdom

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 across the world,

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 they didn't even understand

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 what that kingdom was.

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 They didn't even understand

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 what that purpose

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 was going to be.

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 They were susceptible

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 to the political enthusiasm

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 of the crowd.

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 So Jesus commanded them

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 to sail to the other side.

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 And it's just a reminder.

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 There's always a danger

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 in getting swept away

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 by error

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 when we fail to realize

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 exactly who Jesus is

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 and what he's meant to do.

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 The errors that we can

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 so easily get caught up in

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 as Christians

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 always come back

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 to a misunderstanding

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 of who Jesus is

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 and what his purpose is

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 should be mindful.

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 Look at verse 46.

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 After he had taken leave

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 of them,

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 he went up on the mountain

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 to pray.

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 It's always fascinating

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 to consider

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 the prayer life of Jesus.

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 It's mysterious.

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 Why would Jesus need to pray?

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 I understand why I need to pray.

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 Because I'm weak.

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 That's part of our prayer, right?

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 It's a surrender.

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 It's, Lord, I can't do this.

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 I need you.

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 I need you to work on my behalf.

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 I need you in this moment.

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 But why would Jesus do this?

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 It's mysterious to think about it.

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 It pictures the intimate communion

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 in the Trinity,

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 the unity that existed

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 between the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Spirit.

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 But while we often see Jesus

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 praying in the Gospels,

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 these private times

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 of prayer in solitude,

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 particularly in these

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 mountainous places,

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 we see these names

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 specifically through the Gospels.

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 They're always connected

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 in some way

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 to difficulty

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 and temptation.

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 Now think about this

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 for just a moment.

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 When's the first time

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 that we see Jesus

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 in this type of prayer?

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 Well, it was right

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 after his baptism.

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 He was led of the Spirit

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 into the wilderness

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 for 40 days and 40 nights.

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 And as he's praying and fasting,

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 what is happening?

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 For 40 days and 40 nights,

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 he's being tempted.

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 And what were those temptations about?

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 Satan's,

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 the goal of Satan's temptations

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 of Jesus

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 was to get him to go

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 against the will of the Father.

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 That was the purpose.

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 Whether it was turning

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 the bread into food

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 or the stones into bread,

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 or whether it was jumping off

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 the pinnacle of the temple

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 and having angels bear him up

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 before he falls on the rocks,

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 or whether it was to bow to Satan

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 in order to gain the kingdom,

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 all of those things

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 were really for one purpose.

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 Go against the will of the Father.

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 Those were the temptations.

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 Okay?

00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:04.000
 When's the next time

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 we see him being tempted?

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 Mark chapter 1.

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 This explosive popularity

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 all of a sudden in Capernaum.

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 Remember,

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 all these people are coming

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 all night to Jesus.

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 Jesus slips away

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 in the middle of the night

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 to go pray,

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 and his disciples hunt him down.

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 And what'd they say?

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 We need to go back

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 because it's happening.

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 It's happening, Jesus.

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 And what does Jesus say?

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 No,

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 we're going to go

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 to other towns now

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 so that I can teach them

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 because that's why I've come.

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 And so this moment of prayer

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 in Mark chapter 1,

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 what is it?

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 It's a reaffirming

00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:35.039
 of the will of the Father.

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 And the next day,

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 he doesn't go back

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:38.119
 to follow the expectations

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 of the disciples.

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 He follows the expectations

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 of the Father,

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 and he goes,

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:43.959
 and he stays on track

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 with what his purpose was.

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:47.219
 We're going to see it again

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 the night of his arrest.

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 He's going to go

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 to the Garden of Gethsemane,

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 and he's going to go

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 a little further

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 than the rest of them

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 in this solitude at night.

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 And what is it

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:58.000
 that he's going to pray

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:59.580
 in a moment of temptation,

00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:00.140
 probably?

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.759
 He's going to pray,

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.160
 Father,

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.039
 not my will,

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.940
 but your will be done.

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.779
 And then we see him again

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.720
 on the mountain praying

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:12.600
 right after a group of zealots

00:21:12.600 --> 00:21:13.779
 had tried to get him

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.519
 to circumvent

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.559
 the will of the Father,

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 which was the cross.

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 He could have had

00:21:18.660 --> 00:21:19.180
 the leadership.

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 He could have had

00:21:20.360 --> 00:21:20.840
 the kingdom.

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 He could have had

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:23.240
 the things apart

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 from the cross,

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 but that wasn't

00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:25.819
 the will of the Father.

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 And so he goes

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 and he prays.

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 It's important here

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:34.440
 because it's perfect

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.920
 as the Son of God was

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 and is.

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.340
 He felt temptation

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:39.640
 in a way

00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:41.079
 that we can never understand.

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.819
 Yet he never sinned

00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.759
 even one time.

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:48.140
 Not one time.

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:49.700
 In fact,

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:51.100
 Hebrews reminds us of this.

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 We do not have a priest

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.779
 who is unable

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.640
 to sympathize

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.319
 with our weakness,

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:56.259
 but one who in every respect

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.059
 has been tempted

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.160
 as we are,

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 yet without sin.

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:03.240
 Do you understand

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.920
 the importance of this?

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.860
 That Jesus couldn't be

00:22:06.860 --> 00:22:07.579
 the Savior

00:22:07.579 --> 00:22:09.799
 if he wasn't sinless.

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:13.680
 but he is sinless.

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.819
 He never went

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.680
 with the temptation.

00:22:17.159 --> 00:22:18.119
 He never gave in

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:19.139
 to the messianic

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:20.180
 expectations

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:21.259
 of the people.

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.919
 Last night,

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.799
 Ashlyn and I

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.700
 were talking about this

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.259
 in a way.

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.059
 We were talking about this

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 on the couch.

00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.039
 I can't remember

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.519
 the context

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.180
 of what we were saying,

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.059
 but we were talking

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:32.119
 about how easy it is

00:22:32.119 --> 00:22:33.460
 to worry

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.839
 about future sin.

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:36.079
 We want to please

00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.419
 the Lord,

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.799
 don't we?

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:38.480
 We get worried sometimes

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.759
 that I don't want

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.460
 to mess up

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.079
 and I don't want

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.899
 to fall so badly

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:44.480
 that I'm alone

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.379
 and I feel distant

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.119
 from God

00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.960
 and all of those

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.399
 kinds of things.

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.960
 That was kind of

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.379
 the context

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.099
 of the conversation

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:50.079
 that Ashlyn and I

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.460
 were having.

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.559
 We had to bring it

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.319
 back to the gospel

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:56.119
 because my acceptance

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:56.940
 with the Father

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.980
 is not on the basis

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.819
 of whether or not

00:22:58.819 --> 00:23:00.220
 I can keep all the stuff.

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.839
 Whether or not

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:05.000
 he's close to me

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.960
 and I'm close to him

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.660
 is not about

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.579
 how good I can be.

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.120
 It's not about

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.700
 my righteousness.

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.980
 It's about the righteousness

00:23:09.980 --> 00:23:10.799
 of Christ

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:13.180
 because if my acceptance

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.640
 is based on how well

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.380
 I can keep up

00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:16.539
 this Christian thing,

00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.579
 then I'm never

00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.700
 going to be good enough.

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.660
 I'm never going

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.460
 to feel accepted.

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.319
 I'm never going

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.740
 to be loved

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.340
 to the Father,

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.220
 but that's not

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.860
 what it is.

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.960
 He doesn't look at me

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.980
 for how good I am

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.539
 or how well

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.700
 I can keep all the stuff.

00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.720
 He looks at me

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.519
 for the righteousness

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.799
 that is his son.

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.420
 Perfection.

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:34.400
 Because the sinless

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.319
 Savior died,

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.720
 my sinful soul

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.720
 is counted free

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:39.299
 for God the just

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.179
 is satisfied

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:41.839
 to look on him

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.259
 and pardon me.

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.799
 And what is this

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:46.139
 all about in this prayer?

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:48.099
 Jesus is reaffirming

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.720
 his commitment

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.919
 to the will of the Father.

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.579
 He will not sin.

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.740
 He will not give

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.579
 into temptation

00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.899
 and praise God

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.539
 that he didn't

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.439
 because it's only

00:23:56.439 --> 00:23:57.579
 due to his sinlessness

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.740
 as our Savior

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.839
 that we can actually

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.700
 be saved.

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:03.460
 He's not about,

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.059
 look,

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.380
 you need to free yourself

00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:06.259
 from this idea

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.680
 that I'm going

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.519
 to lose something,

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.059
 whether it be

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.799
 my salvation

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.500
 or whether it be

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.779
 my closeness to God

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:14.240
 if I don't keep

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.900
 all the rules

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.600
 and I don't do

00:24:15.600 --> 00:24:16.319
 all the stuff

00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.279
 and I'm just so worried

00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.600
 that I'm going

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.400
 to mess up.

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 And if it wasn't

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.220
 about how good you were

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.059
 to be saved,

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.660
 it's not going to be

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.700
 about how good you are

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.860
 to stay saved.

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.640
 And it's not going

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.759
 to be how good you are

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.099
 to feel saved.

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.900
 It's not any of that.

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.759
 It's the righteousness

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.660
 of Christ.

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:36.480
 What a freeing gospel

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.359
 he gives us.

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.900
 It's about him.

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:42.059
 Now we haven't even got

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.519
 to the walking

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.240
 on the water part.

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.859
 We need to probably

00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.539
 get there, don't we?

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.559
 Write this down

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.500
 in the margins.

00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.839
 Divine revelation.

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.799
 Divine revelation.

00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:52.420
 This is verses 47 to 51.

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.660
 Let's look at verse 47.

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 And when evening came,

00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.159
 the boat was out

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.740
 on the sea

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.899
 and he was alone

00:24:57.899 --> 00:24:58.619
 on the land

00:24:58.619 --> 00:25:00.000
 and he saw that

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.579
 they were making

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:01.699
 headway painfully

00:25:01.699 --> 00:25:02.399
 for the wind

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:04.399
 was against them.

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.919
 Now we've noted

00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:06.799
 in the past

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.859
 about storms

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:08.740
 that tend to come

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.919
 over the Sea of Galilee

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:11.039
 in a sudden fashion.

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:13.439
 And the disciples

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:14.139
 had actually feared

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.839
 for their lives.

00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.679
 I think it was

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.939
 at the end

00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.779
 of chapter 4

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:19.659
 where they had

00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.779
 feared for their lives

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.899
 during such a storm.

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.819
 Another storm

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.439
 has developed

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.000
 as Jesus

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.620
 has sent them

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:26.080
 away

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:27.539
 on the lake.

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.960
 Mark's language

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.460
 is actually

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.019
 a little different

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.840
 this time though.

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.600
 It's not that

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:34.080
 they were in danger

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:35.460
 as much

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.600
 as they were

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:38.240
 miserable

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.799
 here in this passage.

00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:41.400
 There's no indication

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.960
 that the boat

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.759
 was falling apart

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.320
 like before.

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.759
 They weren't terrified

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.420
 in this moment

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:46.100
 for their lives.

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.220
 They were just going

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.660
 through a really

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.420
 difficult time.

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:49.160
 They just couldn't

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.059
 make any progress.

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.740
 It's not that

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.100
 they were going

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.500
 backwards.

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:53.019
 It's not that

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.440
 it's not that

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.900
 they were falling

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.220
 apart.

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.660
 They weren't

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.119
 drowning.

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.180
 It's just that

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:57.559
 everything was

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.160
 against them

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.740
 in this moment

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.339
 and they couldn't

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.460
 make any progress

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:02.000
 because of this storm

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.500
 so that they're

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.140
 really miserable.

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.099
 They're miserable.

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.859
 They're toiling painfully

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.719
 to row

00:26:06.719 --> 00:26:07.159
 and they're not

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:08.359
 actually getting

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.879
 anywhere.

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.619
 And ironically

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:12.439
 they were in that

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.519
 troubling predicament

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:15.619
 because of obedience.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.980
 Right?

00:26:18.719 --> 00:26:20.119
 We often think

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.639
 of it that way.

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.399
 We think well

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.379
 if I'm obedient

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.980
 to the Lord

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.980
 then blessing will come.

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:25.259
 Yeah and often

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.779
 it does.

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:26.719
 Sometimes you're

00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:27.539
 obedient to the Lord

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.079
 and you just get

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.599
 more miserable.

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.459
 That's what's

00:26:31.459 --> 00:26:31.919
 happening with

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.839
 the disciples here.

00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:34.899
 Jesus says

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.639
 listen you guys

00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.259
 need to go to the boat

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.659
 and you need to go

00:26:36.659 --> 00:26:37.419
 to the other side

00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.679
 knowing full well

00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:39.559
 that they were

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.799
 going to struggle

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:42.179
 all night long.

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.579
 I mean it's just

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.299
 going to be a pain

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:46.500
 all night long.

00:26:47.699 --> 00:26:48.399
 Kent Hughes said

00:26:48.399 --> 00:26:49.259
 imagine what

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.319
 disobedience

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:51.259
 could have gotten

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:52.240
 these men that night.

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.740
 And we think

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.059
 obedience brings

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.559
 blessing.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.919
 Disobedience

00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:57.759
 brings problems.

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.720
 But that might not

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.220
 have actually been

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.859
 the case at least

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.740
 not immediately here.

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.799
 If they had

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.559
 disobeyed

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.379
 they probably

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:03.839
 would have had

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.399
 a nice place

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.279
 to stay for the night.

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.359
 Could have

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:07.359
 sheltered from the storm.

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.839
 Perhaps they would

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.460
 have had a host

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.119
 that fed them

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.700
 a good meal.

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:12.440
 Perhaps they could

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:12.919
 have amazed

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.500
 some people

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.379
 with the stories

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.220
 of what Jesus

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:15.799
 had done

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.359
 in their sight

00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:16.679
 and all these

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.039
 kinds of things.

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.679
 They might have

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:18.099
 had actually

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.799
 a pretty good night

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.720
 had they disobeyed

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.079
 the Lord.

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.259
 But they would

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.119
 have missed out.

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:23.700
 They would have

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.419
 missed out

00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.879
 on this monumental

00:27:25.879 --> 00:27:26.659
 moment

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.559
 in their walk

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.099
 with Christ.

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:30.199
 sometimes

00:27:30.199 --> 00:27:30.639
 Jesus

00:27:30.639 --> 00:27:31.219
 sends us

00:27:31.219 --> 00:27:31.980
 through a storm

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.879
 so that he

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.480
 might reveal

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.259
 himself more

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.699
 fully

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.919
 in the storm.

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:38.719
 Sometimes

00:27:38.719 --> 00:27:39.500
 he sends us

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.259
 through a storm

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.839
 in order to

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.559
 reveal himself

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.319
 more fully

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:44.919
 in that storm.

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.839
 He knew

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.299
 where he was

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:47.799
 sending them

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:49.119
 and he knew

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.559
 what he was

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.099
 going to do

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:51.639
 and their

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.139
 obedience

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.819
 brought them

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.379
 hardship

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.960
 but it

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.300
 actually

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.680
 ended up

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.020
 being the

00:27:56.020 --> 00:27:56.320
 greatest

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:56.740
 blessing

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.060
 that they

00:27:57.060 --> 00:27:57.280
 could have

00:27:57.280 --> 00:27:57.780
 experienced

00:27:57.780 --> 00:27:58.180
 on that

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.500
 night.

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.140
 Notice

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:01.540
 Jesus

00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:02.180
 was fully

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.460
 aware

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.600
 of

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:02.920
 everything

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.560
 going on.

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.540
 They

00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:05.860
 couldn't

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.420
 see him

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:08.100
 but he

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.540
 could see

00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:08.920
 them.

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.440
 John 6

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:11.840
 tells us

00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:12.120
 they were

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.480
 three or

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.080
 four miles

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.540
 out in

00:28:13.540 --> 00:28:13.780
 the middle

00:28:13.780 --> 00:28:13.980
 of the

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.160
 lake

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.480
 at this

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:14.780
 point.

00:28:16.400 --> 00:28:17.020
 It's the

00:28:17.020 --> 00:28:17.320
 middle of

00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.640
 the night.

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:18.580
 There's a

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:18.960
 storm.

00:28:19.800 --> 00:28:20.220
 Nobody's

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.440
 going to

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.840
 stand on

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.380
 the seashore

00:28:21.380 --> 00:28:21.760
 and be able

00:28:21.760 --> 00:28:22.240
 to see this

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.620
 boat out

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:22.800
 there.

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.119
 It just

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.299
 wouldn't

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.500
 have been

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.980
 possible.

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.419
 What's

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:25.879
 Mark telling

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.319
 us here?

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.700
 It's not

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.220
 that Jesus

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.839
 physically

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.299
 could see

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.519
 them.

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:29.839
 It's that

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.419
 he knew

00:28:30.419 --> 00:28:30.839
 where they

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.279
 were.

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.639
 He knew

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.039
 what was

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.500
 happening.

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.659
 They

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:34.899
 couldn't

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.379
 see him

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:35.639
 at the

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:35.919
 moment.

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.000
 They

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.240
 couldn't

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.599
 tell what

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:37.940
 was going

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.220
 on at

00:28:38.220 --> 00:28:38.639
 the moment

00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.220
 but he

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.859
 saw them.

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.680
 He knew

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:40.960
 them.

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:41.720
 He knew

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.059
 what was

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.759
 going on

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.599
 and he

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.039
 sees us

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.339
 too.

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.220
 I don't

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.440
 know what

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.720
 kind of

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.099
 storm you

00:28:47.099 --> 00:28:47.319
 may be

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.539
 going

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.720
 through

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.059
 today at

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.359
 this point

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.539
 in your

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:49.980
 life.

00:28:50.680 --> 00:28:51.379
 Be careful

00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.839
 before you

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.139
 wish it

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.519
 away.

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.519
 Because it

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.059
 may be

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.720
 that it's

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.399
 this particular

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.139
 storm that

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.759
 Jesus is

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.259
 planning to

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.879
 reveal himself

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:59.019
 to you in

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.559
 a completely

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.299
 unique way

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.599
 that you

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:00.839
 haven't

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.319
 experienced

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.659
 up to

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.159
 this point.

00:29:02.879 --> 00:29:03.460
 And just

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.019
 know that

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.419
 no matter

00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:04.919
 how dark

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.500
 it is

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.319
 and how

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.720
 difficult

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.419
 it is

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.599
 he sees

00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:08.940
 you.

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.259
 He knows

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.519
 you.

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.879
 He knows

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.299
 what's going

00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:12.639
 on in

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.240
 your life.

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.839
 Verse 48

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:16.259
 About the

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.759
 fourth watch

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.220
 of the night

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.799
 he came to

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.359
 them walking

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:19.039
 on the sea.

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.180
 He meant

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.819
 to pass by

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.319
 them but

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.059
 they saw

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.480
 him.

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.279
 walking

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.839
 on the

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.200
 sea.

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.819
 They thought

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:26.220
 it was a

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.579
 ghost.

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.000
 Cried out

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.339
 for they

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.779
 all saw

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.460
 him and

00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:30.819
 were terrified.

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.819
 Now we

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.259
 see they're

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.779
 terrified.

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.400
 But it

00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.819
 wasn't the

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.299
 storm they

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.860
 were terrified

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.259
 of.

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.460
 It was

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.000
 Jesus they

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.519
 were terrified

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.940
 of.

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.120
 Because they

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.360
 didn't know

00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:39.579
 it was

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.079
 Jesus.

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.279
 First

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.140
 century Jews

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:45.140
 they organized

00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:46.099
 their days into

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.779
 three hour

00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.860
 periods.

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:49.339
 the early

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.939
 evening was

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.379
 the time

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:50.859
 that Jesus

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.399
 had fed

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.159
 the 5,000

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:52.500
 that was

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.879
 between

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.659
 three o'clock

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:54.000
 and six

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.240
 o'clock

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.500
 in the

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:54.959
 afternoon.

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.559
 Then they

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:55.899
 had this

00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.219
 thing called

00:29:56.219 --> 00:29:56.659
 second

00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.159
 evening.

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:57.859
 That's six

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.319
 o'clock in

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.679
 the evening

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.519
 to nine

00:29:59.519 --> 00:29:59.979
 o'clock at

00:29:59.979 --> 00:30:00.219
 night.

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.919
 That's the

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.439
 time frame

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:01.919
 that Jesus

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.459
 sends the

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:03.119
 disciples out

00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.359
 on the

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.639
 boat.

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.759
 The fourth

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.139
 watch of

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:05.519
 the night

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.699
 is three

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.179
 to six

00:30:07.179 --> 00:30:07.479
 in the

00:30:07.479 --> 00:30:07.819
 morning.

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:09.159
 Think

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.740
 about that.

00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:12.079
 think about

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.099
 how long

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.220
 Jesus let

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.940
 them struggle.

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.539
 He's

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.960
 controlling

00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.460
 the storm

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:18.680
 here.

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.200
 He sent

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.640
 them into

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.920
 it.

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.359
 He's the

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.740
 one that's

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.279
 holding off

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.079
 on calming

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.539
 the storm

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.039
 right now.

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.220
 Six to

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.700
 eight hours

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.000
 maybe.

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.400
 Six to

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.779
 eight hours

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:28.980
 in the

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.200
 middle of

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.400
 the night.

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.759
 They were

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.019
 already

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.519
 exhausted.

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.000
 That was

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.299
 the point

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.519
 in going

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.019
 to Bethesda

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.380
 to get

00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.940
 some rest

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:33.559
 that they

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.980
 never actually

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.319
 got.

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.039
 And they're

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.400
 paddling

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.980
 all night.

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.480
 I mean

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.779
 goodness

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.220
 grief.

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:42.220
 By the

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.740
 time Jesus

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.259
 got to

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.519
 them,

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.019
 it was

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.460
 early in

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:45.940
 the morning.

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.299
 They

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.859
 rode all

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.339
 night.

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.640
 But then

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.660
 Jesus came

00:30:51.660 --> 00:30:53.220
 in a most

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.680
 peculiar

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.259
 way.

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.039
 Walking

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:59.140
 on the

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.740
 surface of

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.240
 the water.

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.259
 Now,

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:04.160
 familiarity

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.799
 with this

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.519
 story might

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.140
 cause us to

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.519
 take for

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.120
 granted what

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.519
 I just

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.900
 said.

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.759
 So let's

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.080
 take a

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:10.500
 moment to

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.180
 consider it.

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.160
 Jesus came

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.600
 to them

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:15.320
 by walking

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:16.460
 on water.

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.220
 I was

00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.440
 talking to

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.759
 my dad

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.160
 yesterday.

00:31:20.580 --> 00:31:21.160
 I was in

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:21.500
 a pool

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.220
 actually and

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.500
 he was

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.800
 sitting on

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.240
 the edge and

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.660
 I had this

00:31:23.660 --> 00:31:23.960
 thought of

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.300
 water in

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:24.860
 my head and

00:31:24.860 --> 00:31:25.320
 I was

00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:25.640
 thinking I

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.100
 can't walk

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.380
 on this

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.780
 right now.

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.800
 And I

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:30.280
 told my

00:31:30.280 --> 00:31:30.580
 dad, I

00:31:30.580 --> 00:31:30.800
 said I

00:31:30.800 --> 00:31:31.320
 wish that,

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:33.100
 I wish I

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.980
 could grasp

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:35.180
 maybe more

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.840
 emotionally

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:37.980
 what this

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.560
 was like.

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:39.860
 I can

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.519
 understand it

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.720
 factually, I

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.220
 believe it with

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.740
 my whole heart.

00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.500
 It's hard for

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.259
 me to grasp it

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:44.759
 in the way that

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.259
 the disciples

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.840
 clearly would

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.320
 have grasped

00:31:46.320 --> 00:31:46.539
 it.

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.240
 He walked

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.560
 on the

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.060
 surface of

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:50.539
 the water

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:52.920
 four miles

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:55.100
 in, in

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.420
 the middle

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.039
 of a storm.

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.920
 Now tell

00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:59.700
 me, who

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.220
 can walk

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.720
 on water?

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.900
 I can't

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.279
 do that.

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.259
 You can't

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.660
 do that.

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:06.880
 Gus can

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.259
 do that.

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:07.440
 And he

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.740
 said he

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:07.920
 might

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.259
 give it

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:11.519
 a shot.

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:11.980
 I'll give

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.460
 it a shot.

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:15.839
 The

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.299
 disciples

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.519
 couldn't

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.440
 except

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.980
 Peter and

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:19.220
 it was

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.819
 only because

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.660
 Jesus allowed

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:20.880
 him.

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.460
 There's

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.880
 only one

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.400
 person that

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:24.779
 can walk

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.259
 on water

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.319
 and it's

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.640
 not the

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.079
 Messiah.

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.259
 It's the

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.600
 Son of

00:32:28.600 --> 00:32:28.960
 God.

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.180
 which tells

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.559
 us something

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.200
 significant

00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.660
 about what

00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:34.160
 this moment

00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:34.740
 was.

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.900
 They were

00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:37.700
 misunderstanding

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.400
 Jesus'

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:39.460
 messianic

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.059
 purpose.

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.559
 And so

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.400
 Jesus comes

00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:42.839
 to them in

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.740
 a way that

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.380
 they can't

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.140
 mistake it.

00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.839
 This isn't a

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.480
 messianic

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.200
 expectation.

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.860
 This is an

00:32:49.860 --> 00:32:50.640
 expectation that

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.200
 we would only

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.259
 see in God

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.940
 himself.

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.000
 It's easy to

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.299
 get a little

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.940
 confused in

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.440
 this verse

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.460
 when Mark

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.140
 says that he

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.579
 meant to

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.160
 pass by

00:32:59.160 --> 00:32:59.500
 them.

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.200
 But there

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.559
 is a little

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:00.799
 bit of

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.159
 significance

00:33:01.159 --> 00:33:01.619
 here.

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.119
 He doesn't

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.539
 mean that

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.220
 Jesus was

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.119
 walking past

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:05.839
 them as if

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.240
 he didn't

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.740
 want to be

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.139
 seen and

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.579
 they happened

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:07.960
 to notice

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.240
 him out

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.440
 there.

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.159
 It's the

00:33:10.159 --> 00:33:10.579
 sense that

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.839
 he was

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.720
 walking beside

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.599
 them for

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.159
 the specific

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:13.879
 purpose that

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.659
 he would be

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:14.960
 seen.

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:16.259
 That's what's

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.619
 going on

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:16.859
 here.

00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.399
 Now,

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.359
 some of

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.059
 us suggested

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.679
 that there's

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.839
 a correlation

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:23.019
 here in the

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.179
 language to

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:24.779
 when God

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.399
 passed by

00:33:25.399 --> 00:33:26.159
 Moses in

00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:27.000
 Exodus 34.

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.539
 Do you

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.859
 remember that

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.159
 story?

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.519
 Moses goes up

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.740
 on the

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.000
 mountain.

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.259
 He's

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.700
 getting the

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.759
 second go

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.279
 around for

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.160
 the Ten

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.619
 Commandment

00:33:33.619 --> 00:33:33.980
 tablets.

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.339
 He says,

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.619
 God, I

00:33:35.619 --> 00:33:36.079
 just want to

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.420
 see you.

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:36.640
 Will you

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.000
 let me

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.559
 see you?

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.059
 God says,

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.480
 I'll hide you

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.619
 in the

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:38.900
 cleft of

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.200
 the rock

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.859
 and I

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.380
 will pass

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.079
 by you.

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.119
 He was

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:42.559
 revealing

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.119
 himself.

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.559
 Understandably,

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.680
 the men

00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.240
 were scared.

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.240
 Wouldn't you

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:48.460
 be?

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.039
 Why were they

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.299
 scared?

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:53.559
 The thought

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:53.779
 would have

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.299
 never crossed

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.519
 through their

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.819
 minds.

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.420
 I wonder

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.819
 if Jesus

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.160
 will come

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.660
 walking by

00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.099
 on the water

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.460
 tonight.

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.940
 Who would

00:33:58.940 --> 00:33:59.380
 even think

00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.880
 about that?

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:00.740
 None of

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:00.960
 us would

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.420
 ever even

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.279
 imagine that.

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.120
 And they

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.320
 weren't

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:04.820
 especially

00:34:04.820 --> 00:34:05.460
 superstitious

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.840
 people,

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.360
 the Jews,

00:34:06.580 --> 00:34:07.220
 but these

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.680
 men, the

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.539
 only explanation

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.900
 they could

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.380
 come up with

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:09.659
 in that

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.500
 moment is

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.059
 this is a

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:12.019
 ghost and

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.340
 they were

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.099
 terrified.

00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.380
 And then

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.079
 verse 50,

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.079
 they were

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.079
 going to

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.279
 go to

00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:17.579
 them.

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:19.059
 And they

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.360
 said,

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.279
 take heart,

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:22.259
 it is I,

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:23.840
 don't be

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.360
 afraid.

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.139
 And he

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.480
 got into

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.819
 the boat

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.360
 with them

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.460
 and the

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.299
 wind ceased.

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.980
 They didn't

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.539
 recognize him

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.179
 at first,

00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.340
 but they

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.659
 knew his

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.139
 voice.

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:36.159
 And the

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.699
 miracle wasn't

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.099
 over.

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.759
 That's what the

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.340
 amazing thing

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.819
 is here.

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.079
 It's

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.420
 unbelievable

00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.000
 that Jesus

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.500
 walked on

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.819
 water.

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:42.860
 water.

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.720
 But did

00:34:43.720 --> 00:34:44.300
 you notice?

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.580
 This time he

00:34:45.580 --> 00:34:45.960
 calmed the

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.440
 storm without

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:47.080
 even saying

00:34:47.080 --> 00:34:47.539
 anything.

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.620
 The last

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:49.980
 time he

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.220
 said,

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.680
 peace be

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.059
 still,

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:51.700
 and he

00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:52.059
 harnessed

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.559
 creation,

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.039
 this time

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.460
 all it

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.760
 took was

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.300
 from climbing

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.700
 the boat

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.019
 and all

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.360
 of a sudden

00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:55.700
 it's all

00:34:55.700 --> 00:34:56.600
 over.

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.820
 It's

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.220
 amazing.

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.100
 And so we

00:35:01.100 --> 00:35:01.500
 have to ask

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.100
 this question.

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.860
 Who can

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.280
 see the

00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:05.000
 storm tossed

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.280
 in the

00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:05.600
 middle of

00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:05.960
 the night?

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:07.400
 I can't

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.900
 see that.

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.519
 You can't

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.039
 see that.

00:35:11.700 --> 00:35:12.300
 Who can

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.740
 walk on

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.139
 water?

00:35:13.939 --> 00:35:14.719
 I can't

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.159
 do that.

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.819
 You can't

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.219
 do that.

00:35:18.939 --> 00:35:19.659
 Who can

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.099
 calm the

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:20.439
 wind and

00:35:20.439 --> 00:35:20.939
 the waves?

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:22.479
 Not me.

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.519
 Maybe Gus.

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.039
 Only God

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.359
 can do

00:35:29.359 --> 00:35:29.739
 this.

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.579
 Only God

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.879
 can do

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:32.239
 this.

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.919
 That's the

00:35:33.919 --> 00:35:34.219
 point.

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.659
 That's the

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.059
 point of the

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.500
 walking on

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.899
 the water.

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.219
 Thirdly,

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:39.959
 write down

00:35:39.959 --> 00:35:40.419
 authentic

00:35:40.419 --> 00:35:40.939
 worship.

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:43.039
 verse 51,

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.500
 and they

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.059
 were utterly

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.800
 astounded

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:46.340
 for they

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.679
 did not

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.200
 understand

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.920
 the loaves,

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.280
 but their

00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:49.679
 hearts were

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.139
 hardened.

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.579
 They were

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.159
 blown away

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.519
 by what

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.119
 they witnessed.

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.760
 You know,

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.059
 there's a

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.440
 type of

00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:55.980
 amazement

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.960
 that leads

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.340
 us to

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:58.079
 cheer or

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.480
 show

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.139
 appreciation

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.519
 for a

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.079
 person or

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.400
 for an

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:00.820
 action.

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.480
 Think

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.760
 going to

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.139
 a ball

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.480
 game.

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.599
 Julie and I

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.099
 were watching

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:07.579
 the Yankees

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.819
 and the

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.079
 Royals

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.460
 play the

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.960
 other night.

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.819
 The Yankees

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.279
 were down

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.599
 in the

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.960
 bottom of

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.319
 the ninth.

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.900
 Luke Voigt

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.639
 hit a

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.519
 walk-off

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.360
 single that

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.799
 won the

00:36:15.799 --> 00:36:16.159
 game for

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.679
 the Yankees.

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.400
 And what

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:18.159
 happened,

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.960
 what ensued

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.420
 after that

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.699
 is what

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.000
 you might

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.279
 expect.

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:20.559
 The whole

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.019
 crowd goes

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.400
 crazy.

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:21.759
 All the

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.299
 players rush

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:22.639
 onto the

00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:22.819
 field.

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.000
 They're

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:23.239
 jumping

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.559
 around.

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.079
 They're

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.900
 amazed

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.759
 in that

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:26.119
 moment.

00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:26.579
 They're

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.339
 amazed

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:28.000
 at what

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.380
 Luke Voigt

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.819
 has just

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.079
 done.

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:29.259
 They're

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.900
 amazed

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.259
 that they

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.619
 got to

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.079
 experience

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:32.460
 this victory

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:33.239
 in the way

00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:33.519
 that they

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.739
 did.

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.319
 It would

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:34.539
 have been

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.039
 a completely

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.779
 different type

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.439
 of amazement

00:36:36.439 --> 00:36:37.199
 if after

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:38.219
 hitting that

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:38.659
 and winning

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.099
 the game,

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.599
 Luke Voigt

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.099
 started to

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.539
 flap his

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:40.919
 arms and

00:36:40.919 --> 00:36:41.419
 fly around

00:36:41.419 --> 00:36:41.919
 the stadium.

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.399
 That's a

00:36:43.399 --> 00:36:43.919
 different kind

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:44.500
 of amazement.

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:46.419
 The men

00:36:46.419 --> 00:36:46.819
 weren't in

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.299
 the boat

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.799
 saying,

00:36:48.379 --> 00:36:48.679
 Jesus,

00:36:48.919 --> 00:36:49.719
 you rock.

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.839
 That's

00:36:50.839 --> 00:36:51.519
 awesome.

00:36:51.899 --> 00:36:52.219
 Do it

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:52.739
 again.

00:36:52.899 --> 00:36:53.219
 No,

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.039
 that's not

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.899
 the kind

00:36:54.899 --> 00:36:55.559
 of amazement

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.199
 that's happening

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:56.559
 here.

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.159
 What's

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.539
 happening

00:36:58.539 --> 00:37:00.199
 here is

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:01.039
 utter

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:02.379
 worship.

00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:05.379
 it sends

00:37:05.379 --> 00:37:05.699
 them to

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.479
 their knees.

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.399
 And how

00:37:08.399 --> 00:37:08.599
 do we

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.979
 know that?

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.399
 Because Mark

00:37:09.399 --> 00:37:09.899
 doesn't say

00:37:09.899 --> 00:37:10.019
 it.

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.319
 We have

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.659
 to borrow

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.000
 from the

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.559
 other gospels.

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:11.959
 Matthew

00:37:11.959 --> 00:37:12.479
 says it.

00:37:12.759 --> 00:37:13.000
 Matthew

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.759
 chapter 14,

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.199
 and those

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.439
 in the

00:37:14.439 --> 00:37:14.659
 boat

00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:15.559
 worshipped

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.919
 him,

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:16.859
 saying,

00:37:17.379 --> 00:37:17.839
 truly,

00:37:18.459 --> 00:37:19.379
 you are

00:37:19.379 --> 00:37:20.239
 the son

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.839
 of God.

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:22.919
 This is

00:37:22.919 --> 00:37:23.439
 why this

00:37:23.439 --> 00:37:24.259
 event matters.

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.019
 Remember

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.459
 the last

00:37:25.459 --> 00:37:26.000
 time Jesus

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.459
 calmed the

00:37:26.459 --> 00:37:26.739
 storm?

00:37:26.959 --> 00:37:27.439
 What was

00:37:27.439 --> 00:37:27.679
 it that

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.000
 the men

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:28.579
 said after?

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.379
 What

00:37:29.379 --> 00:37:30.219
 kind of

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:30.679
 man is

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.339
 this that

00:37:31.339 --> 00:37:31.659
 even the

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:31.939
 wind and

00:37:31.939 --> 00:37:32.199
 the seas

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.819
 obey him?

00:37:32.820 --> 00:37:33.900
 They were

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.559
 amazed,

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.039
 but they

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.400
 were asking

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.720
 the wrong

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.240
 question.

00:37:36.580 --> 00:37:36.940
 What kind

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.300
 of man

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.640
 is this?

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:38.000
 What kind

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.500
 of Messiah

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.039
 is this?

00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:40.019
 What power

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.519
 he has?

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.920
 Now they're

00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.300
 saying the

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.740
 right thing.

00:37:43.100 --> 00:37:43.519
 Truly,

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.820
 you are

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.760
 the son

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.360
 of God.

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.539
 That's why

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.240
 this matters.

00:37:48.600 --> 00:37:48.900
 It's the

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.360
 first time

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.760
 they've made

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.440
 this confession

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.160
 in their

00:37:51.160 --> 00:37:51.720
 time in

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.080
 following

00:37:52.080 --> 00:37:52.480
 Christ

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:52.740
 in the

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.100
 gospels.

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:53.620
 This is

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:54.059
 the first

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.539
 time that

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.039
 the disciples

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.559
 acknowledge

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.500
 this thing

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.420
 about Jesus'

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.140
 identity.

00:37:58.580 --> 00:37:59.240
 When Luke

00:37:59.240 --> 00:37:59.760
 covers the

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.100
 feeding of

00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:00.820
 the 5,000,

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.660
 he immediately

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.460
 follows it up

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.740
 with that

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.500
 great confession

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:04.079
 from Peter

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.840
 where Peter

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.420
 says,

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:06.559
 you are the

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:06.900
 Christ,

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.440
 the son of

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.760
 God.

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.400
 Matthew says,

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.840
 he gets in

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.320
 the boat and

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.679
 they said,

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.559
 truly you are

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.360
 the son of

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.679
 God.

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.340
 Mark's going

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.760
 to get there

00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:14.460
 in chapter 8

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.159
 with that same

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.860
 confession.

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.579
 Here's what

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.340
 John says.

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.280
 Remember the

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:18.820
 next day,

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.619
 the crowds

00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:20.480
 find Jesus

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:21.639
 and he gives

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.320
 this lesson

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.000
 on how he

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.500
 is the bread

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:23.960
 of life

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.880
 and everybody

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.519
 left him.

00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:26.740
 Everybody,

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:27.900
 even the

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.760
 disciples outside

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.340
 of the 12,

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.280
 they left him.

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.860
 They said,

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.780
 this is too

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:32.480
 fanatical for

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.160
 us and they

00:38:33.160 --> 00:38:33.360
 left.

00:38:33.620 --> 00:38:34.019
 Here's what

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.220
 happened.

00:38:34.300 --> 00:38:34.700
 John 6,

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.380
 after this,

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.820
 many of his

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.580
 disciples turned

00:38:37.580 --> 00:38:38.400
 back and no

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:39.019
 longer walked

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.420
 with him.

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.820
 So Jesus

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:41.420
 said to the

00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.820
 12,

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.620
 do you go

00:38:43.620 --> 00:38:44.080
 away as

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:44.320
 well?

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:46.180
 Are you

00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:46.360
 going to

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:46.680
 leave me

00:38:46.680 --> 00:38:46.920
 too?

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:48.940
 And Peter

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.420
 said,

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.740
 Lord,

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.560
 to whom

00:38:52.560 --> 00:38:53.000
 shall we

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.300
 go?

00:38:53.300 --> 00:38:55.340
 you have

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.800
 the words

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.500
 of life

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:58.200
 and we

00:38:58.200 --> 00:38:59.320
 have believed

00:38:59.320 --> 00:38:59.900
 and have

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.360
 come to

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:00.920
 know that

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:02.100
 you are

00:39:02.100 --> 00:39:02.760
 the Holy

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.400
 One of

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.660
 God.

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.380
 What's the

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:04.720
 difference

00:39:04.720 --> 00:39:05.320
 between the

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:06.320
 12 in

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:07.000
 John 6

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.580
 and the

00:39:07.580 --> 00:39:08.220
 crowds in

00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:08.840
 John 6?

00:39:09.120 --> 00:39:09.940
 The crowds

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.680
 were amazed

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.100
 at what

00:39:11.100 --> 00:39:11.700
 Jesus could

00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:11.980
 do.

00:39:12.260 --> 00:39:12.360
 The

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.920
 disciples,

00:39:13.120 --> 00:39:13.740
 even despite

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:13.980
 their

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.560
 misunderstanding,

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:15.560
 despite the

00:39:15.560 --> 00:39:15.980
 fact that they

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.420
 couldn't make

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.680
 all the

00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:17.280
 connections the

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.720
 right way

00:39:17.720 --> 00:39:18.000
 yet,

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:18.860
 despite all

00:39:18.860 --> 00:39:19.200
 of that,

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:20.240
 they believed

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:21.000
 that this is

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:21.640
 who he was.

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.440
 That was the

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:22.800
 difference.

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:23.400
 You know

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.700
 what will

00:39:23.700 --> 00:39:24.120
 keep you

00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:24.780
 faithful to

00:39:24.780 --> 00:39:25.140
 Christ,

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.000
 faithful to

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.460
 the church,

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.300
 faithful to

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:28.060
 pursue godliness

00:39:28.060 --> 00:39:28.660
 in your life?

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.440
 It's not a

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:30.100
 sheer amazement

00:39:30.100 --> 00:39:30.600
 with Jesus.

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.000
 That won't

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.480
 get you very

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:31.900
 far.

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:32.480
 That won't

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:32.680
 get you

00:39:32.680 --> 00:39:33.220
 very far.

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.860
 What will

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.280
 keep you

00:39:34.280 --> 00:39:34.620
 going,

00:39:34.720 --> 00:39:35.060
 even when

00:39:35.060 --> 00:39:35.380
 you don't

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:35.860
 understand,

00:39:36.180 --> 00:39:36.560
 is the

00:39:36.560 --> 00:39:36.920
 fact that

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.760
 you believe

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:38.460
 that this

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.800
 is who

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.260
 he is.

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.120
 This is

00:39:40.120 --> 00:39:40.840
 truly the

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:41.200
 son of

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:41.500
 God.

00:39:41.720 --> 00:39:42.260
 This is

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:42.800
 the savior

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.160
 of the

00:39:43.160 --> 00:39:43.480
 world.

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.160
 It is the

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:44.760
 only thing

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:45.080
 that will

00:39:45.080 --> 00:39:45.500
 push you

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.860
 through.

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.820
 When he

00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:47.220
 sends you

00:39:47.220 --> 00:39:47.640
 into a

00:39:47.640 --> 00:39:47.960
 storm,

00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:48.920
 it won't

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.300
 be your

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:49.840
 amazement

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:54.400
 that will

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.780
 get you

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:55.100
 through the

00:39:55.100 --> 00:39:55.460
 storm.

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.980
 It will

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.539
 get you

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:56.880
 through the

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.480
 storm.

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:58.580
 This is the

00:39:58.580 --> 00:39:58.900
 son of

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.260
 God.

00:39:59.700 --> 00:40:00.240
 This is

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:00.600
 the son

00:40:00.600 --> 00:40:01.100
 of God.

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.060
 This is

00:40:02.060 --> 00:40:02.440
 the son

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:02.900
 of God.

00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.380
 And it's

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:05.640
 another

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.280
 reminder that

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:07.060
 proximity to

00:40:07.060 --> 00:40:07.700
 Jesus doesn't

00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:08.260
 always result

00:40:08.260 --> 00:40:08.740
 in faith.

00:40:10.080 --> 00:40:11.100
 Being amazed

00:40:11.100 --> 00:40:11.720
 by him

00:40:11.720 --> 00:40:13.140
 doesn't

00:40:13.140 --> 00:40:13.820
 automatically

00:40:13.820 --> 00:40:14.580
 mean that a

00:40:14.580 --> 00:40:15.080
 person has

00:40:15.080 --> 00:40:15.460
 come to

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.060
 terms with

00:40:16.060 --> 00:40:16.480
 his true

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.180
 identity and

00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:17.660
 purpose.

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:18.680
 There are

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.060
 plenty of

00:40:19.060 --> 00:40:19.519
 people in

00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.080
 churches this

00:40:20.080 --> 00:40:20.620
 morning around

00:40:20.620 --> 00:40:21.280
 Charlotte that

00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:22.080
 are totally

00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:22.940
 amazed by

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.340
 Jesus,

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.059
 but they

00:40:24.059 --> 00:40:24.420
 do not

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.099
 have faith

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.679
 in Jesus.

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.480
 There's a

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.019
 difference.

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.000
 There's a

00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:28.400
 difference.

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.619
 Let's wrap

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:29.960
 it up this

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.199
 way.

00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.079
 Verses 53

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.699
 to 56.

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.940
 When they

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.380
 had crossed,

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:34.860
 they came to

00:40:34.860 --> 00:40:35.299
 the land at

00:40:35.299 --> 00:40:35.799
 Gennesaret,

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.299
 moored to

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.779
 the shore,

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.840
 and when they

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.239
 got out of

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.599
 the boat,

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:39.059
 the people

00:40:39.059 --> 00:40:39.539
 immediately

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.219
 recognized

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.639
 him and

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:41.099
 ran about

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:41.460
 the whole

00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.799
 region and

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.239
 began to

00:40:43.239 --> 00:40:43.579
 bring the

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.039
 sick people

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.340
 on their

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.860
 beds to

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.139
 wherever

00:40:45.139 --> 00:40:45.980
 they heard

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.559
 he was,

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.599
 and wherever

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.420
 he came in

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:48.759
 villages,

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.239
 cities,

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:49.880
 or countryside.

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:51.400
 They laid

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.819
 the sick,

00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.059
 in the

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.800
 marketplaces,

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.620
 and implored

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.039
 him that

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.420
 they might

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.000
 touch even

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:55.400
 the fringe

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:55.660
 of his

00:40:55.660 --> 00:40:56.000
 garment,

00:40:56.680 --> 00:40:57.380
 and as

00:40:57.380 --> 00:40:57.740
 many as

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:58.180
 touched it

00:40:58.180 --> 00:40:58.559
 were made

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:58.860
 well.

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:01.519
 So these

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.320
 closing verses

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:02.760
 of this

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.180
 chapter,

00:41:04.180 --> 00:41:04.740
 they're really

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:05.160
 just a

00:41:05.160 --> 00:41:05.539
 summary.

00:41:06.660 --> 00:41:07.100
 Mark does

00:41:07.100 --> 00:41:07.660
 these summaries

00:41:07.660 --> 00:41:08.300
 periodically.

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.820
 It's when he's

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.240
 making a

00:41:09.240 --> 00:41:09.980
 transition in

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.400
 the narrative.

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.260
 We're about

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:11.620
 to go into

00:41:11.620 --> 00:41:12.420
 another transition

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.220
 in Mark

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.800
 chapter 7.

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.059
 We're going

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.539
 to see him

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:15.080
 confronting

00:41:15.080 --> 00:41:15.980
 Pharisees in

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.460
 his teaching

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:17.019
 particularly.

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.500
 So he's

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.440
 transitioning away

00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:20.360
 from this focus

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.660
 on the

00:41:20.660 --> 00:41:21.039
 disciples

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:21.460
 for a

00:41:21.460 --> 00:41:21.700
 moment.

00:41:22.620 --> 00:41:23.140
 And he

00:41:23.140 --> 00:41:23.559
 tells us

00:41:23.559 --> 00:41:23.900
 here's what

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.440
 was happening.

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.740
 They made

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.019
 it to

00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:26.500
 Gennesaret.

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.240
 They got

00:41:28.240 --> 00:41:28.539
 off the

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:28.780
 boat.

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.200
 People

00:41:29.200 --> 00:41:29.760
 recognized

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:30.000
 him.

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.039
 And they

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.440
 were bringing

00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:32.039
 people from

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:32.380
 everywhere.

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.579
 Everywhere he

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.820
 went,

00:41:34.000 --> 00:41:34.360
 towns,

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.079
 cities,

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:35.840
 villages,

00:41:36.220 --> 00:41:36.480
 countryside,

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:37.019
 didn't matter.

00:41:37.340 --> 00:41:37.840
 People were

00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:38.380
 coming from

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:38.840
 everywhere.

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.300
 And he was

00:41:40.300 --> 00:41:41.380
 healing many,

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.039
 many people,

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:43.760
 sometimes even

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:45.140
 by the simple

00:41:45.140 --> 00:41:46.000
 touch of his

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.400
 clothes.

00:41:46.400 --> 00:41:47.940
 And here's

00:41:47.940 --> 00:41:48.320
 what I want

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.599
 to note

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:48.920
 as we

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.200
 close.

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:52.800
 I want you

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.200
 to notice

00:41:53.200 --> 00:41:53.720
 how little

00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:54.400
 detail there

00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:54.840
 is in this

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.079
 summary.

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.559
 We know

00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:57.820
 of no

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:58.160
 specific

00:41:58.160 --> 00:41:58.579
 people.

00:41:59.700 --> 00:42:00.360
 We really

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:00.860
 know of no

00:42:00.860 --> 00:42:01.800
 specific place.

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:02.579
 Gennesaret was

00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:03.099
 a region.

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:05.160
 We just know

00:42:05.160 --> 00:42:05.700
 that that's the

00:42:05.700 --> 00:42:06.400
 site of Galilee

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:07.019
 he was on.

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:07.960
 And that

00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.559
 everywhere he

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:09.559
 went, lots

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:09.980
 and lots of

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.559
 people came,

00:42:10.800 --> 00:42:11.280
 and he did

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:11.840
 lots and lots

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.460
 of things for

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:12.700
 them.

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:14.119
 There's a lack

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.820
 of detail here.

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:16.559
 here's what I

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:16.960
 take from

00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.200
 them.

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:19.920
 There are

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:21.140
 thousands and

00:42:21.140 --> 00:42:22.620
 thousands of

00:42:22.620 --> 00:42:23.700
 miraculous moments

00:42:23.700 --> 00:42:24.440
 in Jesus's

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:26.100
 ministry that we

00:42:26.100 --> 00:42:27.080
 know absolutely

00:42:27.080 --> 00:42:27.960
 nothing about.

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:30.120
 We have no

00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:30.480
 idea.

00:42:32.539 --> 00:42:33.420
 At the end of

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.140
 John's gospel,

00:42:34.240 --> 00:42:35.100
 he mentions this.

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.580
 In John chapter

00:42:36.580 --> 00:42:37.240
 20, he says,

00:42:37.340 --> 00:42:38.019
 now Jesus did

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:39.059
 many other signs

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.840
 in the presence

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.660
 of the disciples,

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:42.000
 which are not

00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.600
 written in this

00:42:42.600 --> 00:42:42.920
 book.

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:45.099
 But these

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:45.599
 things are

00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:47.059
 written that

00:42:47.059 --> 00:42:48.119
 you may believe

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:49.380
 that Jesus is

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:50.039
 the Christ,

00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:50.940
 the Son of

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:52.019
 God, and that

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:53.559
 believing you

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:54.380
 may have life

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:55.400
 in his name.

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.680
 There's lots of

00:42:56.680 --> 00:42:57.200
 things we don't

00:42:57.200 --> 00:42:57.480
 know.

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.340
 The things that

00:42:58.340 --> 00:42:59.519
 we do know are

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.220
 for the purpose

00:43:00.220 --> 00:43:01.659
 of not amazingness

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:02.460
 at his power,

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.599
 but drawing us

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.180
 to a point of

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:05.220
 decision where

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:06.059
 we will believe

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.720
 in his name,

00:43:06.880 --> 00:43:07.780
 and by believing

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.500
 in his name,

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:09.159
 we will have

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:10.400
 eternal life and

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:11.280
 escape eternal

00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:11.680
 hell.

00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:13.500
 That's the

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.279
 purpose of what

00:43:14.279 --> 00:43:14.779
 these gospel

00:43:14.779 --> 00:43:15.239
 authors have

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:15.440
 written.

00:43:15.799 --> 00:43:16.299
 And then John

00:43:16.299 --> 00:43:16.960
 says this.

00:43:18.219 --> 00:43:19.179
 There are also

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:19.659
 many other

00:43:19.659 --> 00:43:20.179
 things that he

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.460
 did.

00:43:21.279 --> 00:43:22.279
 Were every one

00:43:22.279 --> 00:43:22.819
 of them to be

00:43:22.819 --> 00:43:24.440
 written, I

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:25.359
 suppose that the

00:43:25.359 --> 00:43:26.899
 world itself could

00:43:26.899 --> 00:43:27.919
 not contain the

00:43:27.919 --> 00:43:29.139
 books that would

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:29.619
 be written.

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:34.940
 Here's the point.

00:43:35.799 --> 00:43:36.839
 There is more

00:43:36.839 --> 00:43:37.359
 than enough

00:43:37.359 --> 00:43:40.199
 evidence for you

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:40.960
 to choose to

00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:41.659
 follow Christ

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:42.280
 in faith.

00:43:44.699 --> 00:43:45.599
 You just take

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.079
 your pick.

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:47.940
 Even one

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.619
 example is

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:49.019
 enough.

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.639
 Perhaps you

00:43:50.639 --> 00:43:51.240
 just go with

00:43:51.240 --> 00:43:51.619
 the walking

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:52.179
 on the water.

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:53.179
 That's enough.

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:56.019
 But then think

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:57.579
 about the fact

00:43:57.579 --> 00:43:58.260
 that God has

00:43:58.260 --> 00:43:58.900
 revealed to us

00:43:58.900 --> 00:43:59.539
 all of these

00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:01.199
 amazing things

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.820
 in the scriptures.

00:44:02.940 --> 00:44:03.780
 And then on

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.280
 top of that,

00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.800
 he said,

00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:05.440
 and there's

00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:06.360
 thousands and

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:07.099
 thousands more

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:07.780
 things that he

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.400
 did in three

00:44:08.400 --> 00:44:08.760
 years.

00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.940
 And if we

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.440
 were to write

00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:11.100
 it all down,

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:11.740
 the world

00:44:11.740 --> 00:44:12.660
 couldn't contain

00:44:12.660 --> 00:44:13.500
 all the books

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:13.980
 that would be

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.220
 written.

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:14.880
 He's a

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:15.380
 wonderfully

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:16.440
 compassionate

00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:17.380
 savior.

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.540
 There's enough

00:44:18.540 --> 00:44:19.260
 evidence for

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:20.420
 here, for you.

00:44:21.120 --> 00:44:21.820
 There's nothing

00:44:21.820 --> 00:44:22.420
 else for you to

00:44:22.420 --> 00:44:22.740
 find.

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.400
 The scripture is

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.860
 enough.

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:27.200
 Now you must

00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:27.820
 believe.

00:44:28.820 --> 00:44:29.460
 And if you

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:30.240
 don't believe,

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:31.800
 you will not

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.460
 have life.

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:35.159
 You will die

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:35.860
 in your sin.

00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:37.840
 You'll spend

00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:38.639
 eternity in

00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:38.940
 hell.

00:44:40.940 --> 00:44:41.780
 But if you

00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:42.619
 will believe,

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:44.340
 you will have

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:46.019
 life in his

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.579
 name.

00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:48.659
 Think of the

00:44:48.659 --> 00:44:49.400
 compassion of

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:49.900
 this savior.

00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:52.440
 Most of those

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:53.320
 people he healed

00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:54.720
 did not follow

00:44:54.720 --> 00:44:55.059
 him.

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:58.679
 Now, if you

00:44:58.679 --> 00:44:59.320
 had some kind

00:44:59.320 --> 00:44:59.860
 of power to

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:00.480
 help somebody,

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:02.320
 and they

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:03.179
 rejected you,

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:04.159
 you probably

00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:04.880
 wouldn't be very

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.599
 inclined to help

00:45:05.599 --> 00:45:05.840
 them.

00:45:07.400 --> 00:45:08.260
 Not Jesus.

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.159
 They didn't

00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:11.639
 believe him.

00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:12.740
 He still

00:45:12.740 --> 00:45:13.199
 healed them.

00:45:14.199 --> 00:45:14.800
 He still

00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:15.400
 taught them.

00:45:16.519 --> 00:45:17.000
 He's a

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.539
 compassionate

00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:18.059
 savior.

00:45:18.940 --> 00:45:21.179
 Now, think

00:45:21.179 --> 00:45:22.360
 of the amazing

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:23.840
 compassion that

00:45:23.840 --> 00:45:24.519
 he shows to

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.460
 those who do

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:25.960
 believe.

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:28.219
 Because those

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:29.119
 who do believe,

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:30.460
 he takes

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.179
 your sin.

00:45:32.519 --> 00:45:33.079
 And he

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:33.619
 takes it on

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:34.119
 himself.

00:45:34.820 --> 00:45:35.300
 And he

00:45:35.300 --> 00:45:35.639
 gives you

00:45:35.639 --> 00:45:36.519
 his life.

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.079
 What's the

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:38.659
 walking on the

00:45:38.659 --> 00:45:39.220
 water about?

00:45:39.740 --> 00:45:40.460
 It's about

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:40.940
 who Jesus

00:45:40.940 --> 00:45:41.400
 is.

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:42.659
 And when we

00:45:42.659 --> 00:45:43.320
 really begin to

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:44.059
 understand who

00:45:44.059 --> 00:45:44.840
 Jesus is,

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:45.840
 then we can

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.480
 actually truly

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:47.340
 understand what

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:47.880
 this is all

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.240
 about.

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.800
 What it's all

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:51.220
 about is the

00:45:51.220 --> 00:45:51.820
 son of God

00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:52.599
 taking on the

00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:53.280
 sin of man.

00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:55.440
 So that

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:56.840
 sinful man can

00:45:56.840 --> 00:45:57.159
 have the

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.900
 righteousness of

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.599
 God in Christ.