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 You may recall from our last study in Mark 1, it would have been two Sundays ago,

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 that we started just a few verses prior to this.

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 And what Mark is covering here in the narrative is a single 24-hour period in the life of Jesus Christ.

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 And it's somewhat of a summary of what we might expect Jesus' regular routine in life to have been like in his ministry,

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 especially as at this point, this is probably year two of his ministry,

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 and he's really starting to grow in popularity.

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 More people are beginning to hear about him.

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 And we start to see this is probably what Jesus' life was like day by day.

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 And Mark kind of gives us a summary of that by pointing out three events in this particular day.

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 His emphasis is on Jesus' supernatural power and authority.

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 And his point in writing it, again, is to serve that same purpose from verse one,

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 that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

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 And at this point in his writing, Mark is primarily concerned with the identity of Christ.

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 And when we get to the second half of the Gospel of Mark,

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 we're going to see his focus shift to where he's going to emphasize the work of Christ in salvation.

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 But for now, at least in these first eight chapters,

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 he's really zeroing in on who Jesus is, his identity.

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 And he's doing that by writing these various scenes and telling these various proofs

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 that really happened in his life that give proof to who he was.

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 We have to understand his identity before we can really understand his purpose and his work in salvation.

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 And it's important for us to remember that Mark's goal here is not to entertain us about Jesus' life.

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 His goal is to provide objective proof that would draw us to believe and follow Jesus.

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 So it would be easy for us to read these verses and think,

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 wow, that's pretty amazing.

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 Look at the way that he healed.

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 Look at how he had compassion.

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 Look at all of these things that he did and the power.

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 It would be one thing for us to be entertained by the life of Christ,

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 but that's not what Mark's trying to do.

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 He's not writing that for us to be fascinated.

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 He's writing it that we may fall in love with this Jesus,

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 that we may fall before this Jesus,

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 that we may believe him and follow him as Lord,

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 not simply be entertained or amazed at his life.

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 So the question for the reader inevitably becomes,

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 who else could do these things but God?

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 When we read these individual scenes of Christ's life,

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 who is this person?

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 Who could possibly do this?

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 Well, there's only one who could,

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 and that is God himself.

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 And so they end up giving proof to what ultimately becomes Jesus' own claim

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 as being one with the Father.

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 Well, in these few verses,

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 Mark presents three different locations for the events of this particular day.

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 We studied the first one last time.

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 We looked at this episode in the synagogue of Capernaum, the synagogue.

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 And what was Mark writing about in the synagogue?

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 His authoritative word.

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 That was the emphasis.

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 You remember, he went into the synagogue at Capernaum.

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 He was invited to speak as a visiting rabbi that day.

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 And the people were amazed by his teaching.

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 And then the man who was possessed with a demon

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 causes a bit of a stir in the middle of the service.

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 And Jesus, through his word, cast out the demon.

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 He simply tells it to leave, commands it to be quiet,

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 and the demon has no other choice but to obey.

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 And so the people are astonished in this moment.

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 Not only are they amazed in and of themselves

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 that the authority with which he taught,

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 it was very different from the scribes

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 and the religion that they were used to in Judaism.

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 But they were amazed that only by his word,

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 even the devils had to listen.

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 What kind of person is this?

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 What kind of individual is this?

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 They were amazed.

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 Today, we'll examine the other two scenes,

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 the other two locations in this 24-hour period.

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 One is Simon's house, and the other is a solitary place.

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 Let's look first at Simon's house and the events there.

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 Look with me at verse number 29.

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 When we come to Simon's house,

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 what we really see Mark emphasizing now

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 is Christ's compassionate heart, his compassionate heart.

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 It tells us in verse 29,

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 when they were come out of the synagogue,

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 they entered into the house of Simon.

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 The scene is set in Peter's house.

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 Jesus went there along with him.

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 Andrew was there.

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 James and John, these four disciples

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 that he had just called in Capernaum on the seashore.

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 Now, Jesus had already given Simon the name Peter.

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 That's how we often refer to him.

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 But Mark hasn't revealed that yet in his gospel book.

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 We're not gonna see that until chapter three.

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 So until we get to chapter three,

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 we're gonna keep seeing this name Simon pop up.

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 And who is that?

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 Well, it's Peter, it's Simon Peter,

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 who eventually became the leader of the disciple group,

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 the 12 men that followed Jesus closely.

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 Now, interestingly, archaeologists believe

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 that they have actually found Simon Peter's house

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 in Capernaum, the very house that we read about here.

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 And I'll leave it to you to study their findings,

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 but you will discover that there is quite compelling evidence

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 to suggest that what they have found in ancient Capernaum

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 is indeed the house of Simon Peter,

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 the place that this miracle, these miracles,

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 actually took place that we just read about.

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 It's interesting.

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 James Edwards says that his house

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 would have been an insula complex,

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 insula being a Latin word for island,

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 and it would have been different than our homes.

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 You would have walked in from the street,

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 not into the house, but into a courtyard.

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 And surrounding this courtyard is a single house.

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 It would have been referred to as one house,

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 but various residences within it.

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 And they all kind of surrounded this courtyard area.

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 The courtyard was the center of life for the family.

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 That's where they had their hearths.

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 That's where they would have done their cooking.

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 That's where they would have done various things.

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 That's where they would have gathered as a family.

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 And then their residences were kind of on the outskirts

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 of this little courtyard.

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 Now, when you walk in, all of the windows and the doors

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 would have faced the inside courtyard,

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 and all of the walls that faced the street

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 would have been the back of the house.

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 They didn't have windows on those walls.

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 They didn't have doors on those walls.

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 So the only way to get to the residence

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 is to go through a single gate from the road

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 that would have led to a courtyard,

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 and then there were these houses or these residences.

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 This is one house with multiple residences,

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 which is important for us to understand,

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 because how else could Peter have housed,

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 not only he and his wife,

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 and Christian tradition tells us he had children as well,

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 and so he's got his own family.

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 His mother-in-law is there as well.

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 Andrew, this says that it's Andrew's house as well.

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 So it's Peter's house,

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 but there's multiple people living there, this residence.

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 And it's another reminder

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 that although Peter and Andrew were not educated people

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 in the sense that the scribes would have been,

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 they weren't these kind of strange, ignorant men either.

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 He was a successful businessman.

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 That is the only explanation

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 for him having a residence such as this

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 in a place like Capernaum.

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 It's just a few steps away from the Sea of Galilee.

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 I would encourage you to look it up

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 and see the pictures of it yourself online.

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 They've also discovered the synagogue,

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 the ancient synagogue that Jesus taught in that morning

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 and cast out the demon in Capernaum.

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 It's a stone's throw away from Peter's house.

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 So it would have been incredibly convenient

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 for Jesus and these three men

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 to walk out of the synagogue after the service is over

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 around lunchtime is when it would have typically ended.

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 And they would have walked out,

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 they would have taken a right out of the synagogue

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 and just a few steps down, there's Peter's house.

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 It was convenient for them to retreat to.

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 It would have been easy for them to get there

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 and it would have been easy for everyone else in the town

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 to know where they went and where they were

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 when it came time for them to pursue Jesus.

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 And so we see this as the place

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 where this next scene is taking place.

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 And what we see revealed here

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 is the compassionate heart of our Lord,

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 the compassionate heart of Jesus.

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 Two observations about this.

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 The first one, if you're keeping notes,

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 is his healing touch.

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 His healing touch.

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 Look with me at verse 30.

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 It says,

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 but Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever.

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 Apparently when the men came home,

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 they discovered that Peter's mother-in-law

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 had developed some type of debilitating infection.

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 The gospel records of this moment

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 always refer to the illness as a fever

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 or a high fever as Luke places it.

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 But they all suggest that whatever the illness was,

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 it was physically debilitating.

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 She could not function as normal.

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 It was potentially life-threatening.

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 Now you can imagine in this particular timeframe,

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 there was no technological advancement

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 and medical advancement like we have today.

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 As I understand,

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 and some of you that are in the medical field

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 can correct me on this,

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 but as I understand,

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 there was really no true cure

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 medicinally for diseases

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 until something like 1885.

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 So we're thinking most of history

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 really didn't have anywhere near the advancement

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 of medical knowledge and understanding

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 to treat various illnesses.

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 In this primitive time,

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 a fever was a serious thing.

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 You just couldn't go to the doctor

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 and just get whatever medicines.

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 You couldn't just go get a vaccine

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 once it was developed.

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 You couldn't get these other things.

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 Once you were sick,

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 you just prayed that the Lord

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 would provide some kind of healing

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 and that it would pass.

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 Whatever this infection was that she got

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 had affected her physically to the point

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 that she couldn't serve in the way

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 that she normally would.

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 Perhaps Peter and Andrew and James and John

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 and the others were used to coming home

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 on the Sabbath after their time in the synagogue

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 to his mother-in-law having prepared the Sabbath meal

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 or the Shabbat meal on that day.

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 But on this morning when they were afternoon,

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 when they come home,

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 she's nowhere to be found.

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 There's no meal ready.

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 And they find out quickly

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 that she has fallen perhaps deathly ill

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 and could not physically function

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 as she normally would.

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 So Peter does what all of us would have done

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 in that case.

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 He went to Jesus and he told him immediately,

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 Jesus, my mother-in-law, she's sick.

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 Knowing that Jesus would do something about it.

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 Now we've talked about this curse this morning.

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 Peter's mother-in-law was subjected to this curse

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 in the same way that we are.

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 But Jesus had both the desire

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 and the power to overcome this curse on her life.

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 That's the theme of these verses.

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 The power of Jesus,

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 but also his desire to help.

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 Look at verse 31.

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 And he came and he took her by the hand

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 and lifted her up.

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 Now in the scene at the synagogue

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 when Jesus cast out the demon

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 out of the possessed man,

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 Mark was presenting the power of Jesus's word.

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 Jesus literally said a word

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 and the demon had to flee.

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 But here he puts the focus

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 on the power of Jesus's touch.

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 He didn't only rebuke the fever.

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 Luke tells us that he did do that verbally.

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 But as he was doing that,

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 he took the woman by the hand

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 and helped her up.

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 And what is that all about?

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 There's compassion in this action.

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 Compassion that was so often demonstrated

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 in Jesus's willingness to touch and approach

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 and even embrace those who were sick and diseased.

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 There was no social distancing in Jesus's mind.

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 There was no need for him to be concerned

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 about flattening the curve.

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 He could with one word

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 destroy every illness and every ailment

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 and he immediately with compassion

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 approaches her and takes her by the hand

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 and lifts her up.

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 It's showing his compassionate heart.

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 Hard.

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 Jesus wasn't just performing a favor

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 for his friend Peter.

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 It wasn't as if he was kind of indifferent

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 to what was going on with his mother-in-law.

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 It wasn't that at all.

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 He cared passionately about her condition.

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 Why?

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 We see this all over the scriptures with Jesus.

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 In fact, the Pharisees tried to use it

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 to their advantage sometimes.

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 Jesus couldn't be around someone

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 who was affected physically by the curse of sin

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 and not do something about it.

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 Why?

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 Because of his compassionate heart.

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 He came to set things right.

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 So when he saw someone who was sick,

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 when he saw the diseased,

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 when he saw the demon possessed,

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 he acted compassionately in every circumstance.

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 The Pharisees would one day try to expose this.

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 They invited a man with a withered hand

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 on the Sabbath day to Jesus.

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 Knowing that Jesus couldn't help himself

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 but to heal the man.

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 And they were hoping to entrap him

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 in some type of Sabbath violation.

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 Everywhere Jesus went,

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 he had this compassionate heart for those

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 who were bound beneath the curse of sin.

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 And he always acted compassionately for them.

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 This was not just a demonstration of his power.

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 It was an overflow of his compassionate heart.

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 Dane Ortlund in that little book

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 that I gave you on Anniversary Sunday wrote this.

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 Jesus did not simply operate in deeds of compassion,

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 but actually felt the inner turmoils

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 and roiling emotions of pity toward the unfortunate.

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 What a savior that is.

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 He's not just demonstrating power.

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 He's showing his love for this woman.

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 Look at the next part of the verse.

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 And immediately the fever left her

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 and she ministered unto them.

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 Now here's where his power is demonstrated once again.

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 After Jesus takes her by the hand,

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 we're told she was immediately

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 and completely healed from the infection.

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 And we're reminded there are no half measures with Jesus.

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 Jesus didn't set her on the road to recovery.

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 It wasn't as if she went to him

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 for some kind of prescription

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 and he gave her a particular plan to follow

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 and that set her on the road to recovery.

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 No, her recovery was instantaneous.

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 Immediately she was completely healed.

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 She was completely free from this fever.

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 We see this all the time with Jesus.

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 Remember when Jesus was on the boat with his disciples?

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 It was the middle of the night

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 and Jesus was asleep in the back of the boat, remember?

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 And the storm was so heavy and harsh

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 that the boat began to break apart

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 and the disciples who many of them

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 had lived their lives on the water

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 were fearful of their life.

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 And remember they ran and they woke Jesus up

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 and said, master, do you not care that we perish?

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 And remember what Jesus did?

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 He gets up from where he was sleeping

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 and he said three words, remember?

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 Peace, be still.

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 And what does it say happened with the storm?

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 With his word, he completely harnessed creation.

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 The waves became as glass.

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 The wind immediately ceased.

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 An eerie silence overcome so much

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 that the men immediately are fearful now,

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 not of the storm, but of Jesus.

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 With his words, he had just harnessed creation.

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 But when Jesus said, peace, be still,

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 it's not like the wind just kind of slowly came to a stop

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 and the storm just kind of settled itself.

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 There was no way for that to be pointed back to

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 by those disciples as some type of coincidence.

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 No, it was immediate.

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 It was instantaneous and it was complete.

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 The same thing with Jesus' healing of Peter's mother-in-law.

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 It wasn't that it took her half an hour or so

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 to kind of get her thoughts about her

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 and get her legs underneath her.

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 No, it was immediate as if she'd never had the fever

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 to begin with and how do we know that?

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 The last phrase, look with me again.

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 She ministered unto them.

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 Why would Mark make this note?

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 Why would he care to mention what the lady did

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 after the fact?

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 Because there was no way that the people present

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 could deny her healing was the direct result

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 of the power of Jesus

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 because the change was so instantaneous in her life.

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 When Jesus showed up at the house,

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 she was physically debilitated.

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 She couldn't move.

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 But now that Jesus has taken her by the hand

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 and rebuked the fever,

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 now she is doing everything

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 as she normally would have done.

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 And she's doing it immediately.

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 What power is this?

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 What power is this?

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 What compassion is this?

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 We see his healing touch.

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 Secondly, we see his willing spirit.

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 His willing spirit.

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 Look with me now at verse 32.

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 The men went about their afternoon,

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 their typical Sabbath.

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 They enjoyed their Shabbat meal, no doubt.

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 And then it says in verse 32,

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 when the sun did set,

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 they brought unto him all that were diseased

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 and them that were possessed with devils.

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 Interesting, isn't it?

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 We wouldn't have expected anything different than this, right?

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 This guy shows up in Capernaum on this day.

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 He speaks with such authority in the synagogue.

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 He cast out a demon in dramatic fashion.

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 And by this time, word had begun to spread

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 through Capernaum of what happened that morning

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 at the synagogue.

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 And people were interested to see

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 what he could do for them as well.

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 Now it notes here that it was after the sunset

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 at the end of the Sabbath.

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 That's important for us to acknowledge.

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 Why did they wait so long?

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 Did it take that long for word to spread?

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 No, not really.

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 It was a fairly well populated.

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 It was a fairly small town.

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 Word would have spread quickly.

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 Remember, this is the Sabbath day.

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 It was actually against the law for them to do

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 what they were gonna do this evening.

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 It was against the law for them to do that

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 before the sun went down.

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 When the sun went down,

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 and at least the Jewish tradition

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 was when two stars were clearly visible in the sky,

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 that was the signal that Sabbath was finally over.

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 And they could leave their homes,

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 and they could go,

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 and they could carry the sick and the ill to Jesus.

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 And that's exactly what they did.

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 Once the sun went down,

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 it was considered the first day of the week.

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 It would have been Sunday at that point

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 in Jewish recounting of time.

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 And they begin to bring all of these sick people

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 to Peter's house.

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 All of these demon-possessed people that they knew.

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 Whether they understood them to be demon-possessed or not,

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 we don't know.

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 But they brought them to Jesus

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 because something wasn't right.

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 And one by one,

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 they started to come

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 so that a great crowd had gathered.

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 Once they were able,

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 they couldn't wait to get people to Jesus.

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 But can you imagine what this was actually like

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 for Jesus and Peter and his family?

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 This would have been somewhat apocalyptic

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 as far as their minds are concerned,

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 like what we would see on some kind of movie, right?

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 Can you imagine this?

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 Jesus had every reason in the world

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 to turn these people away.

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 Think about it.

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 Who are they bringing to Jesus this night?

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 They're not bringing healthy people to Jesus.

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 They're bringing diseased people to Jesus.

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 But this is in a primitive time

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 where there's no medicine

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 to just kind of patch things up.

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 And they probably hadn't bathed.

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 People were probably typically afraid

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 to even be around them

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 because they're afraid that they might catch

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 whatever it is that they've got.

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 So they probably are alone most of the time.

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 They're debilitated.

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 Whatever infections they have probably stink.

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 Can you imagine the sights

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 as these crowds of people begin to gather

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 at night outside of your house,

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 clamoring out the door to get in?

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 Except when you look out the window,

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 the people that's there are people

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 that are just absolutely rotten

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 as far as their physical ability is concerned.

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 Jesus could have easily thought,

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 you know what?

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 It's probably not a great thing

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 for me to subject Peter's kids to this.

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 You know, their immune systems are vulnerable.

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 You know, this might be a little scary

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 for them to see all of these people

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 that are literally out of their minds

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 because they've been possessed by demons.

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 It might be unusual for us

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 to bring them around.

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 Maybe we should turn these people away.

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 But Jesus didn't do that at all.

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 It's late in the day.

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 They're tired.

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 The implication here is that

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 they just kept coming

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 that once the sun was down,

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 it was just,

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 it wasn't like an immediate mob.

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 It was a progressive mob

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 that continued to grow and grow and grow.

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 And over time,

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 it got larger and larger.

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 It went later and later into life.

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 There was every human reason imaginable

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 for Jesus to turn these people away.

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 But despite the chaos and inconvenience,

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 he turned no one away.

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 No one.

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 He healed them all.

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 It's amazing.

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 No one was left out

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 that came to Jesus that night.

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 You know where I'm going with this, don't you?

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 No one was left out.

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 Everyone that was brought to Jesus

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 received the healing that they needed.

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 His compassionate heart

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 endured every possible inconvenience

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 in order to do for the people

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 what they could not do for themselves.

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 And this is truly the heart of Christ

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 for all of us.

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 And it's much greater

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 than just our physical condition.

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 No possible inconvenience

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 or hardship would prevent him

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 from taking our place on the cross

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 and doing for us

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 what we could not do for ourselves.

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 He was not only able

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 to provide healing through his power,

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 but he was willing to do it.

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 For the lowest of the lows,

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 the sickest of the sick,

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 those that no one else wanted,

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 he wanted.

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 They brought them to him

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 and he couldn't help

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 but exercise his compassionate action

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 and his willing spirit

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 to provide healing for them.

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 We're immediately reminded.

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 Anyone who comes to Jesus,

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 truly,

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 he doesn't turn any of them away.

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 He doesn't turn any of them away.

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 Any of your friends and family members

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 that will truly come to Christ,

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 he will not turn them away.

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 So tell them that.

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 Why were these people bringing him to Jesus?

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 Because at this point,

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 they knew

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 no one would be turned away.

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 And then we see in verse 33

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 or verse 34, excuse me,

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 he healed many

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 and cast out many devils.

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 That's not to say

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 that there were some

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 that he didn't heal

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 and some devils

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 that he didn't cast out.

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 It's just a note

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 that there was a lot of people that came.

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 There were a lot of sick people healed

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 and there were a lot of

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 demon-possessed people

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 that were free.

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 Mark mentions this

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 authority over demonic powers

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 three different times

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 in these verses.

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 Between verses 21 to 39,

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 three times,

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 Mark mentions this,

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 Jesus casting out demons.

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 And he seems to link

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 the sickness and disease

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 of these healings

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 with this same satanic darkness.

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 He doesn't say

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 that every illness

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 is a direct result

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 of demonic influence,

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 nor does he say

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 that satanic possession

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 is itself a sickness.

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 But both disease

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.599
 and satanic power

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.579
 are linked

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:45.480
 as representative

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:47.119
 of the fallen world

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:49.519
 that Jesus came to save

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.819
 and to restore.

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.639
 remember that curse

00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.359
 we talked about.

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.939
 What's Jesus doing here?

00:24:54.679 --> 00:24:55.939
 He's setting it right.

00:24:59.199 --> 00:25:00.240
 He's showing

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.379
 that he does actually

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:03.099
 have power over evil,

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.419
 spiritual evil,

00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:07.339
 and what we would consider

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:09.059
 to be physical evil.

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.699
 His miracles confirmed

00:25:11.699 --> 00:25:12.339
 his ability

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.599
 to rescue souls

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:15.159
 and to give believers

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.859
 new bodies

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.480
 that are free

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.299
 from sickness

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.379
 and death.

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.220
 How can we come

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:20.200
 to Jesus with hope

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:22.120
 because of the foreshadowing

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.940
 that he showed

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.759
 in this power,

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.819
 this healing power?

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.480
 Juergen Moltmann said this,

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:31.000
 when Jesus expels demons

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.059
 and heals the sick,

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:34.299
 he's driving out of creation

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.779
 the powers of destruction

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:37.440
 and is healing

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.079
 and restoring created beings

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:40.319
 who are hurt and sick.

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.380
 The lordship of God

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.900
 to which the healings witness

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:45.920
 restores creation

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:47.080
 to health,

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.720
 restores it to health

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:51.120
 to its original purpose.

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.480
 Jesus' healings

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:56.000
 are not supernatural miracles

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.340
 in a natural world.

00:25:57.800 --> 00:25:59.320
 They are the only true

00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.820
 natural thing

00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.860
 in a world

00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:02.900
 that is unnatural,

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.280
 demonized,

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.340
 and wounded.

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.560
 It's amazing.

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.800
 Everywhere Jesus goes,

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:10.680
 most people ran from the sick

00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.360
 and the demon possessed.

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.719
 Jesus embraced them.

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.119
 Why?

00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.159
 Because he came

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:15.479
 to set things right

00:26:15.479 --> 00:26:17.259
 and he shows his power

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.939
 in these miracles

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:19.319
 to do just that.

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 And so we see

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.279
 Simon's house,

00:26:21.399 --> 00:26:22.719
 his compassionate heart.

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.859
 The third place,

00:26:23.939 --> 00:26:24.679
 and we'll wrap it up.

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:26.199
 The third place,

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.979
 third location

00:26:26.979 --> 00:26:27.919
 in this passage

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:30.099
 is a solitary place.

00:26:30.719 --> 00:26:32.339
 A solitary place.

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.539
 So in the synagogue,

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.579
 we see Jesus'

00:26:34.959 --> 00:26:36.339
 authoritative word.

00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:38.279
 In Simon's house,

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:39.979
 we see his compassionate heart.

00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:42.380
 In a solitary place,

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.539
 it all builds

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.460
 to where we see

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:46.500
 his priority of purpose.

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:48.480
 His priority of purpose.

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.700
 Look with me at verse 35.

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.279
 In the morning,

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:54.480
 rising up a great while

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.200
 before day,

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.860
 he went out

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.519
 and departed

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:59.599
 into a solitary place

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:01.259
 and there prayed.

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.900
 We're again learning

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:07.319
 about the unique communion here

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:09.159
 that exists

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:11.179
 between the three persons

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.879
 of the Trinity.

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.439
 You know,

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.980
 it would be easy

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.759
 for us to kind of

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.579
 read through this verse

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:18.299
 and miss what's happening.

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.259
 Mark is shifting

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.119
 his attention now.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.500
 Apparently,

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.339
 sometime in the middle

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.759
 of the night,

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:24.899
 enough people were healed

00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.759
 and enough demons

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.599
 were cast out

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.220
 that the crowd

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.919
 had subsided

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:28.639
 and gone away.

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.839
 Perhaps Jesus had got

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.879
 maybe a couple of hours

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.259
 of sleep.

00:27:32.379 --> 00:27:33.079
 But then he gets up

00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.240
 a great while before day

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.980
 before everybody else

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.679
 gets out of bed.

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.700
 And what does he do?

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:39.660
 He goes to a secluded place

00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:39.960
 somewhere,

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:41.320
 probably outside of the town

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.960
 where people couldn't

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.820
 easily find him

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:45.580
 and he prays.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.420
 Why?

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.100
 Why does he pray?

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.620
 He understood

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.980
 the necessity of prayer

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.779
 to the Father.

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:57.380
 Communion with the Father

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.120
 in this moment.

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.940
 And there's a little bit

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.740
 of a mystery in this

00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.039
 for us,

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.340
 isn't there?

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:03.160
 It's a mystery for us

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:04.420
 in that we do our best

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.360
 to hold in tension

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.460
 the truths

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.980
 that Jesus is both

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.160
 God and man

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:10.019
 at the same time.

00:28:10.080 --> 00:28:10.539
 We've referenced

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.360
 Philippians 2

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.279
 in our service already

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.960
 and I would encourage you

00:28:12.960 --> 00:28:13.580
 to read it again

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.740
 if you're confused on this.

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:16.800
 But Jesus is not just

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:18.140
 a man that has

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:19.120
 divine qualities

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:21.460
 and he wasn't God

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.460
 who just had

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.440
 a few things

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.580
 that resembled

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.279
 humanity.

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.580
 No,

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:27.259
 he was entirely God

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.140
 and entirely

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.500
 man and human

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.460
 at the same time.

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:33.100
 when he was

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.740
 in his deity

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.819
 or in his deity

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:37.380
 he could never

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.440
 have gone against

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.480
 the will of the Father

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:41.980
 but in his humanity

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:43.680
 he was driven

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.600
 to prayer

00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.620
 and we see

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.720
 the role of prayer

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.660
 in Jesus

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.759
 knowing the will

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.360
 of the Father

00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:50.220
 to follow.

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.360
 It's interesting

00:28:51.360 --> 00:28:52.160
 as we see it here.

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.740
 There's a tremendous

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.539
 example in it

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.160
 for us to follow,

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.539
 isn't there?

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:58.279
 If the Son of God

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.480
 felt it so necessary

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.119
 to make time

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.680
 for prayer

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:02.240
 how much more

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.159
 should it be a priority

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:04.299
 to our daily routine?

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.359
 He'd been up all night.

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.399
 He was tired.

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.279
 He was busy.

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.799
 He could have slept in

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.420
 to get some rest

00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:15.059
 that morning

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:16.299
 but he didn't do that.

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:17.039
 What did he do?

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.480
 A great while before day

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.920
 he made prayer

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.619
 a priority.

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:22.279
 He got out of bed

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:23.059
 before everybody else

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.700
 got out of bed.

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.859
 He went and found a place

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.319
 where the people

00:29:25.319 --> 00:29:26.399
 wouldn't easily find him

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.379
 and he spent time

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.059
 doing what he knew

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.319
 he needed to do that day

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.240
 and if Jesus

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.339
 the very Son of God

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:32.019
 felt that this was

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:33.079
 a necessary action

00:29:33.079 --> 00:29:33.619
 in his life

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.559
 to know the will

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.099
 of the Father

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.899
 and to please

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:37.000
 and glorify the Father

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.779
 with what he was

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.399
 going to do next

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.719
 how much more important

00:29:39.719 --> 00:29:40.719
 is it for us

00:29:40.719 --> 00:29:42.599
 sinful beings

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:45.119
 who are constantly

00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:45.719
 inundated

00:29:45.719 --> 00:29:46.699
 with our own flesh

00:29:46.699 --> 00:29:47.719
 and our own selfishness

00:29:47.719 --> 00:29:48.819
 and our own will

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:50.899
 how much more important

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.519
 is it for us

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:53.059
 even when we are busy?

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.819
 Even when we are

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.659
 tired

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:57.419
 to do whatever it is

00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:58.299
 that is possible

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.379
 to get alone

00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.039
 with God

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.359
 day by day

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.519
 and to spend time

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.000
 in communion

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.579
 with him

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.439
 in prayer.

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.619
 This time of prayer

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.619
 is what gives way

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:10.179
 to the shocking scene

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:11.139
 that comes next.

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.159
 Look with me

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:13.019
 at verse 35

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.740
 or 36

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.220
 excuse me.

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:17.500
 Simon and they

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.140
 that were with him

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:19.059
 followed after him

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.420
 and when they

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.140
 had found him

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:21.600
 they said unto him

00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.759
 all men seek for thee

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:24.940
 and then he said

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.759
 let us go

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.740
 into the next town

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.860
 that I may preach

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.940
 there also

00:30:30.940 --> 00:30:32.920
 for that is why

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:34.039
 I came.

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.140
 That's not exactly

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.960
 what you would expect

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.400
 if you hadn't read

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:38.200
 this passage before

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.839
 it's not exactly

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.579
 what you would have

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.559
 expected to have been

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.480
 Jesus' response

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.740
 right?

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.579
 It wasn't long

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.660
 before he was found

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:47.019
 Mark reveals

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.059
 here

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:50.400
 that there were

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.539
 competing agendas

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.980
 taking place.

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.940
 Peter probably

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.819
 gets up that morning

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.480
 notices that

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.240
 Jesus is gone

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.039
 and he's immediately

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.059
 on a frantic search

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.920
 to find Jesus

00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:02.039
 and he gets Andrew

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.860
 and he gets James

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.200
 and John

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.180
 and maybe someone else

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.680
 that might have been

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.019
 with him

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.500
 it doesn't say

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.140
 exactly who

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.860
 and he goes out

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.660
 on this desperate

00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:08.500
 search to find Jesus

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.819
 why?

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.819
 Because the town's

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.460
 looking for Jesus

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.720
 too.

00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:11.420
 Everybody's trying

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.940
 to find him.

00:31:12.740 --> 00:31:13.079
 They don't know

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.680
 where he is

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:15.279
 and finally Simon

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.160
 finds him

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.579
 and what is it

00:31:16.579 --> 00:31:17.000
 that he wants

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.839
 Jesus to do?

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.640
 In this pursuit

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.420
 he's begging

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.099
 for Jesus

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.319
 to come back

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.140
 to Capernaum

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:25.559
 excited about

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.079
 the events

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.000
 of the previous day

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.680
 no doubt

00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:29.380
 Peter and the other

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:30.019
 disciples

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.259
 demonstrate here

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.859
 somewhat of a

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.720
 skewed perspective

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.859
 of Jesus' purpose.

00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.819
 They weren't blind

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.559
 to the amazing

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.240
 popularity

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:38.839
 that Jesus

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.480
 was gaining

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.079
 and they felt

00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.940
 it necessary

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:42.440
 to compel him

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.179
 to capitalize

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.319
 on this growing

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.220
 fame

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:47.200
 and in this sense

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.839
 they weren't acting

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.980
 as submissive followers

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.639
 to Jesus

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.980
 but they were rather

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:52.000
 determining

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.899
 to control

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.759
 the Lord's movements

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.339
 and ministry

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:55.079
 in this moment

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:56.200
 but it wasn't

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.059
 just the disciples

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:57.899
 remember what they

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.240
 would have been

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.240
 thinking in this moment

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.379
 Jesus has been

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:00.940
 talking a lot

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.579
 about the kingdom

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.740
 remember that's

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.159
 the message

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.940
 he's been preaching

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.859
 repent for the

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.480
 kingdom of heaven

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:06.119
 is at hand

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.960
 and they keep

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.399
 thinking about

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:07.920
 the kingdom

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.620
 as if Jesus

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.100
 has come

00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.720
 to finally

00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:10.980
 run Rome

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.580
 out of town

00:32:11.580 --> 00:32:12.140
 and finally

00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.960
 set up this

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.820
 physical kingdom

00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:14.980
 that the prophets

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.380
 of old

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.040
 had foretold

00:32:16.040 --> 00:32:16.759
 for hundreds

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.180
 of years

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.620
 that's what

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.280
 they're expecting

00:32:18.280 --> 00:32:18.660
 right now

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.120
 in their mind

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.540
 they haven't

00:32:19.540 --> 00:32:20.580
 understood exactly

00:32:20.580 --> 00:32:21.060
 what Jesus

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.680
 meant by his

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:21.980
 kingdom

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:23.300
 and so they're

00:32:23.300 --> 00:32:23.820
 trying to get

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.500
 Jesus to come

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.259
 back to Capernaum

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.880
 because he's

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.220
 going to need

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.759
 a following

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.080
 right

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:27.960
 and now he's

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:28.580
 getting famous

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.040
 now he's

00:32:29.040 --> 00:32:29.700
 getting popular

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.320
 they want him

00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:30.920
 to come back

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.380
 so that this

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.980
 following can

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.940
 continue to grow

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.519
 and it can

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.280
 accomplish the

00:32:34.280 --> 00:32:34.820
 purpose that they

00:32:34.820 --> 00:32:35.180
 were hoping

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.600
 that Jesus

00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.200
 would accomplish

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.100
 so there's the

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.860
 disciples on that

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.779
 end pulling him

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.799
 back to Capernaum

00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.480
 and then there's

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.000
 the people

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.720
 words continuing

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.200
 to spread

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.860
 no doubt early

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.360
 in the morning

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:45.319
 they're all trying

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.920
 to get to Jesus

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.640
 again they want

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.100
 to see what

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.980
 Jesus can do

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.620
 for them

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:50.019
 come back to

00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.880
 Capernaum

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:52.680
 come and help

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.600
 me with my fever

00:32:53.600 --> 00:32:54.819
 no doubt they

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.519
 were thinking

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.220
 at this point

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.779
 there's probably

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.400
 some other

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:58.500
 beneficial ways

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.019
 that Jesus

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.440
 and we could

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.160
 use this power

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.720
 that Jesus

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.680
 possesses for our

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.120
 own good

00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:03.539
 and in Mark's

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.359
 gospel we start

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.819
 to see the

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.679
 formation of the

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:06.899
 first prosperity

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:08.919
 seekers in his

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.739
 gospel and in his

00:33:09.739 --> 00:33:10.079
 letter

00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:13.059
 Kent Hughes wrote

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.859
 this they cared

00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:14.599
 little about the

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.879
 spiritual implications

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:17.399
 of Jesus's miracles

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.099
 and teachings

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:20.719
 but much about the

00:33:20.719 --> 00:33:22.279
 material and temporal

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:24.039
 that's the way it was

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.019
 in Capernaum he wrote

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.919
 how nice it would be

00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.979
 to have a Jesus to

00:33:27.979 --> 00:33:29.279
 heal us when we

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.019
 have a fever

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:31.940
 to make us wealthy

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.680
 and to give us

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.160
 prestige

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:35.879
 it's natural to want

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.839
 a magic Jesus

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.660
 can't use rights

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.839
 but we must always

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:40.279
 remember that God

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.160
 is not someone

00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.220
 to be used

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.740
 he is to be loved

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:45.019
 and worshipped

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:46.240
 and served

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:48.059
 regardless of what

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:49.359
 comes in this

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:50.579
 world

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:52.379
 we have this same

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.980
 tendency today

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.339
 don't we

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.700
 we all do

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:56.759
 how many people

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.579
 do we witness to

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.339
 that at least

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.960
 on the surface

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.599
 and in the beginning

00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.419
 are attracted to

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.139
 Jesus in hopes

00:34:01.139 --> 00:34:02.139
 that Jesus might

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:03.019
 do something for

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.939
 them in this life

00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:04.980
 this temporal life

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.839
 he'll make their

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.659
 life more convenient

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.179
 or he'll make

00:34:07.179 --> 00:34:08.099
 their life better

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.619
 he'll give them

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.380
 a better job

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.319
 or he'll provide

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:10.779
 them with some

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.559
 type of prosperity

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.119
 or wealth

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.559
 or fame

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.099
 or whatever it is

00:34:13.099 --> 00:34:13.420
 that they're

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.039
 searching for

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.579
 and so they come

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.039
 to Jesus

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:16.219
 not hoping that

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.159
 Jesus will actually

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:18.119
 change their heart

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.000
 but hoping that

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.519
 he'll make their

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.159
 life just more

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.980
 convenient and more

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.659
 comfortable at the

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.000
 time

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:24.059
 this is why the

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.059
 prosperity gospel

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.759
 preachers of the

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.239
 day are so

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.779
 successful

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:28.760
 they're getting

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.740
 rich off of our

00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:30.900
 insatiable desire

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.580
 for health and

00:34:31.580 --> 00:34:31.980
 wealth

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:34.100
 they're con men

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:35.500
 that manipulate

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:36.640
 people into thinking

00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:37.260
 that if they will

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:38.060
 just send them

00:34:38.060 --> 00:34:38.660
 some money

00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.460
 then their greatest

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.340
 desires will be

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.760
 met

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:43.140
 people flock to

00:34:43.140 --> 00:34:43.840
 these so-called

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.680
 churches only

00:34:44.680 --> 00:34:45.420
 wanting Jesus

00:34:45.420 --> 00:34:46.360
 if he will make

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.960
 them rich and

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.600
 heal their sickness

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:48.820
 but very few of

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.440
 them are actually

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.340
 concerned about his

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.800
 message

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:52.560
 Jesus understood

00:34:52.560 --> 00:34:52.940
 that

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:54.460
 the disciples

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:56.000
 were somewhat

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.920
 falling into that

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.559
 trap here

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.280
 the people certainly

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.720
 were

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:01.539
 but then Jesus

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.460
 does something that

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:03.300
 they weren't expecting

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:04.920
 look at verse 37

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:06.099
 or verse 38

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:08.980
 Jesus said unto them

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.500
 let's go to the

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.039
 next town

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:13.179
 that I may preach

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.840
 there also

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:15.820
 for that

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.940
 is why

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.079
 I came

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:21.559
 you gotta think

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.240
 that Peter

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.419
 and these other

00:35:23.419 --> 00:35:24.139
 men were

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:25.379
 taken aback

00:35:25.379 --> 00:35:25.959
 by this

00:35:25.959 --> 00:35:28.479
 here they are

00:35:28.479 --> 00:35:28.939
 thinking

00:35:28.939 --> 00:35:31.019
 Jesus

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.599
 all these people

00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.359
 are following you

00:35:32.359 --> 00:35:33.779
 what you did

00:35:33.779 --> 00:35:34.319
 yesterday was

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.959
 amazing

00:35:34.959 --> 00:35:35.659
 let's go do it

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.379
 some more

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:38.839
 the people are

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.139
 thinking

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.259
 stay around

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:41.119
 a little longer

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.639
 we need

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.979
 somebody like you

00:35:42.979 --> 00:35:43.879
 in Capernaum

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:47.179
 Jesus says

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:48.539
 you know what

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:48.799
 fellas

00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.339
 why don't we go

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:50.079
 to the next town

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.439
 over

00:35:50.439 --> 00:35:51.779
 the people that

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:52.120
 don't really

00:35:52.120 --> 00:35:52.640
 know about me

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:52.960
 yet

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.360
 word hasn't

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.040
 gotten to them

00:35:55.040 --> 00:35:55.519
 about these

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.980
 miracles

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:58.260
 and he said

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.560
 I don't want

00:35:58.560 --> 00:35:58.980
 to go to those

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.620
 towns in order

00:35:59.620 --> 00:36:00.160
 that I might

00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:00.940
 heal there also

00:36:00.940 --> 00:36:01.560
 he says I want

00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:01.960
 to go to those

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.500
 towns in order

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.060
 that I might

00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:03.880
 preach there

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.440
 also

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:06.200
 for that

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:07.100
 is why

00:36:07.100 --> 00:36:08.280
 I came

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.540
 do you see

00:36:09.540 --> 00:36:10.000
 his priority

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.620
 of purpose

00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:11.960
 taking shape

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.180
 here

00:36:12.180 --> 00:36:13.720
 no

00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:15.660
 he was clear

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:17.079
 his primary

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.500
 purpose

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.099
 was to preach

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.659
 the gospel

00:36:18.659 --> 00:36:20.279
 and while

00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:20.920
 he continually

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.500
 healed the

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:21.799
 sick

00:36:21.799 --> 00:36:22.039
 and there

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.879
 was never

00:36:22.879 --> 00:36:23.299
 a demon

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.599
 possessed

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.059
 person

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:24.379
 that came

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:24.819
 across his

00:36:24.819 --> 00:36:25.079
 path

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.299
 that he

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:25.779
 didn't cast

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:26.079
 out the

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.319
 demon

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.859
 that was a

00:36:26.859 --> 00:36:27.199
 part of his

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:27.739
 compassionate

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.159
 art

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.179
 he poured

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.579
 out of

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.139
 compassion

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.539
 for these

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.899
 people

00:36:30.899 --> 00:36:31.399
 everywhere

00:36:31.399 --> 00:36:31.879
 he went

00:36:31.879 --> 00:36:32.619
 but those

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.019
 were not

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.599
 the reasons

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.379
 he came

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:35.960
 those miracles

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.480
 were only

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:37.119
 temporary

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.859
 reprieves

00:36:37.859 --> 00:36:38.239
 for those

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.739
 people

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.739
 they're only

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:40.239
 temporary

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:41.519
 Peter's

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.939
 mother-in-law

00:36:41.939 --> 00:36:42.659
 was healed

00:36:42.659 --> 00:36:43.019
 of this

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.299
 fever

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.099
 but another

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.479
 fever is

00:36:44.479 --> 00:36:44.639
 going to

00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:44.959
 come

00:36:44.959 --> 00:36:46.859
 she's still

00:36:46.859 --> 00:36:47.039
 going to

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.299
 die

00:36:47.299 --> 00:36:47.819
 one day

00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:49.359
 those

00:36:49.359 --> 00:36:49.739
 people

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.339
 that were

00:36:50.339 --> 00:36:50.679
 healed

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:50.959
 throughout

00:36:50.959 --> 00:36:51.439
 the night

00:36:51.439 --> 00:36:52.739
 they might

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.019
 get sick

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.439
 again

00:36:53.439 --> 00:36:54.819
 those

00:36:54.819 --> 00:36:55.199
 people

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.539
 who were

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:55.839
 possessed

00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:56.500
 with demons

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:56.839
 at the

00:36:56.839 --> 00:36:57.199
 moment

00:36:57.199 --> 00:36:58.379
 they might

00:36:58.379 --> 00:36:58.879
 be possessed

00:36:58.879 --> 00:36:59.319
 again

00:36:59.319 --> 00:37:00.539
 these were

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.159
 just temporary

00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.679
 reprieves

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:02.539
 Jesus came

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.799
 to do

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.099
 something

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:04.079
 far greater

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.599
 for them

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.139
 and that

00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.539
 purpose

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.919
 made it

00:37:05.919 --> 00:37:06.439
 necessary

00:37:06.439 --> 00:37:06.839
 for him

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.359
 to leave

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.000
 Capernaum

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.799
 and preach

00:37:08.799 --> 00:37:09.279
 the gospel

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:09.639
 in other

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.119
 places

00:37:10.119 --> 00:37:11.400
 doesn't mean

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.619
 that he

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:11.920
 wasn't

00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:12.639
 concerned

00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:13.299
 about them

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.639
 he healed

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:13.940
 everywhere

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.440
 he went

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:16.359
 so what

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:16.679
 was his

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.000
 purpose

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.319
 if it

00:37:17.319 --> 00:37:17.539
 wasn't

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:17.819
 to do

00:37:17.819 --> 00:37:18.239
 this

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:19.519
 his

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.880
 purpose

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.239
 was

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.420
 the

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.940
 gospel

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:23.139
 Matthew

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.500
 chapter

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.940
 one

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.279
 as we

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.779
 understand

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:25.159
 the

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:26.119
 incarnation

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.559
 of

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:26.839
 Jesus

00:37:26.839 --> 00:37:27.219
 as we'll

00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:27.480
 study

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.819
 the next

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.039
 few

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.279
 weeks

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:28.920
 she will

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:29.359
 bear a

00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:29.659
 son

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.279
 you shall

00:37:30.279 --> 00:37:30.779
 call his

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:30.960
 name

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.299
 Jesus

00:37:31.299 --> 00:37:31.859
 for he

00:37:31.859 --> 00:37:32.119
 will

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.739
 save

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.159
 his

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.679
 people

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.400
 from

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:34.719
 their

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.460
 sickness

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.659
 no

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:39.019
 he will

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.480
 save

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:39.699
 his

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.079
 people

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.840
 from

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.300
 their

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:42.340
 sin

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:44.500
 Luke

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.960
 19

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.380
 10

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:45.599
 the

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:45.820
 son

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:45.940
 of

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.119
 man

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.340
 came

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.519
 to

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:46.780
 seek

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.059
 and to

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.420
 save

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.159
 that

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.559
 which

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:49.119
 was

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:49.960
 sick

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:51.139
 no

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.440
 he came

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.900
 to seek

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.199
 and to

00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:53.519
 save

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.820
 that

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.099
 which

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.420
 was

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.280
 lost

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.440
 1st

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.639
 Timothy

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.300
 1 15

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.840
 Christ

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.199
 Jesus

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.619
 came

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:58.780
 into

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:58.940
 the

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.300
 world

00:37:59.300 --> 00:37:59.800
 to

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.320
 save

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:00.820
 those

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:01.039
 who

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.340
 were

00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.860
 possessed

00:38:01.860 --> 00:38:02.099
 with

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.440
 devils

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.719
 no

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.219
 he came

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.400
 to

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:03.740
 save

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:04.380
 sinners

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.780
 his

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:05.559
 emphasis

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.380
 was

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.920
 the

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.480
 gospel

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.900
 that

00:38:07.900 --> 00:38:08.179
 was

00:38:08.179 --> 00:38:08.360
 his

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.820
 primary

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.559
 purpose

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:11.380
 it

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.579
 looked

00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:12.019
 beyond

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.259
 their

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:12.799
 ailments

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:12.960
 to

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.099
 the

00:38:13.099 --> 00:38:13.480
 condition

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.679
 of

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:13.840
 their

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.539
 souls

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:17.659
 Jesus

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:17.980
 came

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.239
 to do

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.519
 a much

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.779
 greater

00:38:18.779 --> 00:38:19.259
 work

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:20.279
 than

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:20.519
 heal

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.739
 our

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.199
 fevers

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:22.539
 and

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.000
 multiply

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.340
 our

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:23.900
 successes

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:25.820
 he's

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.619
 compassionately

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.139
 concerned

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.480
 for the

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.860
 effects

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.440
 of sin

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:29.460
 on our

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.820
 physical

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:30.219
 lives

00:38:30.219 --> 00:38:30.500
 but he

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:30.679
 is

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.239
 infinitely

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.759
 more

00:38:31.759 --> 00:38:32.340
 concerned

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:33.719
 about

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:33.920
 the

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.340
 effects

00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.940
 of sin

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.880
 on our

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.280
 hearts

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.599
 and our

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.960
 souls

00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:37.240
 and our

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.659
 eternity

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:40.099
 so it

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.380
 wasn't

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.940
 for Jesus

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.559
 to stay

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.980
 around in

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.480
 Capernaum

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.880
 and just

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.340
 heal every

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.900
 person that

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.500
 fell sick

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:46.119
 no

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.639
 that's not

00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:46.920
 why he

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.220
 came

00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:47.760
 it was

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:48.099
 time to

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.400
 leave

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.500
 how did

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:49.720
 he know

00:38:49.720 --> 00:38:49.920
 it was

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.260
 time to

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:50.559
 leave

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.360
 because he

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.679
 got up

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.000
 early in

00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.340
 the morning

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.579
 and he

00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:54.800
 went to

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.300
 a solitary

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.880
 place

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:57.039
 and he

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.360
 communed

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.639
 with the

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:57.980
 father

00:38:57.980 --> 00:39:01.780
 this

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.480
 truth

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.179
 and

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.679
 example

00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:03.920
 of

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.179
 Jesus

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:04.500
 should

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.980
 radically

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.599
 change

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.059
 the way

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.619
 that we

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.280
 think

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.860
 about

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:09.920
 ministry

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.360
 as

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:10.860
 believers

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:14.340
 because

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.719
 that's

00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:15.940
 the purpose

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.380
 of being

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.820
 a Christian

00:39:16.820 --> 00:39:17.039
 right

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.420
 it means

00:39:17.420 --> 00:39:17.719
 little

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:18.239
 Christ

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.539
 is what

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.820
 it means

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.119
 it means

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.579
 to be

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.900
 like

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.360
 Christ

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:20.699
 we are

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.119
 being

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.619
 fashioned

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:21.880
 into

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.079
 his

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.460
 image

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:22.840
 that means

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.159
 when we

00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:23.460
 study

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.619
 the

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:24.139
 gospels

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:24.420
 we

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:25.179
 gaze

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.420
 at

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.840
 Christ

00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.139
 we

00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:26.760
 look

00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:26.900
 at

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.159
 how

00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:27.460
 he

00:39:27.460 --> 00:39:28.239
 responds

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:28.519
 how

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.739
 he

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.219
 acts

00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:29.559
 and we

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.119
 pattern

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.340
 our

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:30.619
 lives

00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.000
 after

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.599
 his

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:31.820
 he

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.000
 is

00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.199
 our

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.559
 Lord

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.659
 what

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:33.880
 was

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:33.980
 he

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.239
 doing

00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:34.539
 here

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.380
 yeah

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:35.519
 he

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:35.659
 had

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.259
 compassion

00:39:36.259 --> 00:39:38.619
 hey

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.219
 we

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:39.400
 should

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.519
 have

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.039
 compassion

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.699
 for

00:39:40.699 --> 00:39:41.019
 people

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:43.279
 we

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:43.400
 should

00:39:43.400 --> 00:39:43.539
 have

00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:44.079
 compassion

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:44.299
 for

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:44.460
 our

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:44.719
 fellow

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.079
 man

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:46.739
 we

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:46.940
 should

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.259
 care

00:39:47.259 --> 00:39:47.539
 about

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.860
 those

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:47.980
 who

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.099
 are

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.420
 hungry

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:49.860
 we

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.039
 should

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.320
 care

00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:50.559
 about

00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:50.820
 those

00:39:50.820 --> 00:39:50.960
 who

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.059
 are

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.519
 sick

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.840
 we

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.059
 should

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.400
 care

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.679
 about

00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.019
 those

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.159
 who

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:54.279
 are

00:39:54.279 --> 00:39:54.699
 struggling

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.039
 against

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.420
 various

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.059
 injustices

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.340
 in their

00:39:56.340 --> 00:39:56.559
 lives

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.719
 we

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:56.860
 should

00:39:56.860 --> 00:39:57.139
 come

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.420
 to

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.579
 their

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.000
 defense

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.000


00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.179
 that

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.280
 is

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.420
 a

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.619
 very

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:59.119
 Christian

00:39:59.119 --> 00:39:59.380
 thing

00:39:59.380 --> 00:39:59.500
 to

00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.719
 do

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.059
 the

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.280
 Bible

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:00.619
 tells

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:00.760
 us

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:00.880
 to

00:40:00.880 --> 00:40:01.000
 do

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.159
 that

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.300
 to

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:01.599
 defend

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:01.780
 the

00:40:01.780 --> 00:40:02.280
 fatherless

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:02.500
 and the

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.699
 widow

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:03.159
 those

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.420
 who

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.119
 society

00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:04.360
 has

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:04.880
 rejected

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.099
 who

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:05.519
 no

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:05.639
 one

00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:05.760
 is

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:05.980
 caring

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.239
 for

00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:06.460
 it

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.639
 is

00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.039
 in

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.639
 us

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:07.920
 as

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.380
 believers

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:08.659
 to

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:08.940
 follow

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.139
 the

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.440
 pattern

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.599
 of

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:09.840
 Christ

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.000
 to

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.159
 show

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.760
 compassion

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:11.340
 on

00:40:11.340 --> 00:40:11.659
 those

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.019
 people

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.420
 but

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:12.840
 that

00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:13.219
 is

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.619
 not

00:40:13.619 --> 00:40:14.000
 our

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.539
 purpose

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:18.000
 while

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.199
 we

00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:18.719
 care

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.800
 and

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:19.980
 while

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.199
 we

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.619
 help

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.780
 and

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:21.980
 while

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.179
 we

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:22.440
 show

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.179
 concern

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:24.579
 what

00:40:24.579 --> 00:40:25.019
 good

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:25.179
 is

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.380
 it

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:26.019
 if

00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.159
 we

00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:26.380
 come

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:26.519
 to

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.679
 their

00:40:26.679 --> 00:40:27.280
 defense

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:28.440
 what

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.759
 good

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:28.900
 is

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.039
 it

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.259
 if

00:40:29.259 --> 00:40:29.420
 we

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:29.820
 feed

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.059
 their

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.619
 bodies

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.400
 what

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.759
 good

00:40:31.759 --> 00:40:31.940
 is

00:40:31.940 --> 00:40:32.179
 it

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.699
 if

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:32.880
 we

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.340
 comfort

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:33.860
 their

00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:34.320
 illness

00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:34.599
 but

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:34.800
 we

00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.320
 never

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.980
 give

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.280
 them

00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:36.679
 the

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:37.179
 gospel

00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:39.219
 that's

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.400
 the

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:39.940
 purpose

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:41.619
 that's

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.019
 our

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.980
 purpose

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:44.400
 and

00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.579
 these

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:44.920
 actions

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:45.079
 they're

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.280
 not

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.960
 at war

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:46.179
 with

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.340
 one

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:46.599
 another

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:46.780
 they're

00:40:46.780 --> 00:40:46.940
 not

00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:47.679
 competing

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.159
 elements

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:48.340
 but

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.599
 everybody

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:48.980
 in our

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.420
 society

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:49.679
 right

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:49.940
 now

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.300
 is

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:50.519
 trying

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.659
 to

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:50.780
 tell

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:50.940
 the

00:40:50.940 --> 00:40:51.139
 church

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.300
 what

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:51.400
 it

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.559
 needs

00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:51.579
!

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:51.679
 to

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:51.800
 be

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.039
!

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.440
 it's

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.579
 the

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:52.940
 crowd

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.119
 in

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.740
 Capernaum

00:40:53.740 --> 00:40:54.480
 that's

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:54.740
 seeking

00:40:54.740 --> 00:40:54.980
 for

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:55.260
 Jesus

00:40:55.260 --> 00:40:55.780
 it's

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:55.940
 the

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.500
 disciples

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.740
 who

00:40:57.740 --> 00:40:57.820
 are

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:57.920
 the

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.099
 ones

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.220
 that

00:40:58.220 --> 00:40:58.300
 have

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:58.500
 spent

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.740
 a lot

00:40:58.740 --> 00:40:58.860
 of

00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.099
 time

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.220
 with

00:40:59.220 --> 00:40:59.300
 them

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.480
 they're

00:40:59.480 --> 00:40:59.679
 trying

00:40:59.679 --> 00:40:59.840
 to

00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:00.159
 dictate

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:00.679
 what

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:00.840
 the

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.159
 purpose

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.300
 of

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:01.440
 the

00:41:01.440 --> 00:41:01.700
 church

00:41:01.700 --> 00:41:01.920
 is

00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.039
 and

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.179
 they're

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:02.480
 missing

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.700
 the

00:41:02.700 --> 00:41:03.119
 mark

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:04.880
 our

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:05.340
 banner

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:05.840
 and battle

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.099
 cry

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.480
 is not

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:06.940
 social

00:41:06.940 --> 00:41:07.639
 justice

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.920
 our

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.380
 banner

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.700
 and our

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.099
 battle

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.380
 cry

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:10.760
 is not

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:10.960
 the

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.340
 comfort

00:41:11.340 --> 00:41:11.840
 of

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.079
 those

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.220
 who

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:12.500
 feel

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.940
 bad

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.380
 our

00:41:13.380 --> 00:41:13.800
 banner

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.099
 and our

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.460
 battle

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:14.700
 cry

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.000
 is the

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.420
 gospel

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:15.760
 of

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.079
 Jesus

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.539
 Christ

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.800
 that

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:17.280
 must

00:41:17.280 --> 00:41:17.580
 be

00:41:17.580 --> 00:41:18.060
 our

00:41:18.060 --> 00:41:18.660
 priority

00:41:18.660 --> 00:41:22.260
 mark

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:22.660
 8

00:41:22.660 --> 00:41:24.220
 what

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.560
 does it

00:41:24.560 --> 00:41:24.940
 profit

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.400
 a man

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:26.720
 if he

00:41:26.720 --> 00:41:27.040
 gained

00:41:27.040 --> 00:41:27.220
 the

00:41:27.220 --> 00:41:27.540
 whole

00:41:27.540 --> 00:41:28.019
 world

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:29.500
 and

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:29.880
 lose

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.160
 his

00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:30.580
 soul

00:41:30.580 --> 00:41:33.120
 there's

00:41:33.120 --> 00:41:33.260
 a

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.680
 balance

00:41:33.680 --> 00:41:33.880
 here

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:34.200
 for us

00:41:34.200 --> 00:41:34.360
 I

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:34.740
 know

00:41:34.740 --> 00:41:36.700
 but

00:41:36.700 --> 00:41:37.060
 Jesus

00:41:37.060 --> 00:41:37.460
 made

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.620
 it

00:41:37.620 --> 00:41:38.080
 clear

00:41:38.080 --> 00:41:39.320
 that

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.660
 not

00:41:39.660 --> 00:41:40.000
 only

00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:40.220
 for

00:41:40.220 --> 00:41:40.460
 his

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:40.840
 ministry

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:41.040
 but

00:41:41.040 --> 00:41:41.340
 also

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.620
 for

00:41:41.620 --> 00:41:42.180
 ours

00:41:42.180 --> 00:41:43.220
 there

00:41:43.220 --> 00:41:43.440
 is

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.620
 a

00:41:43.620 --> 00:41:44.120
 priority

00:41:44.120 --> 00:41:44.480
 of

00:41:44.480 --> 00:41:45.060
 purpose

00:41:45.060 --> 00:41:46.440
 and

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:46.660
 that

00:41:46.660 --> 00:41:47.040
 purpose

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.279
 is

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:47.579
 first

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:47.779
 the

00:41:47.779 --> 00:41:48.199
 gospel

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:49.219
 and

00:41:49.219 --> 00:41:49.340
 it

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:49.500
 is

00:41:49.500 --> 00:41:49.719
 the

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.279
 overflow

00:41:50.279 --> 00:41:50.659
 of

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:50.880
 that

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.599
 gospel

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.460
 care

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.579
 that

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.800
 we

00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:54.019
 should

00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.279
 bear

00:41:54.279 --> 00:41:54.980
 compassionate

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.579
 hearts

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:56.840
 that

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.019
 we

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.219
 should

00:41:57.219 --> 00:41:57.539
 seek

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:57.779
 to

00:41:57.779 --> 00:41:58.119
 help

00:41:58.119 --> 00:41:59.219
 and

00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.400
 to

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.900
 love

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:00.659
 and

00:42:00.659 --> 00:42:00.800
 to

00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:01.279
 defend

00:42:01.279 --> 00:42:01.539
 and

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:01.940
 concern

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.340
 but

00:42:02.340 --> 00:42:02.639
 not

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:02.800
 at

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.019
 the

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.579
 sacrifice

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.400
 of

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:04.559
 the

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:04.840
 message

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.000
 of

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.139
 the

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.440
 gospel

00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:05.920
 itself

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:08.000
 when

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.159
 we

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.440
 look

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.639
 back

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:08.739
 on

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:08.900
 these

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.279
 verses

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:09.699
 we

00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:09.940
 have

00:42:09.940 --> 00:42:10.320
 been

00:42:10.320 --> 00:42:10.980
 amazed

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:12.699
 by

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.059
 Jesus

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:14.019
 authoritative

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.500
 word

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:14.960
 I

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:15.159
 hope

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:15.300
 you

00:42:15.300 --> 00:42:15.659
 have

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:17.799
 I

00:42:17.799 --> 00:42:17.940
 hope

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.019
 you

00:42:18.019 --> 00:42:18.099
 have

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:18.219
 been

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:18.899
 encouraged

00:42:18.899 --> 00:42:19.139
 by

00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:19.279
 his

00:42:19.279 --> 00:42:19.819
 compassionate

00:42:19.819 --> 00:42:20.319
 heart

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:20.579
 he

00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:20.799
 turns

00:42:20.799 --> 00:42:21.019
 no

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:21.399
 person

00:42:21.399 --> 00:42:21.819
 away

00:42:21.819 --> 00:42:23.000
 you

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.299
 realize

00:42:23.299 --> 00:42:23.679
 most of

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:23.839
 those

00:42:23.839 --> 00:42:24.099
 people

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:24.279
 that

00:42:24.279 --> 00:42:24.500
 came

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.659
 for

00:42:24.659 --> 00:42:24.960
 healing

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.179
 that

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:25.399
 he

00:42:25.399 --> 00:42:25.699
 healed

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:25.920
 did

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.119
 not

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.460
 follow

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.799
 him

00:42:26.799 --> 00:42:29.239
 faith

00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:29.399
 was

00:42:29.399 --> 00:42:29.699
 not a

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.279
 prerequisite

00:42:30.279 --> 00:42:30.359
!

00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:31.139
 for

00:42:31.139 --> 00:42:31.399
 Jesus'

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:32.000
 miracles

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:34.199
 sometimes

00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:34.899
 it was

00:42:34.899 --> 00:42:35.539
 most of

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:35.739
 the time

00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:36.199
 it wasn't

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:36.980
 he

00:42:36.980 --> 00:42:37.159
 healed

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:37.420
 a lot

00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:37.539
 of

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:37.719
 people

00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:37.879
 that

00:42:37.879 --> 00:42:38.079
 never

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.440
 followed

00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:38.639
 him

00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:39.719
 most

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:39.839
 of

00:42:39.839 --> 00:42:39.980
 these

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.219
 people

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:40.399
 would

00:42:40.399 --> 00:42:40.699
 abandon

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:40.899
 him

00:42:40.899 --> 00:42:41.099
 in

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:41.259
 fact

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:41.539
 later

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:41.819
 on

00:42:41.819 --> 00:42:41.819


00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:42.140
 he's

00:42:42.140 --> 00:42:42.220
 going

00:42:42.220 --> 00:42:42.300
 to

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.559
 pronounce

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:42.760
 a

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:42.980
 curse

00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:43.140
 on

00:42:43.140 --> 00:42:43.580
 Capernaum

00:42:43.580 --> 00:42:45.019
 he's

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.100
 going

00:42:45.100 --> 00:42:45.160
 to

00:42:45.160 --> 00:42:45.300
 say

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:45.539
 woe

00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:45.680
 unto

00:42:45.680 --> 00:42:45.860
 you

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.400
 Capernaum

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:48.180
 because

00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:48.580
 if I

00:42:48.580 --> 00:42:48.720
 had

00:42:48.720 --> 00:42:48.940
 come

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.140
 in the

00:42:49.140 --> 00:42:49.320
 days

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.460
 of

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:49.760
 Sodom

00:42:49.760 --> 00:42:49.900
 and

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.220
 Gomorrah

00:42:50.220 --> 00:42:50.460
 they

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:50.620
 would

00:42:50.620 --> 00:42:50.720
 have

00:42:50.720 --> 00:42:51.100
 repented

00:42:51.100 --> 00:42:51.280
 but

00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:51.420
 you

00:42:51.420 --> 00:42:51.640
 haven't

00:42:51.640 --> 00:42:51.980
 repented

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:52.220
 all

00:42:52.220 --> 00:42:52.380
 you

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:52.580
 want

00:42:52.580 --> 00:42:52.740
 is

00:42:52.740 --> 00:42:53.019
 more

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.280
 from

00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:53.539
 me

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:54.140
 we're

00:42:54.140 --> 00:42:54.200
 going

00:42:54.200 --> 00:42:54.280
 to

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:54.440
 see

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:54.559
 in

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:54.660
 the

00:42:54.660 --> 00:42:54.900
 feeding

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.140
 of the

00:42:55.140 --> 00:42:55.680
 5,000

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:56.000
 they didn't

00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.360
 really care

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:56.640
 about what

00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:56.820
 he was

00:42:56.820 --> 00:42:57.140
 teaching

00:42:57.140 --> 00:42:57.800
 they just

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:58.000
 wanted

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.320
 a new

00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:58.600
 meal

00:42:58.600 --> 00:42:59.840
 they were

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.180
 using

00:43:00.180 --> 00:43:00.440
 him

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:02.120
 but

00:43:02.120 --> 00:43:02.380
 even

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.800
 despite

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.140
 that

00:43:03.140 --> 00:43:03.260
 and

00:43:03.260 --> 00:43:03.519
 despite

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:03.900
 knowing

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.180
 that

00:43:04.180 --> 00:43:04.420
 what

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:04.559
 was

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:04.700
 his

00:43:04.700 --> 00:43:05.099
 compassion

00:43:05.099 --> 00:43:05.440
 he

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:05.720
 fed

00:43:05.720 --> 00:43:05.900
 them

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:06.340
 anyways

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:07.320
 amazing

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:10.360
 some

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.480
 of

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.599
 these

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:10.900
 people

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.160
 would

00:43:11.160 --> 00:43:11.300
 be

00:43:11.300 --> 00:43:11.800
 responsible

00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:12.119
 for

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:12.440
 crying

00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:12.760
 out

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:13.960
 crucify

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:14.280
 him

00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:15.700
 yet

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 he

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 did

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 not

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 turn

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 them

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 away

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 amazing

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 it

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 tells us

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 something

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 about

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 our own

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 hearts

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 doesn't

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 it

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 because

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 when

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 somebody

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 offends

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 me

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 or

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 if

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 I

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 am

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 suspect

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 of

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 somebody's

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 motives

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 the

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 last

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 thing

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 do

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 usually

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 is

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 help

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 them

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 not

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 Jesus

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 and

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 then

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 we

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 get

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:36.899
 to

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 the

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 end

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 and

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 we

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 see

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 his

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 purpose

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 and

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 how

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 fantastic

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 is

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 that

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 and

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 what's

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 Mark's

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 point

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 who

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 could

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 possibly

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 possess

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.000
 such

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 amazing

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 power

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 and

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 compassionate

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 love

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 and

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 singularity

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.279
 of

00:43:49.279 --> 00:43:49.639
 purpose

00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:49.980
 in

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 the

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 father's

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:50.759
 will

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:51.859
 only

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 one

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 person

00:43:52.579 --> 00:43:54.960
 only

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 the

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 Messiah

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 only

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.339
 the

00:43:57.339 --> 00:43:57.519
 son

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:57.659
 of

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 God

00:43:57.960 --> 00:44:00.119
 the

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:00.359
 question

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:00.539
 then

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:00.940
 becomes

00:44:00.940 --> 00:44:01.200
 what

00:44:01.200 --> 00:44:01.380
 will

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.539
 you

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:01.720
 do

00:44:01.720 --> 00:44:01.900
 with

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.099
 the

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:02.480
 Savior

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:05.640
 there's

00:44:05.640 --> 00:44:05.820
 really

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.000
 only

00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.200
 two

00:44:06.200 --> 00:44:06.579
 choices

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:06.800
 on

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:06.920
 the

00:44:06.920 --> 00:44:07.260
 table

00:44:07.260 --> 00:44:08.940
 you

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.120
 can

00:44:09.120 --> 00:44:09.460
 either

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:10.220
 believe

00:44:10.220 --> 00:44:10.539
 him

00:44:10.539 --> 00:44:12.340
 follow

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.740
 him

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:14.099
 and

00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:14.480
 receive

00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:14.880
 eternal

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:15.340
 life

00:44:15.340 --> 00:44:15.519
 and

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:15.840
 forgiveness

00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:16.120
 of

00:44:16.120 --> 00:44:16.380
 sin

00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:18.260
 or

00:44:18.260 --> 00:44:18.420
 you

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:18.559
 can

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:18.740
 be

00:44:18.740 --> 00:44:19.099
 indifferent

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.420
 or

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.860
 rejected

00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:21.400
 and

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:21.920
 receive

00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:22.740
 instead

00:44:22.740 --> 00:44:24.079
 eternal

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.500
 judgment

00:44:24.500 --> 00:44:25.599
 thank you

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:26.000
 for listening

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.380
 to this

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:26.640
 sermon

00:44:26.640 --> 00:44:26.880
 made

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.200
 available

00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:27.480
 by

00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:27.980
 Lakeside

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 Bible

00:44:28.260 --> 00:44:28.660
 Church

00:44:28.660 --> 00:44:29.440
 feel

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:29.599
 free

00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:29.760
 to

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:29.940
 share

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.059
 it

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:30.240
 wherever

00:44:30.240 --> 00:44:30.400
 you

00:44:30.400 --> 00:44:30.740
 like

00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:31.599
 please

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:31.740
 do

00:44:31.740 --> 00:44:31.900
 not

00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.220
 charge

00:44:32.220 --> 00:44:32.460
 for

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:32.619
 it

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:32.800
 or

00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:33.179
 alter

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 it

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 in

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 any

00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:33.980
 way

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 without

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:34.840
 express

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 written

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:35.619
 consent

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:35.900
 from

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 Bible

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 to

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 for

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 you

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 attend

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 one

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 our

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 worship

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 we

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 meet

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 every

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 Sunday

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 morning

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 at

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 10

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 a.m

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 we'd

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 love

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 to

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 meet

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 you