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 I'm sorry, I haven't asked anybody, but I'm going to ask Ryan.

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 Do you mind reading?

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 Is that okay?

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 You've got a voice?

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 Mark 3, verse 7.

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 Crowds followed Jesus.

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 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.

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 He appointed twelve, designating them apostles, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.

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 These are the twelve he appointed.

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 Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter.

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 James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John.

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 To them he gave the name Bonerges, which means son of thunder.

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 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

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 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat.

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 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, he is out of his mind.

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 And the teachers of the law, who came down from Jerusalem, said, he is possessed by Beelzebub.

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 By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.

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 So Jesus called them and spoke to them in parables.

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 How can Satan drive out Satan?

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 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

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 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

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 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand.

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 His end has come.

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 In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man.

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 Then he can rob his house.

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 I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them.

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 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven.

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 He is guilty of an eternal sin.

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 He said this because they were saying, he has an evil spirit.

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 Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived.

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 Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him.

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 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him,

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 your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.

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 Who are my mother and my brothers, he asked.

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 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said,

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 here are my mother and my brothers.

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 Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother.

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 Sorry, there are some sheets going around.

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 If anybody wants to take notes, we encourage people to do that.

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 You can either take notes on the back of your new sheet,

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 or there's some headed paper.

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 Somebody mind getting the box of pens?

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 I think they're in the cupboard somewhere.

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 Thank you, Yelena.

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 And if you have any questions at the end,

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 we haven't got to the point of interrupting the talk just yet.

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 But if you really have to, you can put up your hand,

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 and you can interrupt, and I might answer.

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 I might just say, wait until the end afterwards.

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 But all I'm doing is asking and encouraging you

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 to think through what we're talking at, what we're looking at,

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 and to ask questions afterwards, and to think through it together.

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 So we're looking at Mark's Gospel.

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 Thank you, Yelena.

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 There's pens there.

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 If anybody would like a pen, just put up your hand.

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 And the question that we're going to start with this morning

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 is this, Satan, real or make-believe?

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 And it's simply this.

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 Do you believe in Satan?

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 That's a big question, isn't it?

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 Do you believe in Satan?

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 Well, before we answer that, we're going to pray.

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 Why don't we pray?

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 Lord, we thank you for this day.

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 We thank you for your help to us so far.

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 And as we read your word, as we look at it together,

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 we still need your help.

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 We need the help of your Holy Spirit to hear what you are saying to us

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 individually and together as a church,

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 that we may understand better who Jesus is,

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 what he has come to do,

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 and what it means to follow him,

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 what it means to be a part of his mission.

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 So please break into our lives and change our lives,

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 disrupt us,

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 do what you have to do

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 so that we are on board with you

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 and know what it is to follow you your way.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So do you believe in Satan?

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 Well, if you don't,

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 I suggest that that proves that he does exist

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 and that he is alive and well.

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 If you don't believe in him,

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 I think that's proof that he does exist.

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 Let me tell you why.

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 C.S. Lewis wrote a book called The Screwtape Letters.

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 Some of you may have read it.

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 It's a collection of letters

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 from a senior devil called Screwtape

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 to an apprentice devil called Wormwood.

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 And Screwtape, the senior devil,

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 his aim is to help Wormwood,

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 this kind of new, inexperienced understudy,

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 to guide a man who they call the patient,

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 their job is to guide the patient,

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 to our father below, Satan,

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 and away from our enemy, who's God.

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 And at one point, Wormwood, the younger devil,

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 he asked the senior devil, Screwtape,

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 about their existence,

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 about whether people believe they exist.

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 And here's Screwtape's advice.

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 He writes,

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 My dear Wormwood,

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 you ask me whether it is essential

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 to keep the patient in ignorance

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 of your own existence.

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 Our policy for the moment

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 is to conceal ourselves.

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 I do not think you will have much difficulty

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 in keeping the patient in the dark.

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 The fact that devils are predominantly comic figures

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 in the modern imagination will help you.

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 If any faint suspicion of your existence

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 begins to arise in his mind,

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 suggest to him a picture of something in red tights,

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 and persuade him that since he cannot believe in that,

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 he therefore cannot believe in you.

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 You see, we shouldn't be surprised

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 if people don't believe in Satan,

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 because that's part of his tactics.

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 He doesn't want us to believe in him.

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 In fact, the title the Bible gives him

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 is deceiver and father of lies.

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 He's a fraud.

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 He's described as the ancient serpent

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 called the devil or Satan

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 who leads the whole world astray.

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 In 1 John 5.19,

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 it tells us there that the whole world

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 is under the control of the evil one.

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 So this is really serious.

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 Because his purpose is,

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 in the words of Screwtape to Wormwood,

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 guide us to the Father below,

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 to Satan, to hell itself.

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 So it's very serious.

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 And without a doubt,

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 Satan does exist,

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 and his influence is great.

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 Now in Mark's Gospel,

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 Jesus is coming up against Satan

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 time and time again.

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 Wherever Jesus goes,

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 he seems to be specifically

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 driving out demons

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 and healing those who are possessed

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 by evil spirits.

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 His ministry, so far,

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 can be summed up in chapter 1,

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 verse 39.

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 Where it says there,

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 he travelled throughout Galilee,

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 preaching in their synagogues

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 and driving out demons.

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 That seems to be his priority.

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 And Mark, the author,

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 is highlighting these events

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 to show us not only that Satan is real,

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 but to show us that Jesus has come

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 to destroy the work of Satan.

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 Jesus has come to rescue us

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 from the snare and the grasp of Satan

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 and to bring us into the freedom

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 of his kingdom.

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 Let's see how this happens.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 Jesus is gaining popularity

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 in his ministry.

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 He's attracting a lot of people

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 and the crowds begin to follow.

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 Verse 7.

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 Jesus withdrew with his disciples

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 to the lake

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 and a large crowd,

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 which was in the west,

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 began to follow.

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 When they heard all he was doing,

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 many people came to him

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 from Judea,

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 Jerusalem,

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 and Edumea,

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 which was down in the south.

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 And they came from the regions

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 across the Jordan,

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 which was over in the east,

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 and around Tyre and Sidon,

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 which was in the north.

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 Now, this isn't just

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 geographical information.

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 This is a description for us

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 of the worldwide mission of Jesus,

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 that Jesus came into this world,

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 and he came for people

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 in this world,

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 north, south, east, and west,

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 regardless of their race or religion.

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 And his mission for coming

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 into this world,

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 as we'll see,

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 it'll unfold before us,

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 is to rescue people,

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 whoever they are

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 and wherever they come from,

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 from the grasp of Satan.

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 Verse 9.

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 Because of the crowd,

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 he told his disciples

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 to have a small boat ready for him

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 to keep the people

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 from crowding him.

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 For he had healed many

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 so that those with diseases

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 were pushing forward

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 to touch him.

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 Now, the scene here,

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 and I want us to try

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 and picture this in our minds,

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 is one of absolute chaos.

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 I don't want you to think

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 of your kind of little

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 cuddly picture of Jesus

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 and people lining up

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 in an orderly queue,

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 sitting beside the lake

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 in a nice, sunny, shiny day.

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 People here are crowding in

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 and they're pushing

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 and they're shoving.

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 There's no lines here.

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 It's dangerous.

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 People are being crushed

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 in their attempt

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 to touch Jesus.

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 All these people

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 who are looking for healing,

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 coming from all over the place,

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 crowding in on Jesus.

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 He's being mobbed

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 at every side.

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 And because he's got

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 no limos to climb into,

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 he has to make do

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 with a boat.

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 His disciples

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 are on crowd control.

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 And so Jesus gets into

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 a boat for safety

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 and so that he can speak

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 to the crowds.

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 And amidst all this disorder

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 that's going on,

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 look at verse 11.

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 In the middle of it all,

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 whenever the evil spirit

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 saw him,

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 they fell down before him

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 and cried out,

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 you are the son of God.

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 So can we picture

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 what's going on here?

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 We have this aggressive

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 mobbing crowd.

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 There's chaos

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 and there's disorder.

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 And in the middle of it all,

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 we have these demon-possessed people

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 and the evil spirits

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 present amongst the people.

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 And I think Mark here

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 is stepping back

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 and painting a picture for us

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 to show just how broken

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 the world we live in is.

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 And the huge needs

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 that there are of people.

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 And behind it all

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 stand Satan

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 and his work.

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 But in all of this

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 chaos and disorder,

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 look at the calming authority

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 of Jesus.

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 Read verse 11 again.

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 Whenever the evil spirit

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 saw him,

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 they fell down before him

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 and they cried out,

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 you are the son of God.

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 As on other occasions,

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 the demons are one step

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 ahead of everybody else.

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 They've got Jesus' identity right.

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 He is the son of God.

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 Jesus holds supernatural power

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 and authority.

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 He is God on earth

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 in human form

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 confronting Satan himself.

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 And look at their response

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 to Jesus.

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 Verse 11,

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 they fell down before him.

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 It's an act of submission.

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 The demons have come up

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 against not just

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 a higher authority,

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 they've come up against

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 the authority,

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 God himself.

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 And look how they respond

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 to his command,

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 verse 12.

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 He gave them strict orders

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 not to tell

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 who he was.

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 As we saw in the other weeks,

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 he has come

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 primarily to deal

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 with spiritual needs.

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 Physical needs

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 are of concern.

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 But he is concerned

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 to rescue people.

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 And so he comes

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 showing them clearly

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 that yes,

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 Satan is real,

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 but Jesus is the

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 supreme king

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 who is over

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 and above all

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 coming to free

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 those

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 who are under

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 his grasp.

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 Now with such

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 a huge crowd

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 of people

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 crushing him

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 from every side,

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 and in the middle

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 of all of these crowds

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 he's trying to deal

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 with the people

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 who are demon-possessed,

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 this is obviously

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 a work

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 that Jesus

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 can't do

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 on his own.

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 So Jesus

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 calls his disciples,

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 his followers,

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 to be part

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 of his mission.

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 He's become

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 so overwhelmed

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 he needs

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 a band

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 of people

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 or as we were

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 singing earlier

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 an army

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 of ordinary

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 people

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 to help him.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 Jesus went up

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 on a mountainside

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 and he called

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 to him

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 those he wanted

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 and they came

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 to him.

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 He appointed

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 twelve

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 designating them

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 apostles.

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 In Genesis,

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 the very first book

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 of the Bible,

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 the very first verse,

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 it reads,

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 in the beginning

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 God

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 made

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 the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 Jesus.

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 And that

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 same idea

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 and that

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 same word

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 is here

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 where it's

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 talking about

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 Jesus making

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 a new

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 community

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 of people.

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 It literally

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 reads,

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 Jesus

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 made

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 twelve.

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 In other words,

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 these disciples

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 are a new

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 creation,

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 a new

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 kind of

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 people,

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 a new

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 creation

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 for a new

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 beginning

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 of something

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 different

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 that's happening.

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 And I think

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 it reminds us

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 that we can't

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 make ourselves

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 disciples.

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 We can't

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 make ourselves

00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:52.419
 a follower

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:53.039
 of Jesus.

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 This is a work

00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.180
 that Jesus

00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:56.000
 does in the

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 life of us.

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 He makes

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 us disciples.

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 He intervenes

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 into our lives.

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 We would never

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 choose to be

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 a disciple

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 or a follower

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 of Jesus

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 unless he

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 first chose

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 us

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 and intervened

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 into our lives

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 and made us

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 a disciple.

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 So Jesus

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 is forming

00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:16.819
 this new

00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.400
 creation,

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 a new

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 band of

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 people,

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 a new

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 community.

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 But this

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 new community

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 is for a

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 purpose.

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 Look at

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 the rest

00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:24.779
 of verse

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 14.

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 That they

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 might be

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 with him

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 and that

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 he might

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 send them

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 out to

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 preach

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 and to

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 have

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 authority

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 to drive

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 out

00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:35.319
 demons.

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 They have

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 been appointed

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 for a

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 mission

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 because

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 that's

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 what

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 apostle

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 means.

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 Apostle

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 means

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 to

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 commission

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 or to

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 send

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 somebody

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 out

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 with a

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 specific

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 purpose.

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 And we're

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.059
 told what

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 that purpose

00:17:53.620 --> 00:17:54.120
 is in

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 verse 14.

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 They are

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.000
 sent out

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.779
 to preach

00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.700
 about Jesus,

00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.640
 to talk

00:17:58.640 --> 00:17:59.120
 about the

00:17:59.120 --> 00:17:59.620
 good news

00:17:59.620 --> 00:17:59.920
 of his

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 kingdom

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 coming.

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 And

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.579
 verse 15

00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.359
 to demonstrate

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:04.140
 what Jesus

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.680
 came to

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.160
 do,

00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:05.980
 which was

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.579
 to defeat

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.059
 Satan

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 by driving

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.120
 out demons.

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 So very

00:18:10.979 --> 00:18:11.439
 simply,

00:18:11.639 --> 00:18:12.259
 their mission

00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:13.039
 is not

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 something

00:18:13.459 --> 00:18:14.000
 different,

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 it is an

00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.719
 extension

00:18:15.719 --> 00:18:16.699
 of the

00:18:16.699 --> 00:18:17.199
 mission of

00:18:17.199 --> 00:18:17.539
 Jesus.

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 They are

00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:19.039
 to continue

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.519
 to do

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.139
 what Jesus

00:18:20.139 --> 00:18:21.139
 has already

00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:21.859
 started.

00:18:24.139 --> 00:18:24.779
 Preaching

00:18:24.779 --> 00:18:25.219
 was all

00:18:25.219 --> 00:18:25.899
 about calling

00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.699
 people into

00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:27.319
 repentance,

00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.399
 to submit

00:18:28.399 --> 00:18:29.000
 to Jesus

00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:29.419
 as their

00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:29.779
 king,

00:18:30.379 --> 00:18:30.879
 and the

00:18:30.879 --> 00:18:31.599
 sign that

00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:31.919
 we are

00:18:31.919 --> 00:18:32.439
 to follow

00:18:32.439 --> 00:18:32.959
 Jesus,

00:18:33.239 --> 00:18:33.799
 why should

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.239
 we follow

00:18:34.239 --> 00:18:34.759
 him above

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.179
 everybody

00:18:35.179 --> 00:18:35.639
 else?

00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:36.899
 Because of

00:18:36.899 --> 00:18:37.459
 his power

00:18:37.459 --> 00:18:38.099
 and authority

00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:38.919
 over Satan.

00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:40.479
 So as the

00:18:40.479 --> 00:18:41.419
 disciples went

00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:42.339
 around preaching,

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.479
 and we'll see

00:18:43.479 --> 00:18:44.099
 they do that

00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:45.079
 in chapter

00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.599
 6,

00:18:46.559 --> 00:18:47.519
 they drove

00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:48.159
 out demons

00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:49.619
 as a sign

00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:50.239
 that Jesus

00:18:50.239 --> 00:18:51.439
 was God's

00:18:51.439 --> 00:18:51.739
 king,

00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.479
 and that

00:18:52.479 --> 00:18:53.279
 people must

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:53.739
 repent

00:18:53.739 --> 00:18:55.179
 and follow

00:18:55.179 --> 00:18:55.519
 him.

00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:58.279
 But I

00:18:58.279 --> 00:18:58.699
 don't want us

00:18:58.699 --> 00:18:59.099
 to lose

00:18:59.099 --> 00:18:59.979
 sight of

00:18:59.979 --> 00:19:00.779
 the people

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.839
 that Jesus

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:02.299
 makes

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.899
 disciples.

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.439
 That was a

00:19:03.439 --> 00:19:04.039
 great song

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:04.500
 we sang

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:04.939
 earlier,

00:19:05.259 --> 00:19:05.799
 an army

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.419
 of ordinary

00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:06.839
 people,

00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:07.179
 and Peter

00:19:07.179 --> 00:19:07.419
 says,

00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.159
 I'm looking

00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:08.500
 at you,

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.339
 you are

00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:09.680
 ordinary,

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.059
 we're not

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.480
 an army,

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:10.880
 we don't

00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.339
 look like

00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.720
 an army,

00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.259
 but we

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:12.940
 are an

00:19:12.940 --> 00:19:13.539
 army if

00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:13.680
 we're

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.019
 followers

00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.619
 of Jesus.

00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.519
 But look

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:15.859
 at how

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.559
 ordinary

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.259
 we are,

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.799
 look at

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.440
 these people.

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.140
 Verse 16,

00:19:20.599 --> 00:19:21.059
 these are

00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.579
 the twelve

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.240
 he appointed,

00:19:23.019 --> 00:19:23.400
 Simon,

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.119
 to whom

00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:24.619
 he gave

00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.079
 the name

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.859
 Peter,

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.720
 James,

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.220
 son of

00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:28.619
 Zebedee,

00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:28.940
 and his

00:19:28.940 --> 00:19:29.180
 brother

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.640
 John,

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.680
 to them

00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.079
 he gave

00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.480
 the name

00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.039
 Boandres,

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.619
 which means

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.240
 sons of

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.680
 thunder.

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:35.820
 Now we

00:19:35.820 --> 00:19:36.180
 don't know

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:37.100
 everything about

00:19:37.100 --> 00:19:37.680
 these first

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.259
 disciples,

00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:39.100
 but what we

00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:39.820
 do know is

00:19:39.820 --> 00:19:40.980
 very instructive

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:41.460
 for us.

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.660
 Later on in

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.240
 Acts we

00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.740
 read that

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.060
 they were

00:19:44.060 --> 00:19:44.660
 thought of

00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:46.140
 as unschooled

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:46.600
 ordinary

00:19:46.600 --> 00:19:47.180
 people.

00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:48.759
 In other

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:48.960
 words,

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.340
 they didn't

00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:50.000
 quite get to

00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.519
 college or

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.140
 university,

00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:51.779
 they didn't

00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.360
 do a great

00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:52.840
 leaving,

00:19:54.060 --> 00:19:55.039
 a little bit

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.740
 of sawdust

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.400
 upstairs.

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:57.900
 They weren't

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.320
 clever,

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.039
 ordinary

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.600
 people.

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:01.199
 And then

00:20:01.199 --> 00:20:01.839
 James and

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.179
 John,

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.819
 he tells

00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:03.139
 us what

00:20:03.139 --> 00:20:03.799
 their nickname

00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.839
 was,

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:06.000
 sons of

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.459
 thunder.

00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:07.799
 They were

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.259
 a hot

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.879
 tempered

00:20:08.879 --> 00:20:09.159
 pair.

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.759
 They were

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.199
 always

00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:10.839
 arguing

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.439
 and losing

00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:12.119
 the rag.

00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:13.959
 And then

00:20:13.959 --> 00:20:14.279
 of course

00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.599
 we know

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:14.839
 a bit

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:15.319
 more about

00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.639
 Peter,

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.039
 don't we?

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.199
 He

00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:16.679
 disowned

00:20:16.679 --> 00:20:17.119
 Jesus.

00:20:17.719 --> 00:20:18.019
 Always

00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.439
 said I

00:20:18.439 --> 00:20:18.939
 stand up

00:20:18.939 --> 00:20:19.319
 for you.

00:20:19.879 --> 00:20:20.279
 When the

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.839
 time came

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.139
 he was

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.619
 an absolute

00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.119
 coward,

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:22.559
 a yellow

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:22.899
 belly.

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.240
 Reading

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.519
 on,

00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:26.799
 verse

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.219
 18,

00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:27.719
 Andrew,

00:20:27.879 --> 00:20:28.099
 Philip,

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.899
 Bartholomew,

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:30.000
 Matthew.

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:30.720
 Well,

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.080
 sure we've

00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:31.700
 met Matthew

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.220
 already,

00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:32.840
 haven't we?

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 He was

00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:34.720
 the one

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.240
 in chapter

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.700
 2,

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.940
 13,

00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:38.519
 the

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.440
 defrauding

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.280
 embezzler,

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.980
 the tax

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.420
 collector.

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:43.060
 The equivalent

00:20:43.060 --> 00:20:43.759
 today is

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.380
 somebody like

00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:44.920
 one of our

00:20:44.920 --> 00:20:45.480
 corrupt,

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.740
 crooked bank

00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.300
 managers,

00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:48.519
 and the

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.400
 executives who

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.220
 help themselves

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.660
 to our

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.740
 hard-earned

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.180
 savings.

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.400
 He's in

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:54.940
 there too.

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.140
 And then

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.740
 reading on

00:20:57.740 --> 00:20:58.080
 we have

00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:58.640
 Thomas,

00:20:58.900 --> 00:20:59.759
 well,

00:20:59.780 --> 00:21:00.019
 he was

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.580
 a doubter.

00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:02.320
 James,

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.780
 son of

00:21:02.780 --> 00:21:03.200
 Alpheus,

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:03.800
 Thaddeus,

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.840
 Simon the

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.300
 Zealot.

00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:08.540
 He was

00:21:08.540 --> 00:21:09.519
 a Che Guevara

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.000
 of his

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.259
 day,

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:11.240
 a revolutionary.

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:13.000
 He terrorised

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.380
 Rome,

00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.340
 the occupying

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:15.000
 forces,

00:21:16.280 --> 00:21:16.940
 not unlike

00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.519
 one of our

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.120
 presidential

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.740
 candidates.

00:21:21.540 --> 00:21:22.220
 These are

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.940
 not the

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.660
 kind of

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.480
 people that

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:24.820
 you would

00:21:24.820 --> 00:21:25.420
 appoint as

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.019
 an elder for

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.519
 your church,

00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:26.940
 are they?

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:29.380
 they're not

00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:29.820
 the kind

00:21:29.820 --> 00:21:30.259
 of people

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.620
 who you

00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.019
 would say,

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.799
 let's get

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.600
 them on

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:33.080
 the mission.

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:33.779
 They're going

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.120
 to be good.

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.420
 I mean,

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.900
 James and

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.080
 John,

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.440
 they're going

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.960
 to unify

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.480
 everybody,

00:21:36.580 --> 00:21:36.740
 aren't

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:36.940
 they?

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.920
 And Peter,

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:40.220
 we can

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.840
 always depend

00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.320
 on him.

00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:41.900
 He'll be

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.360
 running a

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.700
 mile at

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.039
 the first

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.420
 side of

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.700
 trouble.

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.680
 Look at

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.640
 how ordinary,

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.120
 look at how

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.620
 much they

00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:49.340
 fail,

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.299
 look at the

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.720
 kind of

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.420
 people that

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.759
 Jesus has

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.060
 said,

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.259
 I've made

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:55.060
 you disciples

00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:56.320
 to be a

00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:56.660
 part of

00:21:56.660 --> 00:21:57.220
 my mission.

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.960
 But that

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.519
 is the

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.519
 amazing grace

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.080
 of God,

00:22:01.560 --> 00:22:02.680
 taking ordinary

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:03.460
 people like

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:04.000
 you and

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.340
 me,

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.120
 with all

00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.820
 our faults

00:22:06.820 --> 00:22:07.460
 and all

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.160
 our failures

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.779
 and all

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.360
 our mess

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.700
 ups,

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.920
 and he

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.880
 makes us

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.580
 disciples.

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.539
 The church,

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.180
 the body

00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:15.820
 of Christ,

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.740
 is God's

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:18.220
 new creation,

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.920
 a new

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.900
 community of

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.340
 people,

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.140
 appointed

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.940
 for mission.

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.240
 And that's

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.580
 what we're

00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.080
 called to

00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:27.360
 do.

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.880
 And the

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.720
 crowds of

00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.240
 people that

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.700
 were coming

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.340
 to Jesus,

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.360
 he can't

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:33.900
 do it.

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.320
 And we're

00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:35.620
 in a

00:22:35.620 --> 00:22:36.259
 situation

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.780
 today,

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.380
 in the

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.700
 world,

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.380
 the church

00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:38.980
 in the

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.300
 world,

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.560
 and it's

00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:41.040
 under the

00:22:41.040 --> 00:22:41.700
 control of

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.140
 the devil.

00:22:42.780 --> 00:22:43.180
 And he

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.060
 has blinded

00:22:44.060 --> 00:22:44.660
 people's

00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.100
 eyes so

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.400
 that they

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.960
 can't see

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.300
 Jesus.

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.980
 They don't

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.420
 want to

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.980
 follow Jesus,

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.380
 they don't

00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:48.740
 see the

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.120
 need to

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.220
 it,

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.660
 because they're

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.759
 all blinded.

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.620
 they think

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.060
 he doesn't

00:22:53.060 --> 00:22:53.580
 exist.

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.620
 And many

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.259
 people within

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.100
 our community

00:22:58.100 --> 00:22:58.640
 and in our

00:22:58.640 --> 00:22:59.259
 world are

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.780
 under the

00:22:59.780 --> 00:23:00.460
 snare and

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.019
 the grasp

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.660
 of Satan,

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:03.600
 and he

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.340
 sent us

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.900
 on a

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:06.400
 mission to

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:07.580
 release people

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.800
 and to

00:23:08.800 --> 00:23:09.560
 free them.

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.940
 People

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:12.500
 like you

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:12.960
 and me,

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:14.720
 with all

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.019
 of our

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.400
 mess.

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.400
 people

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.400
 who

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.400
 are

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.560
 going to

00:23:19.560 --> 00:23:20.880
 have

00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:22.160
 an

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:22.660
 impact

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:24.019
 on the

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.300
 mission

00:23:24.300 --> 00:23:24.540
 with

00:23:24.540 --> 00:23:24.980
 Jesus.

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.920
 Well,

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.280
 we can

00:23:26.280 --> 00:23:26.500
 have

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:26.960
 great

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.600
 confidence

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.120
 in the

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.440
 mission

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.420
 because of

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:29.680
 what

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.140
 Jesus

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.920
 has

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:32.060
 accomplished.

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.019
 Look at

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.640
 verse 20.

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.220
 Then

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.540
 Jesus

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:36.060
 entered a

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.340
 house,

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.720
 and again

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.320
 a crowd

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:37.900
 gathered,

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:39.200
 so that

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.480
 he and

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.640
 his

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.140
 disciples

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.620
 were not

00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.120
 even able

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.340
 to

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:41.680
 eat.

00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:43.560
 When

00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:43.820
 his

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.420
 family

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.220
 heard about

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.600
 this,

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.100
 they went

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.519
 to take

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.240
 charge of

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.400
 him,

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.700
 for they

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:47.960
 said,

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.880
 he's out

00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:50.140
 of his

00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.620
 mind,

00:23:51.060 --> 00:23:51.700
 he's gone

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:51.940
 a bit

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.340
 loopy,

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.000
 this crowd

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.420
 business

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:53.820
 has gone

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.200
 to his

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.580
 head.

00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:56.740
 The

00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:57.220
 reaction,

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.640
 I think,

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.100
 is not

00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:58.740
 unlike

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.920
 what our

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.340
 reaction

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:00.840
 would be.

00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.320
 They're

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.840
 wanting to

00:24:02.840 --> 00:24:03.980
 take charge

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.539
 of Jesus.

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.700
 In other

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:05.880
 words,

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.279
 they want

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.160
 to control

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.700
 Jesus.

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.400
 They want

00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:10.220
 Jesus to

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.820
 do what

00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:11.519
 they want

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:11.839
 him to

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.119
 do.

00:24:13.339 --> 00:24:13.680
 Not

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.220
 unlike the

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.720
 crowds who

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.299
 want Jesus

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.680
 as a

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.099
 healer.

00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:16.680
 They're

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.139
 trying to

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:17.839
 control him

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.180
 and to

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.240
 squish him

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:19.660
 into a

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.079
 box.

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.059
 But Jesus

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.619
 isn't going

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:22.980
 to be

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.720
 distracted

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.599
 from his

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:24.980
 mission.

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.059
 Jesus

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.980
 can't be

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.500
 controlled.

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.279
 We can't

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.039
 control him.

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.619
 In fact,

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.279
 he's out

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.940
 to prove

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.619
 that he

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.599
 has control

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:35.000
 over Satan

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.720
 himself.

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.639
 Verse 22,

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.160
 and the

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.700
 teachers of

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.039
 the law,

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:40.599
 the religious

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.039
 guys,

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.639
 they came

00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:42.159
 down from

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.720
 Jerusalem

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.159
 and said,

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.980
 Jesus is

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.599
 possessed by

00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.440
 Beelzebub.

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.379
 By the

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.960
 prince of

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.399
 demons,

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.180
 he is

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.960
 driving out

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.379
 demons.

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.859
 Beelzebub,

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.299
 that's not

00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:53.879
 very common.

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.180
 I don't

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.799
 think anybody's

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.319
 called that,

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.740
 but it's

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.119
 really a

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:57.319
 reference to

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.759
 Satan.

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.779
 And the

00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.659
 religious leaders,

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.259
 they've been

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.279
 watching Jesus,

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.779
 they've

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.359
 recognised

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:04.220
 who he is,

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.720
 and they

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.259
 see that

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.200
 Jesus has

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.700
 power and

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:10.539
 authority to

00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.819
 perform miracles.

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.220
 They've seen

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.759
 him do all

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.259
 the healing,

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.519
 they've seen

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.120
 him do all

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:17.579
 the pushing

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.180
 out of the

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.519
 demons,

00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:21.120
 but they say

00:25:21.120 --> 00:25:21.779
 the source,

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.319
 the power

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.960
 behind that

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.680
 is Satan.

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.460
 Rather than

00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:26.440
 see Jesus as

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.059
 God's king

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.680
 who's come to

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.420
 restore and to

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.900
 renew the

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.539
 broken world,

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.620
 they see that

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.399
 Jesus is a

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.000
 servant of

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.399
 Satan.

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.859
 Verse 23,

00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.319
 so Jesus

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.879
 called them

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.419
 and he spoke

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.959
 to them in

00:25:37.959 --> 00:25:38.479
 parables.

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:40.079
 How can

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.159
 Satan drive

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:41.979
 out Satan?

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:44.000
 Don't be so

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.679
 silly.

00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.459
 If a kingdom

00:25:46.459 --> 00:25:47.179
 is divided

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:48.199
 against itself,

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.199
 that kingdom

00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:50.159
 cannot stand.

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:54.719
 Jesus'

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.339
 point is

00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:55.899
 simple and

00:25:55.899 --> 00:25:56.299
 clear.

00:25:57.219 --> 00:25:57.899
 If Jesus'

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:59.139
 work is all

00:25:59.139 --> 00:26:00.019
 about driving

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.599
 out Satan,

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.159
 Satan's

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.579
 demons,

00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.579
 then how

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:02.959
 can you

00:26:02.959 --> 00:26:03.619
 say that

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:04.199
 Jesus is

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.500
 on the

00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:04.939
 side of

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:05.319
 Satan?

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.339
 The

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.719
 religious

00:26:07.719 --> 00:26:08.299
 leader's

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:09.039
 accusation

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.319
 is

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.199
 nonsensical.

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:10.879
 It's

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.359
 silly.

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:12.899
 Look at

00:26:12.899 --> 00:26:13.719
 verse 25,

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.379
 if a house

00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:14.959
 is divided

00:26:14.959 --> 00:26:15.819
 against itself,

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.819
 that house

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.719
 cannot stand.

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.939
 And if

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.899
 Satan opposes

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:20.699
 himself and

00:26:20.699 --> 00:26:21.279
 is divided,

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:21.939
 he cannot

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.439
 stand,

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.599
 his end

00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.619
 has come.

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.699
 And to

00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:28.299
 state his

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.639
 mission

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.199
 clearly,

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.139
 Jesus

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:31.259
 explains what

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.520
 he has

00:26:31.520 --> 00:26:31.900
 come to

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.160
 do.

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.160
 Verse 27,

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.960
 in fact,

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.920
 no one

00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.560
 can enter

00:26:37.560 --> 00:26:38.240
 a strong

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.759
 man's

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:40.180
 house and

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.980
 carry off

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.840
 his possessions

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:43.120
 unless he

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:44.140
 first ties up

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.680
 the strong

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.000
 man,

00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:46.080
 then he

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.700
 can rob

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.700
 his house.

00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.759
 Now the

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.420
 image here

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.759
 is the

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.420
 strong man

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.040
 is Satan.

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.720
 He's got a

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.860
 house with

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.600
 captives,

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.340
 but if you

00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:57.580
 want to

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.140
 release those

00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.540
 captives,

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:58.820
 you've got

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.160
 to tie

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.440
 up the

00:26:59.440 --> 00:26:59.920
 strong man

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:00.440
 and release

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.720
 them.

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:02.940
 Or to

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.400
 put it in

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.960
 another way,

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.100
 we could

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.620
 picture it

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.060
 like this,

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.900
 a soldier

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:09.100
 going in

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:10.080
 behind enemy

00:27:10.080 --> 00:27:10.920
 lines to

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.440
 free the

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.800
 captive.

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.120
 He goes

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.400
 in,

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.840
 he first

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.820
 overpowers

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.340
 and he

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.160
 conquers the

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:18.540
 enemy,

00:27:19.040 --> 00:27:19.660
 ties him

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.420
 up and

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.200
 then carries

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.880
 off the

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.480
 captives.

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.279
 and Jesus

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.860
 is saying,

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.120
 I am

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.299
 that soldier.

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.259
 This is a

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.640
 battle.

00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.640
 This is a

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.019
 war.

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:32.519
 I am the

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.880
 one who

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.360
 has come

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.920
 from heaven.

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.900
 I've come

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:36.039
 into Satan's

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.579
 territory.

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.860
 I've invaded

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.519
 into this

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.860
 world.

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.960
 I have come

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.680
 to defeat

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.400
 the strong

00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:41.799
 man,

00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:42.799
 to tie him

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.400
 up and to

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:44.039
 release his

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.440
 prisoners.

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.759
 And Jesus

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.299
 has already

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.240
 proven this

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.019
 as he drives

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.620
 out demons

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.019
 and he

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:50.599
 commands them

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.339
 to be quiet.

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:53.119
 But his

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.119
 final and

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.399
 ultimate display

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:56.059
 of power

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.859
 will come

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.179
 at the

00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.619
 cross.

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.500
 That's where

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.000
 the true

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.639
 battle is

00:28:00.639 --> 00:28:01.039
 going to

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.819
 take place.

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.220
 Of course

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.799
 the cross

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:04.359
 was seen

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.779
 as a

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.139
 failure.

00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:05.839
 Jesus

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:06.599
 died on

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.019
 the cross

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.379
 at the

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:08.459
 hands of

00:28:08.459 --> 00:28:09.099
 people.

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.480
 It looked

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.939
 like his

00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.619
 end was

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:10.959
 over.

00:28:12.199 --> 00:28:12.939
 But the

00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:13.419
 death of

00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:14.119
 Jesus was

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.779
 God's

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.299
 victory.

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.019
 It was

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.480
 the means

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.059
 by which

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.659
 we can

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.319
 be forgiven

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:20.019
 and the

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.359
 way in

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:20.879
 which people

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.079
 are

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.879
 set free.

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.039
 Let me

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.460
 give you a

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.779
 couple of

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.159
 references.

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.619
 You can

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.379
 just listen

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.759
 or you

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.259
 can follow

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.519
 them.

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.139
 Colossians

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.819
 2 verse

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:30.339
 15 says

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.759
 this,

00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:32.519
 talking about

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.919
 Jesus'

00:28:33.199 --> 00:28:34.220
 cross and

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.039
 his power

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:36.439
 over evil.

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.439
 It says,

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.699
 having disarmed

00:28:38.699 --> 00:28:40.220
 the powers

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.179
 and authority,

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:42.220
 Satan himself,

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.279
 he made a

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.480
 public spectacle

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.220
 of them,

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.679
 triumphing

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:47.439
 over them

00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:49.139
 by the

00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.599
 cross.

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:52.759
 and then

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.399
 in Hebrews

00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.500
 chapter 2

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.419
 verse 14.

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.919
 Since the

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.439
 children,

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:01.379
 that's us,

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.139
 have flesh

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.579
 and blood

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.079
 just as

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.379
 we're

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.879
 human,

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:06.199
 Jesus too

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:07.039
 shared in

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.899
 our humanity.

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.679
 He came as

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:09.259
 a man into

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.879
 this world

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:11.599
 so that

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.480
 by his

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.019
 death

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.559
 he might

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.500
 destroy

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.219
 him who

00:29:16.219 --> 00:29:16.819
 holds the

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.559
 power of

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:17.859
 death,

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.939
 that is

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.719
 the devil

00:29:19.719 --> 00:29:20.819
 and free

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.500
 those who

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.079
 all their

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.719
 lives were

00:29:22.719 --> 00:29:23.419
 held in

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:24.139
 slavery

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:25.519
 by their

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.359
 fear of

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:26.779
 death.

00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.659
 Isn't that

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.500
 amazing what

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.099
 Jesus has

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.859
 come to do?

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.199
 He's been

00:29:34.199 --> 00:29:35.000
 fighting a

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.899
 battle or

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.519
 rather that

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.279
 battle has

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:38.000
 been fought

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.740
 for us

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:40.139
 already on

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:40.759
 the cross.

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:42.799
 on the

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.319
 cross as

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.180
 Jesus died

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.599
 it looked

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.359
 like Satan

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.859
 won the

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.220
 war.

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.220
 But the

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.079
 reality is

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:50.160
 Jesus won

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.099
 the battle.

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:53.959
 God

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:54.559
 Now if we

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.919
 have been

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.699
 appointed for

00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.159
 a mission

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:58.240
 the way we

00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.259
 release people

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.980
 and set them

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.819
 free from the

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.459
 grasp and

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:02.059
 snare of

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:03.539
 Satan is

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.099
 to tell

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.679
 people the

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.119
 good news

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.699
 about what

00:30:05.699 --> 00:30:06.240
 Jesus has

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.599
 done on

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.099
 the cross.

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:08.179
 Jesus has

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.899
 already bound

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.319
 Satan.

00:30:09.639 --> 00:30:10.119
 He's already

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.879
 been tied up.

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.599
 He can't

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.539
 hold people.

00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:13.219
 His power

00:30:13.219 --> 00:30:13.639
 has been

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.299
 restrained.

00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:15.199
 And as we

00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:16.059
 simply tell

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.659
 people the

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.159
 good news

00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.799
 about Jesus

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.779
 he sets

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.559
 them free

00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:20.359
 from the

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.879
 kingdom of

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.240
 darkness

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.720
 to bring

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.139
 them into

00:30:22.139 --> 00:30:22.619
 a kingdom

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.279
 of light

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.220
 of hope

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.139
 of forgiveness

00:30:25.139 --> 00:30:26.240
 of freedom

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.960
 of the

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.679
 assurance

00:30:27.679 --> 00:30:28.440
 of eternity

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.059
 to come.

00:30:33.700 --> 00:30:34.740
 But Jesus

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.619
 isn't finished.

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.579
 He sends

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.240
 a very

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.500
 clear warning

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:40.539
 for anybody

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.639
 who ignores

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.179
 the work

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:42.700
 of Jesus

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.359
 and says

00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.679
 don't believe

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:44.980
 you.

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.700
 Can't be

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.019
 true.

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.879
 Look at

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.640
 verse 28.

00:30:50.520 --> 00:30:51.120
 These are

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.580
 difficult

00:30:51.580 --> 00:30:52.260
 verses and

00:30:52.260 --> 00:30:52.580
 we've got

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:52.940
 to deal

00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:53.380
 with them.

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.140
 Jesus

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:55.780
 says I

00:30:55.780 --> 00:30:56.340
 tell you

00:30:56.340 --> 00:30:57.040
 the truth

00:30:57.040 --> 00:30:58.760
 all the

00:30:58.760 --> 00:30:59.500
 sins and

00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.280
 blasphemies

00:31:00.280 --> 00:31:01.340
 that slanders

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:02.020
 of men

00:31:02.020 --> 00:31:03.020
 will be

00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.560
 forgiven them.

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.020
 That's good

00:31:04.020 --> 00:31:04.620
 news isn't

00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:04.880
 it?

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.440
 Anything we

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.820
 say and

00:31:06.820 --> 00:31:07.460
 do will

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.040
 be forgiven

00:31:08.040 --> 00:31:09.800
 but

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:11.560
 whoever

00:31:11.560 --> 00:31:12.360
 slanders

00:31:12.360 --> 00:31:13.120
 against the

00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.960
 Holy Spirit

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.980
 will

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.960
 never be

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.380
 forgiven.

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.059
 He is

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.840
 guilty of

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.500
 an eternal

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.000
 sin

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.900
 of hell

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.519
 itself.

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.840
 Now before

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.519
 we unpack

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.960
 this let

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.340
 me just

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:29.940
 address our

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.400
 immediate

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.079
 concern

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:32.900
 because like

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.440
 you I can

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.059
 be guaranteed

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.640
 you probably

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.440
 thought as I

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.120
 thought as I

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.660
 read this

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:38.440
 what if I

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.460
 have blasphemed

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.039
 what if I

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.880
 slandered against

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.559
 the Holy Spirit

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.460
 I'm never

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:42.879
 going to be

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.240
 forgiven.

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.220
 What if I've

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.480
 done that?

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:44.879
 What if I

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.339
 don't know

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:45.720
 if I've

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.139
 done it?

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.059
 Well let

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.559
 me put you

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:50.159
 at ease.

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:50.960
 The fact

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.480
 that you

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.399
 have worry

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:53.879
 or concern

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.960
 about it

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:56.539
 is a sure

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.279
 sign that

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.000
 you have

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.019
 a repentant

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.619
 heart.

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.639
 So those

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.379
 who don't

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.960
 worry or

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.419
 those who

00:32:04.419 --> 00:32:04.839
 aren't

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.460
 questioning

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.639
 this I

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.079
 think they

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.639
 have much

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.319
 more to be

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.119
 concerned about

00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:10.039
 but if you

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.720
 are concerned

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.220
 about it

00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:11.799
 it is a

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:13.100
 sign of

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:14.019
 a repentant

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.460
 heart.

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.960
 So let me

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.480
 explain.

00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:18.059
 Remember back

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.539
 in chapter

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:20.640
 one Jesus'

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.519
 baptism.

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.980
 We're told

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.600
 that Jesus

00:32:23.600 --> 00:32:24.519
 was sent

00:32:24.519 --> 00:32:25.559
 by the

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:27.120
 Father and

00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:27.519
 he was

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.660
 empowered by

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.200
 the Holy

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.680
 Spirit.

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.640
 So the

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.079
 work of

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.640
 Jesus as

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.259
 Jesus goes

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.819
 about doing

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.440
 his work

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.640
 it is actually

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.620
 the work of

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.059
 the Holy

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.620
 Spirit.

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:40.459
 the

00:32:40.459 --> 00:32:41.079
 teachers of

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.459
 the law

00:32:41.459 --> 00:32:41.779
 that we

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.179
 met in

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:43.019
 verse 22

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:44.899
 are claiming

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.599
 that Jesus'

00:32:45.879 --> 00:32:46.779
 work isn't

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.299
 the work of

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.639
 the Holy

00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:48.079
 Spirit

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.859
 it's the

00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:49.159
 work of

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.559
 the prince

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.259
 of demons.

00:32:51.459 --> 00:32:51.979
 As Jesus

00:32:51.979 --> 00:32:52.679
 himself says

00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:53.399
 in verse 30

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:54.000
 they were

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.459
 saying all

00:32:54.459 --> 00:32:54.879
 this because

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.159
 they were

00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.659
 saying he

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.079
 has an

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:56.879
 evil spirit.

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.039
 But to

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.500
 see the

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.959
 work of

00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:01.979
 Satan when

00:33:01.979 --> 00:33:02.319
 it is

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.019
 actually the

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:03.459
 work of

00:33:03.459 --> 00:33:03.859
 the Holy

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:05.199
 Spirit is

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.319
 to slander

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:08.200
 the Holy

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.640
 Spirit.

00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:09.900
 In other

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.660
 words if we

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.039
 can't

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.519
 distinguish

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.080
 between

00:33:12.080 --> 00:33:12.799
 Jesus and

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:13.200
 Satan

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.960
 if we

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.539
 can't see

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.100
 the difference

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:17.059
 between evil

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.880
 and good

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:20.039
 if we

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.420
 can't

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.980
 differentiate

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.940
 between an

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.980
 evil spirit

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.559
 and the

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.480
 Holy Spirit

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:26.360
 if we

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:26.880
 just think

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:28.779
 it's all

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.319
 the same

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:32.240
 we're

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.900
 beyond

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:34.480
 repentance

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.700
 repentance.

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.940
 We're

00:33:36.940 --> 00:33:37.299
 beyond

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.880
 repentance.

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.380
 If you

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:40.480
 refuse to

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.480
 see Jesus

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.599
 as the

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.259
 supreme

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.099
 king

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:45.019
 over

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.539
 Satan

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:47.360
 if you

00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:47.860
 reject

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.339
 that

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.660
 it is

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:49.940
 to be

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.299
 guilty

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.680
 of a

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.000
 sin

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.519
 with

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.079
 eternal

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.960
 consequences.

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:54.740
 Hell

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.519
 is your

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.019
 only

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.579
 destiny.

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.539
 If you

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.200
 turn your

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.680
 back on

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.019
 Jesus

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:01.559
 and say

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.920
 he is

00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.220
 not

00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:02.680
 supreme

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:04.039
 he is

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.440
 not

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.879
 king

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:08.320
 and to

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:08.759
 turn your

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.159
 back on

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.340
 him

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.099
 completely

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:12.320
 is a

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.679
 very

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.300
 serious

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.739
 matter.

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.579
 And let's

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.019
 note

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.759
 who are

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.279
 the people

00:34:18.279 --> 00:34:18.699
 who are

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.500
 most likely

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.079
 to fall

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.599
 into this

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.880
 sin.

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.219
 Surprisingly

00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.099
 verse 22

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:26.719
 it's the

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.139
 religious

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.739
 people.

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.579
 The people

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.139
 who think

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.699
 they're better

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.360
 than everybody

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.659
 else,

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.380
 better than

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.960
 the sinners.

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.440
 They see

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:35.920
 no need

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.440
 of Jesus.

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:38.039
 I'm

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.380
 alright

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.880
 Jack.

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:39.980
 Those

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.360
 kind of

00:34:40.360 --> 00:34:40.700
 people.

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.539
 They're

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.059
 the ones

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.019
 most likely

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:45.320
 to fall

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:45.860
 into this

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.160
 sin.

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.440
 Ones

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.720
 who are

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.119
 full of

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.740
 pride,

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.960
 self-righteous.

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.960
 people

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.960
 who are

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.599
 on the

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.159
 mission.

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:56.119
 We've

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.360
 got to

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.820
 take these

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.119
 things

00:34:57.119 --> 00:34:57.760
 seriously.

00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.079
 But we're

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.400
 on a

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:01.699
 mission.

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:04.019
 Or rather

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.619
 are we

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:04.980
 on the

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.240
 mission?

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.900
 Because we

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.340
 are either

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.960
 on the

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.480
 mission with

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.880
 Jesus

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:11.179
 or we

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.720
 are on a

00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.000
 mission

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.800
 against

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.539
 Jesus.

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.519
 We've

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.139
 all got to

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.519
 make our

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.980
 decision

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:18.019
 about that.

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:19.259
 Am I

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.840
 on the

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:20.300
 mission with

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.719
 Jesus or

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.360
 am I on a

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.059
 mission against

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.440
 Jesus?

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.199
 There's no

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.820
 sitting on the

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.199
 fence.

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.739
 We're either in

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.780
 one camp or

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.199
 the other.

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.239
 How do I

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:32.699
 know if I

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.099
 am on the

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.579
 mission with

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.900
 Jesus?

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.539
 Well, look at

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.219
 verse 31.

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.940
 We'll just

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.440
 read these

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.920
 verses

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:38.259
 quickly.

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.960
 Then Jesus'

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.719
 mother and

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.480
 brothers arrived.

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.639
 Originally,

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.300
 they had come

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.739
 to get

00:35:43.739 --> 00:35:44.139
 Jesus.

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:45.039
 and they're

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.859
 standing outside

00:35:45.859 --> 00:35:47.000
 and they

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.619
 sent someone

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.279
 in to call

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.719
 Jesus.

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:50.059
 A crowd was

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.639
 sitting around

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.019
 him and they

00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:51.359
 told him,

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.199
 your mother and

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.839
 your brothers are

00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:53.539
 outside looking

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:54.000
 for you.

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:56.199
 Who are my

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:57.000
 mother and

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.359
 brothers?

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:58.279
 Who's my

00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:59.199
 real family?

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.579
 Jesus asked.

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:03.019
 Then he looked

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.679
 at those who

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.480
 were seated in

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.319
 the circle around

00:36:05.319 --> 00:36:06.460
 him and he

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:08.019
 said, here

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:09.559
 are my

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.819
 mother and

00:36:10.819 --> 00:36:11.440
 my brothers.

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.420
 Here is my

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.159
 true family.

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:16.019
 Whoever does

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:17.000
 God's will

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:18.400
 is my

00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:19.360
 brother and

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:20.900
 sister and

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.200
 mother.

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.940
 Those who

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.420
 are on the

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:27.019
 mission with

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.800
 Jesus, those

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.280
 who are in

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:30.000
 his true

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:32.639
 family, are

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.260
 those who do

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.760
 his will.

00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:34.320
 What is his

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.539
 will?

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 We'll go back

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.460
 to chapter 3

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.760
 verse 14.

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 That they

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.400
 might be with

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.639
 him.

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:44.519
 that they

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.300
 might be with

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.900
 Jesus.

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.780
 People who

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.940
 surround themselves

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:50.159
 with Jesus, who

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.740
 are there to

00:36:50.740 --> 00:36:51.960
 listen to him, to

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:53.300
 learn from him, that

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:54.340
 he might send them

00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.240
 out to preach.

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:57.159
 Who are concerned

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:58.159
 that people hear the

00:36:58.159 --> 00:37:00.019
 good news and have

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.139
 authority to drive

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:03.300
 out demons, to

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.360
 tell people what

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:05.340
 Christ has done,

00:37:05.740 --> 00:37:07.200
 that through Christ

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:08.000
 people can be

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:09.099
 released and set

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.519
 free.

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:13.199
 they're the

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.980
 people who are on

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.599
 the mission with

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.019
 Jesus.

00:37:17.019 --> 00:37:18.199
 An army of

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:19.039
 ordinary people

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:21.119
 called to be

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.780
 part of what

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.659
 Jesus is doing.

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.559
 It's an amazing

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:25.639
 privilege and a

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.420
 wonderful call.

00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:29.300
 Make sure you're

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.780
 on the right

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.259
 side.

00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:31.080
 let's pray.

00:37:46.080 --> 00:37:46.680
 Our

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.580
 Father God, we

00:37:47.580 --> 00:37:49.120
 are amazed at

00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:50.420
 who Jesus is

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:52.580
 with such

00:37:52.580 --> 00:37:53.840
 power and such

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.920
 authority that

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:56.640
 evil itself

00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:58.620
 falls down

00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.380
 before you.

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:03.380
 We thank you

00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.319
 that we stand

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:07.259
 today living

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:09.940
 in the victory

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.599
 of Jesus,

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:13.239
 that he has

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:14.219
 overpowered

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:15.719
 Satan, hell

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:18.480
 itself, that

00:38:18.480 --> 00:38:19.359
 when we believe

00:38:19.359 --> 00:38:20.279
 and trust the

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:22.159
 good news, we

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.259
 can be set free

00:38:23.259 --> 00:38:23.799
 and welcomed

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:24.940
 into an eternal

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.420
 kingdom.

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.779
 And Father, help

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:28.780
 us to go this

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.900
 week recognizing

00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.680
 that we are

00:38:30.680 --> 00:38:33.080
 failures, we

00:38:33.080 --> 00:38:33.820
 are messy

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:35.840
 people, ordinary

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:39.120
 people, made

00:38:39.120 --> 00:38:40.180
 your disciples,

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:41.000
 but a new

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:42.040
 creation, a new

00:38:42.040 --> 00:38:44.019
 community, on a

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.660
 mission with

00:38:44.660 --> 00:38:46.900
 Jesus, bringing

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:47.680
 the good news

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.240
 and pointing

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:49.220
 others towards

00:38:49.220 --> 00:38:50.120
 Jesus the

00:38:50.120 --> 00:38:50.400
 Savior.

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.720
 Help us to get

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.260
 these things

00:38:54.260 --> 00:38:54.660
 right.

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:57.859
 help us to

00:38:57.859 --> 00:38:58.659
 live for you.

00:39:01.339 --> 00:39:02.219
 And if we

00:39:02.219 --> 00:39:03.159
 have not yet

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:04.199
 made that

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.719
 decision,

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:08.219
 help us,

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.619
 make us

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:10.719
 your disciple.

00:39:11.859 --> 00:39:12.500
 Ask him

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:14.039
 that he will

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.739
 make him

00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:15.199
 yours.

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.759
 Amen.

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:17.879
 Amen.

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:24.740
 We're going

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.500
 to sing.

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.700
 We're going

00:39:26.700 --> 00:39:27.519
 to sing.