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 Okay, thanks Daniel. Folks, let's pray as we get into this passage together and ask for God's help.

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 Lord, we thank you that you are a God who has revealed yourself.

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! Father, thank you that you speak through what you have spoken.

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 And as we turn to your word now, we pray that we would encounter you, the living God.

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 Father, be with us, we ask. Teach us what we know not.

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 Help us see what we see not. Help us hear what we hear not.

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 May we leave this morning changed because we've met with you.

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 And we pray all of these things in Jesus' worthy name. Amen.

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 Amen. Folks, Matthew chapter 4, verse 23. Have we got it there?

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 Here's what I want us to see as we get into this passage together.

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 I want us to appreciate that this is bad news for all of us here today who work in the healthcare profession.

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 So doctors, GPs, psychologists, psychiatrists, midwives, pharmacists, speech therapists, take your pick.

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 What this is ultimately telling you is that Jesus has ultimately come to make you surplus two requirements.

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 Have you got the passage open in front of you?

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 Do you see this?

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 You're not going to want to miss this.

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 Because nothing like this has ever happened before.

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 If you grant me a little bit poetic license here.

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 Take this in.

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 That there once was a moment in history, as it were,

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 when the corridors of the Galilee Royal Infirmary were completely deserted.

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 A time when you could hear a pin drop in the A&E department.

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 A time when surgeons had no one on the operating table.

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 When puzzled nurses were shouting people's names into the corridors,

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 into the waiting rooms, and no one was there to respond.

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 When receptionists were scratching their heads because the phones weren't ringing.

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 When ambulance drivers were twiddling their thumbs,

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 opting for another round at Candy Crush on their phone because there was nothing to do.

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 And everybody's sitting there thinking to themselves,

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 what on earth is going on?

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 Do you see it?

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 Of course, what was going on?

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 Verse 17.

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 Was that the kingdom of God had come near.

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 Do you see it?

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 Verse 17.

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 And it had come near because the king of the kingdom

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 had rolled into town.

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 Now, if you've been here over the last number of weeks,

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 we've been tracking in Matthew's gospel this big theme

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 that Matthew's been driving home to his readers,

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 that Jesus, the king, is here.

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 Now, Jesus, verse 17, has announced, do you see it?

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 The presence of the kingdom.

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 Do you see it?

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 The kingdom of God is here.

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 What you have to say is a big claim.

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 It's how people talk in our world today, isn't it?

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 When people make big claims.

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 You're all talk, mate.

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 Right?

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 You're all talk.

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 You can't back it up.

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 Classic you, over-promising, under-delivering.

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 Put your money where your mouth is.

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 We've got tons of phrases like that in our culture, don't we,

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 where we say to people,

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 can you back this up?

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 And the question is, I think, in Matthew's gospel,

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 when Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is here,

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 can he back it up?

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 Well, what follows here,

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 Jesus announces the presence of the kingdom,

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 and here he is demonstrating the power of the kingdom.

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 Do you remember last week,

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 he was calling random fishermen to leave it behind

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 and be fishers of men?

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 Do you remember that, what he said?

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 Follow me, was his big claim.

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 Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

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 And I imagine that Matthew's Jewish readers,

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 they make the link in their head.

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 They think, whoa, what did God say to Abraham

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 in Genesis 12, Genesis 15?

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 He said, go.

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 In other words, follow me.

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 And here is Jesus saying the exact same thing.

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 Follow me.

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 To put me first,

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 above family,

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 above career,

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 above fame,

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 to allow me to mould your life,

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 to learn from me,

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 to repent of your old ways,

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 and come out,

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 and follow me.

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 And Jesus doesn't do compartmentalisation.

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 It's a massive word for you this morning.

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 All of life,

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 we follow him.

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 It's the call he makes.

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 And you maybe hear that,

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 and you think,

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 goodness, that's a bit punchy, is it not?

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 It's a big ask.

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 I get the Sunday thing.

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 I get the songs of praise thing.

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 But actually following you with all of my life?

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 Well, if you're in any doubt about the credentials,

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 and the abilities of this king,

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 then see him in action this week.

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 This week,

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 diseases will flee,

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 and evil spirits will be banished,

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 as he bursts on the scene.

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 Now let's just track with the narrative here.

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 Do you see verse 23?

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 Remember, Jesus is in Galilee.

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 We thought a few weeks ago

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 about this land of Zebulun and Naphtali,

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 the land of great darkness.

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 Right?

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 And this is not Aberdeen,

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 21 days without the sun.

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 What is going on here

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 is spiritual,

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 and physical,

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 historical darkness.

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 Right?

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 Jesus has stepped into this place.

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 This is the place where God had said,

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 light would dawn.

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 In this place.

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 And see the two verbs that Matthew uses

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 to describe what Jesus is doing here.

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 Do you see he is preaching?

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 Do you see it?

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 And he is healing.

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 And then I want you to notice,

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 do you see the words there?

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 All and every.

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 Do you see it?

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 Verse 23.

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 Do you see it in the text?

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 Every disease.

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 All who were sick.

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 So that word,

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 those words,

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 all and every.

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 Just slip them in your back pocket.

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 We're going to come back to this

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 in about 20 minutes time.

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 All and every.

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 What is Matthew doing here?

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 He's showing us the completeness,

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 the wholeness

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 of Jesus' healing ministry.

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 Notice two quick things about it.

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 Notice, first of all,

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 the reach of the news.

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 Do you see how news about him spread?

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 Where did it spread?

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 Galilee.

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 This is the region.

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 Synagogues.

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 And all over the vast Roman province of Syria,

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 which is located in the map there

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 to the north of Galilee.

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 So here's the point.

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 This is not a news story

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 that's being picked up

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 by a local gazette.

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 Give it a single column.

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 How does something like this spread

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 in this day,

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 before X,

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 before Instagram,

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 how does it spread?

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 By word of mouth.

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 Right?

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 So what,

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 that tells you what Jesus is doing here.

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 Because people have never seen

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 anything like this before.

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 It is spreading all over the place.

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 And little wonder,

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 see verse 24,

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 Matthew tell us

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 how people responded

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 to that news.

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 I love what's recorded

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 at verse 24.

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 And take this in today.

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 And they brought to him.

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 Now,

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 Josie kind of stole my point

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 in the prayer

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 if you notice it

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 and picked it up.

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 What does Jesus do

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 with the power that he has?

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 In contrast to everything

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 that we're seeing

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 in our world just now

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 about what people do

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 with the power that they have,

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 what does Jesus do

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 with the power that he has?

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 He uses it to serve.

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 And they brought to him.

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 What does that tell us?

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 Do you not love

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 what that tells us

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 about Jesus?

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 That he came to earth

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 not intent on

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 retreating to some kind

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 of monastic existence?

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 This tells you

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 that Jesus made himself

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 available.

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 Do you love that?

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 Jesus made himself

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 available.

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 People were brought to him

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 and he healed them.

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 Not in some kind of

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 Dumbledore style

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 just casting a spell

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 and a big boom of light

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 goes everywhere

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 and everybody's healed.

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 The implication here,

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 I take it,

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 is that he does this

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 one by one.

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 And is that not so

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 incredible?

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 Are we not so used

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 to spending our lives

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 living them

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 like we do

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 listen to our podcasts

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 on 1.5 speed?

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 What do they call New York?

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 The city that never sleeps.

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 We are busy.

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 If there was one word

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 that you were using

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 to describe your life

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 right now

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 to the person next to you,

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 that would be it, right?

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 Busy?

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 Do you know

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 the word,

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 the adjective

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 that I love most

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 to describe Jesus?

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 Unhurried.

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 We were thinking

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 in growth groups

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 this week

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 about how that's

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 such a profound way

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 to love the people

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 that we rub shoulders

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 with every day

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 by taking the time

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 to learn names,

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 by taking the time

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 to learn about family,

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 about things that they love,

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 that they care about.

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 I take it that Jesus

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 sets us a wonderful

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 example here.

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 Notice the reach

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 of the news

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 but then secondly

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 notice the breadth

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 of the miracles.

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 Do you see verse 24?

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 This is what we need

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 to see.

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 I hadn't really seen

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 this before

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 until studying it

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 this week

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 because we're so used

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 to skimming over this.

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 Reading the Bible

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 at 1.5 speed

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 did this really

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 help me slow down?

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 I hadn't seen before

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 verse 24

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 that Matthew

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 doesn't settle

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 for generic descriptions.

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 Right?

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 Just in case anyone

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 is tempted

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 to do what

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 C.S. Lewis

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 famously called

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 chronological snobbery.

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 Popular my day

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 to think that

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 we're so much

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 more sophisticated

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 than people were

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 back then

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 and yeah sure

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 medicine has made

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 huge advances

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 but it's as if

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 Matthew says

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 at this point

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 chill out millennial.

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 We were perceptive

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 enough back in this day

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 to see the difference

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 between all these things

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 and I've written it down

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 so that you would know

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 because do you see

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 how he both details

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 and he differentiates?

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 Do you see the stuff there?

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 Just roll with the descriptions

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 those suffering

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 severe pain

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 and notice the compassion

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 that's contained

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 in that description.

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 The demon possessed

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 those having seizures

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 and the paralyzed

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 so this is both

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 physical

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 and demonic

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 and it's as if

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 pausing for breath

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 having given you

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 that list

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 Matthew summarizes

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 at the end of verse 24

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 and he bookends

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 this little bit

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 with that phrase

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 and he healed them

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 and he healed them

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 and so

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 the Galilean

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 royal infirmary

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 was completely deserted.

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 What a time

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 to be alive

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 and see

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 as true

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 as that is

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 this raises

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 all sorts of questions

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 and emotions

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 doesn't it

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 as we read it today?

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 Three Ps

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 I imagine

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 my question to you

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 is which P are you?

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 Right?

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 As we react to this

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 some of us

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 will be puzzled

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 this sounds like

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 hocus pocus

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 what on earth

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 is going on here?

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 Others of us

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 will be pained

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 why hasn't this

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 happened for me

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 or for that person

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 who I

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 I dearly loved

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 in my life?

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 Others of us

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 will be

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 pining

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 along

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 for

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 something like this

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 to be true

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 in my life.

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 Which one are you?

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 Puzzled

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 pained

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 pining

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 and I think

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 that's why

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 we need to get

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 our heads around

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 what this says

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 and what it isn't

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 and what Matthew

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 really wants us to see

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 is he portrays

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 Jesus here

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 so here's two things

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 that these miracles are

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 firstly

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 they are

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 tasters

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 they're tasters

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 right?

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 I remember being in

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 Kentucky in America

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 a few years ago

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 with a family

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 we went to Disney

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 afterwards

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 I kind of described

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 Disney as

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 plastic America

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 Kentucky was

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 proper America

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 sitting in the

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 back

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 porch

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 James Taylor

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 on in the

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 background

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 sipping a little

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 bit of bourbon

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 do you know what

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 made it for me

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 though?

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 Was watching

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 the fireflies

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 I'd never seen

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 a firefly before

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 they all laughed

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 at me

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 don't want to say

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 you've never seen

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 a midget before

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 and I laugh at them

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 but never seen

00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.660
 a firefly before

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 but what's going

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 on here

00:13:45.260 --> 00:13:45.800
 friends

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 is that

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 every single

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 one of these

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 miracles

00:13:49.700 --> 00:13:52.040
 is a firefly

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 in the night sky

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 just a brilliant

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 flash of the

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 light invading

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 the darkness

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 I guess this is a

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 bit like when you

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 go to an ice cream

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 shop and they

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 give you those

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 little spoons

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 do you know

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 and you just get

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 a little taster

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 of what the real

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 thing is going to

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 be like

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 these momentary

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 flashes as evil

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 and darkness

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 are dispelled

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 by the king

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 as he demonstrates

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 his lordship

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 over sin

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 over Satan

00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:21.919
 over death

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 as Jesus

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 as you

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 if you like

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 gives people

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 their lives back

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 this is tasters

00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:32.439
 of what Jesus

00:14:32.439 --> 00:14:32.879
 will do

00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.919
 fully and finally

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 one day

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 when he returns

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 you know

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 one person

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 I listened to

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 insightfully

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 referred to

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 these miracles

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 as an

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 eschatological

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 thunderbolt

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 get your head

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 around that

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 and here's

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 where our

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 biblical

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 worldview

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 comes in

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 here

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 how we

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 understand

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 this world

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 God created

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 a good

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 world

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 sin and

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 death

00:14:55.660 --> 00:14:56.000
 were not

00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:56.500
 a thing

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 mankind

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 created to

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 enjoy

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 and flourish

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 and worship

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 the God

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 our creator

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 who made

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 us

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 but because

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 of the

00:15:08.920 --> 00:15:09.480
 rebellion

00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:10.320
 that poison

00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.940
 of sin

00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:12.379
 and death

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 has affected

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 all things

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 all things

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 are experiencing

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 that sense

00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:20.360
 of deterioration

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 including

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 our bodies

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 we live

00:15:25.059 --> 00:15:25.480
 our lives

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 in this

00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:26.379
 broken

00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.139
 in this

00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.019
 fractured

00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:28.539
 in this

00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:29.159
 groaning

00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:29.899
 in this

00:15:29.899 --> 00:15:31.019
 dark world

00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:33.059
 carrying

00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.819
 that deep

00:15:33.819 --> 00:15:34.579
 sense within

00:15:34.579 --> 00:15:35.000
 us

00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.939
 that we

00:15:36.939 --> 00:15:37.639
 can't wait

00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:37.939
 to get

00:15:37.939 --> 00:15:38.439
 home

00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:41.480
 I always

00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:41.700
 loved

00:15:41.700 --> 00:15:42.080
 Jewel

00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:42.560
 the unicorn

00:15:42.560 --> 00:15:42.900
 in the

00:15:42.900 --> 00:15:43.500
 last battle

00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:45.160
 CS Lewis

00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:47.259
 I've come

00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:47.579
 home at

00:15:47.579 --> 00:15:47.939
 last

00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.480
 this is my

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.159
 real country

00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:49.819
 I belong

00:15:49.819 --> 00:15:50.100
 here

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:50.659
 this is the

00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.059
 land I've

00:15:51.059 --> 00:15:51.519
 been looking

00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:52.139
 for all

00:15:52.139 --> 00:15:52.860
 my life

00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.399
 though I

00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:54.139
 never knew

00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:54.659
 it until

00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.059
 now

00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:56.000
 maybe that's

00:15:56.000 --> 00:15:56.399
 you here

00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:56.839
 today

00:15:56.839 --> 00:15:58.419
 in particular

00:15:58.419 --> 00:15:59.419
 that longing

00:15:59.419 --> 00:15:59.959
 that you

00:15:59.959 --> 00:16:00.559
 have

00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:01.779
 friends

00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.620
 Christ meets

00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.199
 you in this

00:16:03.199 --> 00:16:03.839
 moment and

00:16:03.839 --> 00:16:04.399
 says those

00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.279
 longings

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:06.480
 I've come

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:06.879
 to make

00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.279
 a way

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:08.539
 think about

00:16:08.539 --> 00:16:08.980
 that a bit

00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:09.500
 more in a

00:16:09.500 --> 00:16:09.759
 minute

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:11.000
 here is

00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.720
 Jesus as it

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.220
 were putting

00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.879
 the effects

00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.679
 of that fall

00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:14.919
 into

00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.559
 reverse

00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:15.959
 gear

00:16:15.959 --> 00:16:19.659
 can God

00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.399
 heal today

00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:20.799
 should we

00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:21.459
 pray for

00:16:21.459 --> 00:16:22.299
 healing today

00:16:22.299 --> 00:16:22.879
 I take it

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.379
 that this is

00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:23.839
 a different

00:16:23.839 --> 00:16:25.019
 time as we

00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:25.360
 see in a

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:25.819
 minute these

00:16:25.819 --> 00:16:27.099
 miracles the

00:16:27.099 --> 00:16:27.500
 all and the

00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:29.179
 every authenticates

00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:30.299
 Jesus as the

00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:31.120
 king of

00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:31.459
 heaven

00:16:31.459 --> 00:16:35.519
 but I take

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:35.939
 it of course

00:16:35.939 --> 00:16:36.500
 God can

00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:39.039
 might not be

00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.480
 in the same

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.179
 way it might

00:16:40.179 --> 00:16:41.179
 be miraculous

00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:42.179
 leaving surgeons

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:43.000
 scratching their

00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:44.439
 head to a

00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:45.000
 friend of mine

00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:45.760
 really recently

00:16:45.760 --> 00:16:46.220
 down in

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:48.080
 Bristol but

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.580
 he may do

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.040
 it through the

00:16:49.040 --> 00:16:49.940
 ordinary means

00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.500
 of grace

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:50.860
 through the

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:51.660
 wonderful health

00:16:51.660 --> 00:16:52.220
 care system

00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:52.920
 that we enjoy

00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:53.280
 in this

00:16:53.280 --> 00:16:54.560
 country which

00:16:54.560 --> 00:16:55.180
 means that

00:16:55.180 --> 00:16:55.980
 meds and

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:57.740
 plans are

00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.500
 God's kindness

00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.880
 to us and

00:16:59.880 --> 00:17:00.560
 if you're in

00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.080
 the health care

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.940
 profession doing

00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:02.500
 that know that

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:02.880
 that's a

00:17:02.880 --> 00:17:03.700
 wonderful calling

00:17:03.700 --> 00:17:04.460
 that you have

00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:08.299
 but the thing

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.779
 is in his

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.360
 goodness that

00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:09.620
 we've been

00:17:09.620 --> 00:17:10.160
 singing about

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.980
 earlier in his

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:11.799
 kindness he

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.480
 may not

00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:14.900
 but we trust

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.259
 him and we

00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:15.799
 love him and

00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:16.460
 I take it like

00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.079
 Meshach,

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.720
 Shadrach and

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.519
 Abednego as

00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:18.980
 they were

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.440
 remember that

00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:19.880
 story in

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.279
 Daniel as

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.620
 they're about

00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.500
 to get thrown

00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.160
 in the fire

00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:23.799
 our God will

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.680
 deliver us but

00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.279
 even if he

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.279
 doesn't

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:28.600
 we'll still

00:17:28.600 --> 00:17:29.120
 praise him for

00:17:29.120 --> 00:17:29.700
 who he is

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:32.000
 and I take

00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:32.900
 it as a

00:17:32.900 --> 00:17:33.440
 church in

00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:34.059
 these moments

00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:34.720
 in people's

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.240
 lives because

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:35.819
 we love one

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 another we

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 step up in

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 those moments

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 and we're

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 there for

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 each other

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 and you can

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 be an extension

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 of God's

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 mercy by

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 offering people

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 your ear and

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 praying Lord

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 help us all in

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 this moment to

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 know your heart

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 and your purposes

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 in a deeper

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 way.

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 Do you see how

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 we can be

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 people who

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 can as it

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 were spiritually

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 bring people

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 to him?

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 Do you see

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 that?

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 we can be

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 those who

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 bring to

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 him people

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 we can bring

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 to him

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 because he's

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 an available

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 savior.

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 Our cries

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 knowing that

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 our groans

00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:10.420
 they ring out

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 under the

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 banner of

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 a resurrected

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 king.

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 And here's

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 the pastoral

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 point.

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 You know

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 the miracles

00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.200
 of Jesus

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 are amazing

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 but they

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 are momentary

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 because everyone

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 even in this

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 scene

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 every one

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 of these

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 people healed

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 would at

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 some point

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 die again.

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 Now what

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 does that

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 tell you?

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 It tells you

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 that there's a

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 bigger game

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 that we're

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 playing in

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 here.

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 It tells you

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 that there's

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 something better

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 and more

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 permanent

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 and lasting

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 than being

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 healed in

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 this life.

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 What is going

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 on in our

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 understanding of

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 the world

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 according to

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 the Bible

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 is that we

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 know God's

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 intention is

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 to reclaim

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 and remake

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 this whole

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 world for

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 himself.

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 There is

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 coming a

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 time when

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 his dominion

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 will stretch

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 from shore

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 to shore

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 and the

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 knowledge of

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 God will

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 cover the

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 earth as

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 the waters

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 cover the

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 sea.

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 Do you see

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 how the

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 gospel doesn't

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 just give us

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 an ending?

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 the gospel

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 gives us a

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 purpose for

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 existence.

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 Why were we

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 made?

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 We were made

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 to worship

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 and know

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 and enjoy

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 our God

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 and give him

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 all the praise

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 and thanks.

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 And do you

00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.740
 see how Jesus

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 spiritually as it

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 were when we

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 come to follow

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 him he gives

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 us spiritually

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 speaking our

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 lives back.

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 We creates

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 us for the

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 very purpose

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 the very thing

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 that we were

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 designed to do.

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 there will be

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 no healings

00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.980
 in the new

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 heavens and

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 the new

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 earth.

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 Did you

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.799
 pick it up

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.019
 in the

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.259
 reading?

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 Why?

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 Because there

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 will be

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 nothing left

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 to heal.

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 And this

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 is a little

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 taster of the

00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.460
 final kingdom

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.099
 that Jesus

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.879
 will fully

00:20:06.879 --> 00:20:07.720
 and finally

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.660
 usher in

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 when he

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 returns.

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 When this

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 king returns

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 and he says

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 to evil

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 be gone

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 and to

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 tears and

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 groans

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 goodbye

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 and to

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 death

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 good riddance.

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 And how

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 will that

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 come about?

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 Well did

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 you catch

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 that in the

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.660
 reading from

00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:32.039
 Isaiah 65?

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 The former

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 things will be

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 remembered no

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 more.

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 Did you pick

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 it up?

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 New heavens

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 and a new

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 earth.

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 But did you

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 catch how

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 right at the

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.240
 end of Isaiah

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 65 there's

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 talk there

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 and blink

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 and you

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.579
 might have

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:45.079
 missed it

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 of the

00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:47.660
 dust being

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.559
 the serpent's

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.559
 food.

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.240
 Now how

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.599
 will that

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.220
 come about?

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 How will

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.559
 this come

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 about?

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 Through the

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.599
 work of the

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.720
 long promised

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.980
 serpent crusher

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.440
 that God

00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.180
 said he would

00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:00.519
 send way

00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.039
 back in

00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.839
 Genesis 3.

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 What was

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.180
 he going to

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.460
 do?

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.140
 He was

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.400
 going to

00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.400
 crush the

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:06.500
 head of

00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.039
 the serpent.

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.400
 He was

00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:07.700
 going to

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.160
 triumph.

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.380
 The suffering

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.779
 servant.

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.160
 He was

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.460
 going to

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.920
 triumph over

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.240
 Satan.

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 And that's

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.000
 what Jesus

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.500
 in this

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.000
 gospel is

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.359
 going to

00:21:16.359 --> 00:21:16.819
 the cross

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.299
 to do.

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:17.880
 To pay

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.559
 for our

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.859
 sin.

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:20.500
 To take

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.180
 the curse

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:22.019
 of darkness

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:24.019
 on himself.

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.299
 What is

00:21:26.299 --> 00:21:26.700
 one of the

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.299
 things

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.240
 Genesis 3

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.180
 brings into

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:30.059
 this world?

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 An existence

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.759
 of thorns

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.680
 and thistles.

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 What is the

00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:34.240
 crown that

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:35.039
 Jesus wears

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.759
 as he's led

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.420
 to the cross?

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 It's a crown

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.859
 of thorns.

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.599
 What is Christ

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.440
 doing in that

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.039
 moment as he

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.579
 goes to the

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:41.880
 cross?

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.600
 But bearing

00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.780
 the curse

00:21:43.780 --> 00:21:44.460
 that we

00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.080
 deserve

00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:46.600
 on himself.

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.460
 Which means

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.020
 if you're here

00:21:51.020 --> 00:21:51.520
 today and

00:21:51.520 --> 00:21:52.080
 you're asking

00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:52.700
 will God

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.740
 completely heal

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:53.980
 me?

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.480
 If your

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.460
 faith is in

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.340
 this Christ

00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:58.060
 can I tell

00:21:58.060 --> 00:21:58.480
 you that the

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.140
 answer is

00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.640
 wonderfully

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.240
 yes?

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:02.840
 It may

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:04.840
 be not

00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.320
 just in

00:22:05.320 --> 00:22:05.940
 this life

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:07.420
 but the

00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.300
 answer is

00:22:08.300 --> 00:22:08.940
 wonderfully

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.760
 yes.

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.019
 do you

00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.720
 see how

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.740
 the end

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.039
 of the

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.299
 Bible

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.759
 story

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.400
 there is

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:14.279
 an all

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.799
 and an

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.400
 every

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.799
 for the

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.680
 complete

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.519
 people of

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:19.879
 God

00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:21.619
 and you

00:22:21.619 --> 00:22:22.079
 can stake

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.619
 everything

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:23.680
 on it

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.359
 being true

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.660
 in the

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.700
 next life

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.220
 because of

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.720
 the power

00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.140
 of this

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.460
 king.

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.000
 Can I

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.319
 summarize?

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.200
 It's good

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.920
 to be healed.

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.900
 It's better

00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:35.640
 to be saved.

00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.960
 It's good

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.980
 to be healed

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.540
 physically.

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.380
 Do you know

00:22:42.380 --> 00:22:42.920
 it's better

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:43.700
 to be healed

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.780
 spiritually?

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:47.000
 To know

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.259
 sins forgiven.

00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.220
 To be granted

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.400
 an identity

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.420
 and experience

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.920
 a love

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.440
 the likes

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.920
 of which

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:54.000
 we will find

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:55.380
 nowhere else.

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.980
 To be given

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.960
 a new family.

00:22:57.580 --> 00:22:58.320
 To be given

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:59.140
 a new purpose.

00:22:59.340 --> 00:22:59.759
 To know

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.400
 the reason

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.100
 for our

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:01.780
 existence.

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.539
 this is

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:04.019
 what Jesus

00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.559
 holds out

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.879
 to us

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.220
 today.

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.879
 And that's

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.440
 so important

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.879
 because we've

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.259
 got to see

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.819
 the second

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.240
 thing

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:11.039
 these miracles

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.440
 are.

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:11.779
 They are

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.299
 tasters.

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.779
 Really

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.119
 quickly,

00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:13.619
 secondly,

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.660
 they are

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.379
 pointers.

00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.639
 In other

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:18.859
 words,

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.519
 the healings

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.099
 that we see

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.980
 Jesus perform

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.500
 here are

00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:22.099
 for a

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.660
 purpose.

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.079
 And what

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.519
 is that

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:24.899
 purpose?

00:23:25.139 --> 00:23:25.240
 Well,

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.660
 the main

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.180
 point of

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.579
 his healing

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.019
 ministry

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.500
 is to

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.079
 demonstrate

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.460
 his

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.079
 authority

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:31.059
 over

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.700
 all

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.220
 things.

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.059
 In other

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.259
 words,

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.480
 we're

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.940
 meant not

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.419
 to just

00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:36.299
 look at

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.639
 but to

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.000
 look

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.079
 through

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:40.099
 the

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:40.519
 miracles.

00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.859
 Because what

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.480
 is Matthew's

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:43.159
 purpose for

00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:43.679
 all of this?

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.799
 See verse 25.

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.700
 Large crowds

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.339
 from where?

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.619
 Galilee.

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.419
 Remember our

00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.740
 map?

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.919
 The Decapolis,

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:52.720
 the area just

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.039
 to the

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.179
 east,

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:55.839
 is that right?

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.799
 East Decapolis,

00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:57.819
 non-Jewish area.

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.839
 Jerusalem,

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.559
 Judea,

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.940
 and the

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:01.859
 area across

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.359
 the Jordan.

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.980
 So this is

00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.619
 a people

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.879
 that Christ

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.500
 is gathering

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.299
 to himself,

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.359
 following him.

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.139
 What are they

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.440
 doing?

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:08.779
 Do you see

00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.379
 right at the

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:09.799
 end there,

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.519
 verse 25?

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:13.019
 They followed

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.339
 him.

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.480
 Just as

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:16.839
 Simon and

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.440
 Andrew did

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.339
 at verse 20

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.859
 and James

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.319
 and John

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.659
 did at

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:22.279
 verse 22.

00:24:22.419 --> 00:24:22.720
 Do you see

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.159
 how Matthew

00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.759
 just stacks

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.179
 them up?

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:25.879
 They followed

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.119
 him,

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.519
 they followed

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:27.779
 him,

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.460
 they followed

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:29.740
 him.

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.799
 And that's

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.220
 how Matthew

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.660
 wants us

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.200
 to respond

00:24:32.200 --> 00:24:32.799
 to this.

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.579
 Not to

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.079
 look at,

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.420
 but to

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.099
 look through.

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.420
 Do you

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.700
 not love

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.119
 that Jesus

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.579
 goes to

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.220
 places that

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.619
 we wouldn't

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.160
 expect?

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.720
 And he

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.359
 picks people

00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:44.680
 that we

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.039
 wouldn't

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.539
 choose.

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.460
 And he

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.920
 says,

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.680
 come follow

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.000
 me.

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:51.920
 You know,

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.359
 just as we

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.599
 close,

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:52.980
 let me tell

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.139
 you about

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.619
 a pal of

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:53.839
 mine,

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.500
 who I

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.940
 know through

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.539
 my time at

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.200
 Cornhill

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.759
 in Glasgow,

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.220
 his name

00:24:58.220 --> 00:25:00.159
 is Terry.

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.720
 Terry is

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.180
 the founder

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.940
 of a charity

00:25:02.940 --> 00:25:03.940
 called Hope

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:04.599
 for Glasgow,

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.420
 working with

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.639
 people who

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.740
 have had

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.139
 their lives

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:08.879
 ruined because

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.420
 of addiction.

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.220
 And despite

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.460
 being a

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:12.200
 massive Celtic

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.539
 fan,

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.440
 he's the

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:14.079
 perfect guy

00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.480
 for this

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.839
 job.

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:16.599
 Because before

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.139
 becoming a

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.420
 Christian,

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.019
 this was his

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.299
 story,

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:18.720
 he lived

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.039
 on the

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.559
 streets,

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.139
 substance

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.700
 abuse,

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.099
 and those

00:25:23.099 --> 00:25:23.740
 substances

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.460
 had taken

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.059
 his mind.

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:26.980
 Just couldn't

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.559
 think.

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:28.980
 Couldn't

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:29.819
 think straight.

00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.399
 And people

00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:31.980
 came and

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.559
 they helped

00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.000
 him and

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.960
 alongside

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.980
 medical help,

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.839
 he got free

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.220
 of his

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.759
 substance

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.379
 abuse,

00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:37.960
 totally

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.399
 clean,

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.759
 totally

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.119
 healed.

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.579
 And as

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.339
 amazing as

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.839
 that is,

00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:44.139
 and if you

00:25:44.139 --> 00:25:44.659
 Google it,

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:44.980
 you'll find

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:45.460
 his testimony,

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:45.940
 as amazing

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.659
 as that is,

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.240
 he says it

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.480
 was just

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.159
 wonderful,

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.500
 it just

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.279
 felt great.

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.240
 He says

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.639
 the good

00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.220
 news about

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.000
 getting clean

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:55.079
 is that I

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.399
 got my

00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.220
 feelings back.

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.940
 But he

00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:58.200
 said the

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.659
 bad news

00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:59.159
 about getting

00:25:59.159 --> 00:26:00.960
 clean was

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.139
 that I

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:01.460
 got my

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.259
 feelings back.

00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:03.779
 And all

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.240
 of a sudden

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.859
 it's a bit

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.519
 like sand

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.579
 evaporating and

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.420
 just going

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.740
 through what

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.420
 I was left

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.859
 with and

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.319
 everything else

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.720
 had gone.

00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.359
 I was left

00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.000
 with emptiness

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.859
 and I was

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.420
 left with

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.339
 shame and I

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.700
 was left

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.339
 with guilt

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.220
 and I

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.819
 didn't know

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.500
 what to do

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.859
 with it.

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.740
 And in one

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.200
 sense I

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.559
 had been

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.940
 healed,

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.379
 but what I

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:21.960
 discovered in

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.659
 this moment

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.059
 is that I

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.519
 was addicted

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.299
 to all sorts

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:24.619
 of other

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:24.980
 stuff and

00:26:24.980 --> 00:26:25.500
 had no

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.159
 answers to

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.440
 it.

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.519
 So he

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.100
 goes to a

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:29.920
 local church

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:33.580
 and he

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.279
 says this,

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.460
 I had to

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.100
 get clean

00:26:37.100 --> 00:26:39.380
 to see how

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.880
 dirty I

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.620
 really was.

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.700
 Goes to a

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.320
 local church

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.940
 with this in

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.500
 his mind

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.560
 and he

00:26:44.560 --> 00:26:44.980
 hears for

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.420
 the first

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.940
 time the

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.400
 gospel,

00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:47.120
 he hears

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:47.900
 about Christ

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.279
 Jesus,

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.000
 he hears

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.360
 about the

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:50.440
 cross and

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:50.840
 in this

00:26:50.840 --> 00:26:51.380
 moment he

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.759
 hears about

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.000
 how he

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.259
 is a

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.819
 great sinner,

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.680
 Christ is

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.019
 a great

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.079
 saviour and

00:26:56.079 --> 00:26:56.460
 in that

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.879
 moment he

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.220
 says I

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.960
 was converted

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.980
 and he

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.460
 now spends

00:26:59.460 --> 00:26:59.879
 his life

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.640
 bringing that

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.460
 same gospel

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.200
 to folks

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.200
 who were

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.779
 just like

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.059
 him.

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.000
 But here's

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.500
 the point,

00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:08.039
 here's Terry's

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.440
 story,

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.259
 it is good

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.980
 to be healed

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:13.000
 but it's

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.920
 better to be

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.339
 saved.

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:17.299
 And the

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.220
 king here

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.740
 as he walks

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.240
 on this

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.220
 scene is

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.179
 calling us

00:27:21.179 --> 00:27:22.579
 to repent

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:25.419
 and follow

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.779
 him.

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.279
 Some of us

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.699
 will remember

00:27:26.699 --> 00:27:27.279
 that song,

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.779
 we'll close

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.220
 with this,

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.539
 the old

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.039
 chorus.

00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.399
 Follow

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:30.759
 him,

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.220
 follow

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.619
 him,

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.339
 yield your

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.980
 life to

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.259
 him.

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.459
 He's

00:27:34.459 --> 00:27:34.959
 conquered

00:27:34.959 --> 00:27:35.439
 death,

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.679
 he is

00:27:35.679 --> 00:27:36.240
 king of

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.679
 kings.

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.579
 Accept

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.359
 the joy

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.759
 which he

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.339
 gives to

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:40.419
 those who

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:41.819
 yield their

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.139
 lives to

00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:43.459
 him.

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.240
 Let me

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.519
 pray.

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.840
 And so

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.059
 Father,

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:50.579
 we think

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.100
 of those

00:27:51.100 --> 00:27:52.620
 three Ps.

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.700
 Lord,

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.279
 some of us

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.519
 will be

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.740
 here,

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.200
 we hear

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.579
 this and

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.019
 we're

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.579
 puzzled.

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:02.660
 Others of

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:02.960
 us are

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.380
 here,

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.819
 we hear

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:04.259
 this and

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.579
 we're

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.660
 pained.

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.360
 Others of

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:08.640
 us are

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:08.900
 here,

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.480
 we hear

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:11.000
 this and

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.240
 we're

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.700
 pining.

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.539
 Lord,

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.140
 we thank

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:16.920
 you that

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.579
 we can

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.539
 fully trust

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.519
 our times

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:21.059
 to the

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.680
 warmest,

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.720
 the kindest,

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:23.920
 the most

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.799
 strong and

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.539
 powerful of

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.039
 saviors.

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.539
 Lord,

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.220
 I pray that

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.759
 wherever this

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.259
 has landed

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.200
 in our

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.980
 lives today,

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.980
 I pray that

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.259
 you would

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.900
 bring that

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:34.840
 sense of

00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:35.960
 inner healing

00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:37.680
 through the

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.160
 knowledge of

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.620
 your son.

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:40.259
 father,

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.799
 thank you

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.579
 that we

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.939
 look at

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.479
 Christ Jesus

00:28:42.479 --> 00:28:42.839
 here,

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:43.159
 the one

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.459
 who is

00:28:43.459 --> 00:28:43.919
 fully

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.500
 available.

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:45.979
 Thank you

00:28:45.979 --> 00:28:46.239
 that he

00:28:46.239 --> 00:28:46.719
 is not a

00:28:46.719 --> 00:28:47.219
 saviour who

00:28:47.219 --> 00:28:47.639
 came at

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:47.939
 us,

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.019
 as it

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.199
 were,

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.879
 at hand's

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.279
 length.

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:52.000
 Thank you

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.479
 that here

00:28:52.479 --> 00:28:53.000
 he is

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.799
 stepping into

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.539
 the place

00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.119
 of darkness,

00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.759
 coming

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.619
 alongside the

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.079
 people who

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.319
 know

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.779
 darkness

00:28:58.779 --> 00:29:00.359
 to be

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.519
 the light.

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.099
 Father,

00:29:03.219 --> 00:29:03.639
 help us

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:03.819
 as we

00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:04.339
 pray as we

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.919
 finish our

00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.500
 time together

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.199
 to fix our

00:29:06.199 --> 00:29:06.719
 eyes on

00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:06.919
 him,

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.360
 we pray.

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.000
 In

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.300
 Jesus'

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.680
 name we

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.080
 ask.

00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.019
 Amen.