WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:06.160 Amen. I appreciate that song, and I hope you can answer yes to that question. 00:00:07.919 --> 00:00:13.099 And if you can't, then today's that day, hopefully. The Lord will speak to your heart. 00:00:13.880 --> 00:00:21.699 Turn with me to Luke chapter 8. Luke chapter 8 is a full chapter. There's a lot going on here. 00:00:21.699 --> 00:00:32.539 In the first couple verses, we see Jesus Christ, he's casting out devils, specifically mentions three women. 00:00:33.379 --> 00:00:37.039 One who has seven devils cast out of her, and then after that, it says many others. 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:42.939 So who knows how much. The Bible even says that if they were to record everything that Christ did, 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:45.539 there would just be so many books, we wouldn't be able to read them all. 00:00:45.780 --> 00:00:50.600 After that, we have the parable of the sower. He explains that to his disciples. 00:00:51.700 --> 00:00:55.760 Then we see that he passes over a stormy sea to get to the Gadarenes, 00:00:55.960 --> 00:01:05.520 and that's where I want to focus today, is he meets a man there who's possessed with a legion of devils. 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:11.180 After that, we're introduced to Jairus' daughter, and she's resurrected from the dead. 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:15.379 There's a woman that had an issue of blood ever since her birth, and Jesus heals her. 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:19.680 I mean, this chapter is just packed, and it's exciting to read about. 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:22.500 Hopefully, you've found your place in Luke chapter 8. 00:01:23.140 --> 00:01:24.020 Don't stand yet. 00:01:24.460 --> 00:01:28.380 I wanted to just share a little, I call them nuggets. 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:35.640 When I go through Scripture, my type of personality just naturally is cynical. 00:01:36.100 --> 00:01:38.840 I'm doubtful of things. I question things. 00:01:39.240 --> 00:01:42.320 So when things immediately don't add up, it sends up a red flag. 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:45.359 And there's parallel passages. 00:01:46.119 --> 00:01:50.339 Matthew chapter 8 and then Mark 5 both share the same account. 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:53.819 And it stood out to me, even though I've read it several times, 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:59.519 Matthew 8, it says that two men in the Gadarenes who were possessed with devils met Jesus. 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:03.099 And then in Mark and Luke, it just says a certain man. 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.280 So immediately, you know, my cynical self is like, 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:08.199 Oh, this doesn't add up. 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:10.759 You have two, and now these other guys are mentioning one. 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.020 And so I had to study this, because I believe God's Word is infallible. 00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:16.099 There's no mistakes. 00:02:16.740 --> 00:02:21.379 So if there is a misunderstanding or a mistake, I realize that's on my end. 00:02:21.479 --> 00:02:24.400 So I had to start digging, figure out what is going on here. 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:30.099 And to make something a contradiction, it would have to be the one statement would be impossible. 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:33.259 So Matthew, he mentions that there's two men. 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.000 Mark and Luke, they both just mention a certain man. 00:02:37.140 --> 00:02:38.060 They don't say one. 00:02:38.200 --> 00:02:41.020 They just choose to focus on this certain man. 00:02:41.439 --> 00:02:42.360 I got to thinking about that. 00:02:42.420 --> 00:02:42.819 Well, why? 00:02:43.200 --> 00:02:47.259 Well, because this man, the Bible says a legion of devils. 00:02:48.040 --> 00:02:50.960 That word legion is a military term that the Romans would use. 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:54.500 And that's kind of like we would call like a unit or a platoon today. 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:57.719 It's 6,000 military men. 00:02:58.439 --> 00:02:59.319 That's a big deal. 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:04.379 In the beginning of Luke chapter 8, he specifically mentions these three women. 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:06.319 And he says one has seven. 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:12.340 So if seven would be a big number, maybe they hadn't met somebody who had seven devils cast out. 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:16.900 Now they're meeting somebody with at least 6,000 devils. 00:03:17.100 --> 00:03:18.120 That's pretty notable. 00:03:18.920 --> 00:03:20.420 So that's why they focus on this guy. 00:03:20.959 --> 00:03:22.639 Matthew, he's also a tax collector. 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:23.699 He's good with numbers. 00:03:23.899 --> 00:03:25.179 I think that's maybe why he focused. 00:03:25.299 --> 00:03:28.099 He has to be very deliberate, make sure these numbers add up. 00:03:28.139 --> 00:03:30.479 That's just something he does in his normal life. 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:32.060 So I saw that. 00:03:32.399 --> 00:03:33.119 It was interesting. 00:03:33.839 --> 00:03:41.019 I think it also shows character, the different gospels, just the different authors and how God uses those people. 00:03:41.459 --> 00:03:42.639 So I just wanted to share that with you. 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:47.759 If you happen to see that, or if you happen to read through scripture and notice, hey, things aren't adding up. 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:49.000 Take the time. 00:03:49.119 --> 00:03:53.459 If you realize that God's word is perfect, I guarantee you, if you take the time to study it out. 00:03:53.460 --> 00:03:58.000 I don't like grammar or composition, but that was a composition thing. 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:00.740 God will give it to you because it's true. 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:01.640 God's word is true. 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:05.520 Stand with me, if you will, since you should be there by now. 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:06.340 Luke chapter 8. 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:09.039 We'll start reading in verse 26. 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:09.840 It says, 00:04:36.339 --> 00:05:06.339 00:05:06.339 --> 00:05:36.339 00:05:36.339 --> 00:05:57.019 Then verse 37. 00:05:57.019 --> 00:06:27.000 It says, 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:34.379 Lord, I ask that you would just let our hearts be open to your word. 00:06:35.099 --> 00:06:40.479 Lord, I ask that you would calm my nerves and just let me speak what you've put on my heart. 00:06:40.699 --> 00:06:45.240 And I just pray, Lord, that my studying will come through this morning. 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.279 Lord, I just ask that you be with those who are not here. 00:06:48.919 --> 00:06:51.859 Lord, we especially think of Brother Josh. 00:06:52.259 --> 00:06:55.899 Lord, I just ask that you would touch him and help him with his recovery. 00:06:55.899 --> 00:06:57.899 And just be with his family. 00:06:58.299 --> 00:06:59.759 I thank you and I love you in Jesus' name. 00:07:00.099 --> 00:07:00.319 Amen. 00:07:00.599 --> 00:07:01.799 You can go ahead and be seated. 00:07:02.019 --> 00:07:08.639 As I was kind of studying this, I noticed there was kind of three forces at work during this passage of Scripture. 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:12.399 And these three forces are still at work today. 00:07:13.019 --> 00:07:14.620 The first one is Satan. 00:07:14.620 --> 00:07:17.959 He's a thief, a liar, a murderer. 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.300 And his ultimate purpose is to destroy. 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:23.100 And he's still at work today. 00:07:23.980 --> 00:07:25.519 The second is society. 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:33.620 All that society can do with problem people is isolate them, maybe keep them under guard. 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:37.659 If they're really bad, they'll put them in bondage. 00:07:38.539 --> 00:07:43.299 And I think we can be thankful for the restraint that society can put on these people. 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.099 But ultimately, they're still in trouble. 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:47.599 They still need help. 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:49.680 And that's where the third force comes in. 00:07:49.740 --> 00:07:50.519 And that's the Savior. 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:53.539 He came to these people in love. 00:07:53.540 --> 00:07:58.819 He braved a stormy sea to get to them and to talk with them. 00:07:59.080 --> 00:08:01.860 And Jesus is still wanting to talk to us today. 00:08:02.379 --> 00:08:07.520 If you can't answer yes to the song that was sung, I'm telling you, Jesus wants you to say yes. 00:08:07.740 --> 00:08:08.620 He's here waiting. 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:10.560 He wants to talk to you. 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:15.140 I've heard people tell me, well, I'm just too far gone. 00:08:15.320 --> 00:08:16.420 God can't save me. 00:08:17.020 --> 00:08:17.300 Me. 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:18.500 Wrong. 00:08:18.660 --> 00:08:19.200 That's a lie. 00:08:19.840 --> 00:08:22.200 Look at this man possessed with all these devils. 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.620 God can touch his heart. 00:08:25.139 --> 00:08:29.279 I think about Saul, a man who was so zealous in murdering Christians. 00:08:29.819 --> 00:08:30.879 God changed him. 00:08:31.539 --> 00:08:38.559 You know, we have to be willing to put away our pride, be willing to let God break us down 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:40.259 and talk to our heart. 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.799 The first thing I saw here is what sin does to the soul. 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:49.039 Let's just look at this individual. 00:08:49.039 --> 00:08:55.199 We see, starting in verse 26, it says, 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:58.160 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 00:08:58.620 --> 00:09:05.280 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:09.420 and wear no clothes, neither abode in any house but in the tombs. 00:09:09.419 --> 00:09:12.539 So this is Jesus' welcoming party. 00:09:13.199 --> 00:09:17.599 There's this one crazed lunatic who isn't clothed. 00:09:18.259 --> 00:09:21.659 He's been living, it says, in the tombs for a long time. 00:09:23.079 --> 00:09:25.059 I would venture to say he was dirty. 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:25.819 He was filthy. 00:09:26.319 --> 00:09:28.139 He was probably quite a sight to see. 00:09:28.819 --> 00:09:31.639 Verse 27, or I'm sorry, verse 28, it says, 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:56.659 This guy had problems. 00:09:56.659 --> 00:10:00.600 Sin, first off, left this man unclothed. 00:10:00.819 --> 00:10:02.939 As I was studying this, I was thinking to myself, 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:11.379 Do we see the type of, and I say devil, just another tidbit, demonism in the Bible, 00:10:11.740 --> 00:10:18.279 and I think the most scriptural is devil, because that's who they, devils, they do the devil's work. 00:10:18.519 --> 00:10:21.939 It's just like Christians, Christ, we do Christ's work. 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:24.480 So devil's is the most accurate account. 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:27.620 Do we see people possessed of devils today? 00:10:28.740 --> 00:10:30.220 Got me thinking about that. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:32.080 And I would say we do. 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:36.460 If you look at these things that we're going to look over, we do. 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:41.560 And that's where society kind of comes in and tries to help polish some of that up. 00:10:42.800 --> 00:10:45.820 Just a quick example, in the Bible you have the word drunkard. 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.320 People find that term offensive. 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:51.620 So then we changed it as a society to alcoholic. 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.100 That makes it easier for us. 00:10:54.100 --> 00:10:57.240 But then even alcoholic, now you say that word, and ooh, it's bad. 00:10:57.740 --> 00:11:03.460 Now they say someone with alcohol disuse or disorder, alcohol use disorder. 00:11:04.259 --> 00:11:07.060 Society is constantly trying to make things fit. 00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:09.460 God is just saying what it is. 00:11:09.860 --> 00:11:10.860 This man had a problem. 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:12.040 He was unclothed. 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:14.840 Turn with me to Isaiah chapter 64. 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:17.340 We're going to be doing some running around in the Bible. 00:11:17.779 --> 00:11:18.700 So I hope you're ready. 00:11:18.700 --> 00:11:22.840 Isaiah 64 verse 6 says, 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:23.500 It says, 00:11:23.700 --> 00:11:27.240 But we are all as an unclean thing, 00:11:27.740 --> 00:11:30.759 and all our righteousness are as filthy rags, 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:32.620 and we all do fade as a leaf, 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:35.620 and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:37.899 I believe it is in Mark. 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:41.600 It talks about this man had unclean spirits. 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:45.519 Romans chapter 3 verse 10. 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:47.059 Many of us could quote that. 00:11:47.259 --> 00:11:49.779 Romans chapter 3 verse 10. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:51.659 It says, 00:11:51.939 --> 00:11:54.240 There we go. 00:11:55.059 --> 00:11:56.039 As it is written, 00:11:56.319 --> 00:11:57.279 There is none righteous, 00:11:57.799 --> 00:11:58.919 no, not one. 00:12:00.199 --> 00:12:01.500 That's what sin does to us. 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:03.019 It just unclothes us. 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:04.299 It makes us unclean. 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.980 That's the second thing we see here. 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:10.019 In the parallel passage in Mark chapter 5 verse 2, 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:10.340 it says, 00:12:10.700 --> 00:12:11.980 And when he was come out of the ship, 00:12:12.060 --> 00:12:14.360 immediately there met him out of the tombs, 00:12:14.420 --> 00:12:17.200 a man with an unclean spirit. 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:18.519 Isaiah 59. 00:12:19.420 --> 00:12:21.399 We'll look at verses 1 through 3. 00:12:21.680 --> 00:12:22.940 Starting verse 1, it says, 00:12:23.940 --> 00:12:26.180 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:27.960 that it cannot save, 00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:29.279 neither his ear heavy, 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:30.180 that it cannot hear. 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.600 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:35.560 and your sins have hid his face from you. 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:36.899 That he will not hear. 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:39.699 For your hands are defiled with blood, 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.059 and your fingers with iniquity. 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:42.399 Your lips have spoken lies. 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:44.119 Your tongue hath muttered perverseness. 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:46.259 Basically, that's debunking the whole, 00:12:46.919 --> 00:12:48.119 I'm too far gone. 00:12:48.299 --> 00:12:48.959 It doesn't matter. 00:12:49.059 --> 00:12:49.739 God can hear. 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:53.279 God is waiting for us to come to him. 00:12:54.439 --> 00:12:56.919 Not only was this man unclothed and unclean, 00:12:57.059 --> 00:12:58.079 he was uncontrollable. 00:12:58.819 --> 00:13:00.399 See that in verses 28 and 29? 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:02.399 They had tried to bind him before, 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:04.679 and he would just break those fetters, 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:05.819 break those chains. 00:13:06.839 --> 00:13:08.519 That's scary to think about. 00:13:09.439 --> 00:13:11.399 I mean, the work that I do, 00:13:11.479 --> 00:13:12.319 I work with trees, 00:13:12.739 --> 00:13:14.899 and I've had big, heavy trees 00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:17.039 break some really thick ropes. 00:13:17.819 --> 00:13:19.139 And that's scary, 00:13:19.219 --> 00:13:20.439 because that's a lot of power. 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:22.099 Think about it. 00:13:22.239 --> 00:13:25.879 This man had 6,000 soldiers, 00:13:26.439 --> 00:13:28.500 evil spirits inside him. 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:33.320 Basically, this type of devil possession, 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:37.019 it just means the devil has taken over the mind and the body. 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:39.600 So you think you've got 6,000 men, 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:41.299 strong fighting men? 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.879 They can probably do some serious damage, 00:13:44.019 --> 00:13:44.860 break these chains. 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:46.179 It's something scary to think about. 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:47.179 He was uncontrollable. 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:50.279 2 Corinthians 4, 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:51.860 starting in verse 3, 00:13:53.319 --> 00:13:54.199 says, 00:13:54.199 --> 00:13:55.559 But if our gospel be hid, 00:13:55.779 --> 00:13:57.439 it is hid to them that are lost, 00:13:57.980 --> 00:13:59.240 in whom the God of this world 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.240 hath blinded the minds of them 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.980 which believe not, 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:03.959 lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, 00:14:04.059 --> 00:14:05.000 who is the image of God, 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:06.100 should not shine unto them. 00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:09.019 I know that we still have people 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:10.220 who are possessed today, 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:13.840 because I came up to two conclusions. 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.899 We have them, 00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:18.139 and maybe society, 00:14:18.680 --> 00:14:19.000 you know, 00:14:19.060 --> 00:14:20.899 has done a good job of kind of 00:14:20.899 --> 00:14:24.120 letting them camouflage in. 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:25.480 You can still see this stuff. 00:14:25.920 --> 00:14:27.080 But then my other thought was, 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:28.580 and I think this is a scarier thought, 00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:30.160 what if as Christians, 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:31.660 we're not effective enough 00:14:31.660 --> 00:14:33.180 for Satan to resist? 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:37.079 There's no reason for him to show himself 00:14:37.079 --> 00:14:38.379 because we're not doing our job. 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:41.179 That kind of stung me. 00:14:41.299 --> 00:14:41.839 I was like, wow. 00:14:42.699 --> 00:14:44.120 Because obviously when Jesus is around, 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:45.839 there's a struggle. 00:14:46.939 --> 00:14:48.299 So it got me thinking, 00:14:48.439 --> 00:14:50.859 we need to be doing better as Christians. 00:14:51.699 --> 00:14:52.599 He was uncontrollable. 00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:56.059 Ultimately, I think this led him to be unhappy. 00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:58.719 The first thing he says to Jesus is, 00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.879 torment me not. 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:02.379 As you read, 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:05.600 I didn't want to spend a whole lot of time on this, 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:07.460 but you read through Scripture 00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:08.840 about people who are possessed. 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:11.179 The Bible, it talks about, 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.279 first off, there's physical things 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:14.559 that happen to these individuals. 00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:18.639 They can get deformities. 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:21.340 The Bible even talks about suicide. 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:23.879 They will try and cast themselves into fire. 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:26.320 The Bible talks about stuff like that. 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:28.379 But here he is, this man. 00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:31.340 He's hurting. 00:15:31.540 --> 00:15:32.160 He's unhappy. 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.900 It left him homeless. 00:15:34.180 --> 00:15:34.840 We see that. 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:36.320 It left him helpless. 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:39.960 Mark chapter 5, verse 4, it says, 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:42.379 because that he had been often bound 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.520 with fetters and chains, 00:15:43.660 --> 00:15:45.420 and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:47.160 and the fetters broken in pieces, 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:48.760 neither could any man tame him. 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.620 He was helpless. 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:52.180 He needed help. 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.220 He was hurting. 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:58.940 Again, in Mark chapter 5, verse 5, it says, 00:15:59.899 --> 00:16:01.840 And always night and day he was in the mountains 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:02.740 and in the tombs, 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:05.019 crying and cutting himself with stones. 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:07.700 Turn with me to Proverbs chapter 8, verse 36. 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:11.080 I mean, sin is spiritual suicide. 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:15.500 And he's, this man needs help. 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:17.500 Proverbs chapter 8, verse 36. 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:22.179 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul, 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:24.840 and they that hate me love death. 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:26.919 Turn with me to Isaiah chapter 57. 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:29.279 Isaiah 57, and we'll start reading verse 20. 00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:32.639 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, 00:16:32.960 --> 00:16:34.080 when it cannot rest, 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:36.480 whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:38.059 There is no peace, 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.360 saith my God, to the wicked. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:42.680 You know, earlier in Luke chapter 8, 00:16:42.779 --> 00:16:48.460 we see that Jesus, he's asleep in the back of the boat, 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:50.220 and a storm rages up, 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:51.379 and the disciples are scared. 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:53.560 And it's interesting, 00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:55.960 he kind of rebukes them a little bit, 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.700 asks, where's your faith? 00:16:58.300 --> 00:17:01.060 Have you ever been woke up for something in your mind 00:17:01.060 --> 00:17:03.300 that had been kind of silly to be woken up for? 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:05.000 You're just kind of irritated. 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.319 And I can kind of see Jesus, 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.980 because he's fully God, fully man, 00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:09.140 and wakes up, 00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.759 and he's like, I'm in the back of the boat. 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.420 What is in the back of the boat? 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.960 The rudder, okay? 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.960 So I'm at the driver's wheel. 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:18.120 You know, we were going fine. 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:19.259 You wake me up for this? 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:22.160 And he just talks to the wind and the waves, 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.500 and he's like, you know, be still. 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:26.559 And I just think he turns around to the disciples, 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:29.140 and he's just like, where's your faith? 00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:31.319 And he goes and lays down 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:33.039 to kind of let them think about that. 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:36.940 You know, Jesus, he was able to speak to the stormy sea, 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:38.340 and now here he is. 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:40.220 He's speaking to the stormy soul. 00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:44.220 This man, just sin has wrecked him. 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:47.259 That's what sin does to the soul. 00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:49.380 But secondly, I want to focus on 00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:51.000 what the Savior does for the sinner. 00:17:52.140 --> 00:17:53.860 Turn with me again to our text there 00:17:53.860 --> 00:17:55.220 in Luke chapter 8. 00:17:55.720 --> 00:17:57.140 We'll start reading in verse 30. 00:17:57.140 --> 00:18:00.940 And Jesus asked him, saying, 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:02.000 What is thy name? 00:18:02.080 --> 00:18:02.920 And he said, Legion, 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.940 because many devils were entered into him. 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:07.980 Now, this is just my take on all this, 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:09.940 so you do with it what you will. 00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:11.759 But Matthew, or I'm sorry, 00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:13.720 Mark chapter 5, to me, 00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:17.400 gives the best description of what happens here, 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.640 because Jesus asks him, 00:18:19.040 --> 00:18:19.980 What is thy name? 00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:21.220 And the man says, 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:23.500 My, okay, that's singular. 00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:25.339 Trust me, I never, 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:27.220 I had to take remedial English twice. 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:29.579 I am not an English anything, 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.680 but some things stick. 00:18:32.200 --> 00:18:32.940 My is singular. 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:34.860 He says, My name is, 00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:36.099 and then it says, 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:40.759 Legion, for we, that's plural, are many. 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:43.440 I think this man, right in front of Jesus, 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.240 was trying, 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:46.940 maybe he was sober enough 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:48.940 to say, My name is, 00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:50.420 and then these devils took over, 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:52.240 Legion, for we are many. 00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:55.000 I personally believe 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:57.860 6,000 voices came out of that mouth 00:18:57.860 --> 00:18:59.640 when they said, Legion, for we are many. 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.059 I don't know about you, 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:03.279 that would give me the heebie-jeebies. 00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:06.960 There's been a handful of times 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:08.880 where I have, I'll just say, 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:11.640 met evil face-to-face, 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:14.320 and that's something, it scares me. 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.580 And here Jesus Christ, 00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:17.119 he dealt with this, 00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:19.799 and they said, Legion, for we are many. 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.559 I think it's interesting, 00:19:23.439 --> 00:19:25.419 you know, God asks a question 00:19:25.419 --> 00:19:26.139 and they answer, 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.759 because they're subservient 00:19:27.759 --> 00:19:28.779 to Jesus Christ. 00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.819 He's all-powerful. 00:19:30.419 --> 00:19:31.779 Not only does the wind and waves 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:33.240 obey him, even these devils. 00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:35.319 We see here the effort 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.240 of the Savior. 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.759 We see the work of the Lord, 00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:43.099 verses 22 through 25. 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:44.579 We see that he passed through the storm, 00:19:44.819 --> 00:19:46.539 but also Jesus Christ 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:48.779 passed through the storm of Calvary for us. 00:19:49.639 --> 00:19:50.779 You know, he loved us enough 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.779 that he was able, 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.579 when I think about him 00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:55.939 being in heaven, 00:19:56.399 --> 00:19:58.759 deciding to become mortal, 00:19:59.419 --> 00:20:00.559 be born, 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.839 a lowly birth, 00:20:02.459 --> 00:20:03.419 be raised, 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.519 and be able to 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:06.679 be God, 00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:09.080 and allow earthly parents 00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:11.039 to have the, you know, 00:20:11.340 --> 00:20:12.700 leadership and the authority 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.680 over him, 00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:15.400 to be raised up, 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:17.140 knowing what he's going to do for us, 00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.700 to be beaten, 00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:19.580 mocked, 00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:20.460 ridiculed, 00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:21.860 to know ultimately 00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.900 that he's going to die 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.580 for people 00:20:23.580 --> 00:20:24.920 who, frankly, 00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.000 are undeserving, 00:20:26.360 --> 00:20:26.799 completely, 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:29.059 and he loved us enough 00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:31.019 to go through all of that. 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.639 That says a lot. 00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:34.579 And he didn't just do that 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.460 for Christian people. 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:37.000 He did that for everybody. 00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:39.159 Before you were even born, 00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:40.119 God loved you enough 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.200 that he did this for you. 00:20:42.919 --> 00:20:43.940 I see through here, 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.839 not only do we see 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.700 the work of the Lord, 00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.680 we see the winds 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:50.059 of the Lord. 00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:53.019 Turn with me to 1 Corinthians, 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:54.139 chapter 15. 00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:55.320 I once heard a joke. 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:55.840 They said, 00:20:56.300 --> 00:20:58.120 why is Christianity 00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:59.900 the most dramatic religion? 00:21:01.320 --> 00:21:02.040 And the answer was, 00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:03.040 because all other religions 00:21:03.040 --> 00:21:04.380 say do, do, do. 00:21:05.060 --> 00:21:05.720 But Christianity, 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.620 through Jesus Christ, 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:08.259 it's been dun, dun, dun. 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:09.700 You know, 00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:11.759 God has done it all for us. 00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:13.080 All we have to do 00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:15.340 is accept what he's done. 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.840 It's mind-blowing to me. 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.120 You know, 00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.800 my daughter's about 00:21:19.800 --> 00:21:20.480 to have a birthday, 00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.440 and we're, you know, 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.520 she's going to get presents. 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.779 She has grandmas. 00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.819 She's going to get presents. 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.039 And can you imagine 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.839 if she just said, 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.599 no thanks. 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.339 I'm good. 00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.500 Can you imagine 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.779 if she rejected those gifts? 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.099 But here, 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.759 Jesus Christ, 00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:38.319 he's offering to everybody, 00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.759 here's a free gift 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.420 of salvation. 00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:42.420 The only stipulation is 00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.460 you have to receive it. 00:21:44.460 --> 00:21:45.460 And people are like, 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.440 no thanks. 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.740 I'm good. 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.559 It's crazy. 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.700 1 Corinthians, 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.579 chapter 15. 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.759 Let's look at verse 54. 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:53.619 So when this corruptible, 00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.200 or I'm sorry, 00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:55.119 let's start over. 00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.519 So when this corruptible 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:58.099 shall have put on incorruption, 00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:59.420 and this mortal 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:00.940 shall have put on immortality, 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:04.539 then shall be brought to pass 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:05.559 the saying that is written, 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:07.099 death is swallowed up in victory. 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.940 O death, 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.779 where is thy sting? 00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.579 O grave, 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.319 where is thy victory? 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.079 The sting of death is sin, 00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.079 and the strength of sin 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.599 is the law. 00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:15.079 But thanks be to God, 00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.440 which giveth us the victory 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.379 through our Lord, 00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:18.099 Jesus Christ. 00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.259 Therefore, 00:22:19.459 --> 00:22:20.279 my beloved brethren, 00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:21.299 be ye steadfast, 00:22:21.459 --> 00:22:21.919 unmovable, 00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:22.839 always abounding 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.639 in the work of the Lord, 00:22:23.719 --> 00:22:24.759 forasmuch as ye know 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.579 that your labor 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.399 is not in vain 00:22:26.399 --> 00:22:27.000 in the Lord. 00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:29.159 The winds of the Lord, 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.319 he's defeated sin, 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:30.819 death, 00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.399 hell, 00:22:31.659 --> 00:22:31.939 Satan. 00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:32.939 Turn with me to 00:22:32.939 --> 00:22:34.099 Colossians chapter 2. 00:22:34.399 --> 00:22:35.099 I love that song. 00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:36.339 I'm on the winning side. 00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:37.719 Colossians 2, 15. 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.000 It says, 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.240 And having spoiled 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.799 principalities and powers, 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.119 he made a show of them 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.659 openly, 00:22:43.219 --> 00:22:44.619 triumphing over them in it. 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:47.259 Again, 00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.899 Christ is victorious. 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.779 He's a winner, 00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.519 and we're on the winning side. 00:22:52.959 --> 00:22:54.159 Revelation chapter 1, 00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.500 let's look at verse 18. 00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.939 I am he that liveth 00:22:56.939 --> 00:22:57.719 and was dead, 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.159 and behold, 00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.500 I am alive forevermore, 00:22:59.639 --> 00:22:59.879 amen, 00:23:00.239 --> 00:23:01.500 and have the keys of hell 00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.439 and of death. 00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.119 He's a winner. 00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.139 Christ has done 00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:05.119 all these things for us. 00:23:05.699 --> 00:23:06.259 All we have to do 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.799 is accept. 00:23:08.859 --> 00:23:09.939 We see here also 00:23:09.939 --> 00:23:11.199 the effects of salvation. 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:13.399 Let's go back to our text 00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.279 in Luke chapter 8. 00:23:14.619 --> 00:23:17.059 And we'll look at verses 00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:19.239 34 and 35. 00:23:20.239 --> 00:23:21.019 It says, 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:23.899 When they that fed them 00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:25.239 saw what was done, 00:23:25.319 --> 00:23:26.839 they fled and went 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:28.379 and told it in the city 00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.259 and in the country. 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.979 Then they went out 00:23:31.979 --> 00:23:33.199 to see what was done 00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:34.299 and came to Jesus 00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.399 and found the man 00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:37.879 or I'm sorry, 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.559 and found the man 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.659 out of whom the devils 00:23:40.659 --> 00:23:41.399 were departed 00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:43.679 sitting at the feet of Jesus 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:45.279 clothed 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.820 and in his right mind 00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:47.700 and they were afraid. 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.240 First off, 00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.000 he had peace. 00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:51.279 Romans chapter 5, 00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:51.920 verse 1. 00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.560 This world needs peace. 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.160 Romans chapter 5, 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.700 verse 1 says, 00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.000 Therefore, 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.660 being justified by faith, 00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:59.420 we have peace with God 00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.880 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:00.920 Christ. 00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:03.040 The only way that you can have 00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:04.200 true peace in your life 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.280 is through Jesus Christ. 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.240 I mean, 00:24:07.320 --> 00:24:08.660 we read earlier about 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:10.100 having sin in your life 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:11.920 is like a raging storm 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:14.120 that throws up the mire 00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.920 and the dirt. 00:24:16.040 --> 00:24:17.840 Peace can calm all those things. 00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.420 We see that 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.980 with Jesus Christ, 00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.720 he had provision. 00:24:22.180 --> 00:24:24.040 Turn with me to Isaiah chapter 61. 00:24:24.300 --> 00:24:25.180 Isaiah 61, 00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.920 verse 10. 00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:27.400 I will greatly rejoice 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.080 in the Lord. 00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.500 My soul shall be joyful 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.200 in my God, 00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:31.400 for he hath clothed me 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.380 with the garments 00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.100 of salvation. 00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.340 He hath covered me 00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:35.460 with the robe of righteousness, 00:24:35.800 --> 00:24:37.320 as a bridegroom decketh himself 00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.880 with ornaments, 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:39.680 and as a bride adorneth himself 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.160 with jewels. 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:42.180 Christ has done that. 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.220 He's provided those things 00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.779 for us. 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.500 Turn with me to 00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.620 Philippians chapter 2. 00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.900 We see that he has presence 00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:48.000 of mind 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.180 when he's with Christ. 00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.000 Philippians chapter 2, 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:53.000 verse 5. 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:56.160 Let this mind be in you, 00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.779 which was also in Christ Jesus. 00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.079 When we get saved, 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:01.079 we can have that same mind. 00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:05.980 It's sin that rejects that. 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.880 Another effect of salvation 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:10.759 was power under Christ's control. 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:13.119 Again, in Philippians chapter 2, 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.519 let's look down at verse 13. 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:17.319 For it is God which worketh in you, 00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:18.599 both to will and to do 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.960 of his good pleasure. 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.559 Then turn over to chapter 4, 00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.319 verse 13. 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.059 Many of us 00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:25.799 are very familiar with this. 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:27.259 I can do all things 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.960 through Christ, 00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:29.240 which strengtheneth me. 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.500 I used to have a co-worker. 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.299 He would wear a shirt, 00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.680 and it says, 00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.819 I can do all things. 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:34.680 It used to annoy me 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.640 because it's like, 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.539 well, you can't. 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.819 It's through Christ 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:40.019 that you can do all things. 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.980 As I was studying this, 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.460 I noticed 00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:44.039 through this passage 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:45.420 three requests. 00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.220 This was just something 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.059 I thought was interesting. 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.380 First off, 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.940 the demons, 00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.700 the devils, 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.580 they requested 00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:53.920 that Jesus send them 00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:55.200 into the pigs. 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.220 We see that in verse 32. 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.980 And I got to thinking, 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.840 why? 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.819 Why would they want 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:06.759 to be sent into the pigs, 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:08.299 but be sent into the swine? 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.620 I think, 00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:12.200 for one thing, 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.740 doing it this way, 00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.299 Jesus gave proof 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.299 to all the spectators 00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:18.259 that a miracle of deliverance 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.599 had really taken place. 00:26:20.799 --> 00:26:21.779 I think the destruction 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.740 of the pigs 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.740 gave assurance 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.379 to the man 00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.480 that had the unclean spirits 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:27.519 that they were actually gone. 00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.159 Frankly, 00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:29.339 I think seeing 00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.659 2,000 pigs drown 00:26:30.659 --> 00:26:31.480 would be 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.859 an object lesson 00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:33.519 that no one 00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.200 would ever forget. 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:37.059 The society 00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:38.200 saw all of that. 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:40.700 It was definitely 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:42.080 a vivid object lesson 00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:44.640 to that Christ-rejecting crowd. 00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.680 I think it was 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.360 an object lesson 00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.580 that to Satan, 00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:52.580 a pig is just as good 00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.039 as a man. 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.200 And under Satan, 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.620 he can make a man 00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.519 as good as a pig. 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.519 You know what I'm talking about. 00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.700 If you've been around 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:03.759 and seen the way 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:05.259 unsaved people act, 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.640 it's true. 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.920 The second request 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.359 we see 00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.440 is in verse 37. 00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.059 The citizens, 00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.759 they request 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.879 that Jesus leave the area. 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:16.160 I was thinking to myself, 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.480 this man, 00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.420 we'll call him Legion, 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.559 if that's his real name, 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:23.039 I think you would be 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.220 wanting to have Jesus 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.819 stay around. 00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.400 Be like, 00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.539 hey, 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:27.160 this guy was a serious problem. 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:28.160 You know, 00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.140 we couldn't walk around 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.640 at night 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.700 for fear of this lunatic. 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.359 There's other people 00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.960 in the area 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.559 that need help. 00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.420 Why don't you stick around? 00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.200 We'd love to have you. 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.319 But instead, 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.700 they're like, 00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:38.099 we're afraid. 00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.200 You need to get out of here. 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.079 And I got to thinking, 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.000 why would they do that? 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.500 You know, 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.400 I think these 00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:45.319 pig herders, 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.279 whatever you call them, 00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:46.720 farmers, 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.640 their business 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.420 was being interrupted. 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.420 I don't know 00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.879 what the cost 00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:52.039 of 2,000 pigs is, 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.680 but that would be 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.259 quite a hit 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.359 to your little economy. 00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.920 And they were more 00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.900 concerned about 00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.879 money 00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:59.480 than this man's soul. 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:00.779 And that's just 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.319 how it is. 00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.759 This world is more 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.420 concerned about 00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.900 material things 00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.920 and we can't fault 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.420 them for that. 00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.300 That's just natural. 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.740 The last thing 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.259 is this man, 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.820 he requests of Jesus, 00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.560 he says, 00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.880 let me come with you. 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:18.180 I want to be a disciple 00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.940 and follow you. 00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.140 And you would think 00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.560 to yourself, 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.279 that's a good, 00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:23.440 that's a righteous request. 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.980 That's a good thing. 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.200 And what does Jesus 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.680 tell him? 00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:27.960 No, 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:29.039 you stay here. 00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.860 And I think 00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.700 that would probably hurt 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.480 at the moment 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:32.840 thinking, 00:28:33.060 --> 00:28:34.640 why doesn't he want me? 00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.180 Is it because 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.259 I used to be 00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.360 this devil-possessed 00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:37.799 individual? 00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.580 And I think 00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:40.580 this is what it was. 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:42.320 The man's request 00:28:42.320 --> 00:28:43.279 was motivated 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.799 for love 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.680 of Jesus Christ 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:46.940 because what a testimony 00:28:46.940 --> 00:28:47.600 he had. 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.480 But Jesus knew 00:28:48.480 --> 00:28:49.299 that the man's place 00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.279 was in his own home 00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.940 with his loved ones 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.039 where he could bear witness 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.700 to the Savior. 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.380 After all, 00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.799 effective Christian living 00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.100 must begin at home 00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:59.600 where people know us best. 00:29:00.080 --> 00:29:01.420 If we honor God there, 00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.440 then we can consider 00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.500 offering ourselves 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.160 for service 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.840 elsewhere. 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.680 This man became 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.400 one of the earliest 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.980 missionaries 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.880 to the Gentiles. 00:29:09.620 --> 00:29:10.180 The Bible said 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.520 that he went 00:29:11.520 --> 00:29:12.680 throughout Decapolis, 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.720 another English thing, 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.220 Decc, 00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:15.940 that's ten. 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:18.180 These ten cities 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.960 all clumped together. 00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.560 And if you remember 00:29:20.560 --> 00:29:21.540 when we first read 00:29:21.540 --> 00:29:22.900 when Jesus and the disciples 00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:24.020 showed up to the Gadarenes, 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:26.100 there was one person, 00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:27.220 one welcome wagon. 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.300 We'll look at verse 40. 00:29:29.020 --> 00:29:30.080 And it came to pass 00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:32.180 that when Jesus was returned, 00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.100 the people, 00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:33.980 get this, 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.800 gladly received him 00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:36.800 for they were, 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.500 what's that word? 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.940 God, 00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.799 all waiting for him. 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.880 You think that man 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.519 did his job? 00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.680 It shows right there 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.119 he did. 00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.640 Here we have this guy 00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.420 who's possessed. 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.519 People are like, 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.460 we just want him gone. 00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.680 We've tried binding him up. 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.660 We want him out of here. 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.680 And now, 00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:54.119 he's leading the way 00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:55.660 and everybody's with him. 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.680 And they're happy. 00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.279 They're grateful 00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:58.539 that Jesus is coming back. 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.640 What a testimony. 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.279 That's awesome. 00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:05.220 It gets me to our third point. 00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:07.099 What the saved do 00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.740 for the Savior. 00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:09.559 First off, 00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.740 we see this man's mission 00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.019 was from the Lord. 00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:15.599 His motive was right. 00:30:15.740 --> 00:30:16.339 Let's turn to 00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:18.559 2 Corinthians chapter 5. 00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.740 When I was younger, 00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:24.299 I used to be kind of discouraged 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.419 about my testimony. 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:28.039 It would be called 00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.139 what I would say vanilla. 00:30:29.139 --> 00:30:31.519 I grew up in church 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:32.719 and I got saved. 00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.980 The end. 00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:35.099 And I remember thinking, 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.440 that's not a cool testimony. 00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.900 And I remember 00:30:38.900 --> 00:30:43.759 a guy that I went to Bible college 00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.980 with, 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.900 his testimony was cool. 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:48.660 They even wrote a book about it. 00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.400 And it's, 00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.440 I mean, 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:53.380 he's in a rock and roll band 00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:54.579 and then he goes to jail. 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:57.299 He comes up with this contraption 00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.180 with a shotgun 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:58.940 to get money 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.759 from this guy 00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.180 who rips off drug dealers. 00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:04.019 He goes to solitary for years. 00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:05.039 And I remember thinking, 00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.240 oh, 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.060 that's cool. 00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.279 What a testimony. 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.460 That'll really talk to people. 00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.880 And I remember making 00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:11.080 a comment to him one time. 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.940 I wish I had something like that. 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.320 He's like, 00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:13.640 brother, 00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:16.000 your testimony is amazing. 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:16.700 He's like, 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.880 I wish I had your testimony. 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.180 He's like, 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:20.680 I wish I didn't have to 00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:22.640 have the temptations 00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.680 of the things that I do. 00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.380 And he's like, 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.259 you'll never know that. 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.980 And I got to thinking about that. 00:31:27.019 --> 00:31:27.340 And I was like, 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:27.740 wow, 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.880 that's true. 00:31:29.560 --> 00:31:30.340 And I started taking 00:31:30.340 --> 00:31:31.040 a little more pride 00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:31.680 in my testimony, 00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:32.320 even though I thought 00:31:32.320 --> 00:31:32.900 it was vanilla. 00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.160 And then you read 00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.740 through scripture. 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.480 I think about the blind man. 00:31:37.100 --> 00:31:38.020 What was his testimony? 00:31:38.600 --> 00:31:38.980 He said, 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.780 I don't know. 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.600 I was blind, 00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.840 but now I see. 00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:43.340 What a great testimony. 00:31:44.560 --> 00:31:45.000 He's like, 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.820 I don't know what happened. 00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.760 I just know this man, 00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.160 Jesus, 00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.740 he healed me. 00:31:49.020 --> 00:31:49.760 That's all I know. 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.660 And you know what? 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.520 That's all you need to know. 00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:53.100 You share your testimony. 00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:53.740 If you're out there 00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.820 trying to witness to people, 00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:56.120 that's all you need. 00:31:56.260 --> 00:31:56.940 I'm telling you, 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.800 I'm living proof 00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.980 in the moment. 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.500 God just gives you words 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.379 and you're like, 00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.599 oh, 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.799 this is great stuff. 00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.419 This is good. 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.359 I got to remember this 00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.819 because God gives it to you. 00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.720 If you're out there trying, 00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:08.240 you're doing his will, 00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:09.379 he will equip you. 00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:11.019 That's one of the greatest things. 00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:12.139 God does not call 00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:13.059 equipped people. 00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:15.039 He equips the called. 00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.799 So you don't have to be, 00:32:17.339 --> 00:32:17.779 you know, 00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:19.099 any person 00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:20.259 that has a whole library 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.899 of books. 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.720 You don't have to have 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.779 a college degree 00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.440 behind your name. 00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.819 Just be usable 00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.439 and willing 00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:27.019 and God will do the rest. 00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:28.019 It's awesome. 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.319 All right, 00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:31.720 let's get back to my notes. 00:32:32.419 --> 00:32:33.279 His motive was right. 00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.539 2 Corinthians 5, 00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.759 verse 14 and 15. 00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.119 But their minds 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:38.159 were blinded 00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:39.019 for until this, 00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.359 oh, 00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.700 I'm sorry, 00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.659 that's chapter 3. 00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.559 What's getting right? 00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:42.460 Here we go. 00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:45.139 2 Corinthians 5, 00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:48.299 verses 14 and 15. 00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:49.639 For the love of Christ 00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.539 constraineth us 00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:52.039 because we thus judge 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:53.419 that if one died for all, 00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.420 then we're all dead 00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:56.000 and that he died for all 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.500 that they which live 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.560 should not henceforth 00:32:58.560 --> 00:32:59.560 live unto themselves 00:32:59.560 --> 00:33:00.500 but unto him 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.640 which died for them 00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.840 and rose again. 00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:04.279 Drop down to verse 20. 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.660 It says, 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.600 Now then, 00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:09.220 we are ambassadors for Christ 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.779 as though God 00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:11.080 did beseech you by us. 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.740 We pray you in Christ's stead, 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:14.400 be ye reconciled to God. 00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:17.700 Not only was his motive right, 00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.700 his mission was clear. 00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:20.180 Let's turn to Acts 1, 00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:20.800 verse 8. 00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.320 Many of us know this. 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.899 Acts 1, verse 8. 00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:25.399 But ye shall receive power. 00:33:26.159 --> 00:33:26.539 After that, 00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.139 the Holy Ghost 00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.980 has come upon you 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.919 and ye shall be witnesses 00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:30.220 unto me both in Jerusalem 00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.659 and in all Judea 00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:32.619 and in Samaria 00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.460 and unto the uttermost 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.220 part of the earth. 00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.599 Just if there was 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.500 somebody here wondering, 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.299 once you're saved, 00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:40.179 the Holy Spirit comes in, 00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.399 there's no room 00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:42.240 for anything else. 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:42.759 So, 00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:44.339 saved people cannot be 00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:45.259 devil-possessed. 00:33:45.439 --> 00:33:46.500 If that question 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.220 was floating around, 00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.500 they can't be. 00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:50.099 His mission was clear. 00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.919 Thirdly, 00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.399 his message was life-changing. 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.179 2 Corinthians 5, 00:33:54.639 --> 00:33:56.339 verse 17. 00:33:56.439 --> 00:33:57.240 I'll read this real quick. 00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:57.980 Therefore, 00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:59.419 if any man be in Christ, 00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:01.019 he is a new creature. 00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:02.899 Old things are passed away. 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.259 Behold, 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.500 all things are become new. 00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:06.639 I think for this man, 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:07.740 this verse probably 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.420 would have been 00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.900 even more personal 00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:12.039 because he was a creature. 00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.799 Here he is running around 00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:15.059 without clothes, 00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.019 filthy and dirty, 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.139 cutting himself. 00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:18.579 That'd be terrifying. 00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:20.480 Any of us would be concerned. 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:20.860 We would, 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.360 whoa, 00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.139 what's going on? 00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.739 And the Bible says 00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:25.139 that God can take all of that 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.679 and create you into something new 00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.739 and something beautiful. 00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.920 That was his mission 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.519 from the Lord 00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.420 and now we see his commitment 00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.039 to the Lord. 00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.759 First off, 00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.659 we see his obedience. 00:34:34.199 --> 00:34:36.019 Turn with me to Luke chapter 14. 00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.519 Start in verse 16. 00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.159 It says, 00:34:38.159 --> 00:34:40.039 Then said he unto him, 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:41.779 A certain man made a great supper 00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:42.779 and bade many 00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:44.460 and sent his servant 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.279 at suppertime 00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.299 to say to them 00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.179 that were bidden, 00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:47.659 Come, 00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.960 for all things are now ready. 00:34:49.399 --> 00:34:51.279 And they all with one consent 00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:52.539 began to make excuse. 00:34:52.899 --> 00:34:53.699 The first said unto him, 00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:55.599 I have bought a piece of ground 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:57.379 and I must needs go and see it. 00:34:57.819 --> 00:34:58.699 I pray thee, 00:34:59.339 --> 00:35:00.440 have me excused. 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:01.399 And another said, 00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:03.379 I have bought five yoke of oxen 00:35:03.379 --> 00:35:04.559 and I go to prove them. 00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.219 I pray thee, 00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:06.219 have me excused. 00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:07.259 And another said, 00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:08.500 I have married a wife 00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.939 and therefore I cannot come. 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.719 So that servant came 00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:13.539 and showed his Lord these things. 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.679 Then the master of the house, 00:35:14.799 --> 00:35:15.339 being angry, 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.119 said to the servant, 00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:17.980 Go out quickly into the streets 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.579 and lanes of the city 00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.879 and bring in hither the poor 00:35:20.879 --> 00:35:22.019 and the maimed 00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:23.659 and the halt and the blind. 00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.619 And the servant said, 00:35:24.699 --> 00:35:24.919 Lord, 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.419 it is done as thou hast commanded 00:35:26.419 --> 00:35:27.859 and yet there is room. 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.959 And the Lord said unto the servant, 00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:31.519 Go out into the highways 00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.379 and hedges 00:35:32.379 --> 00:35:33.879 and compel them to come in 00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:36.119 and or that my house 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.739 may be filled. 00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.839 For I say unto you 00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:39.500 that none of those men 00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:40.420 which were bidden 00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.539 shall taste of my supper. 00:35:42.460 --> 00:35:44.199 And there went great multitudes with him 00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:45.739 and he turned and said unto them, 00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:47.139 If any man come to me 00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.259 and hate not his father 00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.799 and his mother 00:35:48.799 --> 00:35:49.359 and his wife 00:35:49.359 --> 00:35:49.859 and his children 00:35:49.859 --> 00:35:50.460 and his brethren 00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.099 and his sisters, 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:51.859 yea, 00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:53.019 in this life also 00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:54.559 he cannot be my disciple. 00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:58.359 So I think about that. 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:00.079 This man had a very clear message. 00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.619 We see he was obedient. 00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.460 He went and told 00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.619 all these people they came. 00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.599 We as Christ's disciples, 00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.699 we're also given this 00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:09.019 to go out to the highways and hedges. 00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:11.219 So many times we look at people 00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.599 and we're like, 00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:11.940 ugh, 00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.699 you know, 00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:14.420 they're not wearing the right clothes 00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:16.000 and they don't talk the right way. 00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:18.779 Those are exactly who Jesus wants 00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:20.119 to be at church with us. 00:36:21.699 --> 00:36:23.380 We see his obedience. 00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.819 We see the opportunity. 00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.480 Turn with me quickly 00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.819 to Acts chapter 5, 00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.839 verse 28, 00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.680 saying, 00:36:30.820 --> 00:36:32.740 Did not we straightly command you 00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:34.320 that ye should not teach in his name? 00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:34.840 And behold, 00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:36.100 ye have filled Jerusalem 00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:37.400 with your doctrine 00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:39.500 and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.539 Then Peter and the other disciples 00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.760 answered and said, 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.960 We ought to obey God 00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:44.960 rather than men. 00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.820 The God of our fathers 00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.700 raised up Jesus, 00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.559 whom ye slew 00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.400 and hanged on a tree. 00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:52.500 Him hath God exalted 00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.360 with his right hand 00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:54.920 to be a prince and a savior 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:56.840 for to give repentance to Israel 00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:58.340 and forgiveness of sins. 00:36:58.340 --> 00:37:00.960 And when we are his witnesses 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.000 of these, 00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:02.880 I'm sorry, 00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.280 I'm going to start 00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.200 in verse 32 again. 00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.460 And we are his witnesses 00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:06.600 of these things 00:37:06.600 --> 00:37:07.760 and so is also 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:09.100 the Holy Ghost 00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:10.579 whom God hath given to them 00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.440 that obey him. 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:14.519 We also have the opportunity, 00:37:15.120 --> 00:37:16.460 when you read that verse 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:16.960 in the Bible 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.780 and it says 00:37:17.780 --> 00:37:18.920 that the fields are white 00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.720 unto harvest, 00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.140 in Scripture, 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.360 in that time, 00:37:23.539 --> 00:37:24.640 the white means 00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:25.300 it's ready. 00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.780 It's ready to be picked. 00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:28.080 It's ready to be, 00:37:28.080 --> 00:37:29.400 you know, 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:30.880 reaped. 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.519 A lot of times, 00:37:33.640 --> 00:37:34.560 it's so easy 00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:35.400 to get discouraged 00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:36.540 when you watch the news 00:37:36.540 --> 00:37:38.660 and you see the craziness 00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.200 and to think, 00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:40.640 oh, no one's heart is open. 00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.860 That's not true. 00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.880 God said their heart 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.960 is open. 00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:44.600 It's white. 00:37:44.720 --> 00:37:45.360 It's ready to harvest. 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:47.780 The only thing God needs 00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:48.960 is willing people 00:37:48.960 --> 00:37:50.560 to go out and pick. 00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.100 So, 00:37:52.040 --> 00:37:53.340 that's my message 00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.100 and I'd ask 00:37:54.100 --> 00:37:55.019 that you'd bow your heads, 00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.640 close your eyes 00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:58.140 as we have the song leader 00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:59.400 come forward. 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.620 If God is working 00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:01.480 in your heart today, 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:03.880 maybe you can say, 00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:04.559 you know, 00:38:04.600 --> 00:38:05.260 I don't know 00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:06.039 Jesus Christ 00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.720 as my Savior, 00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:08.800 but I'd like to. 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.460 I pray that you would 00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.980 come forward 00:38:09.980 --> 00:38:10.820 this morning 00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:12.900 and ask about that, 00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.880 get that taken care of. 00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:16.460 You may be saved already. 00:38:16.640 --> 00:38:17.539 You may be born again. 00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.800 Maybe 00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:21.779 the Lord has spoke to you 00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:23.420 through this sermon 00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.059 and I just pray 00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.719 that you would deal 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.219 with the Lord 00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:29.039 as He's calling to you. 00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:29.779 Dear Heavenly Father, 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.519 I just thank you, God, 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.619 for the stay you've given us. 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.380 Lord, 00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.139 I just ask that you would 00:38:34.139 --> 00:38:35.000 speak to our hearts 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:37.519 as the music 00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.440 is about to begin. 00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.639 Lord, 00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:40.500 I just ask that we would 00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.279 be found faithful 00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:42.539 servants of you. 00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.579 Lord, 00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:45.460 I pray that we would 00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.539 not let any excuses 00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:48.199 into our hearts. 00:38:49.699 --> 00:38:50.059 Lord, 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.920 I just ask that we would 00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.480 want to serve you 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.759 and share others 00:38:53.759 --> 00:38:55.000 what you've done 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.719 in our lives. 00:38:56.340 --> 00:38:56.759 I thank you 00:38:56.759 --> 00:38:57.159 and I love you 00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:57.800 in Jesus' name. 00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.199 Amen.