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 9, starting in verse 2 through 229, and you'll find it in your church Bibles on 1012.

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 So starting at verse 2.

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 After six days, Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him and led them up a high mountain

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 where they were all alone.

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 There he was transfigured before them.

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 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.

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 And there appeared before Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

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 Peter said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here.

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 Let us put up three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

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 He did not know what to say. They were so frightened.

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 Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud.

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 This is my son, whom I love. Listen to him.

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 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.

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 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen

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 until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

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 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what rising from the dead meant.

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 And they asked him, Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?

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 Jesus replied, To be sure, Elijah does come first and restores all things.

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 Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?

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 But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished,

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 just as it is written about him.

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 When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them

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 and the teachers of the law arguing with them.

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 As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him.

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 What are you arguing with them about? he asked.

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 A man in the crowd answered, Teacher, I brought you my son,

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 who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech.

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 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground.

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 He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid.

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 I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.

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 Oh, one believing generation, Jesus replied, How long shall I stay with you?

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 How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.

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 So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy into convulsion.

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 He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth.

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 Jesus asked the boy's father, How long has he been like this?

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 From childhood, he answered.

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 It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him.

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 But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.

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 If you can, said Jesus, everything is possible for him who believes.

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 Immediately, the boy's father exclaimed, I do believe. Help me overcome my unbelief.

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 When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the evil spirit.

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 You deaf and mute spirit, he said, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.

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 The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently, and ran out and came out.

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 The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, He's dead.

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 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.

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 After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, Why couldn't we drive it out?

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 He replied, This kind can come out only by prayer.

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 Thank you.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Almighty God, you sent your Son, the Lord Jesus,

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 to call us out of darkness and into your brilliant light.

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 Help us to understand what that means.

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 And we pray that as we see Jesus in this passage this morning,

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 that we ourselves would understand him better and be able to reflect the light of Christ

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 as we enter into the darkness of the world.

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 Lord, pour out your Spirit upon us and help us.

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 And may not one of us leave this morning

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 without being impacted,

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 without being changed

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 by you today.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, as is our custom, while on holiday,

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 Ethan, Rebecca, and I climbed up a mountain.

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 Some were not as adventurous and took the chairlift.

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 Isn't that right, Kirsty?

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 It was a long struggle,

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 but the experience at the top

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 was breathtaking.

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 The clear skies,

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 the beautiful sunshine,

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 the cool breeze blowing through the trees,

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 the silence,

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 and the panoramic views of the River Rhine

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 meandering down through the valley.

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 I could have stayed there all day,

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 basking under the shade of the trees.

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 It was a spectacular sight.

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 But we soon had to go back down

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 into the valley.

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 The stifling, sweaty heat.

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 The hustle and bustle of the town.

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 Dirty roads and noisy traffic.

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 The contrast could not be greater.

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 I longed to be back on top of the mountain.

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 Well, in Mark's account,

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 we are all taken to the top of a high mountain.

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 There we are to witness

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 the beauty and the brilliance of Jesus.

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 But before we can stay and enjoy it,

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 we are taken down into the valley.

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 And there we experience the darkness

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 and the disorder of the world.

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 The contrast could not be greater.

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 The light of Jesus on the mountain

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 and the darkness of Satan in the valley.

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 How the disciples longed to stay on the mountaintop.

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 But Jesus surprisingly takes them down

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 into the depths of the valley.

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 Let's follow them as they take their journey.

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 First, we are taking up the mountain.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 After six days,

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 Jesus took Peter, James and John with him

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 and led them up a high mountain

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 where they were all alone.

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 And something extraordinary happens.

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 There he was transfigured before them.

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 Literally,

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 the outward appearance of Jesus

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 was completely changed

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 and transformed.

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 Verse 3.

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 His clothes became dazzling white,

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 whiter than anyone in the world

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 could bleach them.

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 The brightness from this pure light

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 was dazzling and blinding.

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 But what was it all about?

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 Well, we should know from the Bible

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 that mountains are always seen

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 as significant places.

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 Primarily, mountains are where God appears

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 and reveals himself to his people

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 because he has something important to say.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 And there appeared before them on the mountain

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 Elijah and Moses

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 who were talking with Jesus.

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 You remember Elijah and Moses,

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 the great prophets,

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 the great leaders from the past.

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 They had both had their mountaintop experience.

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 They had both met God on a mountain.

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 God had come down to them

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 and spoken to them

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 and through these prophets

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 displayed his awesome power

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 as they went out to lead the people.

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 But now,

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 the focus is all on Jesus.

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 Elijah and Moses

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 are now in the presence of Jesus.

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 They were only a picture

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 of God's chosen king

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 who was to come.

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 So can we begin to see

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 what this is?

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 God is saying that Jesus

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 is my promised king

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 with supreme authority

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 and absolute power.

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 Verse 7.

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 Then a cloud appeared

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 and enveloped them

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 and a voice came from the cloud.

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 This is my son

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 whom I love.

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 Listen to him.

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 It's all about Jesus.

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 He is the light

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 who has come to dispel

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 the darkness.

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 He is the one to restore

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 and to renew.

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 Peter later writes

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 what he experienced

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 on this mountain.

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 The quote is there

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 for you on the screen.

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 This is what he says.

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 We were eyewitnesses

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 of his majesty.

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 For he received

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 honour and glory

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 from God the Father

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 when the voice

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 came to him

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 from the majestic glory

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 saying,

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 This is my son

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 whom I love.

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 With him

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 I am well pleased.

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 The majestic king

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 with all power

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 and all authority

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 Jesus is.

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 But they're in

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 for a surprise.

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 Look at verse 9.

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 As they were coming

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 down the mountain

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 Jesus gave them orders

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 not to tell anyone

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 what they had seen

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 until the Son of Man

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 had risen from the dead.

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 Jesus is the Son of Man.

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 The Son of Man

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 is a title

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 which signifies

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 his universal rule

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 his unrivaled power.

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 And now he's talking

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 about rising

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 from the dead

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 which means

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 only one thing

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 doesn't it?

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 If you're going

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 to rise from the dead

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 it means you have

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 to die first.

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 The disciples

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 were clearly

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 confused.

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 Verse 10.

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 They kept the matter

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 to themselves

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 discussing

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 what rising

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 from the dead

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 meant.

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 I mean we've just

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 seen him up

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 on the mountain.

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 This majestic king

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 with all glory

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 and honour

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 the brilliance

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 and the brightness.

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 He's the one

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 who's to come

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 with the armies

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 from heaven

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 to destroy

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 the enemy.

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 What's he talking

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 about dying for?

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 Kings don't die

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 when they're going

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 into battle.

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 Verse 11.

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 And they asked him

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 why did the teachers

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 of the law

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 say that Elijah

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 must come first?

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 They knew their

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 Bibles well

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 and they knew

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 that the scriptures

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 taught that

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 the promise

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 had been made

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 that there was

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 an Elijah type

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 prophet who was

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 going to come again

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 and restore

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 and put everything

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 that was right

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 and put everything

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 good into order

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 and he was going

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 to prepare the way

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 for God's promised

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 king who was going

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 to establish

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 his perfect kingdom

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 and everything

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 was all beginning

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 to match up.

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 The pieces of the puzzle

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 were all together.

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 They've just seen

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 Elijah on the mountain

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 and Jesus is obviously

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 this great king

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 so why on earth

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 is he talking

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 about having to die?

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 That piece

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 doesn't fit.

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 Well Jesus explains

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 it all to us

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 verse 12.

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 Jesus replied

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 to be sure

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 Elijah does come first

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 and restores

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 all things.

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 Why then

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 is it written

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 that the son of man

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 must suffer much

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 and be rejected?

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 Oh yes

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 you're quite right

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 he says

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 the scriptures

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 look forward

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 to an Elijah

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 who's going to restore

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 and prepare the way

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 for the king

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 but read the rest

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 of your Bibles

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 he says

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 because the scriptures

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 also talk about

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 the king

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 who will have to suffer

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 the king who will be

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 rejected

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 and die.

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 He's already told them

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 that but they don't

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 seem to get it

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 into their heads.

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 Chapter 8

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 verse 31

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 just back a few verses

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 chapter 8

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 verse 31

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 Jesus began

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 to teach them

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 that the son of man

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 must suffer

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 many things

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 and be rejected

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 by the elders

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 the chief priests

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 and the teachers

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 of the law

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 and that he must

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 be killed

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 and after three days

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 rise again.

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 Jesus is saying

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 to them

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 and to us

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 I am the one

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 with all power

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 and all authority

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 but the way

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 that full

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 complete restoration

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 is going to come

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 is not through

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 the waving

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 of a sword

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 but through

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 my suffering

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 and death

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 on a cross.

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 He says

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 if you are to

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 share in my glory

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 if you want

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 to be part

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 of my kingdom

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 if you want

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 this mountaintop

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 experience

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 to last

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 for all eternity

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 if that's

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 what you're after

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 I've got to die

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 I've got to die

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 but that was not

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 the only shock

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 look at verse 13

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 he says

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 I tell you

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 Elijah has come

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 and they have

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 done to him

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 everything they wished

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 just as it is

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 written about him

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 Elijah had come

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 Elijah was the

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 John the Baptist

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 character

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 that we met

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 in chapter 1

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 he was the one

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 who came

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 to prepare

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 the way

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 for the coming

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 of Jesus

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 and what happened

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 to John the Baptist

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 well his brutal death

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 has gone down

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 in history

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 everybody knows

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 what happened

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 to him

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 he was sent

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 to the executioner

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 and beheaded

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 you see

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 like the disciples

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 we much prefer

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 to stay

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 on the mountain

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 don't we

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 where everything

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 is bright

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 and beautiful

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 and perfect

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 like Peter

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 we want to set up

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 our little shelters

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 and we want to

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 stay there

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 and to

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 take it all in

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 and just to

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 enjoy it all

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 we want to

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 stay and rest

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 in the beauty

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 and the brilliance

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 of it

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 we want the glory

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 now

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 we want

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 everything to be

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 bright

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 and beautiful

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 now

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 we want

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 all the suffering

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 and the evil

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 to go

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 now

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 but says

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 Jesus

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 the glory

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 is going

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 to come

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 my kingdom

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 will be

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 established

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 but we must

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 prepare

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 to suffer

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 first

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 John the Baptist

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 suffered

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 I'm going

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 to suffer

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 and if you

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 follow me

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 you too

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 will suffer

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 we can't

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 stay on this

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 mountain

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 we must

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 go into

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 the valley

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 of darkness

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 and confront

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 the forces

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 of evil

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 with the light

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 the glory

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 is going

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 to come

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 but suffering

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 comes first

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 so

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 they venture

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 off the mountain

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 and down

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 into the valley

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 of darkness

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 verse 14

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 when they came

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 to the other

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 disciples

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 they saw

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 a large crowd

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 around them

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 and the teachers

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 of the law

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 arguing with them

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 as soon as all the people

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 saw Jesus

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 they were overwhelmed

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 with wonder

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 and ran to greet him

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 was there something

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 about the brightness

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 of Jesus

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 still there

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 what are you

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 arguing with them

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 about

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 he asked

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 clearly

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 there's a problem

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 and no one

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 seems to be able

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 to do anything

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 about it

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 verse 17

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 a man

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 in the crowd

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 answered

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 teacher

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 I brought

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 you my son

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 who is possessed

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 of a spirit

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 that has robbed

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 him of speech

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 this is no

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 ordinary

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 sickness

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 in this case

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 it is very specific

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 it is the work

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 and influence

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 of an evil spirit

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 and it has left

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 a young boy

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 on the edge

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 of death

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 and it has left

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 his father

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 full of fear

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 verse 18

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 whenever it

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 seizes him

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 it throws him

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 to the ground

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 he foams

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 at the mouth

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 gnashes his teeth

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 and becomes rigid

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 it's a desperate

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 hopeless

00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:55.040
 situation

00:18:55.040 --> 00:18:56.720
 something

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.820
 this poor family

00:18:57.820 --> 00:18:58.540
 have lived with

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 through their

00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.040
 whole life

00:19:00.040 --> 00:19:01.860
 down at verse 21

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:05.340
 Jesus asked

00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:06.160
 the boy's father

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.440
 how long

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.040
 has the child

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 been like this

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 from childhood

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 he answered

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 it has often

00:19:16.800 --> 00:19:17.400
 thrown him

00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:18.259
 into the fire

00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.700
 or into the water

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 to kill him

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 the evil spirit

00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:26.519
 is destructive

00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:28.419
 and death

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 threatening

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 and the problem

00:19:31.879 --> 00:19:32.599
 to them all

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.039
 is this

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.719
 go back up

00:19:33.719 --> 00:19:34.219
 to the end

00:19:34.219 --> 00:19:35.240
 of verse 18

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 I asked

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.980
 your disciples

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.959
 to drive out

00:19:39.959 --> 00:19:40.599
 the spirit

00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:42.199
 but they could

00:19:42.199 --> 00:19:42.659
 not

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:47.960
 the boy

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:49.740
 the parents

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:51.540
 and now

00:19:51.540 --> 00:19:52.240
 the disciples

00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.800
 are left

00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.380
 facing the

00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:54.240
 reality of a

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.680
 broken

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.420
 and disordered

00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:56.920
 world

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:58.560
 which they

00:19:58.560 --> 00:19:59.000
 can do

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.900
 nothing about

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:01.940
 they are

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.580
 confronted

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.160
 with the

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.759
 darkness

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.920
 of evil

00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:06.320
 and the

00:20:06.320 --> 00:20:07.040
 destructive

00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:07.820
 work

00:20:07.820 --> 00:20:08.660
 of Satan

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:10.940
 and they

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:11.920
 are completely

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:13.100
 hopeless

00:20:13.100 --> 00:20:20.300
 isn't this

00:20:20.300 --> 00:20:20.940
 the world

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:22.480
 we live in

00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.880
 broken

00:20:23.880 --> 00:20:25.259
 and disordered

00:20:25.259 --> 00:20:27.180
 isn't this

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.900
 what we see

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.940
 and experience

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.060
 all around us

00:20:30.060 --> 00:20:32.100
 the images

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.960
 that we've seen

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.779
 on the television

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.460
 this week

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.740
 the violence

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.740
 and the bloodshed

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.840
 that is crippling

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:39.259
 Egypt and Syria

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:41.439
 men

00:20:41.439 --> 00:20:41.879
 women

00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:42.679
 and children

00:20:42.679 --> 00:20:43.839
 maimed

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:45.039
 blown apart

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:46.000
 poisoned

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:49.699
 the hundreds

00:20:49.699 --> 00:20:50.419
 of thousands

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:51.220
 of children

00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:52.059
 who have been

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.919
 subject to

00:20:52.919 --> 00:20:53.639
 slavery

00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.679
 working in

00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:55.720
 the sweatshops

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:57.220
 others who've

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.859
 been sold

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.439
 into the

00:20:58.439 --> 00:20:59.419
 sex industry

00:20:59.419 --> 00:21:04.159
 the brutal

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:04.819
 regime

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.259
 of a

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.000
 North Korea

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.519
 or a

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.319
 Zimbabwe

00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:08.039
 that have

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.319
 left

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.919
 countless

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.939
 millions

00:21:09.939 --> 00:21:11.220
 in poverty

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:13.099
 ruined

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:13.960
 and broken

00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:17.939
 and then

00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:18.399
 think of

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:19.079
 the countless

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.939
 acts of

00:21:19.939 --> 00:21:21.079
 unreported

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.679
 murder

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:24.599
 rape

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:27.740
 all kinds

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.519
 of abuse

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.700
 corruption

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:32.700
 and greed

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:34.200
 breaking

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:35.100
 and destroying

00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:36.059
 individual

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:36.700
 lives

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:37.480
 ruining

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.220
 families

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.460
 and

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.160
 relationships

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.920
 every

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.600
 single

00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:41.080
 day

00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:44.779
 and yes

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.440
 people are

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.200
 responsible

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:48.500
 but behind

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.000
 it all

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.759
 stands the

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.360
 sinister

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:50.980
 work

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.080
 of

00:21:52.080 --> 00:21:52.700
 Satan

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:55.200
 God

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.799
 the Bible

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.799
 tells us

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.759
 that our

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.299
 struggle

00:21:59.299 --> 00:22:00.400
 see it on

00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:00.900
 the screen

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.180
 there

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.920
 our struggle

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.460
 is not

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:02.900
 against

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.480
 flesh

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.240
 and blood

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.140
 but against

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.819
 the rulers

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:08.519
 against the

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.240
 authorities

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:11.120
 against the

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:12.059
 powers of

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:12.980
 this dark

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.680
 world

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:15.380
 and against

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.200
 the spiritual

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.460
 forces of

00:22:17.460 --> 00:22:17.980
 evil

00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:23.840
 now we

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.220
 must be

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.079
 very careful

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:26.559
 not to

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.059
 assign

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.519
 every

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.019
 illness

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.840
 and sickness

00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:30.200
 to an

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.420
 evil

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.039
 spirit

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:34.220
 does my

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.720
 daughter

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.160
 Rebecca

00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.600
 have an

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:35.819
 evil

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.420
 spirit

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:38.500
 is that

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.960
 why she

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.519
 is deaf

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:41.420
 no

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:43.799
 we

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.340
 simply

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:44.799
 live

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.240
 in a

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.579
 world

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.039
 that is

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.600
 broken

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.819
 where

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.539
 disease

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.259
 and

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.899
 disorder

00:22:49.899 --> 00:22:50.659
 and

00:22:50.659 --> 00:22:51.219
 death

00:22:51.219 --> 00:22:51.819
 and

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.019
 the

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.500
 darkness

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.039
 of

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.519
 evil

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.279
 is at

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:54.679
 work

00:22:54.679 --> 00:22:55.579
 all

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.159
 around

00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:56.779
 us

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:58.579
 and

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:58.879
 like

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.079
 the

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.639
 disciples

00:22:59.639 --> 00:23:00.119
 in the

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.439
 face

00:23:00.439 --> 00:23:00.740
 of it

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.179
 we

00:23:01.179 --> 00:23:01.359
 are

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:02.119
 powerless

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:04.519
 to do

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.859
 anything

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.240
 about

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.579
 it

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:13.019
 well

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.159
 the

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:13.439
 reason

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:13.819
 Jesus

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.199
 came

00:23:14.199 --> 00:23:14.500
 down

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.759
 into

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:14.939
 the

00:23:14.939 --> 00:23:15.219
 valley

00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.940
 was to

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.480
 confront

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.980
 the

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.440
 forces

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.039
 of evil

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.839
 full on

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:21.559
 the

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.339
 brilliance

00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.380
 and the

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:23.839
 brightness

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:25.440
 of God's

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.860
 king

00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:27.880
 has come

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.740
 down to

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.380
 deal with

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:30.100
 the darkness

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:30.980
 and the

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.579
 disorder

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.500
 of

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.120
 Satan

00:23:33.120 --> 00:23:34.600
 look at

00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.480
 verse 19

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:37.160
 let's read

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:38.259
 and let's get

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.120
 this story

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.900
 what's happening

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.440
 here

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.960
 oh

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:43.019
 unbelieving

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.880
 generation

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:45.160
 Jesus

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.779
 replied

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:47.500
 how long

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.019
 shall I

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.380
 stay

00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.900
 with you

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:50.580
 how long

00:23:50.580 --> 00:23:51.100
 shall I

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.600
 put up

00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:52.120
 with you

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:54.320
 bring the

00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:54.779
 boy to

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.080
 me

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:55.660
 come

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.559
 come here

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.299
 come here

00:23:57.299 --> 00:24:00.340
 so they

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:00.940
 brought him

00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:02.799
 and when the

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.140
 spirit

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.580
 saw

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.160
 Jesus

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.240
 it

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.019
 immediately

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.559
 threw the

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:07.100
 boy into

00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.779
 a convulsion

00:24:07.779 --> 00:24:08.759
 the spirit

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.539
 could see

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.480
 that in

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:10.859
 Jesus

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.799
 was supreme

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.420
 authority

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.859
 and absolute

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.460
 power

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:16.740
 and he

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.480
 fell to the

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.799
 ground

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.319
 and rolled

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.700
 around

00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.279
 foaming

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.579
 at the

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:19.920
 mouth

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:22.879
 Jesus

00:24:22.879 --> 00:24:23.440
 asked the

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.779
 boy's

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.119
 father

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:26.660
 how long

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.079
 has he been

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.759
 like this

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:30.700
 from

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.399
 childhood

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:33.099
 he answered

00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.619
 it

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:34.639
 it

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:34.779
 has

00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.059
 often

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.439
 thrown

00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.639
 him

00:24:35.639 --> 00:24:35.839
 into

00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:36.039
 the

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.379
 fire

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.839
 and water

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.319
 to kill

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:37.599
 him

00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:39.000
 but if

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.319
 you can

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.539
 do

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.259
 anything

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.359
 take

00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.019
 pity

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.879
 on us

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.539
 and help

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:44.000
 us

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:47.619
 if you

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.219
 can

00:24:48.219 --> 00:24:50.019
 if you

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.679
 can

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:51.799
 said

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.219
 Jesus

00:24:52.219 --> 00:24:54.119
 everything

00:24:54.119 --> 00:24:55.099
 is possible

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.259
 for him

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.399
 who believes

00:24:57.399 --> 00:25:00.259
 Jesus

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.159
 invitation

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.980
 to this

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.700
 hopeless

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.800
 and helpless

00:25:03.800 --> 00:25:04.460
 and broken

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:05.040
 father

00:25:05.040 --> 00:25:05.880
 is just

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.279
 to say

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.759
 to him

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:08.259
 believe

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:11.180
 trust

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.840
 in who

00:25:11.840 --> 00:25:12.640
 Jesus

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.279
 claims

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.740
 to be

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.200
 that he

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.840
 is the

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.300
 God

00:25:15.300 --> 00:25:15.740
 man

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:15.980
 with

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.640
 absolute

00:25:16.640 --> 00:25:17.220
 power

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.440
 and supreme

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.060
 authority

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:20.240
 he is

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.960
 the majestic

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.500
 king

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.660
 who rules

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.500
 and who

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:25.279
 reigns

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:27.460
 verse 24

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.500
 immediately

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.279
 the boy's

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.340
 father exclaims

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:30.879
 oh I

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.419
 do

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:32.119
 believe

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:34.339
 help me

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.159
 overcome

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.539
 my

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.619
 unbelief

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:39.139
 you see

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:39.619
 it's not

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.159
 about the

00:25:40.159 --> 00:25:40.919
 measure of

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.579
 his faith

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.899
 or even

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.599
 the quality

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.059
 of his

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.480
 faith

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:46.039
 it's not

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.779
 anything to

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.159
 do with

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.679
 us but

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.559
 who

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:51.019
 we have

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.779
 faith in

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.339
 where we

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.059
 place our

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:55.119
 faith in

00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:55.819
 this world

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:57.039
 that's what's

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.599
 important

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:59.179
 and Jesus

00:25:59.179 --> 00:25:59.759
 is making

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.299
 it clear

00:26:00.299 --> 00:26:00.939
 to us

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.659
 and to

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.159
 the father

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.559
 here

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.279
 it's not

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.899
 about you

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.339
 it's not

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.879
 about your

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.459
 ability

00:26:05.459 --> 00:26:07.179
 it's all

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:08.259
 about me

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.159
 and what I

00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.839
 am able

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.459
 to do

00:26:10.459 --> 00:26:11.480
 and what I

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.179
 am willing

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.879
 to do

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.279
 for you

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.179
 this is why

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.639
 I have

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.219
 come

00:26:15.219 --> 00:26:16.079
 do you not

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.939
 understand

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:18.459
 oh unbelieving

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:19.240
 generation

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:24.000
 verse 25

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.819
 when Jesus

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.620
 saw that a

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.200
 crowd was

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.740
 running to

00:26:28.740 --> 00:26:29.259
 the scene

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.420
 he rebuked

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.900
 the evil

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.400
 spirit

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.500
 you deaf

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.980
 and mute

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.579
 spirit

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.380
 he said

00:26:34.380 --> 00:26:35.519
 I command

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.980
 you come

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.440
 out of him

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.000
 and never

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.599
 enter him

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:37.960
 again

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:41.380
 the spirit

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.059
 shrieked

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.799
 convulsed him

00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.240
 violently

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.900
 and came

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.240
 out

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:47.539
 the boy

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.220
 looked so

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.880
 much like a

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.220
 corpse

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.799
 that many

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.160
 said

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.740
 he's dead

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:54.660
 but Jesus

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.180
 took him

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.519
 by the

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.000
 hand

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:58.279
 and lifted

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.920
 him to

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.559
 his feet

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:01.039
 and he

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.960
 stood up

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:04.860
 the little

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:06.200
 broken

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.680
 boy

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:08.759
 renewed

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:10.720
 and restored

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.360
 running

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.779
 and playing

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:15.460
 and talking

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.500
 talking

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.420
 for the

00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.220
 first time

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:20.339
 the light

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.480
 has come

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.559
 and the

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.039
 darkness

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:24.460
 has gone

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.779
 and life

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.600
 reigns

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.600
 where death

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.440
 once

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:29.360
 threatened

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:37.539
 one of my

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:38.639
 favorite scenes

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.740
 from the

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.219
 lord of the

00:27:40.219 --> 00:27:40.439
 rings

00:27:40.439 --> 00:27:41.039
 trilogy

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.839
 is the

00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.339
 battle at

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.819
 helms

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.299
 deep

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:46.000
 you may

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.740
 remember that

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.379
 scene

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:49.359
 surrounded by

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.039
 the evil

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.019
 forces of

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.619
 Sauron

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.679
 they're

00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:53.500
 fighting for

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.259
 their survival

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:56.519
 and then

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.220
 Aragorn

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:59.420
 he remembers

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.220
 the words

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.259
 of Gandalf

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:04.859
 look to

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.640
 my coming

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.559
 at first

00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.079
 light

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:08.220
 on the

00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.900
 fifth day

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:10.339
 at dawn

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:11.460
 look to

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.700
 the east

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:14.019
 and then

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.799
 as they ride

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.339
 out into

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.000
 the battle

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.740
 this light

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.480
 appears

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.599
 on top of

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.160
 the mountain

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:22.740
 and Gandalf

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.320
 is there

00:28:23.320 --> 00:28:24.019
 in his

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.680
 brilliant

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.900
 dazzling

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.840
 white

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:28.040
 light

00:28:28.040 --> 00:28:30.300
 and his

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:31.220
 white horse

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.880
 and he

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.920
 rides down

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.480
 the mountain

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.460
 into the

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.820
 valley

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:37.200
 and his

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.980
 brightness

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:39.360
 blinds the

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.519
 evil forces

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:42.700
 and they're

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.220
 defeated

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:48.180
 well Jesus

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.220
 came from

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.860
 the mountain

00:28:49.860 --> 00:28:51.680
 down

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.360
 into

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:53.519
 the valley

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:56.339
 but ultimately

00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:58.140
 Jesus has

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.819
 come down

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.259
 from the

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.000
 glory of

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.420
 heaven

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:02.620
 to this

00:29:02.620 --> 00:29:02.980
 sin

00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:03.720
 broken

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.819
 world

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:06.519
 his journey

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.039
 was going

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.720
 to take him

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.460
 into a much

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:09.680
 darker valley

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.480
 to the

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.980
 cross

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.819
 itself

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:13.039
 and there

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.720
 at the

00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.159
 cross

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:15.200
 he defeated

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.099
 the power

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.980
 of sin

00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:18.079
 and death

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.740
 and the

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.139
 one who

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.920
 holds the

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.579
 power of

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:20.839
 death

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.700
 Satan

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.700
 himself

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.879
 he destroys

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.579
 it once

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:25.000
 and for

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.420
 all

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:27.440
 and three

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:28.200
 days later

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:29.099
 he proved

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.779
 his victory

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.920
 by rising

00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:31.359
 from the

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.680
 dead

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.659
 and promised

00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.279
 to return

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.639
 again

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.399
 that is

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.940
 why he

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.379
 had to

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.740
 die

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:41.240
 the story

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.819
 invites

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.220
 us

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:44.500
 to put

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.279
 our trust

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.380
 in the

00:29:46.380 --> 00:29:46.860
 light

00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:48.000
 of who

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.400
 Jesus

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.960
 is

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.339
 look at

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.180
 verse 28

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:54.160
 after

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.620
 Jesus

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.180
 had gone

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.860
 indoors

00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.759
 his

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.279
 disciples

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.880
 asked him

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.360
 privately

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.500
 why

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.440
 why

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.920
 couldn't

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.339
 we

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.200
 drive it

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.579
 out

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:05.259
 Jesus

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.860
 replied

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.879
 this

00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.419
 kind

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:08.579
 can

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:08.859
 come

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.119
 out

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:09.519
 only

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.799
 by

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.279
 prayer

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:12.319
 you

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.559
 see

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.179
 prayer

00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.799
 is

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.000
 the

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.539
 means

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.039
 by

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:15.399
 which

00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.659
 we

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:16.359
 express

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.759
 our

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.379
 faith

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.639
 it is

00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:19.339
 a cry

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.599
 of

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.579
 desperation

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.319
 an

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.959
 expression

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.379
 of our

00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:22.719
 trust

00:30:22.719 --> 00:30:23.159
 that the

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:23.599
 power

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.139
 is not

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:24.359
 in

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.899
 ourselves

00:30:24.899 --> 00:30:25.519
 but

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:25.839
 it's

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.199
 in

00:30:26.199 --> 00:30:27.079
 God's

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.399
 son

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.980
 and we

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.259
 must

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.800
 follow the

00:30:29.800 --> 00:30:30.280
 example

00:30:30.280 --> 00:30:30.660
 of the

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.120
 struggling

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.660
 father

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.480
 who said

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.860
 in verse

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.580
 24

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.580
 I do

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.460
 believe

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:37.540
 but help

00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:38.180
 me overcome

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.300
 my unbelief

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:41.800
 faith is

00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.540
 recognizing

00:30:42.540 --> 00:30:43.000
 our

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.800
 weakness

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.620
 our

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:45.320
 frailty

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:46.140
 and our

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.660
 inability

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.900
 and asking

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.720
 God

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.480
 for the

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.880
 ability

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.560
 to trust

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:51.040
 in him

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:51.360
 alone

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:51.960
 who is

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.540
 able to

00:30:52.540 --> 00:30:53.060
 restore

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:53.300
 the

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:54.000
 brokenness

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.920
 and renew

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.160
 the

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.759
 disorder

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:58.079
 we

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.779
 live

00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.339
 in a

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.799
 dark

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.859
 and broken

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.440
 world

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:05.240
 and we

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.599
 know

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.140
 people

00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.819
 who are

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.319
 facing

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.640
 the

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.099
 darkness

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.779
 and are

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.539
 in it

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.339
 yet

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:11.839
 Jesus

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.640
 has come

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:14.180
 to save

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.700
 us

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.519
 and to

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.920
 rescue

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.519
 us

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.599
 and his

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.319
 invitation

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.960
 to us

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.319
 is to

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.079
 cry out

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.680
 in prayer

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:22.440
 and to

00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.000
 trust in

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.200
 him

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.559
 alone

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:28.220
 of course

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.679
 that does

00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.279
 not mean

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.179
 that every

00:31:30.179 --> 00:31:30.859
 illness

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:32.639
 will be

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.139
 healed

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:35.159
 or that

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:36.079
 every act

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.639
 will be

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.259
 overcome

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.619
 immediately

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:41.019
 but what it

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.899
 does tell us

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.599
 for sure

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:44.139
 is that he

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:45.500
 will heal

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.500
 all sickness

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:48.379
 and he

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:49.359
 will banish

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.259
 all evil

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.679
 when he

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.539
 comes again

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.139
 in his

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.619
 glory

00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:55.859
 and from

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.559
 the darkness

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.239
 of the

00:31:57.239 --> 00:31:57.599
 valley

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.599
 where we

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.219
 walk

00:31:59.219 --> 00:32:00.819
 we are

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.359
 people

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.699
 of faith

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:04.259
 who continue

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:05.039
 to cry

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.559
 out in

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:05.939
 faith

00:32:05.939 --> 00:32:06.779
 and look

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.779
 forward in

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.199
 faith

00:32:08.199 --> 00:32:09.619
 to his

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.079
 coming

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:12.059
 we long

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.500
 for the

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.859
 day

00:32:12.859 --> 00:32:14.000
 when Jesus

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.159
 appears in

00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:16.079
 his brilliant

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:17.199
 dazzling

00:32:17.199 --> 00:32:17.779
 light

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:19.039
 just as he

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.599
 did on the

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:19.959
 mountain

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:22.039
 on that

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.460
 day

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.000
 we will

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:23.620
 watch

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.480
 and the

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.900
 light

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.779
 of glory

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.140
 will banish

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.860
 the forces

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.620
 of darkness

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.539
 once and for

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.960
 all

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:31.799
 the light

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.600
 will rid

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.759
 the suffering

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:35.160
 and the evil

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:36.460
 will be gone

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:39.079
 and all

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.880
 who follow

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:40.380
 him

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:42.059
 and all

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.519
 who have

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.319
 trusted in

00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:43.740
 him and

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.460
 cried out

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.000
 like the

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.779
 father here

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.579
 will share

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:47.980
 in his

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.539
 glory

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.059
 for all

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.660
 eternity

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:54.299
 the glory

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.700
 of the

00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.220
 mountain

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.940
 is

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.920
 coming

00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:01.180
 but for

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.539
 now

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:03.740
 we walk

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.200
 through the

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.660
 darkness

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.920
 of the

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.220
 valley

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:09.559
 and as

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:10.140
 we walk

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.559
 in this

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.039
 darkness

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.740
 we shine

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.319
 the light

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:14.640
 of the

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:15.099
 gospel

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:16.019
 of Jesus

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.639
 Christ

00:33:16.639 --> 00:33:18.579
 we bring

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.279
 the hope

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:21.180
 the only

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.940
 one who

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.460
 can deal

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.119
 with it

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:25.079
 and pray

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:26.879
 that people

00:33:26.879 --> 00:33:27.339
 will put

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:28.119
 their trust

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:29.519
 in him

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:31.579
 lord

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:34.240
 i do

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.859
 believe

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:37.039
 help me

00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.799
 overcome

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.980
 my unbelief

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:42.160
 let's pray

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:56.279
 father

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.860
 each one

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.180
 of us

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:57.500
 here

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.019
 has

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.279
 our

00:33:59.279 --> 00:33:59.540
 own

00:33:59.540 --> 00:34:00.100
 stories

00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.860
 to tell

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:04.060
 of

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.400
 very

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:05.040
 difficult

00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.960
 situations

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.500
 that

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:08.480
 friends

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.900
 are in

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.579
 or family

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.019
 are in

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:11.639
 or perhaps

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.139
 we are

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.400
 in

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:15.880
 and we

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.199
 walk

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.699
 through the

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.019
 valley

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.599
 of the

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.000
 darkness

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:20.480
 and we

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.159
 cry out

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.759
 afresh

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:25.079
 lord i do

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.559
 believe

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:27.659
 help me

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:28.059
 overcome

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.099
 my unbelief

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:31.079
 help me

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.539
 to look

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.900
 with the

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.300
 eye of

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.719
 faith

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:34.039
 to the

00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:34.360
 coming

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.079
 of christ

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:36.139
 in all

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.400
 his

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.860
 brightness

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.619
 and glory

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:39.799
 where he

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.679
 will dispel

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.279
 once and

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.819
 for all

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:43.559
 all evil

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:45.159
 satan

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.460
 will be

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.099
 no more

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:47.599
 sickness

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.360
 and suffering

00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:48.739
 will be

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.039
 gone

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 father help

00:34:52.779 --> 00:34:53.440
 us to keep

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.079
 walking in

00:34:54.079 --> 00:34:54.480
 faith

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:56.299
 and to

00:34:56.299 --> 00:34:56.920
 trust you

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:59.380
 and please

00:34:59.380 --> 00:34:59.699
 will you

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.380
 help us

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:01.619
 as we

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.159
 walk out

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.659
 into this

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.099
 world

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:05.819
 please help

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.259
 us to

00:35:06.259 --> 00:35:07.099
 point people

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.880
 to jesus

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:10.440
 may they

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.219
 find in

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.559
 him

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:13.880
 one who

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.139
 has

00:35:14.139 --> 00:35:14.839
 compassion

00:35:14.839 --> 00:35:16.480
 and one

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:16.920
 who has

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.440
 mercy

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:19.480
 and one

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.839
 who will

00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:20.299
 help

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:22.119
 because he

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.299
 is able

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:28.079
 come lord

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.559
 jesus

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.059
 come

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:32.059
 amen

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:34.440
 he

00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:35.779
 he

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.780
 Amen.