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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Thank you all. Can you pray with me?

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 Father, that's the desire of our hearts, the prayer of our hearts this morning,

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 that you would make us more like Jesus.

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 Our beautiful, glorious Savior, that as we learn of Him, as we sit with Him,

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 that you would make us more like Him, that we would love the way He loves.

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 We would trust you the way He trusts you.

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 We would be kind and gracious and merciful and full of grace and truth.

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 Father, would you make us that way, even as we come to your word this morning.

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 Holy Spirit, would you do that work in our hearts.

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 For Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 Turn with me this morning to Luke chapter 8.

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 Luke 8 is on page 864 of the Bible in the pew in front of you.

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 We've been gone from Luke for a few weeks now,

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 so let me reorient us briefly as we jump back in.

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 Luke here is in the midst of giving us his well-researched,

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 well-researched, historical account of the life and times of Jesus.

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 He's been telling us all about the one who has come,

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 whose coming means good news of great joy for all people.

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 Because Jesus brings a kingdom,

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 a kingdom that upends the world's value system,

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 turns it on its head.

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 A kingdom and a community that pulls outsiders into the midst of what he's doing.

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 Most recently, Jesus has been teaching about that kingdom.

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 He's been talking about what it means to follow him,

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 to be a part of his community.

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 Through the parable of the sower,

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 reminding us, instructing us to hear his words and do them.

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 In the rest of chapter 8 that we're going to pick up in the middle of this morning,

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 we're going to see four miracles,

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 four stories where Jesus puts his amazing power on display.

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 We're going to look at the first two this morning,

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 the next two next time.

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 But these are stories that Luke tells to reveal more of who Jesus is

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 and to teach us more of what it means to follow him.

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 Two really remarkable stories,

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 one of which we've already talked about with the kids.

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 As I read, try to put yourself in the shoes of the disciples

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 who are walking with Jesus in these stories.

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 Notice first what it is that Jesus does

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 and then how people respond to his incredible deeds.

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 Luke 8, we'll start reading at verse 22.

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 One day he got into a boat with his disciples and he said to them,

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 let us go across to the other side of the lake.

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 So they set out and as they sailed, he fell asleep.

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 And a windstorm came down on the lake and they were filling with water and were in danger.

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 And they went and woke him saying,

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 Master, Master, we are perishing.

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 And he woke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves.

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 And they ceased and there was a calm.

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 He said to them, where is your faith?

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 And they were afraid.

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 And they marveled, saying to one another,

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 Who then is this that he commands even winds and water?

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 And they obey him.

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 Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee.

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 When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons.

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 For a long time he had worn no clothes and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs.

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 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice,

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 What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?

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 I beg you, do not torment me.

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 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man.

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 For many a time it had seized him.

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 He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles,

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 but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.

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 Jesus then asked him,

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 What is your name?

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 And he said,

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 Legion.

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 For many demons had entered him.

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 And they begged him not to command them to depart into the abyss.

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 Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside,

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 and they begged him to let them enter these.

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 So he gave them permission.

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 Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs,

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 and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and were drowned.

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 When the herdsmen saw what had happened,

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 they fled and told it in the city and in the country.

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 Then people went out to see what had happened,

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 and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone,

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 sitting at the feet of Jesus,

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 clothed and in his right mind,

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 and they were afraid.

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 And those who had seen it told them how the demon-possessed man had been healed.

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 Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes

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 asked him to depart from them,

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 for they were seized with great fear.

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 So he got into the boat and returned.

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 The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him,

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 but Jesus sent him away saying,

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 return to your home and declare how much God has done for you.

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 And he went away,

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 proclaiming throughout the whole city

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 how much Jesus had done for him.

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 Thus far God's holy,

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 inerrant,

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 inspired word

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 that we might know him more.

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 Amen.

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 I've known for a while

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 that I probably have some control issues.

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 This week I confirmed it scientifically

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 through one of those internet

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 psychological analysis tests

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 that are very scientific and professionally done.

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 I took one of those

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 and scored it

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 and found out that I scored

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 just at the top of the

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 you might have some control issues range

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 and just below

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 you are definitely a control freak.

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 Stayed out of that range narrowly.

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 That was a great relief to me.

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 But I do have some concerning tendencies.

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 I can be a backseat driver.

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 To be honest,

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 since I'm usually the one behind the wheel of my car,

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 a rear view window driver,

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 a windshield driver,

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 telling people in other cars who can't hear me

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 how they should be driving.

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 Every week I look over the bulletin

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 right before we print it,

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 even though I've already planned the service,

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 just to make sure there are no missing

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 or misplaced commas

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 because that bothers me.

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 But,

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 go on vacation with me

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 and this goes to new levels.

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 I go into hyper control mode.

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 I analyze weather forecasts.

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 I analyze discount days

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 at tourist attractions.

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 Kids eat free nights

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 at restaurants in the city

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 that we will be visiting.

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 All of these things

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 I take into account

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 to construct the perfect trip,

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 not just which days

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 we're going to do

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 which activities,

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 but what time

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 we'll need to be there,

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 what bus we're going to need to catch

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 at which time

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 and at which location

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 to save the most walking

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 and strollering

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 that we can.

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 All in an effort

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 to have it under control.

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 It can be a bit overwhelming

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 at times

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 to guests

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 on my well-planned

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 military marches,

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 I mean,

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 relaxing vacations

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 that my family enjoys with me.

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 It's pretty bad,

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 but the comfort is

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 at least I'm not a control freak,

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 right?

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 Officially,

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 not.

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 I just have some control issues.

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 If you're like me

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 and you have some control issues,

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 I'll tell you

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 from what I've wrestled with

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 this week

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 that this sermon

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 could be particularly painful

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 or it could be

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 in some ways

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 particularly helpful.

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 Perhaps both.

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 But even if you wouldn't

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 think of yourself

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 as controlling,

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 we all have control issues

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 in some ways.

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 We all like to be in control

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 in some areas,

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 don't we?

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 There are parts of our lives

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 that we really want to go

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 the way we really want them to go.

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 And we'll do whatever it takes,

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 won't we?

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 We'll plan,

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 we'll work,

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 we'll manipulate others,

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 whatever we need to do

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 to get what we want

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 and feel in control there

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 in those areas.

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 And it can be very difficult

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 to run into our limitations

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 and feel life is spinning

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 out of control,

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 can't it?

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 How do we respond

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 when that happens,

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 when we feel that way,

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 when we realize

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 what we're faced with?

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 The question of who is in control,

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 of who has power

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 and authority

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 in a particular situation,

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 is at the heart

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 of both of these stories

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 this morning.

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 The first thing

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 that we must see

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 as we come to this

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 is who Jesus truly is.

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 That's what's at issue

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 in these stories.

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 It's the question

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 the disciples ask

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 in the boat

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 after the storm calms down,

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 right?

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 Verse 25,

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 what do they say?

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 Who then is this?

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 Who is it?

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 What's his identity?

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 And we're gonna see

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 some really important answers

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 to this question

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 in this text

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 as Jesus demonstrates

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 for us his power

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 to control things

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 that we can't.

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 It's really quite remarkable.

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 The first story

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 we talked about

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 with the kids already

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 so I won't belabor it,

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 but remember

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 some of these disciples

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 were fishermen.

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 These were things

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 that of all the things

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 in the world

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 they felt like

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 they might could control.

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 A boat on a lake

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 was one of them.

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 On this particular

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 sea of Galilee

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 they'd been there.

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 They'd controlled fish

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 and boats

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 and they'd been

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 through storms.

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 But try as they might

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 on this particular day

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 they're in over their heads,

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 aren't they?

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 They're certain

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 that they're going to die

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 and so in verse 24

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 they come

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 and wake Jesus up

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 saying,

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 Master, Master,

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 we are perishing.

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 and he awoke

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 and rebuked

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 the wind

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 and the raging waves

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 and they ceased

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 and there was a calm.

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 That's a pretty quick verse,

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 isn't it?

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 A lot happens there

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 real fast.

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 Jesus wakes up,

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 rebukes the waves

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 and there's calm.

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 Jesus speaks

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 with the only voice

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 to which creation

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 must respond.

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 the voice

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 of the Creator.

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 Just moments

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 before this

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 we see Jesus'

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 full humanity

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 on display

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 as he sleeps

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 after an exhausting day.

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 and now we see

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 Jesus'

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 full divinity

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 at the same time

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 demonstrated.

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 In the Old Testament

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 God himself

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 is the one

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 who commands the seas.

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 It's not unclear.

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 Yahweh

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 is in control

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 of the seas

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 and he in fact

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 rebukes them.

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 He rebukes

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 the sea.

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 Psalm 106 says

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 for instance

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 when the Israelites

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 are leaving Egypt

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 and walking through

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 the Red Sea

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 on dry ground

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 how'd that happen?

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 Because God rebuked

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 the sea

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 the waters moved back

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 and his people

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 walked through

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 on dry ground

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 so does Jesus

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 rebuke

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 the sea

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 and exercise

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 divine control

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 over creation.

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 So the sea calms

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 and Jesus

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 and his disciples

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 continue

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 on their voyage

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 to the other side

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 of the sea

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 on calm waters.

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 And here

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 as they get

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 to the other side

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 I thought you were

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 looking at a mountain

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 yeah that's

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 a nice screensaver.

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 That's not

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 an object lesson

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 it's just a screensaver

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 for a moment.

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 But as they go over

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 there might have been

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 some mountains

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 there is a cliff

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 that the pigs

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 are going to rush off

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 of in a minute.

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 But what happens

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 is Jesus is demonstrating

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 his divine control

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 over spiritual evil.

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 Not just natural world

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 and creation

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 but over spiritual evil

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 as well.

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 these demons

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 had controlled

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 this man

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 for a long time

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 verse 27 says.

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 But today

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 they've met their match

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 and they know it.

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 There are many

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 of them.

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 A legion

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 would have been

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 thousands

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 perhaps

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 the name

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 merely indicates

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 many

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 but they recognize

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 these demons

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 do

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 the son

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 of the most high

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 God.

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 They know who he is

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 immediately.

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 It's interesting

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 isn't it

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 that the

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 clearest statement

00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:24.179
 of Jesus' identity

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 the clearest answer

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 to the question

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 who then is this

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 that the disciples

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 ask in the first story

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 in the rest of this

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 who gives the clearest answer?

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 Demons

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 in a man

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 who's never met

00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.860
 Jesus before.

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 Jesus

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 son of the most high

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 God.

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 Then look what

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 the demons do

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 verse 31

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 they begged him

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 not to command

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 them to depart

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 into the abyss

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 and a large herd

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 of pigs

00:13:52.300 --> 00:13:52.920
 was feeding there

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 on the hillside

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 and they begged him

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 to let them

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 enter these

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 so he gave them

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 permission.

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 The demons

00:14:01.680 --> 00:14:02.379
 came out of the man

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 entered the pigs

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 the herd rushed

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 down the steep bank

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 into the lake

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 and were drowned.

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 One of him

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 thousands

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 of them

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 and it's

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 not even a fair fight

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 is it?

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 They begged

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 they begged

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 and he gave

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 permission

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 and so it happened.

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 The power

00:14:24.059 --> 00:14:24.600
 of Jesus

00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:25.679
 how great

00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:26.720
 is his power

00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:27.819
 on display

00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:28.539
 as the large

00:14:28.539 --> 00:14:29.460
 herd of pigs

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 goes hurtling

00:14:30.319 --> 00:14:31.080
 over the cliff

00:14:31.080 --> 00:14:32.279
 just because

00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:33.179
 he gave his

00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:33.899
 permission.

00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:37.139
 Then the story

00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:37.799
 shifts back

00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:38.399
 to the man

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 left behind

00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:41.000
 free from

00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:41.679
 this demonic

00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:42.379
 possession

00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:44.700
 now talk about

00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:45.539
 something people

00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:46.419
 couldn't control

00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.700
 the people of his

00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.320
 town had been

00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:48.960
 working hard

00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:49.559
 on controlling

00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:50.139
 this guy

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:51.179
 they'd set a guard

00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:51.559
 on him

00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:52.899
 they'd put him

00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.639
 in chains

00:14:53.639 --> 00:14:54.600
 and shackles

00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:55.559
 time and again

00:14:55.559 --> 00:14:56.179
 and every time

00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:56.679
 what happened?

00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:58.059
 He broke out

00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:59.120
 and he goes rushing

00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:00.179
 off into the desert

00:15:00.179 --> 00:15:00.620
 again

00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:02.379
 he can't be

00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.120
 controlled

00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:04.919
 over and over

00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:05.439
 and over

00:15:05.439 --> 00:15:07.259
 now

00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.440
 look at him

00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:09.279
 what happens

00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.220
 after he encounters

00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:10.659
 Jesus

00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:11.740
 people went out

00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.220
 to see what

00:15:12.220 --> 00:15:12.539
 happened

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:12.960
 they came

00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:13.399
 to Jesus

00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:13.940
 and found

00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:14.440
 the man

00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:14.899
 from whom

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 the demons

00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:15.940
 had gone

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 sitting

00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:18.360
 at the feet

00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:19.240
 of Jesus

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 clothed

00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.820
 and in his

00:15:21.820 --> 00:15:22.680
 right mind

00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:24.820
 they were afraid

00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:25.519
 and those who'd

00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:26.200
 seen it

00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:26.799
 told them

00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:27.419
 how the demon

00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:28.360
 possessed man

00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:29.779
 had been healed

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:30.980
 healed

00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.980
 referring to this

00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:32.860
 holistic

00:15:32.860 --> 00:15:33.860
 healing

00:15:33.860 --> 00:15:36.000
 all of him

00:15:36.000 --> 00:15:36.460
 he's been

00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.200
 rescued

00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:38.120
 everything

00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:38.940
 is different

00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:40.200
 this man

00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:40.220
 this man

00:15:40.220 --> 00:15:40.640
 who was

00:15:40.640 --> 00:15:41.220
 naked

00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:41.880
 is now

00:15:41.880 --> 00:15:43.360
 clothed

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.080
 this man

00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:45.140
 who ravages

00:15:45.140 --> 00:15:45.880
 through the

00:15:45.880 --> 00:15:46.520
 tombs

00:15:46.520 --> 00:15:47.160
 and lives

00:15:47.160 --> 00:15:47.500
 there

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:47.960
 is now

00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:48.820
 sitting

00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:49.520
 at the feet

00:15:49.520 --> 00:15:50.000
 of Jesus

00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.640
 he's been

00:15:50.640 --> 00:15:51.540
 outside of his

00:15:51.540 --> 00:15:51.940
 mind

00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:52.920
 not thinking

00:15:52.920 --> 00:15:53.300
 straight

00:15:53.300 --> 00:15:53.640
 and now

00:15:53.640 --> 00:15:54.560
 he's

00:15:54.560 --> 00:15:55.060
 sitting

00:15:55.060 --> 00:15:55.760
 calmly

00:15:55.760 --> 00:15:56.420
 in his

00:15:56.420 --> 00:15:57.440
 right mind

00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:58.880
 Jesus

00:15:58.880 --> 00:15:59.420
 has

00:15:59.420 --> 00:16:00.260
 divine

00:16:00.260 --> 00:16:00.940
 control

00:16:00.940 --> 00:16:01.380
 over

00:16:01.380 --> 00:16:02.060
 tormented

00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:03.480
 people

00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:04.820
 it's

00:16:04.820 --> 00:16:05.560
 personal

00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.480
 and individual

00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:08.220
 God

00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.680
 alone

00:16:08.680 --> 00:16:09.580
 is able

00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:10.340
 to save

00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:10.860
 and to

00:16:10.860 --> 00:16:11.460
 restore

00:16:11.460 --> 00:16:11.980
 them

00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.840
 these

00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.420
 tormented

00:16:13.420 --> 00:16:13.980
 people

00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.680
 to the

00:16:14.680 --> 00:16:14.920
 people

00:16:14.920 --> 00:16:15.639
 he created

00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:16.320
 them to be

00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:16.740
 that the

00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.100
 world

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.480
 and the

00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:17.779
 devil

00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:18.159
 and their

00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:18.420
 own

00:16:18.420 --> 00:16:18.899
 sin

00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:19.279
 has

00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:19.920
 so

00:16:19.920 --> 00:16:20.519
 shattered

00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:21.820
 in them

00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:23.159
 the man

00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:23.639
 himself

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.340
 knows

00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:24.840
 this

00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:26.639
 see how

00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.360
 he points

00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:27.820
 this out

00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.159
 it's a

00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:28.420
 third

00:16:28.420 --> 00:16:28.879
 clear

00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:29.519
 identification

00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:30.120
 in this

00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:30.399
 one

00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:30.820
 passage

00:16:30.820 --> 00:16:31.440
 of Jesus

00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.600
 as equal

00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.500
 with God

00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:34.519
 it's in

00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:35.560
 verse 38

00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.659
 the man

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.519
 begs that

00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:37.799
 he might

00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.159
 be with

00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.479
 Jesus

00:16:38.479 --> 00:16:39.099
 but Jesus

00:16:39.099 --> 00:16:39.659
 sent him

00:16:39.659 --> 00:16:40.000
 away

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:40.459
 saying

00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:41.319
 return to

00:16:41.319 --> 00:16:41.759
 your home

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.579
 and declare

00:16:42.579 --> 00:16:43.699
 how much

00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:44.539
 God has

00:16:44.539 --> 00:16:45.219
 done for

00:16:45.219 --> 00:16:45.559
 you

00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:47.500
 and he

00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.079
 went away

00:16:48.079 --> 00:16:48.779
 proclaiming

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.039
 throughout

00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:49.439
 the whole

00:16:49.439 --> 00:16:49.779
 city

00:16:49.779 --> 00:16:50.699
 how much

00:16:50.699 --> 00:16:51.959
 Jesus

00:16:51.959 --> 00:16:53.339
 had done

00:16:53.339 --> 00:16:53.779
 for him

00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.000
 it's

00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:54.619
 interchangeable

00:16:54.619 --> 00:16:55.479
 isn't it

00:16:55.479 --> 00:16:56.119
 the man

00:16:56.119 --> 00:16:56.959
 recognizes

00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:57.799
 proclaiming

00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:58.219
 how much

00:16:58.219 --> 00:16:58.579
 Jesus

00:16:58.579 --> 00:16:59.039
 had done

00:16:59.039 --> 00:16:59.359
 for him

00:16:59.359 --> 00:16:59.599
 is the

00:16:59.599 --> 00:16:59.859
 same

00:16:59.859 --> 00:17:00.179
 thing

00:17:00.179 --> 00:17:00.339
 as

00:17:00.339 --> 00:17:00.859
 proclaiming

00:17:00.859 --> 00:17:01.439
 how much

00:17:01.439 --> 00:17:01.959
 God

00:17:01.959 --> 00:17:02.379
 had done

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:02.799
 for him

00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.699
 the saving

00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:04.299
 rescuing

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:04.819
 work of

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.220
 Jesus

00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.880
 and the

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.259
 saving

00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.799
 rescuing

00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.259
 work of

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.500
 God

00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.039
 are one

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.720
 in the

00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:09.240
 same

00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:09.960
 that's

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:10.160
 who

00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.539
 Jesus

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.039
 is

00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:11.799
 this

00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.539
 reminds us

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:12.880
 of another

00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:13.440
 important

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.000
 aspect

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.680
 of Jesus

00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.339
 identity

00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:15.860
 to which

00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:16.420
 all of

00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:16.819
 these

00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.539
 power

00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.319
 and control

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:18.940
 things

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.500
 point

00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:20.519
 he's

00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:21.259
 powerful

00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:22.600
 divinely

00:17:22.600 --> 00:17:23.420
 powerful

00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:23.960
 yes

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.860
 but he

00:17:24.860 --> 00:17:25.299
 uses

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.720
 his

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 power

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 to

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 protect

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 and

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 rescue

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 his

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 people

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 we

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 see

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 Jesus

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 power

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 but

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 many

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 of us

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 are

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 pretty

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 skeptical

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 about

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 power

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 aren't

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 we

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 how's

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 it

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 going

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 to

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 be

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 used

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 can

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 I

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 really

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 trust

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 the

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 person

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 who's

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 got

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 this

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 power

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 I'm

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 not

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 sure

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 what I

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 think

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 about

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 that

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 it's

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 vital

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 we see

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 who

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 Jesus

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 is

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 that's

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 that's

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 who

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 he

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 is

00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:48.920
 here

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 in

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 this

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 passage

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 God

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 himself

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 come

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 to

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 save

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 right

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 he protects

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 disciples

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 from

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 certain

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 death

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 defends

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 a

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 possessed

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 man

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 against

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 spiritual

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 evil

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 rescues

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 a tormented

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 man

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:04.500
 from

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 humiliating

00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:05.940
 and

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 isolating

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 beastliness

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.820
 changes

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 everything

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 for him

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 so a

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 major

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 message

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.420
 in this

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 passage

00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:14.820
 is that

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 if Jesus

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 is the

00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.539
 divine

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:17.660
 deliverer

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 in these

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 situations

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.960
 and from

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 these

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.700
 powerful

00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.420
 enemies

00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:24.160
 if he

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 loves to

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 rescue

00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:26.340
 like this

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 how much

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 more so

00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.799
 can he

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 and will

00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:29.640
 he

00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.140
 rescue

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 you

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 how much

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 more so

00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:32.980
 is he

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 powerful

00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.219
 to defeat

00:18:34.219 --> 00:18:34.919
 the enemies

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 in your

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 life

00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:36.539
 to rescue

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 you

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 from what

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 you

00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:39.019
 fear

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 let me

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 just stop

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 and say

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 this is

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 meant to be

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 a great

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 comfort

00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.559
 to

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 controlling

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:49.039
 anxious

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:50.519
 hearts

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.799
 that one

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.439
 word from

00:18:52.439 --> 00:18:52.919
 Jesus

00:18:52.919 --> 00:18:54.039
 redirects

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 a deadly

00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:55.339
 tornado

00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:56.579
 or every

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 aspect of

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 the natural

00:18:57.959 --> 00:18:58.399
 world

00:18:58.399 --> 00:18:58.939
 God's

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 own

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 creation

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:02.119
 the

00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:02.799
 spiritual

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.279
 evil

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.579
 that

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.519
 appalls

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:04.759
 and

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.440
 frightens

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.619
 you

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 both

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 the

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 one

00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:06.980
 inside

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.259
 you

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.440
 and

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:07.619
 the

00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:07.879
 one

00:19:07.879 --> 00:19:08.500
 outside

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:08.859
 you

00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.099
 in the

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.319
 world

00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:09.759
 around

00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.220
 you

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:11.119
 they

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.539
 all

00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.240
 quake

00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.980
 before

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.279
 the

00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:13.639
 son

00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:14.000
 of

00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:14.139
 the

00:19:14.139 --> 00:19:14.399
 most

00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:14.720
 high

00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.240
 God

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.619
 and

00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.200
 his

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.019
 power

00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:19.059
 Jesus

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:19.700
 loves

00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:20.619
 to heal

00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.079
 and

00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.619
 transform

00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.500
 broken

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.419
 tormented

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:23.960
 people

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.779
 like you

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.960
 and me

00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.559
 if you're

00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.659
 stuck

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:28.099
 in a

00:19:28.099 --> 00:19:28.379
 double

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:28.819
 life

00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.359
 full of

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.159
 deception

00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:31.800
 and you

00:19:31.800 --> 00:19:32.080
 don't

00:19:32.080 --> 00:19:32.540
 know how

00:19:32.540 --> 00:19:33.060
 to get

00:19:33.060 --> 00:19:33.480
 free

00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.080
 from it

00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:34.600
 you feel

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:34.820
 there's

00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:35.220
 no way

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.480
 out

00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:35.740
 maybe

00:19:35.740 --> 00:19:35.980
 you're

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.500
 haunted

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.300
 by pain

00:19:37.300 --> 00:19:38.019
 and scars

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.920
 from the

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.320
 past

00:19:39.320 --> 00:19:39.759
 you just

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.340
 feel so

00:19:40.340 --> 00:19:41.080
 broken

00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:41.700
 and stuck

00:19:41.700 --> 00:19:42.140
 no one

00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.680
 can help

00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.040
 you

00:19:43.040 --> 00:19:44.380
 Jesus

00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:44.920
 can

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:46.000
 you're

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.680
 not beyond

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.200
 the reach

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.519
 of his

00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.040
 great

00:19:48.040 --> 00:19:48.480
 power

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.800
 and he's

00:19:48.800 --> 00:19:49.400
 demonstrating

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.920
 it for

00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.560
 you again

00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:51.620
 this morning

00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.720
 come see

00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:52.980
 me

00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.660
 let's

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.100
 pray

00:19:54.100 --> 00:19:54.460
 together

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:54.740
 let's

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.080
 go to

00:19:55.080 --> 00:19:55.380
 him

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.180
 together

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.100
 he loves

00:19:57.100 --> 00:19:57.400
 to

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:57.820
 rescue

00:19:57.819 --> 00:19:58.079
 you

00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:00.159
 he will

00:20:00.159 --> 00:20:00.639
 use his

00:20:00.639 --> 00:20:01.019
 divine

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.539
 power

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.899
 to protect

00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:04.019
 and defend

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.899
 you

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.599
 even in

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:05.960
 ways you

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.500
 don't know

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.200
 you need

00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:08.539
 that's who

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.179
 he is

00:20:09.179 --> 00:20:12.659
 you know what

00:20:12.659 --> 00:20:13.839
 probably reveals

00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.679
 my control

00:20:14.679 --> 00:20:15.419
 issues more

00:20:15.419 --> 00:20:15.960
 than anything

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.419
 else

00:20:16.419 --> 00:20:18.679
 when I

00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:19.220
 see them

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.500
 and they

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.279
 come out

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.939
 most clearly

00:20:20.940 --> 00:20:22.860
 it's my

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.980
 responses to

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.720
 things that

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.480
 I thought I

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.100
 had control

00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.700
 of that

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.620
 I lose

00:20:27.620 --> 00:20:28.059
 control

00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.400
 of

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 it's my

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 anger

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.360
 at the

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:33.279
 weatherman

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.580
 who missed

00:20:34.580 --> 00:20:35.380
 the storm

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:36.019
 coming in

00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.440
 on one of

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.100
 my vacation

00:20:37.100 --> 00:20:37.960
 days I had

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.400
 planned

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:41.140
 it's my

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.860
 frustration

00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:42.519
 with my

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.059
 child

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.660
 whose heart

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.640
 stubbornly

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.279
 resisted

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:46.019
 my incredibly

00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:46.640
 brilliant

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.200
 parenting

00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:47.940
 idea

00:20:47.940 --> 00:20:51.559
 I said

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:52.080
 earlier we

00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:52.640
 all like to

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:52.980
 be in

00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.740
 control in

00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.480
 some areas

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:54.940
 that's

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.559
 true

00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.840
 it's equally

00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:57.460
 true that we

00:20:57.460 --> 00:20:58.059
 all run into

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.880
 areas where we

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.640
 have to admit

00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.420
 we're not

00:21:00.420 --> 00:21:01.519
 in control

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.980
 don't we

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:03.700
 it may be

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.160
 the weather

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:05.519
 or the

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.180
 hearts of

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.720
 your children

00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:09.160
 it may be a

00:21:09.160 --> 00:21:10.019
 medical crisis

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:11.480
 that produces

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.860
 deep anxiety

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:15.179
 it may be

00:21:15.179 --> 00:21:15.740
 the evil

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.759
 in the world

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.959
 that terrifies

00:21:17.959 --> 00:21:18.619
 you for

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.179
 yourself

00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:20.319
 and your

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.839
 family

00:21:20.839 --> 00:21:22.579
 it may be

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.179
 finances

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.579
 and the

00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.019
 whims of

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.559
 the stock

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.959
 market

00:21:24.959 --> 00:21:25.939
 that worry

00:21:25.939 --> 00:21:26.839
 you constantly

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:29.059
 in all of

00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.879
 these situations

00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.899
 and many

00:21:30.899 --> 00:21:31.319
 others

00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.279
 we are not

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.939
 in control

00:21:32.939 --> 00:21:33.379
 are we

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:35.740
 we've already

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.359
 been reminded

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.939
 that Jesus

00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:37.579
 is in

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.139
 control

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:39.119
 in all

00:21:39.119 --> 00:21:39.599
 of them

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:41.959
 but this

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.420
 passage

00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.200
 particularly

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.000
 raises the

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.519
 issue of

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:44.900
 how we

00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:45.660
 respond to

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:45.840
 that

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.220
 not just

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.440
 do we

00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:46.980
 know that

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.059
 like thanks

00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.360
 for the

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.640
 helpful

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.299
 information

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:50.019
 Jesus is

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.559
 powerful

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:51.000
 and he's

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.640
 in control

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.539
 I knew you

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.160
 believed that

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.420
 Will

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:55.299
 how do I

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:56.259
 respond to

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.559
 that

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.160
 how does

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.980
 that impact

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.840
 me

00:21:58.840 --> 00:22:00.759
 how do we

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.299
 respond to

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:01.900
 him being

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.640
 in control

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:04.000
 and not

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.440
 us

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:06.940
 this passage

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.600
 asks more

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.100
 than just are

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.779
 you impressed

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.360
 by his

00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.840
 power

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:11.140
 but do you

00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.680
 know who

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.299
 he is

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.940
 and long

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.500
 to be

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.420
 with him

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:16.259
 see the

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.779
 miraculous

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.580
 power of

00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:17.820
 God

00:22:17.820 --> 00:22:18.180
 when it's

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:19.019
 on display

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.820
 has one

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:21.340
 consistent

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:22.140
 response

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.960
 throughout

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.500
 the Bible

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.600
 and it's

00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:25.039
 fear

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:26.420
 fear

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:27.160
 an appropriate

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:28.660
 thing you might

00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:29.220
 say when the

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.259
 power of God

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.539
 is on display

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.519
 it happens in

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.140
 both of these

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 stories here

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.360
 look at verse

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 25

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:36.039
 oh you can

00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.480
 even look up

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.840
 here at verse

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.560
 25 now

00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:38.580
 he said to

00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.100
 them where is

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:39.680
 your faith

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.460
 and they were

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:40.799
 what

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:42.799
 afraid

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:44.240
 Jesus has just

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.879
 calmed the

00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.379
 waters and

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:45.819
 they are

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.759
 afraid

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.399
 and then

00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:48.139
 verse 35

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:50.259
 the people

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.700
 went out to

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.159
 sea and

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.899
 they find

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.339
 this man

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.779
 sitting in

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.039
 front of

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.539
 Jesus and

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.200
 everything is

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.720
 okay with

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.159
 him now

00:22:55.159 --> 00:22:56.059
 but they

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.559
 were what

00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:58.119
 afraid

00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:01.099
 that fear

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.859
 is natural

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:03.000
 isn't it

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.599
 you've

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.480
 felt it

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:05.680
 being

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.680
 overwhelmed

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:06.900
 overwhelmed

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.299
 at the

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:07.860
 power

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.600
 of God

00:23:08.600 --> 00:23:09.500
 on display

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.320
 seeing

00:23:10.320 --> 00:23:10.920
 myself

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:11.180
 as

00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:11.860
 unworthy

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.900
 and undone

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.500
 before the

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.560
 might of

00:23:14.560 --> 00:23:15.240
 the almighty

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.840
 one

00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:18.740
 we've all

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.220
 felt that

00:23:19.220 --> 00:23:19.759
 fear

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.519
 when we

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.380
 realize our

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.320
 utter lack

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:23.259
 of control

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.900
 of the

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.420
 medical

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.120
 diagnosis

00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:28.019
 of the

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.660
 negative

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:29.420
 influences

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.120
 on my

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.700
 kids

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:32.640
 of

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.720
 whatever it

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.100
 is

00:23:34.100 --> 00:23:34.759
 and I

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.220
 realize I

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.460
 don't

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.220
 control

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.759
 that

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:38.940
 I've

00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:39.400
 felt that

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.880
 fear

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:41.960
 it's

00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.460
 deep

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.819
 and it's

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.259
 difficult

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.920
 and it

00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:44.220
 doesn't

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:44.779
 really help

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.180
 to just

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.420
 say

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.299
 stop being

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.839
 afraid

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:48.860
 quit

00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.400
 fearing

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:53.000
 stop

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.400
 feeling

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.120
 that way

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:55.720
 now it's

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.400
 a natural

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.380
 fear

00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.720
 at recognizing

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.480
 this is out

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.299
 of my

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.019
 control

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.720
 but the

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.519
 question is

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.319
 how will

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.240
 I respond

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.059
 to that

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.500
 fear

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.399
 that fear

00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:08.259
 can drive

00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.939
 me to

00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.359
 Jesus

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:11.379
 or away

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.019
 from him

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.720
 and the

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.240
 difference

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.980
 between those

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.559
 two paths

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.339
 is actually

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.200
 pretty scary

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:16.819
 here

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:18.099
 many of you

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.500
 are like

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.799
 me

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.460
 and when

00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:19.859
 you're out

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.339
 of control

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:20.879
 you tend

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.359
 to turn

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.139
 to self

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:23.740
 to ratchet

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.200
 down

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.899
 to work

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.259
 harder

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.939
 plan better

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:26.419
 manipulate

00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:27.119
 the system

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.740
 whatever you

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.419
 need to do

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.279
 manipulate

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.019
 people

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.960
 anything

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.480
 in order

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.240
 to regain

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.079
 control

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.299
 that's

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.460
 your

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.139
 tendency

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:37.559
 we only

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:37.980
 trust

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.819
 ourselves

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.879
 so anyone

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.659
 else being

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.179
 in control

00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:41.799
 is scary

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.779
 and so we

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.720
 turn inward

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.759
 and in doing

00:24:44.759 --> 00:24:45.439
 so push

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:46.039
 Jesus

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.159
 away

00:24:47.159 --> 00:24:49.359
 look how for

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:50.259
 the townspeople

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.039
 their fear

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.720
 pushes

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.500
 Jesus

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.059
 away

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:55.199
 they come

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.799
 out to see

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.119
 what had

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.599
 happened

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.259
 they came

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.859
 to Jesus

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.720
 found the

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.099
 man from

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.359
 whom the

00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.599
 demons

00:24:59.599 --> 00:24:59.980
 had gone

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.460
 sitting at

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.859
 his feet

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.379
 clothed in

00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.760
 his right

00:25:01.760 --> 00:25:02.120
 mind

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.420
 and they

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.440
 were afraid

00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:05.360
 and they

00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:05.760
 were told

00:25:05.760 --> 00:25:06.480
 how it

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.900
 happened

00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.720
 how he'd

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.380
 been healed

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:09.040
 that Jesus

00:25:09.040 --> 00:25:10.080
 had done

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.700
 this to

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.040
 him

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:12.140
 and all

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.700
 the people

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.120
 of the

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.580
 surrounding

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:14.220
 country

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:15.260
 having heard

00:25:15.260 --> 00:25:15.900
 these things

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.400
 having heard

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:16.880
 the description

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.500
 of how this

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.900
 man was

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.080
 healed

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.360
 what do

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.020
 they decide

00:25:19.020 --> 00:25:21.560
 leave

00:25:21.560 --> 00:25:22.080
 Jesus

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:23.860
 please

00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.960
 get away

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.800
 and leave

00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.640
 us alone

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.240
 why

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.360
 for they

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:29.300
 were seized

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:30.759
 with great

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.880
 fear

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.759
 they don't

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.420
 deny the

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.960
 power of

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.220
 Jesus

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.860
 they know

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.100
 it

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.300
 but they

00:25:36.300 --> 00:25:37.480
 beg him

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.220
 to leave

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.240
 them alone

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.020
 anyway

00:25:40.020 --> 00:25:40.660
 why

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:43.300
 they see

00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:43.940
 his power

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.720
 but they

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.340
 remain

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:46.300
 fearful

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:47.500
 fearful

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.300
 perhaps that

00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:48.560
 he will

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.020
 disrupt

00:25:49.020 --> 00:25:49.940
 their lives

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.759
 he just

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.060
 sent a

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.759
 huge herd

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.259
 of pigs

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.680
 over the

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:52.920
 cliff

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.280
 that was

00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:53.900
 somebody's

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.440
 livelihood

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.480
 someone's

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.059
 business

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.580
 that you

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:56.900
 just

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.559
 destroyed

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.940
 who cares

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.400
 what good

00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.820
 you did

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:00.120
 Jesus

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.519
 look at

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.059
 the damage

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.680
 you cause

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.500
 around here

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.640
 Jesus

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.259
 you're too

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.100
 unpredictable

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:08.759
 fair enough

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:11.180
 to make

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.420
 another

00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:11.820
 Narnia

00:26:11.820 --> 00:26:12.440
 VBS

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.039
 plug

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.360
 Mr.

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.740
 Beaver

00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.279
 would say

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.820
 he's not

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:15.500
 a tame

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.340
 lion

00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:18.059
 you can't

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.880
 control

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.660
 Jesus

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:21.000
 and that

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.580
 can be

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.279
 scary

00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.960
 it's

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.100
 very sobering

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.420
 when you

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:26.200
 think about

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.759
 what these

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.400
 people are

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:27.940
 saying

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:29.100
 to Jesus

00:26:29.100 --> 00:26:31.340
 we'd

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.940
 rather be

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.799
 in control

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:34.240
 than risk

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.079
 your power

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.940
 disrupting

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.799
 our lives

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.860
 any further

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:39.299
 leave us

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.680
 alone

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:41.579
 we would

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.200
 rather be

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.539
 in control

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:45.000
 than risk

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.819
 your power

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.680
 disrupting

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.279
 our lives

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.059
 any further

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.980
 so leave

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.240
 us

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.019
 alone

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:52.240
 and Jesus

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.880
 leaves

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:55.720
 perhaps

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.480
 they realized

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.020
 as their

00:26:57.020 --> 00:26:57.740
 economic

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.320
 livelihood

00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.080
 rushed over

00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.660
 the cliff

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:01.020
 that trusting

00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:01.820
 or depending

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.500
 on Jesus

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.280
 would cost

00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:03.620
 them

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.620
 something

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:06.760
 you might

00:27:06.760 --> 00:27:07.500
 send Jesus

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.960
 away

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.580
 because it's

00:27:08.580 --> 00:27:09.500
 too costly

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:11.400
 too painful

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.940
 to deal

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.400
 with the

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.800
 sin

00:27:12.800 --> 00:27:13.260
 and the

00:27:13.260 --> 00:27:13.760
 scars

00:27:13.760 --> 00:27:14.960
 so stay

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.340
 away

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:17.220
 you might

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.920
 send Jesus

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.360
 away

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:18.960
 because it's

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.860
 too costly

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.460
 to see your

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.840
 business

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.500
 suffer at

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.299
 the hands

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.720
 of others

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.299
 who act

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.379
 unfairly

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:25.619
 you might

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.259
 send Jesus

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.980
 away because

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.539
 it's too

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.379
 costly

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:29.199
 and painful

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:29.879
 to see your

00:27:29.879 --> 00:27:31.079
 kids get hurt

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.500
 while you

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.220
 pray

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.699
 and wait

00:27:33.699 --> 00:27:34.359
 for him

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.179
 to show up

00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:36.919
 and so

00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.819
 instead of

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.699
 being in that

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:39.019
 posture

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.799
 we grasp

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.220
 to get

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.139
 control back

00:27:41.139 --> 00:27:41.899
 do whatever

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.699
 we can

00:27:42.699 --> 00:27:44.039
 because we

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.339
 don't want

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.939
 it hurts

00:27:44.939 --> 00:27:45.639
 to wait

00:27:45.639 --> 00:27:47.039
 and trust

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:49.159
 see Jesus

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.099
 does deliver

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.740
 here in both

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.339
 these stories

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.899
 doesn't he

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:53.619
 but the

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.319
 disciples were

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.000
 fearful for

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.599
 their lives

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.119
 for a while

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.819
 before Jesus

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.579
 woke up

00:27:57.579 --> 00:28:00.319
 there were

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.019
 many many

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.700
 days where

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.220
 this demon

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.700
 possessed

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.379
 man cut

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:04.139
 himself with

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.859
 stones and

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.779
 raged against

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:07.019
 everyone around

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:08.359
 him before

00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:10.059
 Jesus healed

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.420
 him

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:12.539
 and in those

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.799
 moments of

00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.500
 waiting

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:16.599
 in our

00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:17.200
 fear

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:18.220
 we often

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.059
 choose to

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.640
 stick with

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.339
 ourselves

00:28:20.339 --> 00:28:22.039
 and our

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.920
 own desperate

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.920
 efforts at

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.500
 control

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.119
 don't we

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.480
 instead of

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.839
 running

00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:28.099
 to Jesus

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.039
 I love that

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.839
 question Sally

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:30.339
 Lloyd-Jones

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.880
 puts in

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.720
 Jesus mouth

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.759
 we read with

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.180
 the kids

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.599
 did you

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.420
 believe your

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.920
 fears

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:36.299
 instead of

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.579
 me

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:38.019
 the fears

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.299
 are there

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.960
 they're natural

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.619
 did you

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.319
 believe your

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.839
 fears

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.839
 instead of

00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.220
 me

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:43.200
 Jesus says

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.559
 that's a

00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:44.279
 decision we

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.220
 face in

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.920
 each and

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.440
 every

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.319
 situation

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.839
 we're in

00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.279
 it's not a

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.879
 one time

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.579
 thing

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.759
 he says to

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.339
 the disciples

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.440
 again here a

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.940
 question he's

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.460
 asked before

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.559
 where is your

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.059
 faith

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:56.759
 he knows they

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.539
 have faith

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.779
 where is it

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.359
 here

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.480
 where are you

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.579
 placing it

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.639
 right now

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.480
 in this moment

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.839
 in this crisis

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:05.859
 where are you

00:29:05.859 --> 00:29:06.759
 placing your

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.359
 faith it's in

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.920
 your fears

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.680
 again isn't

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:08.960
 it

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:11.059
 you're believing

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.720
 your fears

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.460
 again instead

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.079
 of me

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.960
 remember you

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.559
 know who I

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.939
 am

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:16.659
 you've seen

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:16.939
 it

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:18.099
 you can

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.919
 trust me

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:20.679
 but he

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.000
 asked him

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:21.460
 again where

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.939
 is your

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.419
 faith

00:29:22.419 --> 00:29:23.439
 here

00:29:23.439 --> 00:29:24.819
 remember who

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.359
 I am

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.359
 all powerful

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.559
 God

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.899
 bring your

00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.639
 faith back

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.220
 and place

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.220
 it in

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.659
 me

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:34.779
 what's the

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.519
 situation in

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.119
 your life

00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.879
 today

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:38.740
 where God

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.960
 is asking

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.319
 you

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.500
 where is

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:41.940
 your

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:42.960
 faith

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:45.579
 okay so

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.039
 you believe

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.400
 he's the

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.319
 all powerful

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.519
 son of

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:48.880
 God

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.680
 that Jesus

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.460
 is the

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.039
 one who's

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.720
 in control

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:53.100
 how is that

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.920
 impacting your

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.700
 response to

00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.740
 this failure

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:57.700
 to this

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.620
 diagnosis

00:29:58.620 --> 00:30:01.220
 to this

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:02.079
 crisis

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.140
 to this

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.940
 child

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:06.140
 how's it

00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:06.700
 showing up

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.160
 here

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.519
 God is

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.840
 calling us

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:10.640
 to run

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.319
 to Jesus

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.180
 listen there

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.779
 are legitimate

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.440
 dangers

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.559
 and evils

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:14.980
 that are

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.420
 acknowledged

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.960
 in this

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:16.680
 passage

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.460
 they're

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.799
 legitimate

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.340
 in this

00:30:18.340 --> 00:30:18.640
 world

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.840
 and there's

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.559
 an entirely

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.240
 good

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.779
 all powerful

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.860
 trustworthy

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:25.580
 deliverer

00:30:25.580 --> 00:30:27.200
 for you

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.620
 who ultimately

00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.480
 gives his

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.360
 own life

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.819
 to rescue

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.679
 us

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.379
 he's so

00:30:33.379 --> 00:30:33.779
 committed

00:30:33.779 --> 00:30:34.259
 to that

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.980
 he gives

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.939
 himself up

00:30:35.939 --> 00:30:36.839
 for it

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:39.000
 so God's

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.819
 calling us

00:30:39.819 --> 00:30:41.339
 to take

00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:41.960
 our fear

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:43.619
 and to run

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.839
 to Jesus

00:30:44.839 --> 00:30:46.159
 I love the

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:47.000
 picture of this

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.539
 and the man

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.000
 who's now

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.039
 defined as the

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.240
 one from whom

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.759
 the demons

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.299
 had gone

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.159
 he's sitting

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.700
 at Jesus

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.059
 feet

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.419
 and what does

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:53.960
 he ask

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.759
 what does

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.179
 he ask

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.720
 of Jesus

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:57.519
 he begs

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.740
 that he

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.159
 might be

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.779
 with him

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:01.159
 they might

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:02.140
 stay with

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.600
 Jesus

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.120
 Jesus is

00:31:03.120 --> 00:31:03.440
 leaving

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.000
 they've asked

00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:04.300
 him to

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:04.460
 leave

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.460
 he begs

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.180
 to be

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.600
 with them

00:31:06.600 --> 00:31:07.100
 and you

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.400
 might say

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.160
 well of course

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.660
 right

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:10.220
 he's not

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.940
 desperate to be

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.480
 in control

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:11.860
 anymore

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.440
 he just

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.920
 wants to

00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:13.500
 be with

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.180
 Jesus

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:17.360
 but ask

00:31:17.360 --> 00:31:17.759
 yourself

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.720
 how's that

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.180
 going to go

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:21.040
 where does

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:22.000
 Jesus go

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.380
 if he's

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.720
 going to be

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.240
 with him

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.380
 according to

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.960
 this passage

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.420
 he goes

00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.180
 into dangerous

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.900
 storms

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:30.640
 into hostile

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.240
 territory

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.920
 where you

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.460
 encounter

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.220
 demons

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.280
 and terrifying

00:31:34.280 --> 00:31:35.000
 people

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.460
 fearful

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.440
 places

00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.200
 Jesus

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.880
 goes

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:40.700
 but the

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.120
 man from

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.440
 whom the

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.720
 demons

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.160
 have gone

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.820
 trusts no

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.140
 one

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.040
 not even

00:31:44.040 --> 00:31:44.660
 himself

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.420
 the way

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.140
 he trusts

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.860
 the one

00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.340
 who has

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:47.940
 rescued

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.340
 him

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:50.580
 have you

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.000
 seen

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.380
 Jesus

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:52.440
 not merely

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.900
 as an

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.660
 impressively

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.360
 powerful

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.000
 person

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:57.240
 but truly

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.759
 as one

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.140
 you can

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.600
 trust

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.480
 the divine

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.140
 deliverer

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.660
 who is

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.240
 for

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.140
 you

00:32:02.140 --> 00:32:02.960
 who

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.860
 rescues

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.080
 you

00:32:04.080 --> 00:32:04.840
 and protects

00:32:04.840 --> 00:32:05.600
 you

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:07.340
 when you

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:07.780
 know who

00:32:07.780 --> 00:32:08.400
 he truly

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.660
 is

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.000
 you just

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.259
 want to

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.740
 be with

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.020
 him

00:32:10.020 --> 00:32:10.580
 don't you

00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:12.300
 you want

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:12.740
 to be

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.259
 where he

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.580
 is

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:13.940
 whatever

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.300
 it is

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:14.620
 if he's

00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:14.800
 there

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:15.180
 with you

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.660
 it'll be

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.520
 okay

00:32:16.520 --> 00:32:17.940
 that's what

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.360
 he's made

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:18.880
 us for

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.240
 to be

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.780
 with him

00:32:19.780 --> 00:32:20.700
 he's created

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.220
 us to be

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.780
 people who

00:32:21.780 --> 00:32:22.620
 run to

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.080
 him with

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.800
 our anxiety

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.460
 and cast

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.000
 it on him

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.880
 because he

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:26.820
 cares for

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.060
 us

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:27.540
 and isn't

00:32:27.540 --> 00:32:28.320
 it so sweet

00:32:28.320 --> 00:32:28.620
 when we

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.480
 finally do

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.860
 cast our

00:32:30.860 --> 00:32:31.440
 anxieties

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.180
 on him

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.680
 and know

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.360
 his care

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:35.360
 he's created

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.860
 us to be

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.700
 parents who

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.759
 who plead

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.579
 on our

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.140
 knees

00:32:39.140 --> 00:32:39.940
 with him

00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.700
 for our

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.059
 children

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.519
 that we

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.980
 love

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:43.160
 because he

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.660
 loves them

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.019
 too

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:45.559
 and isn't

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.980
 that a great

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.539
 comfort

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:48.079
 that he

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.539
 does

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:50.279
 he's created

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.819
 us to be

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.819
 people whose

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:53.220
 fear leads

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.279
 to faith

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:56.960
 who relinquish

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.200
 control fearfully

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.720
 but joyfully

00:32:59.720 --> 00:33:00.740
 because we

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.420
 found the

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:01.839
 one who

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:03.099
 truly is

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.759
 in control

00:33:03.759 --> 00:33:04.519
 is safe

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.660
 to trust

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.339
 that's what

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.920
 he's created

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.539
 us for

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:08.160
 that we

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.819
 would be

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.220
 those who

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.720
 have fears

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.299
 we're weak

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:12.220
 fear will

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.720
 come

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.619
 he's created

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.139
 us to have

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.599
 fear that

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:14.980
 leads us

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.759
 to faith

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:17.119
 in him

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:20.399
 one last

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:20.919
 thing in this

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.679
 passage because

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:22.319
 many of us

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.279
 are really

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.119
 not sure

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.879
 it's safe

00:33:24.879 --> 00:33:26.079
 to trust

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.319
 him

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.319
 we don't

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:28.339
 deserve for

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.859
 him to be

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.679
 safe do we

00:33:29.679 --> 00:33:31.099
 after what

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.759
 we've done

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:33.599
 what we've

00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.359
 said about

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:34.759
 him

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.939
 what we've

00:33:35.939 --> 00:33:36.959
 thought about

00:33:36.959 --> 00:33:37.479
 him

00:33:37.479 --> 00:33:38.659
 I've

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:39.859
 rejected him

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.319
 too many

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.159
 times I

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.519
 couldn't

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.199
 possibly

00:33:42.199 --> 00:33:43.779
 ask again

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:45.159
 most commentators

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:46.239
 see Jesus

00:33:46.239 --> 00:33:46.799
 leaving

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.399
 when the

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:48.079
 townspeople

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.740
 ask him

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.399
 to leave

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:49.859
 them as

00:33:49.859 --> 00:33:50.379
 a warning

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:52.059
 a warning

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.559
 that if you

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.460
 reject Jesus

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.680
 he may walk

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.940
 away and

00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:56.500
 leave you

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.240
 on your

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.079
 own and

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.619
 it certainly

00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.339
 is true

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.619
 that sometimes

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.460
 God leaves

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.960
 us to

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.579
 ourselves

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:03.279
 until we

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.819
 come to

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.539
 the end

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.700
 of ourselves

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.919
 and our

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:07.639
 control

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:09.679
 we're willing

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.420
 to trust

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.039
 him

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.900
 but I think

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.699
 actually Jesus

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.300
 is up to

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.920
 something a

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.519
 little different

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.880
 here

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:17.099
 something more

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.599
 gracious

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:19.400
 something more

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.200
 persistent

00:34:20.200 --> 00:34:21.400
 in what he

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.119
 set out to

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.300
 do

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.360
 this is part

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:23.920
 of the good

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.720
 news of great

00:34:24.720 --> 00:34:25.539
 joy for all

00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:26.360
 people that Luke

00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:27.000
 is telling us

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.340
 about

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.460
 Jesus has

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.440
 already taken

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.960
 the initiative

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.820
 to go across

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.579
 the lake to a

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.660
 Gentile region

00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:34.000
 in case the pigs

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.860
 didn't tip you off

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.539
 to the fact that

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.220
 it's a Gentile

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:37.119
 region that's where

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:38.160
 Jesus has come

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:39.099
 it's a place

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.000
 that's unclean

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:41.680
 there are tombs

00:34:41.680 --> 00:34:42.539
 all around

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.840
 Jesus has come

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.719
 across there

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.719
 and the only

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:46.519
 thing he's gotten

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.000
 to do is to

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.500
 interact with

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.039
 this crazy

00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.860
 demon possessed

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:49.239
 man

00:34:49.239 --> 00:34:50.340
 he's come all

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.920
 the way over

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.579
 there to

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.679
 rescue him

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:54.759
 to people who

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.519
 are unclean

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.599
 to a place

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:58.039
 that wasn't

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.599
 for him

00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:01.099
 and rather than

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.960
 let this healed

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:03.119
 man follow him

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.900
 back across

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.840
 the lake as

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.440
 many others

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.119
 have done to

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.000
 this point after

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.800
 Jesus heals

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.099
 them

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:10.079
 Jesus has another

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:11.019
 job for him

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:12.059
 what does he

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.360
 tell him

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.940
 verse 39

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:14.840
 Jesus sends

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.239
 him away

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:15.719
 and says

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.380
 return to

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.960
 your home

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.259
 and declare

00:35:18.259 --> 00:35:19.059
 how much

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.960
 God has done

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.460
 for you

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.199
 and he does

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.960
 that proclaiming

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.420
 throughout the

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:22.980
 whole city

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.759
 how much

00:35:23.759 --> 00:35:25.039
 Jesus had

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.780
 done for him

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:27.980
 perhaps because

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:29.079
 they're Gentiles

00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:29.840
 there will be

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.659
 less confusion

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.619
 over the people's

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.340
 expectations

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:33.259
 of a Messiah

00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:34.539
 maybe that's

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.059
 why this is

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.500
 different

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.500
 but listen to

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.960
 what he tells

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.179
 him

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:38.519
 go back

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.900
 home

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:41.119
 go back

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.619
 into the

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.119
 town

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.059
 to all

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.980
 those people

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.960
 who all

00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.360
 of them

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.139
 just begged

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.940
 Jesus to

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.760
 leave them

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.460
 and do

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:48.800
 what

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.539
 be a

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.099
 constant

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.800
 reminder

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.639
 a living

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.579
 witness

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.660
 of the

00:35:54.660 --> 00:35:55.240
 power

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.300
 of God

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:56.860
 and the

00:35:56.860 --> 00:35:57.320
 salvation

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.200
 found in

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.559
 Jesus

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.160
 Jesus

00:35:59.160 --> 00:36:00.340
 sends people

00:36:00.340 --> 00:36:01.200
 he's rescued

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:02.240
 even to those

00:36:02.240 --> 00:36:03.000
 who've rejected

00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.920
 him that they

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.720
 might hear about

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.099
 him

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:07.000
 he sends

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.619
 his witness

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.599
 to the town

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.380
 who has sent

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.519
 him away

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.719
 that's how

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:13.219
 safe he is

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:14.500
 to trust

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.859
 maybe you've

00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:16.519
 sent him away

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.739
 before

00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:19.440
 and he's

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.579
 calling to you

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.719
 again

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.859
 this morning

00:36:22.859 --> 00:36:24.219
 he's pursuing

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:25.159
 you again

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.719
 today

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.339
 because he

00:36:26.339 --> 00:36:27.039
 loves you

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:28.779
 he wants you

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.779
 to trust him

00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:30.219
 today

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:31.079
 and in the

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.980
 situation you're

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:33.000
 in right now

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:34.539
 maybe you're

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.219
 used to trusting

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:36.000
 Jesus but

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:37.619
 letting go of

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.199
 control here

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.519
 has been

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.019
 hard

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:41.459
 maybe that's

00:36:41.459 --> 00:36:41.819
 what he's

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.379
 doing again

00:36:42.379 --> 00:36:42.919
 this morning

00:36:42.919 --> 00:36:43.819
 calling you

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.539
 to trust

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:44.779
 him

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.379
 showing

00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:46.159
 himself

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:47.019
 to be

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.699
 powerful

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:49.159
 loving

00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:50.739
 and worthy

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.139
 of that

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.719
 trust

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.879
 let's pray

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:59.559
 Jesus we

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.180
 thank you

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:02.380
 that you

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:03.300
 pursue us

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.760
 even and

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.579
 especially in

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.280
 our fears

00:37:06.280 --> 00:37:09.820
 that you

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.320
 want

00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:11.380
 us

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.780
 to see

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.160
 you

00:37:13.160 --> 00:37:14.260
 and to

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:14.700
 trust

00:37:14.700 --> 00:37:15.079
 you

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:17.160
 thank you

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:17.400
 that you

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.180
 created us

00:37:18.180 --> 00:37:18.720
 for that

00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:19.619
 that you've

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.980
 always designed

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.360
 for that

00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:22.039
 relationship

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.659
 to be there

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.380
 and thank you

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.900
 when we

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.559
 push away

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.320
 that you

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:26.340
 push even

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:26.779
 harder

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.639
 towards us

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.440
 that you

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.179
 don't leave

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:29.800
 us alone

00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:31.199
 but that you

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.099
 move towards

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.519
 us

00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.619
 to rescue

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:35.360
 you're

00:37:35.360 --> 00:37:36.179
 glorious

00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:38.460
 we can't

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:38.820
 put into

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.420
 words

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.599
 the glory

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.059
 of who

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:41.639
 you are

00:37:41.639 --> 00:37:42.639
 and the

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.179
 ways that

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.480
 you have

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.380
 loved us

00:37:44.380 --> 00:37:46.360
 might we

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.860
 trust you

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:47.239
 again and

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.539
 might we

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.159
 even love

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:49.179
 as you

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.619
 have loved

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.099
 us

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:51.699
 work in

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.119
 our hearts

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.539
 by your

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.920
 spirit

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.440
 we pray

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:54.559
 in Jesus

00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:54.980
 name

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:56.679
 amen

00:37:56.679 --> 00:38:01.420
 for more

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.920
 information

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.719
 visit us

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.239
 online

00:38:03.239 --> 00:38:03.619
 at

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.539
 southwood.org

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:06.159
 and

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.639
 out

00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:06.960
 than

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.279
 again

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:09.179
 as a

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.340
 part of

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.019
 the

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.320
 house

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:10.880
 say

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:10.940
 sure

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.219
 to

00:38:11.219 --> 00:38:15.119
 see

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:17.099
 as oh