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 Today we are continuing on in our series in the Gospel According to Mark.

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 And Mark's Gospel is primarily split into two sections.

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 And it's very neat at one level, it's 16 chapters in the whole Gospel.

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 And the first chapter, first section, ends in the eighth chapter, the chapter before us today,

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 and transitions into the second part of the Gospel.

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 And the first part of the Gospel is really Mark is concerned with showing us the authority of Jesus.

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 We see that when he first appears, he teaches with authority.

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 The people in the Capernaum synagogue, they said they'd never heard anything like this.

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 This man teaches not like the scribes or the teachers of the law, but he teaches with authority.

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 And so he had an authoritative word that he was bringing.

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 He would speak often through parables, and he would speak out truths of the kingdom of God.

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 He would speak about lampstands and mustard seeds, and he'd speak about lamps on tables.

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 He'd speak about sheeps and goats.

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 But all the time, speaking out truths of the kingdom of God in easy-to-understand language

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 that people would relate to for those who would hear.

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 He had authority to forgive sin.

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 You might remember when they lowered the lame man through the roof, Jesus said,

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 Son, your sins are forgiven.

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 And the Pharisees took issue with this and said, no one can forgive sin except God alone.

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 But Jesus said, well, so that you might know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sin,

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 he told the guy, get up, take your mat, and go home.

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 And so the Son of Man had authority to forgive sin.

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 He had authority over demons and unclean spirits,

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 so much so that often on many occasions, the people who were possessed by them,

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 when they were in his presence, they would fall down on their knees when they saw Jesus,

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 a little bit like someone would fall down on their knees when they were confronted with a king.

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 So he had authority over demons.

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 The demons knew who he was.

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 When they would see him, they would often exclaim,

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 we know who you are, you're the Son of God.

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 And Jesus would command them to be quiet.

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 So he had authority over unclean spirits,

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 even over the demoniac from Gethsemane,

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 when that man who could not be bound by chains or iron fetters,

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 whenever he was bound, he would just snap them.

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 He lived in the tombs.

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 He cried out night and day.

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 But when he was confronted by Jesus Christ,

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 even when he was still at a distance,

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 he fell on his knees.

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 And he said, I know who you are.

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 What do you want with me?

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 He knew straight away that this was the Son of God,

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 and he knew the authority that this man had,

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 and asked him not to torture him.

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 So he had authority over evil spirits.

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 He had authority over sicknesses, all manner of sicknesses.

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 He cured paralytics.

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 He made the lame person walk.

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 He, on one occasion, put his fingers in a deaf man's ears,

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 and he unblocked his ears,

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 and then fruits so he could hear,

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 and loosened his tongue so he could speak again.

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 He opened the eyes of the blind.

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 So he had authority over all different diseases and sicknesses.

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 He cured a woman who had an issue of blood since she was young.

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 He had authority over life and death.

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 And he raised in Mark,

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 in the lead up to chapter 8,

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 we see that he raises Jairus' daughter from the dead.

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 So Jesus had this incredible authority,

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 and Mark is really interested in helping us to understand

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 the authority that Jesus Christ has.

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 And so he has this authority.

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 He has authority to feed great crowds from small amounts of food.

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 He fed the 5,000,

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 and he only had five loaves,

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 and he had two fish.

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 And he fed a crowd of 5,000 men,

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 which would have been a lot more when you add women and children.

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 So he fed a large crowd.

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 He had authority to feed this crowd.

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 And he also had authority over the elements,

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 so much so that one time when he was asleep in the stern of the boat,

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 and the disciples were there,

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 and they were rowing away,

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 and the waves started to come up,

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 and the wind started to pick up,

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 and the waves came into the boat,

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 and they said,

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 Jesus, don't you care that we're all going to die in here?

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 And he said,

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 don't be afraid.

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 Where's your faith?

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 And he said,

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 quiet, be still,

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 and the storm was completely still,

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 and the water was absolutely placid.

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 And so all this is with a view.

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 Mark is showing us the authority of Jesus Christ in the first half.

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 He's really showing these things to us,

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 so it will draw the question from us,

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 who is this man?

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 Who is this man?

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 As the disciples said,

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 that the wind and the waves obey him.

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 Who is this man?

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 And so that's the first section of the Gospel of Mark,

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 and as we go through chapter 8 today,

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 we will see that there is the transition from the first section of the Gospel

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 into the second section of the Gospel.

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 And the passage before us today,

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 it starts out with an interesting story about another crowd,

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 a crowd of 4,000 this time.

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 And, you know,

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 some theologians have thought that it's not,

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 it's the same account as the other one,

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 of the feeding of the 5,000.

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 But that can't be so,

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 because it's in a different geographical location.

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 There's distinct differences in the details.

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 There's only 4,000 men in this one.

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 There's 5,000 in the other.

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 They're sitting on the ground and not the grass.

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 After he,

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 on this occasion,

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 the feeding of the 5,000,

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 it was five loaves

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 and two fish that he fed the crowd with.

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 On this occasion,

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 it's 12 loaves and a few small fish.

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 And so there's distinct differences.

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 When he has fed the crowd,

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 he picks up a different amount of baskets,

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 seven large baskets after this feeding

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 and 12 baskets after the feeding of the 5,000.

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 So there are these distinct differences

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 which show us

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 that this is definitely,

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 definitely a different occasion.

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 However,

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 there are also incredible similarities.

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 Now, when Jesus performs miracles,

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 he,

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 I don't know,

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 and if I had Jesus' power,

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 I think I would go around

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 changing a Hyundai XL

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 into a Nissan GTR

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 or something like that.

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 But when Jesus performs miracles,

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 it's very, very different to our use

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 of how we would perform them.

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 So he's not just performing miracles,

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 but he's also teaching people

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 at the same time.

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 He's teaching people

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 and he's teaching his disciples

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 things they need to see.

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 And on this occasion,

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 the key to this passage,

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 so for instance,

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 sorry,

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 you know,

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 he says,

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 I am the light of the world

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 and then he opens a blind man's eyes

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 who has been living in the darkness

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 all his life.

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 He says in John's account

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 of the feeding of the 5,000,

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 he says

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 that he is the bread of God.

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 He's the manna from heaven.

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 And he says that he is the bread of life.

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 He says,

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 anyone who comes to me

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 will never hunger

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 and he who believes in me

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 will never thirst.

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 So there's always this thing

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 that Jesus is trying to show

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 something other

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 than just meeting some sort of need.

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 But no doubt,

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 as we look at the passage today,

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 there is a need of these people.

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 They've been traveling three days.

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 Jesus has compassion on them

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 and he wants to feed them.

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 But there's a deeper reason

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 that he wants to produce

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 such a similar miracle

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 to one he produced back in chapter six

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 very recently.

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 And that is,

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 if we look back at chapter six

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 and we have a look

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 at what happened after

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 Jesus fed the 5,000,

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 he sends the disciples ahead of him.

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 He sends them off to Bethsaida.

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 And so they're out on the lake

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 and they're rowing away on the lake.

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 And it's a different occasion

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 to the one where the wind

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 and the waves come in,

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 but the wind is against them.

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 And the wind is blowing

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 the other direction.

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 The disciples are rowing really hard

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 and Jesus can see them from the shore

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 that they're not really getting that far.

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 And he decides

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 in the fourth watch of the night,

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 he's going to walk out

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 on the lake to meet them.

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 And so Jesus walks out.

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 He walks out to see the disciples

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 in the middle of the lake

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 and they get a shock.

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 They're terrified.

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 They scream in terror

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 because they think they've seen a ghost.

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 And Jesus says,

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 well, take courage.

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 Don't be afraid.

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 It's just me.

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 And so the disciples are just stunned.

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 And Jesus gets in the boat.

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 The wind dies down.

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 And it says,

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 the disciples were utterly amazed.

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 And then the next verse

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 is what gives us the key

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 to the beginning of our chapter today.

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 It says,

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 the reason they were amazed

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 was for they did not understand

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 about the loaves

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 because their hearts were hardened.

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 They didn't understand the miracle

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 because their hearts were hardened.

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 So here Jesus is needing

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 to show them something.

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 He's needing to teach them a lesson

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 a second time,

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 which they haven't quite got right

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 the first time.

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 And as we follow the passage through,

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 you will see that that theme

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 is actually repeated

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 in the miracle he performs

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 with the blind man.

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 There's a blind man there

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 and they go to Bethsaida

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 and there's a blind man

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 and the people bring

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 this blind man to him.

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 The blind man,

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 Jesus takes him out of the village

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 and it looks like

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 that Jesus has performed a healing

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 which didn't actually quite work.

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 So he spits on the man's eyes.

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 He lays his hands on him.

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 But the guy,

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 he says,

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 look up,

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 what do you see?

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 And the guy says,

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 well, I see men

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 but they look like trees

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 walking around.

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 So it hasn't quite worked.

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 You see,

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 what's happening here

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 is that Jesus

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 is using this illustration

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 to show the disciples

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 something that has just happened

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 with them.

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 They needed to see

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 that miracle a second time

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 because Jesus was trying

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 to teach them

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 that he is all sufficient.

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 Now,

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 it doesn't quite pay off

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 because as we follow past

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 the miracle,

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 we have a look

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 and there's the Pharisees

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 and they're testing Jesus,

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 disputing with him,

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 demanding a sign.

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 I mean,

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 probably some of them were present

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 and saw the feeding of the 5,000

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 but they're demanding a sign.

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 They want to test him.

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 They're not wanting to use faith.

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 They just want to see

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 to believe.

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 And Jesus says,

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 a wicked and adulterous,

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 well,

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 he says,

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 this generation wants a sign

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 but none will be given to it.

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 It says in the Matthew version,

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 I think it is,

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 a wicked and adulterous generation

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 wants,

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 seeks a sign

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 but none will be given to it

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 except the sign of Jonah.

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 He also calls them,

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 in the other versions,

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 in Luke and Matthew,

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 he calls them hypocrites

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 and he says,

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 you know,

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 you see,

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 you see the sky

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 when it's red at night

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 and you instantly know

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 that it's going to be

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 a fine day the next day.

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 You see the sky

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 and it's red in the morning

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 and you know

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 that it's going to be,

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 that it's going to rain.

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 So you can interpret those signs

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 and yet,

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 how is it you can't interpret

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 the sign of the times?

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 And then he also,

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 in the other version,

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 says you can see

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 a cloud off in the distance

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 in the west

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 and you know

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 that rain's coming

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 when you see that

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 but if you see

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 a wind blowing

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 from the south,

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 you know that it's going

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 to be a hot day.

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 So you can interpret

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 these signs

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 but you cannot

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 interpret the sign

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 of the times.

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 So,

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 Jesus is quite disturbed

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 about this,

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 that the Pharisees

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 are asking for the sign,

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 he refuses to give it to them

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 and then he says

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 to the disciples

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 who happen to have

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 just had one loaf of bread

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 on them at the time,

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 watch out for the yeast

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 or the leaven

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 of the Pharisees

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 and that of Herod.

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 And so the disciples

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 sort of,

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 it's almost comical

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 in a way

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 when you look at it,

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 the disciples start

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 talking amongst themselves

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 and they say,

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 oh,

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 he's saying that

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 because we don't have

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 any bread,

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 we forgot to buy bread.

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 And Jesus is just amazed,

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 he's like,

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 he's like,

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 guys,

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 don't you get it yet?

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 Do you not understand?

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 Do you have eyes

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 but don't see?

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 Do you have ears

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 but don't hear?

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 Don't you remember?

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 And he talks about,

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 he brings to memory

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 the two miracles

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 that have taken place

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 and he brings them

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 back to memory

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 and it's then

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 that all of a sudden

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 after performing

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 the miracle

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 on the blind man

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 that the disciples

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 have now finally got it.

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 They've finally learnt

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 the lesson.

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 And so as we come down

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 the passage,

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 he's talking just quickly

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 back there,

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 he talks about

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 the yeast of the Pharisees

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 and the yeast of Herod,

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 the yeast of the Pharisees.

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 Well,

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 that's the yeast of,

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 we learn in Matthew's version

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 that that is their doctrine.

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 The yeast of the Pharisees

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 is their doctrine.

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 Yeast was often spoken about

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 in the scriptures

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 as something which goes in

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 and then works its way

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 through the whole batch of dough.

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 And so he's saying,

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 beware of this doctrine

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 of the Pharisees.

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 The doctrine of the Pharisees

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 is of course

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 that they want to see signs,

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 they want proof,

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 they don't want to use faith

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 and they don't want a righteousness

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 which is by faith,

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 they want a righteousness

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 by what they do.

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 And so this is the yeast

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 of the Pharisees.

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 The yeast of Herod

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 is slightly different.

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 You might remember that Herod,

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 he arrests John the Baptist

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 because John the Baptist

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 had been telling him

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 it was unlawful

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 for him to marry

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 his brother's wife.

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 And because he was saying

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 it's unlawful for you

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 to marry your brother's wife

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 and Herod went ahead

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 and married his brother's wife

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 anyway, Herodias.

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 Herodias was out to get

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 John the Baptist from then on

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 when John the Baptist

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 was in prison.

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 Herodias wanted him killed.

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 But Herod protected

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 John the Baptist

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 and it says that he

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 liked to listen to him

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 although when he listened

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 to him he was greatly puzzled.

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 So here's a man,

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 it says Herod knew

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 John was a holy man

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 and so Herod knows

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 that John the Baptist

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 he's a holy man,

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 he knows he's bringing

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 the word of God

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 but he's not listening

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 to the word of God.

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 He's somebody who just

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 hears the word of God

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 but it just goes

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 straight over their head

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 and he's got no interest

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 in that word

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 actually impacting his life

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 or his actions.

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 So that's the yeast

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 yeast of the Pharisees

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 and the yeast of Herod

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 slight detour there

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 sorry

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 but now going back

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 to the passage here

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 Jesus now has got

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 the disciples

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 into the place

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 he wants them to be in

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 he says to them

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 who do people

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 after he's healed

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 the blind man

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 he says who do people

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 say that I am

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 and they say

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 well some say

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 that you're John the Baptist

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 others say Elijah

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 still others say

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 you're one of the prophets

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 and he says

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 but who do you say I am

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 and Peter says

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 well you're the Christ

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 bingo

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 they've finally got it

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 they can finally see

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 who Jesus is

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 they finally understand

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 who this man is

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 and this is how

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 we conclude

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 the first section

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 of the Gospel of Mark

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 is with the disciples

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 at last

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 understanding

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 and seeing clearly

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 who Jesus is

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 but

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 it doesn't last long

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 that moment of glory

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 because straight after

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 Jesus begins to tell them

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 all that he must suffer

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 he says that he will be

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 rejected by the elders

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 and the chief priests

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 and the teachers of the law

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 and that he will be killed

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 and that he will be raised

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 on the third day

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 and Peter takes him aside

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 and he says

00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.379
 Lord

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 far be it from you

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 he rebukes him

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 it says in Mark

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 but in Matthew

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 it says

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 he says

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 far be it from you

00:16:53.459 --> 00:16:53.659
 Lord

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 this shall never happen to you

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 and

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 Jesus

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 immediately

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 sees

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 what is going on

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 and

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 we might

00:17:02.419 --> 00:17:03.379
 hear what Jesus

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 says

00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:04.940
 as get behind me

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 Satan

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 as a

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 as a harsh

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 comment

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 but when we think

00:17:08.819 --> 00:17:09.460
 it through

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 that is exactly

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 exactly

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 where those words

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 have come from

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 because what Peter

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 is suggesting

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:18.460
 is that Jesus

00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:19.680
 will never have to suffer

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 that Jesus

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 will never have to go

00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.779
 to the cross

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 and if Jesus

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 never goes to the cross

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 then humanity

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 is all

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 every single one of us

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 are on our way

00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:30.720
 to hell

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 so what Peter

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 is suggesting

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 is contrary

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 to the plan

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 of God

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 for saving

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 humanity

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 and so of course

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.740
 Jesus response

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.220
 to that

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:43.200
 is to say

00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:44.200
 get behind me

00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:44.559
 Satan

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 because that

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.620
 that comment

00:17:46.620 --> 00:17:48.059
 is from the pit

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.460
 of hell

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 he says

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 you don't have

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 your heart

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.759
 on the things

00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.160
 of God

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 you've got your

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 heart on the things

00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:53.259
 of man

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 there's no neutral

00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:55.380
 zone

00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:55.980
 you're either

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 set on God

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 or you're not

00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.140
 we've either got to be

00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:00.960
 people of the word

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 or we will be

00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:02.900
 people of the world

00:18:02.900 --> 00:18:04.680
 we have to make

00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.400
 a choice there

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 and we have to keep

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 on reminding

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 ourselves

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:09.400
 of who this man

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 is

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 this Jesus

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 and what he

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 has done

00:18:12.080 --> 00:18:12.920
 for us

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 so the disciples

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 hadn't quite

00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.280
 got that

00:18:17.280 --> 00:18:18.320
 and so the rest

00:18:18.320 --> 00:18:18.960
 of the gospel

00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.480
 of Mark

00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.280
 is about

00:18:20.280 --> 00:18:21.360
 why Jesus

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 came

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 and that's

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 what the other

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 guys will be

00:18:25.540 --> 00:18:26.220
 following up

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 on

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 but Jesus

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 says if anyone

00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.580
 wants to follow

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 me he has to

00:18:30.520 --> 00:18:31.380
 carry he has to

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 deny himself

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 and carry his

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 cross daily

00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:36.340
 and that means

00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:37.080
 that we have

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 to be people

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 who are willing

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 to suffer

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 in Romans

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 chapter 8

00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:42.560
 it says

00:18:42.560 --> 00:18:43.660
 we will be

00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.980
 glorified with him

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:46.160
 it says that

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.080
 we will share

00:18:47.080 --> 00:18:47.860
 in his inheritance

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:49.320
 if we live by the

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 spirit then we are

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 sons

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 and it says

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 if sons

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 then co-heirs

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 and if co-heirs

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 then we will share

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 in his glory

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 so long as

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 we share

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 in his sufferings

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 and so this

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 is the walk

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 of a Christian

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 the more we want

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 to serve God

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 the more we want

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 to stand in the

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 truth

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 the more we want

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 to live for Jesus

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 and the more we want

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 to live by the

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 spirit

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 the more the world

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 will come at us

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 the more the devil

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 will come at us

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 the more everything

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 will come at us

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 to stop us

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 and we will

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 suffer

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 there is no question

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 if you give your

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 life to Jesus

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 and you are determined

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 to live for him

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 and live in the truth

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 you will

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 suffer

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 Jesus learnt

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 obedience it says

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 in Hebrews

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 through what he

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 suffered

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 and of course

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 that doesn't mean

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 that Jesus learnt

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 how to be obedient

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 it doesn't mean

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 he didn't know

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 how to be obedient

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 he was perfectly

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 obedient

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 but what it says

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 is he learnt

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 the content

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 of what it was

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 to be obedient

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 through the things

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 that he suffered

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 he saw that

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 to be obedient

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 to the father

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 he had to go

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 to the cross

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 he had to give

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 his life

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 he had to be

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 beaten and spat on

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 that's what

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 obedience cost

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 and

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 so this is

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 what the disciples

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 hadn't seen

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 but we also

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 can be

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 in a position

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 on this side

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 of the cross

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 it would be

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 true to say

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 that the disciples

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 never really

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 saw it

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 until Pentecost

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 you might remember

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 in Acts chapter 1

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 verse 6

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 when Jesus

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 is about to ascend

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 he says

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 to the disciples

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 say to him

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 at this point

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 Lord are you going

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 to restore the kingdom

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 to Israel

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 they're still

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 looking for

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 this earthly

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 victory

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 they are still

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 looking for

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 a kingdom

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 of this world

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 and that Jesus

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 will overthrow

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 the Roman army

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 and that Israel

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 will be restored

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 and Jesus

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 says well it's

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 not for you

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 to know the

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 times and places

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 that the father

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 has put in place

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 times and seasons

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 that the father

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 has put in place

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 and he says

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 but you'll be

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 given power

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 when the Holy

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 Spirit comes

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 on you

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 and so it's

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 not until they

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:02.059
 receive the Holy

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 Spirit

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 but when they

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 receive the Holy

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 Spirit

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 there's Peter

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 and he's telling

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 out the great

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 things of God

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 he can't hold

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 it in

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 the Holy Spirit

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 comes upon him

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 and all of a

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 sudden

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 everything makes

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 sense

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 all of a sudden

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 he's given a

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 revelation of the

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 cross

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 he's given a

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 revelation

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 of how that

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 fits in with

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 his understanding

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 of the Old

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 Testament

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 and his eyes

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 are fully opened

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 to the realities

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 of the kingdom

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 of God

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 and we can

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 even though we

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 are Christians

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 and we have

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 the Holy Spirit

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 we can quench

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 the Spirit

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 we can grieve

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 the Spirit

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 we have to keep

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 reminding ourselves

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 of the great truths

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 that we are in

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 the eternities

00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.920
 that we are in

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 we have to keep

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 reminding ourselves

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 that we worship

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 a risen man

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 we worship

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 a risen Christ

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 we do not worship

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 a dead Messiah

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 and we don't worship

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 somebody who's way

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 off in the ether

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 we worship somebody

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 who is alive

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 and present to us

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 and the fact

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 that he is risen

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 means that we too

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 will rise from the dead

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 the fact that we have

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 his Holy Spirit

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:05.319
 guarantees us

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.919
 of the resurrection

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 we have

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 and we have to be

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 focused on that

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 we have to keep

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 refreshing ourselves

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 with who we already are

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 not with what we have

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 to do in the future

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 but with what God

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.740
 has already done

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 for us

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 in Christ

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 that's what we have

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 to refresh ourselves

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 with

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 and in so doing

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 we will live

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 accordingly

00:22:24.560 --> 00:22:26.039
 to what we believe

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 because our faith

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 is inseparable

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:29.019
 from our works

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:32.400
 Peter puts it this way

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 he says in his first epistle

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 in 2 Peter

00:22:35.840 --> 00:22:36.940
 sorry in his second epistle

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:38.080
 2 Peter chapter 1

00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.620
 he says

00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.940
 for this reason

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:41.000
 make every effort

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.580
 to add to your faith

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.039
 goodness

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.660
 to goodness

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.299
 knowledge

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.340
 to knowledge

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:47.259
 self-control

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:48.259
 to self-control

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.080
 perseverance

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:50.320
 to perseverance

00:22:50.320 --> 00:22:51.060
 godliness

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.759
 to godliness

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.700
 brotherly kindness

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:54.159
 to brotherly kindness

00:22:54.159 --> 00:22:54.619
 love

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.419
 he says

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:56.879
 for if these are with you

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.159
 in increasing measure

00:22:58.159 --> 00:23:00.000
 you will neither be unproductive

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.619
 or ineffective

00:23:00.619 --> 00:23:01.579
 in your knowledge

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:03.019
 of Jesus Christ

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.859
 and he says

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:05.179
 but anyone who lacks

00:23:05.179 --> 00:23:06.179
 these qualities

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:08.799
 anyone who lacks

00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:09.519
 these qualities

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.819
 is nearsighted

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.440
 to the point

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.839
 of blindness

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:14.240
 and has forgotten

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:16.000
 they have been cleansed

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.279
 from their past sins

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:19.079
 you see

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.720
 it is the grace

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.359
 of God

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.720
 and being refreshed

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.279
 in the grace

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.720
 of God

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.579
 and being reminded

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.379
 of the cross

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.480
 being reminded

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.660
 of the great eternities

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:27.599
 that gives us

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.759
 a dynamic power

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.420
 from within

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.299
 to live

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.639
 according to those

00:23:31.639 --> 00:23:32.319
 things that we've

00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.139
 been brought into

00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:35.980
 Colossians 3

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.460
 Paul says

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:39.339
 you know

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.160
 set your mind

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.099
 on things above

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:42.240
 where your life

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:43.279
 is hidden with Christ

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.539
 not on things below

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:46.099
 he says

00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.599
 for your life

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:46.839
 sorry

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.519
 for your life

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.940
 is hidden

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.639
 with Christ

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.240
 in God

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:50.759
 so set your mind

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.359
 on those things

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.039
 that are above

00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:53.440
 because that is

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.420
 where the reality

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:55.019
 is

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.480
 our eternal reality

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.159
 is

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:59.079
 in the heavenly realms

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.980
 we've been raised

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.619
 with Christ

00:24:00.619 --> 00:24:01.859
 we will be raised

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.379
 with Christ

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.319
 but we've been raised

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:03.879
 with Christ

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:05.099
 and seated with him

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:06.059
 in the heavenly realms

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:08.460
 so that is where we are

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.519
 that is who we are

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.619
 that needs to be

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.200
 our focus

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.279
 that needs to be

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.559
 what we keep

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.659
 in our sight

00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.539
 and

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:18.940
 I think

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.599
 let me pray

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.579
 I'll leave it at that

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.339
 God bless you

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:24.379
 Father

00:24:24.379 --> 00:24:25.500
 thank you for what

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.179
 you have done

00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:26.679
 for us

00:24:26.679 --> 00:24:27.319
 in Christ

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.019
 thank you

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.419
 that

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:30.119
 you are so patient

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:30.519
 with us

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:30.980
 thank you

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.200
 that

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.399
 with the disciples

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:33.500
 you even perform

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.039
 the miracle

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.059
 a second time

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.319
 just so they would

00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.819
 understand

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.440
 what they needed

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.899
 to learn

00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.119
 Lord

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.659
 so often

00:24:38.659 --> 00:24:39.539
 we need to learn

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.339
 things a second

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:40.799
 and third

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.679
 and fourth time

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.819
 but you bear

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.299
 with us

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.619
 Father

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.179
 and we are

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:45.059
 just so grateful

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:46.539
 we ask Lord

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.179
 as we go into

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:47.899
 the week ahead

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:49.179
 that Lord

00:24:49.179 --> 00:24:49.899
 you will just

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.779
 give us

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:52.799
 just eyes

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.460
 to see what

00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.039
 you brought us

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.720
 into already

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.619
 help us to keep

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.659
 focused on things

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.159
 which are going to

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 remind us of the

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 reality of who

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 we are in you

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 and we ask this

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 in Jesus precious

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 name

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 Amen

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 in Jesus

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 and we are in you

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 and we are in you

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 that

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 to do

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 love we are in you

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 wise to

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vent

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 God

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 love we are in you

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 and you are my

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 Lord

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 and you politically