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 that we can talk to you.

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 We thank you.

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 So as somebody is thinking about the possibility of venturing

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 onto the frontier, read the passage.

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 And let me say that.

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 Hang on.

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 I have here an introduction to our gospel,

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 which I'm going to leave in the back.

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 And it's just an A4.

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 And I'm very confident there's some recommended reading

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 and a couple of books you might like to read along

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 with this new series in Mark's Gospel,

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 which you now have in the evening.

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 And at the back, we're going to be reading it through this fall.

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 So that's the first thing.

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 I just want to say that we are starting a new series

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 looking at Mark's Gospel,

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 going all the way through to Chapter 8

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 over the next couple of months.

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 So please do read that on us.

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 Read the story.

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 I think that would be better prepared and engaged

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 as we come to this study

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 and look at it on Sunday mornings.

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 So Mark, Chapter 1, Verses 1 to 13,

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 and is going to be...

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 Great.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Mark, Chapter 1, Verses 1 to 13.

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 John, the round of the first morning.

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 The beginning of the talk about Jesus Christ,

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 the self-serving.

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 It is written in his name, the cross.

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 I will send my messenger ahead of you,

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 and you will prepare your way.

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 Avoid the phone calling the desert,

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 prepare you to wait for the Lord,

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 and make a straight path for heaven.

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 And so John came,

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 baptizing in the desert region,

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 and preaching about his Lord,

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 and the forgiveness of sins.

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 The whole Judean countryside,

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 and all the people of Jerusalem,

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 went to them.

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 Confessing their sins,

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 they were baptized by heaven,

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 and the Jordan River.

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 John, who I slowly made a camel's hair,

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 with a letter of death around his face,

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 and shaped open,

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 and while running,

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 and this was his message.

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 After me would come,

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 and I will pass it to the night,

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 the promise of his God,

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 and I will not let him see the child in my side.

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 I got tied to him in water,

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 but he was baptized into the Holy Spirit.

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 At that time,

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 he was a sacred path of reality,

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 and was baptized by the Lord,

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 in the Jordan.

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 As he was supposed to look at the water,

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 he saw a head,

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 being torn open from a spirit,

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 deadly woman,

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 like a duck,

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 and always came to heaven.

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 You are my child,

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 you are my mother,

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 and you are your obedience.

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 At once,

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 the spirit sent the message to death,

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 and the spirit sent the word,

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 and he was baptized by faith.

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 He was written for a battle,

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 and I chose to have the children.

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 Thank you so much, Greg.

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 Well, let's pray,

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 and ask God,

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 for his Holy Spirit,

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 as we look at this.

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 Father, it is an enormous privilege,

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 to meet together like this,

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 in freedom,

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 having heard this morning,

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 a glorious word of the apostles,

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 brothers,

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 to have your word in our language,

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 where we can all have a Bible for ourselves.

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 We thank you.

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 We pray that we may not treat it like a believer,

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 taking it as a privilege,

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 and a responsibility,

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 to learn well about Jesus,

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 so that we will be people who are changed,

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 that we might bring Jesus to the world,

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 to the nations,

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 to our community.

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 Please, by your Holy Spirit,

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 speak in fresh to us,

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 to the wonder of who Jesus is,

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 and what it is,

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 to meet him.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, that's the verse one,

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 of Mark's Gospel.

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 The beginning of the Gospel,

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 about Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 In a very short,

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 I would like to say,

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 that Mark the author,

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 is saying,

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 if we want to know,

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 about who Jesus is,

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 why he came,

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 and what he claims to do,

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 he didn't fight for us,

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 to read on in his story.

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 Now, I imagine,

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 for most of us,

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 that's a straightforward assumption,

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 but for the majority of people,

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 that is intellectual suicide.

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 It's a nonsense,

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 to read a book like this.

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 Atheists,

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 like Richard Dawkins,

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 who wrote a book,

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 called The God Solution,

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 conspiracy theorists,

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 like the author,

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 Dan Brand,

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 have made it popular,

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 for people,

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 to view the Gospel,

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 quite far,

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 but nothing more than,

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 a legend,

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 and fabrication.

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 In other words,

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 it's a nonsense,

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 you can't read this,

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 a lot of serious words.

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 Let me quote to you,

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 from Dawkins.

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 This comes from his website,

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 and he writes about,

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 what he thinks,

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 of the Bible,

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 and whether we can trust it.

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 This is what he says,

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 good Christian scholars,

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 of the Bible,

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 including the top,

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 Protestants,

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 and Catholic scholars,

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 will tell you,

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 that the Bible,

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 is full of life,

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 even if they're new,

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 as you can see.

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 And here's the truth,

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 many of the books,

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 of the New Testament,

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 were written by people,

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 who lied about their identity,

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 claiming to be,

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 a famous apostle,

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 like Peter Paul,

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 or James,

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 knowing so well,

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 they were someone else.

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 Contemporary speaking,

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 that is a lie,

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 and a book written by people,

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 that we lied,

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 and write his identity,

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 is a forgery.

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 Now, Richard Ruhl,

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 is a professor at Oxford,

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 and people make serious,

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 and money says,

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 or listen to somebody,

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 like Dan Brown,

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 and his view of the book,

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 many of the people,

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 he says,

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 the gospel,

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 of the products,

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 of man,

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 not of God.

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 Man created it,

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 as a historical record,

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 of two months of life,

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 and as it evolved,

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 through countless,

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 translations,

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 additions,

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 and revisions.

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 So modern views,

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 opinions,

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 which have us believe,

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 that we cannot take,

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 the gospel apart,

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 seriously.

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 It's all made up,

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 in all lines.

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 of the people,

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 of the people,

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 of the people,

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 of the people,

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 which raises the question,

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 but where do we have,

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 to be a mark,

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 and concerning,

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 over the next couple of months,

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 can we actually trust,

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 what mark has written?

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 Is this actually,

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 a reliable record,

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 about the person,

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 who's writing?

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 Can we read this,

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 that's true?

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 Well,

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 I am persuaded,

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 that we can.

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 Let me say,

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 three things,

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 very quickly.

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 First,

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 Mark draws,

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 all of his material,

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 from an eye witness,

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 somebody who is,

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 actually there,

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 and witness,

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 in the light of Jesus.

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 Back in,

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 138,

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 there was a bishop,

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 who called,

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 to hide.

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 And in his writings,

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 which were said to,

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 he records,

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 that Mark,

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 was a secretary,

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 and a translator,

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 for Peter,

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 one of the first followers,

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 of Jesus.

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 And he wrote,

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 accurately,

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 all that Peter,

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 remembered.

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 And as we read,

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 through the gospel,

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 of the gospel of Mark,

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 we'll see that,

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 Peter's not going to be,

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 mentioned in the most.

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 But something seems,

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 to happen,

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 in which Peter,

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 is not present.

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 He's done all,

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 the nature of events,

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 that are going on.

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 So the gospel of Mark,

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 is certainly,

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 the Bible,

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 as account,

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 of Peter.

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 Second,

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 the content,

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 of Mark's gospel,

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 will it too,

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 counterproductive,

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 to be considered,

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 gladiaries,

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 or fabrications.

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 Peter is,

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 consistently seen,

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 as he reads,

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 through the new sentence,

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 as the first,

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 and primary,

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 Christian leader,

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 of the church.

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 Yet,

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 as he reads,

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 through Mark's gospel,

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 he is portrayed,

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 as he is a failure,

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 of people,

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 setting up,

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 and making mistakes.

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 In fact,

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 in chapter 14,

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 Mark's words,

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 read in great detail,

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 how Peter,

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 denied Jesus,

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 and cursed him,

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 in public.

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 Now,

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 we have to ask,

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 the question,

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 why would anybody,

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 who is wanting,

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 to promote,

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 such a teaching,

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 and encourage people,

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 to follow Jesus,

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 why would they,

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 highlight,

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 the spectacular,

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 failures,

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 of their most,

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 prominent,

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 readers?

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 It seems,

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 that Peter,

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 has been laid,

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 to Mark,

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 as honest,

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 and truthful,

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 accounts,

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 with them.

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 Which suggests,

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 that,

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 all the truth.

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 And third,

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 as you read,

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 through the gospel,

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 of Mark,

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 there is too much,

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 detail here,

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 that is to be,

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 considered fiction.

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 For example,

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 in Mark chapter 4,

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 you know the story,

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 well,

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 it's like,

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 Jesus,

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 a camp,

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 and storm.

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 But a report,

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 therefore,

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 is that,

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 Jesus was asleep,

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 on a cushion,

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 in the third,

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 proposal.

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 Now,

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 that information,

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 is necessary,

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 for us to know,

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 about,

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 what you're trying,

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 to do in the game.

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 But the detail,

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 is so intricate,

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 where they,

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 and David,

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 what he was taken on,

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 that it concludes,

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 that there were,

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 I would have friends,

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 who recorded,

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 everything that they,

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 saw,

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 and heard.

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 And this is what,

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 makes the gospel,

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 of Mark,

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 reliable.

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 It's a piece,

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 of literature,

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 that's not just,

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 put together,

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 as a couple.

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 It's true,

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 and we can trust it.

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 All of this,

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 is evident,

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 that Mark,

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 gospel,

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 is a revival,

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 record,

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 and it,

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 instantly,

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 is the gospel,

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So we can read it,

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 knowing,

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 it's going to get,

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 the picture,

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 of the need,

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 of the need.

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 Now,

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 that's all,

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 by way of introduction,

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 we don't want,

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 to get,

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 false,

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 and,

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 it's just,

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 historical,

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 evidence.

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 This is,

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 as the first,

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 verse,

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 tells us,

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 is good news,

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 for us today,

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 because that's,

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 what the word,

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 gospel means.

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 Good news,

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 Christ,

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 something that happens,

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 and it's all found,

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 in the person,

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 So let's see,

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 what Mark has to say,

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 to us,

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 about Jesus,

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 and why,

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 is it good news?

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 Again,

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 let's read,

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 verse one.

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 The beginning,

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 of the gospel,

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 about Jesus Christ,

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 the son of God.

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 His introduction,

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 is carefully shown,

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 a character,

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 to show us,

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 that this is,

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 history shaping,

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 world impact,

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 there has been,

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 an intervention,

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 into the world.

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 Now,

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 there's two things,

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 that point to that.

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 First,

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 one of the most,

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 famous rulers,

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 of the Roman Empire,

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 was the Emperor,

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 of Augustus.

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 He was there,

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 at the time,

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 of Jesus,

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 born in the first,

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 of the Roman Empire.

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 Now,

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 when he was born,

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 this inscription,

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 was made,

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 to chisel it,

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 to a dove,

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 to be found,

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 by a cardiologist.

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 And listen carefully,

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 to what he says.

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 The first day,

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 of the gospel,

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 in Purodunus.

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 March for the world,

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 the beginning,

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 of good news,

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 through the coming.

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 Now,

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 isn't that extraordinary?

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 It's almost identical,

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 to have March about,

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 the coming of Jesus.

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 Look at verse one,

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 the beginning,

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 of the gospel,

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 about Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God.

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 You see,

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 the people,

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 of the Roman Empire,

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 aren't hearing,

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 about the birth,

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 of Augustus.

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 They anticipated,

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 here comes a new king,

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 a new ruler,

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 who's going to bring,

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 about faith,

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 and freedom,

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 and victory.

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 And that's exactly,

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 what March is,

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 communicating to us here.

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 He borrowed language,

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 of the people today,

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 to communicate,

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 to those people originally.

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 But it makes sense,

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 to us today,

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 if we read it,

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 that Jesus Christ,

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 has intervened,

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 into the world,

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 God's kingdom come,

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 to restore,

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 this broken,

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 and disordered world.

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 He'd come to rescue us,

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 he'd come to free us,

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 he'd come to bring peace.

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 Now,

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 of course,

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 Jesus,

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 is nothing like,

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 the emperor government.

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 He was merely,

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 his man.

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 Look what it says,

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 verse 1,

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 Jesus is the son,

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 of God.

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 A title of divinity,

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 he is nothing,

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 as a God himself,

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 in human form,

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 who has intervened,

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 and has,

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 has been,

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 in,

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 into,

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 our world.

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 and the second thing,

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 that means,

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 to learn from this,

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 is that Mark's introduction,

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 is also,

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 very similar,

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 to the first book,

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 of the Bible,

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 Genesis.

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 Do you remember,

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 the first verse,

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 of Genesis,

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 what does it say,

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 in the beginning,

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 God.

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 And Genesis,

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 records,

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 that the earth,

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 was formless,

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 of the tension,

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 there was disorder,

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 there was chaos,

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 but God intervened,

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 and he brought,

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 order,

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 and design,

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 to the world.

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 He created,

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 the world,

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 into nothing,

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 that was very good.

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 Now,

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 that Mark,

00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:45.100
 starts in the gospel,

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 and he's wanting,

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 us to make,

00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.159
 these connections,

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 he says,

00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:49.539
 the beginning,

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 of the gospel,

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 he says,

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 it's not around,

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 the world,

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 it's been,

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 ordered,

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 there's chaos,

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 and all,

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 needs to be,

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 put right,

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 and God,

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 intervenes,

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 not to create,

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 the world,

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 but to renew,

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 the world,

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 to bring about,

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 a new creation,

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 into the lives,

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 of people.

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 Now,

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 when we take,

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 these thoughts together,

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 we can see,

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 that this is,

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 an intervention,

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 that means,

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 the world,

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 is never going,

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 to be the same again.

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 A new world leader,

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 a king,

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 comes from God,

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 to restore,

00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:28.620
 this broken world.

00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.000
 Now,

00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.820
 this intervention,

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 was no action,

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 just as creation,

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 was no action.

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 It's all been,

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 planted,

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 and hurt,

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 by God.

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 People like,

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 Isaiah,

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 the prophet,

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 thousand years earlier,

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 wrote about it.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 The Isaiah,

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 the prophet,

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 wrote about Jesus,

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 and he said,

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 I will send my messenger,

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 ahead of you,

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 who will prepare your way,

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 a voice of God,

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 calling in the devil,

00:14:55.200 --> 00:14:56.120
 prepare the way,

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 unto the Lord,

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 and make this,

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 great platform.

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 So God,

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 has planned,

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 for Jesus to come,

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 he planned,

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 to intervene,

00:15:05.279 --> 00:15:05.899
 he planned,

00:15:05.980 --> 00:15:07.039
 to rescue us,

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 and to restore us.

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 And Mark,

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 in the next second,

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 very beginning,

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 with God,

00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:14.820
 that Jesus Christ,

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 is God,

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 long awaited,

00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:18.399
 from that king,

00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.279
 who has come,

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 to put right,

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 our broken lives,

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 and to put right,

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 our disordered world.

00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:29.940
 What an amazing event,

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 putting right,

00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:33.159
 our broken lives,

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 and putting right,

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 our disordered world.

00:15:36.340 --> 00:15:37.340
 God,

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 that's what Jesus,

00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:39.840
 is coming,

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 or if he has come,

00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:45.700
 we need to be prepared,

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 to meet him.

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 And that's what John,

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 wrote on,

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 was to prepare people,

00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:53.700
 to meet him.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 And so John came,

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 baptizing,

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 in the desert region,

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 and preaching,

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 a baptism of repentance,

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 for the forgiveness,

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 of sinners.

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 Repentance,

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 and baptism,

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 is the way,

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 people,

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 were preparing,

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 themselves,

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 to meet,

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 Jesus,

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 who was coming,

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 to them.

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 And John,

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 like the better,

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 because he was the last,

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 of a great long life,

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 spoke about,

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 the need to repent,

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 before God,

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 and the Lord's Son,

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 to retain.

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 Because it was a matter,

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 of unordewing,

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 you have to be prepared,

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 to meet him.

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 Now the help of us,

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 have done this,

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 we need to look back,

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 at where these two quotes,

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 in verses 2 and 3,

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 come from.

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 The first quote,

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 comes from Malachi.

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 So I want,

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 to jump back,

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 to Malachi.

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 The last book,

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 in the Old Testament,

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 so you don't have,

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 to go back too far.

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 You've got Matthew,

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 Mark,

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 in John,

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 and before Matthew,

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 is Malachi.

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 I want to go back,

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 to the first few pages.

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 And the smart ones,

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 among you,

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 will be saying,

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 well,

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 in a sense,

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 we're going to,

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 it is written,

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 an Isaiah's prophet,

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 so why are we going,

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 to Malachi?

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 Well,

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 let me explain,

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 that to you,

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 looking at me.

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 Isaiah was considered,

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 the chief of the main,

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 prophet,

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 and very often,

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 all the other,

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 prophets,

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 were grouped,

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 under Isaiah's,

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 so just generally,

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 meaning,

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 it was talked,

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 Isaiah's,

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 and all the others,

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 were included,

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 underneath him.

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 So,

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 we're going to,

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 Malachi chapter 3,

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 and verse 1,

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 and here he quotes,

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 because he wants us,

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 to go back,

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 and bring forward,

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 with us,

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 all the information,

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 that's contained there,

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 and he quotes,

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 verse 1,

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 revival,

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 the messenger,

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 and the covenant,

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 who you desire,

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 will come,

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 says the Lord,

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 according to Joshua.

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 The applications,

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 today,

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 Jesus,

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 in coming.

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 Look at verse 2.

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 But who will endure the day of his coming?

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 Who can stand when he appears?

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 For he will be like a refiner's fire or a laundry soap.

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 Jesus is coming today as a refiner.

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 As somebody who's going to come and purify,

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 somebody who's going to come and clean,

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 he's going to remove all that's wrong.

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 And he's going to come and fight.

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 Verse 5.

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 So I will come near thee for judgment.

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 I will be equipped to testify against your horsewars,

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 your adulterers, your murderers,

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 against those who do not labor in their wages,

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 who oppress the widows, the fatherless,

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 and the pride aliens of judgment,

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 or people from outside coming in.

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 Now it's a hardening question in verse 2.

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 Who can endure the day of his coming?

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 Who can stand when he is here?

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 And Mark is now telling us that Jesus has come.

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 He is appearing.

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 And because of the people's rebellion in this day,

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 no one could stand guiltless or faultless

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 before God's promised kingdom

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 in the coming center stage.

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 It was serious murder because he was coming

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 from Jordan and all else.

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 And who could stand?

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 And look at the very end of verse 5.

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 Of Malachi 2.

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 Look at the very last line.

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 You see what it says?

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 But did not fear me,

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 said the Lord Almighty.

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 But how did they not fear?

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 He was coming as a refiner,

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 as a purifier.

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 How did they not fear?

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 Well, hold that clause.

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 And let's go back to the other quotes

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 from my Bible,

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 which I've received in my Bible,

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 Isaiah chapter 40.

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 Mark chapter 1 verse 3,

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 quotes, Isaiah chapter 40.

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 And we'll get an answer.

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 Isaiah chapter 40.

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 We're going to read it up to verse 1.

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 We're close to Isaiah chapter 3,

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 but we're going to read it up to verse 1,

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 by 5, 4.

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 So we're thinking,

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 Jesus is coming.

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 He's coming as a refiner,

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 as a purifier.

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 How did they stand as he's coming?

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 But he says,

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 don't fear.

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 How did they not fear?

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 Well, we're in chapter 40 verse 1.

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 Comfort, comfort my people,

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 said your God.

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 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem

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 and proclaim to her

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 that her hard service

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 has been completed.

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 That her sin has been paid for.

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 That she has received

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 from the Lord's land

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 and juttled for all her sin.

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 And then they quote,

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 a voice of one calling

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 in the desert

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 and tears away for the Lord.

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 Do you get the connection?

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 They do not need to fear

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 because their sins have been paid for.

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 The promise came with coming to Israel

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 with the promise of judgment and justice.

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 He was going to put everything right.

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 He was the purifier,

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 the red wire,

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 the cleaner.

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 But it comes to the offer of forgiveness.

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 That's the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 That's the good news

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 that justice is going to be done in the world.

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 But people can also be forgiven.

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 Now if we are to avail

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 of the saints for Jesus,

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 we must also be people

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 who would respond

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 with repentance and baptism.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 Let's go back to Mark's gospel.

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 And we'll say amen.

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 Mark's gospel chapter 1.

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 It says in verse 5,

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 as all the human beings come to us

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 and all the people of Jerusalem

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 find taxing.

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 Jesus is coming.

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 The refinerers are coming.

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 The purifiers.

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 They have to be ready.

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 They have to be prepared.

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 What do they do?

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 The rest of verse 5,

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 they were confessing their sins

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 and they were baptized by John

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 in the Jordan River.

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 You see,

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 people who are prepared to meet Jesus

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 are tempted and were baptized.

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 It wasn't about going out today

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 and presenting yourself

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 as perfect.

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 Jesus is coming,

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 putting on your best clothes

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 and presenting yourself

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 as such a good person

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 and how you're better

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 than everybody else.

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 No, he says,

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 I want you to come in

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 directly as you want.

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 With all your left

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 and all your failures

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 and all your upset.

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 And just confess yourself.

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 Don't hide it.

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 Let him see you as you are

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 and seek his forgiveness.

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 It's quite liberating.

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 And let's not be mistaken.

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 Repentance isn't just

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 a one-stop event

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 that you're going to do

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 when you're quite a year old

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 and eating by your bed

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 and eating as you want.

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 Repentance is a life-off program.

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 And the way to demonstrate

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 that life of repentance

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 and the people you are doing

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 may be a claim to say,

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 I'm going to leave this life-off program.

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 They were baptized.

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 And baptism is an external expression

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 of an internal reality.

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 And so the people

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 who are serious about eating Jesus

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 prepared themselves

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 by turning away

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 and turning to Christ.

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 and being baptized

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 was a thing

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 that they were stating clearly

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 to everybody

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 that we are going to live

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 a life of repentance

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 and we are going to follow

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 the Lord Jesus

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 who is coming.

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 Let me just stop there

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 and make some comments

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 around you.

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 Somebody recently came to me

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 and said they once again

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 were baptized.

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 I was delighted

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 by seeing the difference.

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 They want to stay

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 by life of repentance.

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 And they both do that

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 positively to show

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 that this is the way

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 they're going in life.

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 And I want to challenge

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 people here to see what

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 have you first of all

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 ever repented

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 before the Lord?

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 Or is it just something

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 that is something

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 that we have?

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 It's a continual thing.

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 We continually need to come

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 and seek repentance.

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 And maybe you're claiming

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 that you do follow Jesus

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 but this baptism thing

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 well,

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 I'm going to wait

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 until I'm a little bit better

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 and try to do it,

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 done a few more good things

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 and then I'll get to it.

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 But look at it here.

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 Confessor says

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 we're baptized.

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 Think then.

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 Just like that.

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 If you're not baptized

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 and you're saying

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 the end of the following

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 of Jesus

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 and I want you to hear

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 the values of you,

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 why not?

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 What are you doing?

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 It's blatantly clear.

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 And we should be speaking

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 and saying

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 yes, I want to apologize

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 and I want other people

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 to know that that's

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 what I'm about to

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 and I want God's team

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 to know so that they

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 can encourage me

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 and support me.

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 And in a few weeks' time

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 we're going to be doing

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 the studies of the handout

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 and that person

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 who's asked about that

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:45.299
 will join in on that

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:47.259
 and wouldn't be bravely

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.359
 if there were somebody

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.039
 else in the room.

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:53.799
 take it seriously

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.819
 what God's saying.

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.519
 In fact,

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.160
 for attention

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.299
 and means and I

00:25:59.299 --> 00:26:00.420
 to prepare them

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.720
 for something supernatural.

00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.000
 Look at verse 7.

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.940
 And this was

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.839
 John's message.

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.000
 He says,

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.660
 after me

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.400
 will come one

00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:09.879
 more powerful in life

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.960
 that's trust

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.740
 of his man

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.839
 who's not worthy

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:16.599
 to do that.

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.959
 He said,

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.980
 don't look at me.

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:20.259
 I want you to look at Jesus.

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.959
 He's coming.

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.219
 All I'm doing

00:26:22.219 --> 00:26:23.459
 is preparing the way,

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.799
 getting people ready

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.719
 to meet Jesus.

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.399
 But he's the one

00:26:27.399 --> 00:26:28.759
 who's going to transform you.

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:30.079
 He's the one

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.819
 who's going to change

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.500
 in your first day.

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.819
 I've baptized you

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.439
 with water,

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.980
 but he's going to come

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:36.039
 and baptized you

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.959
 with the Holy Spirit.

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:41.100
 God's supernatural power

00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:43.059
 would come from Jesus

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:44.000
 and would be

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.980
 poured out upon

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:45.620
 his people

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.620
 equipping

00:26:46.620 --> 00:26:47.940
 and enabling them

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.559
 to live

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.620
 and experience

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.600
 the new life

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:52.000
 that he had come to bring.

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.480
 His spirit was going

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.700
 to come and change them

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:57.039
 from the inside out

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:58.720
 radically turning them

00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.779
 around in their life

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.960
 bringing renewal

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:01.759
 and restoration

00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.920
 so that they could be

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.480
 renewers

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.340
 and restorers

00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:05.319
 of their own community.

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:08.539
 So preparing

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.759
 to meet Jesus

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.339
 was serious.

00:27:12.899 --> 00:27:14.259
 He was the refiner

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.059
 of the coming,

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.319
 the purifier

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.079
 of the singing,

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.339
 the God of justice.

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.879
 But with the opera

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.439
 begins,

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:23.119
 so he says,

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.639
 repent

00:27:23.639 --> 00:27:26.919
 and show up serious

00:27:26.919 --> 00:27:29.480
 by being untied

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.139
 to the dead.

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.179
 Now,

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.039
 if we're serious

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.740
 about eating

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.440
 this Jesus,

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.519
 I'm not sure

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.259
 if all of the people

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.579
 here,

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.259
 if they were listening

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.779
 to John,

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.720
 were asking the question,

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.220
 well,

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.059
 how do we know

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:45.059
 who he really claims

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.460
 to be?

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:48.059
 Maybe he's just a fraud,

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.119
 a kind of religious

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:51.359
 guru who is obsessed

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.680
 with power and control

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.960
 because for a lot

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.920
 of kind of wannabe

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.399
 and a fly

00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:55.980
 of one thing

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.839
 around in that time.

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.579
 How do we know

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.339
 that he's real?

00:27:59.659 --> 00:27:59.980
 Well,

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.799
 for the first time.

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:04.039
 Jesus came from

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.200
 Nazareth in Galilee

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.899
 and he was baptized

00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.819
 by John

00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.639
 in the Jordan.

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.039
 Now,

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:11.319
 is that quite strange

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:12.759
 because we've just been

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.220
 saying that

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.680
 that's hidden

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.899
 with an outward expression

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.539
 of repentance.

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.079
 So does that mean

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.019
 that Jesus needs

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.639
 to repent?

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:21.240
 Was he just a rebellion

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.119
 that we are?

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:24.119
 And he needed to get

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:25.099
 himself sorted out

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.659
 before he could

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.579
 sort out the ground?

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:28.019
 No,

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.059
 it wasn't that at all.

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:31.179
 We know that Jesus

00:28:31.179 --> 00:28:32.419
 was pure of repentance.

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.199
 His baptism

00:28:34.199 --> 00:28:35.399
 was all about

00:28:35.399 --> 00:28:37.039
 identifying with us.

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.960
 So as Jesus

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.179
 comes to be baptized

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:41.279
 by John

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.179
 up to leave

00:28:42.179 --> 00:28:42.799
 and say,

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:44.939
 I am one with you,

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.339
 people.

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.419
 I'm not pushing

00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:48.619
 myself upon you.

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.659
 I'm not going to

00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:51.439
 force me to my power

00:28:51.439 --> 00:28:51.899
 on you,

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.139
 making me my servant.

00:28:53.899 --> 00:28:54.939
 I'm going to be

00:28:54.939 --> 00:28:55.720
 one with you

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:57.440
 to identify with you.

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.720
 I've come to

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.360
 wait your feet

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.180
 into your broken

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.019
 life and into

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:02.120
 your disordered world.

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.880
 I've come to serve you,

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.480
 not to control you.

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:07.880
 I've come to be like you

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:10.380
 so that I can save you.

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.839
 So he won't bend

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.819
 on the power

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:16.039
 in that sense.

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.920
 To identify

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.019
 and serve you

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.539
 with Jesus.

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.900
 Verse 10,

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.480
 and as Jesus

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.319
 was coming up

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:24.140
 out of the water,

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.220
 he saw heaven

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.440
 being torn open

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.579
 and the spirit

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.860
 being sending down

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.420
 on Jesus

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.180
 like a dove

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.240
 and a voice

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.400
 came from heaven.

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.779
 You are my son

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.620
 who am I done

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.600
 when you

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.980
 I am well pleased.

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.180
 Now this is how

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.620
 we know

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.059
 Jesus

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:43.079
 is no strong.

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.759
 The Father

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.640
 in heaven

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:48.140
 confirmed to us

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.339
 that Jesus

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.380
 that's in them

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:52.100
 who he really is.

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:53.839
 and I want you

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.379
 to be there.

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.919
 Nobody in the history

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.659
 of the world

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.699
 has received

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.859
 an audible voice

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.379
 from heaven

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.079
 that says

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:01.079
 you are my son

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.159
 whom I am.

00:30:02.699 --> 00:30:03.759
 With you

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:05.199
 I am well sold.

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:07.119
 Nobody's ever heard

00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.519
 of that.

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:09.119
 Except for him.

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.039
 And it's why

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.059
 Mark is drawing

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.539
 a thing.

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.119
 He says

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.719
 I want you to

00:30:13.719 --> 00:30:14.559
 come with me.

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.799
 I want you

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.639
 to be there.

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.339
 That Jesus

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.899
 has been

00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.919
 baptized in

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:20.140
 the right job.

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.980
 And I want you

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.880
 to hear those

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.900
 words from heaven

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.779
 for yourself.

00:30:26.600 --> 00:30:27.940
 You are my son.

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.920
 You are my love.

00:30:30.080 --> 00:30:30.840
 You are my love.

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.880
 I want you

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:33.240
 to see the spirit

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.880
 descending upon Jesus

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:37.120
 so that you

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.779
 will know

00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:39.360
 that this is

00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:40.680
 God's long

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.300
 awaited

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:42.440
 promised king

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.300
 who has come

00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:44.200
 to restore

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.100
 broken life

00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:46.259
 and renew

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.600
 disordered world.

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:50.259
 in many ways

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:51.759
 Jesus is commissioned

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:53.619
 sent by the

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.079
 father

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:55.339
 empowered

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.399
 by the spirit

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:57.500
 to go into

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.939
 the world

00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.759
 and let the people

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.480
 do the work

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.219
 that you can do.

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.399
 This is God's

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.119
 confirmation

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:04.359
 that Jesus

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:05.179
 is the one

00:31:05.179 --> 00:31:05.859
 the children

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.319
 one

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:08.000
 who is going

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.599
 to entertain

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:08.980
 the life.

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.099
 But this

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.659
 wasn't going

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:13.939
 to mean

00:31:13.939 --> 00:31:14.339
 to let him

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.659
 say

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:14.939
 that

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:18.100
 opposition

00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:18.680
 is going

00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:19.240
 to come

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:21.299
 and opposition

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.920
 that followed

00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.380
 Jesus

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:23.720
 all the way

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.400
 through as we

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:25.180
 meet the religious

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.680
 leaders

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:27.180
 and reject Jesus

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.820
 and their people

00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.660
 who are against

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.100
 him.

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.779
 Look at verse 12.

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:33.399
 at once

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:34.279
 the spirit

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.519
 sent Jesus

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.519
 out into

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.099
 the desert

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.559
 and he

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.299
 lived in the desert

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:40.579
 for forty days

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.740
 being tempted

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.599
 by Satan

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.579
 and he was

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.379
 with the wild

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:44.779
 animals

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.960
 and the angels

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.940
 attention.

00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.240
 Now

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:49.700
 Satan

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:51.019
 is aware

00:31:51.019 --> 00:31:52.579
 of God's plan

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.299
 and hurt

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.559
 him.

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.200
 He knows

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.599
 that Jesus

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.200
 had come

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.899
 for a specific

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.379
 purpose

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.140
 to renew

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.820
 and restore

00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:01.220
 things

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.540
 and Satan

00:32:02.540 --> 00:32:02.960
 did out

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.500
 to stop

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.760
 it.

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.680
 He wants

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.160
 his plan

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.920
 to destroy

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.620
 before it

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.320
 even began.

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.000
 Now again

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.640
 just as the

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.160
 start of

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.860
 our gospel

00:32:11.860 --> 00:32:12.260
 kind of

00:32:12.260 --> 00:32:12.820
 runs back

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.420
 to Genesis

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.940
 we're almost

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.380
 all about

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.880
 to Genesis

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.320
 again

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:17.000
 in three

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.300
 verses.

00:32:18.280 --> 00:32:18.920
 It's not

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.520
 unlike what

00:32:19.520 --> 00:32:20.080
 we see

00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:21.180
 at the very

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.700
 beginning.

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.560
 God created

00:32:23.560 --> 00:32:24.020
 a world

00:32:24.020 --> 00:32:24.560
 that was very

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:24.820
 good

00:32:24.820 --> 00:32:25.320
 but who was

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:25.840
 lurking in

00:32:25.840 --> 00:32:26.260
 the background?

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.540
 Who was there

00:32:27.540 --> 00:32:28.140
 in the garden?

00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.460
 Satan.

00:32:30.540 --> 00:32:31.300
 He got

00:32:31.300 --> 00:32:31.920
 a hold of

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.240
 the glass

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.600
 and he

00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:33.480
 first married

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:33.860
 women

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:34.620
 and he

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.180
 broke

00:32:35.180 --> 00:32:35.480
 them.

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.640
 He crushed

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.020
 them.

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.100
 He tempted

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.640
 them and they

00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:40.400
 fell and they

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.500
 failed and were

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.080
 living with

00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.840
 consequences

00:32:42.840 --> 00:32:43.620
 ever since

00:32:43.620 --> 00:32:44.360
 a broken

00:32:44.360 --> 00:32:44.860
 world.

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.580
 Now Satan

00:32:47.580 --> 00:32:48.180
 is out to

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.880
 break Jesus

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:50.960
 but this

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.520
 time

00:32:51.520 --> 00:32:52.660
 things are

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.080
 different.

00:32:54.520 --> 00:32:54.880
 Jesus

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.460
 has tested

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.039
 for 40

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.460
 days

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.319
 but he

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.600
 didn't

00:32:57.600 --> 00:32:58.019
 break.

00:32:59.140 --> 00:32:59.819
 In fact

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.480
 Jesus

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.960
 is the

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.660
 one who

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.039
 is going

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.720
 to crush

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.539
 Satan.

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.799
 Jesus

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.600
 would crush

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:06.980
 Satan

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.220
 and

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.500
 also

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.039
 Satan

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.840
 by

00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.100
 his

00:33:09.100 --> 00:33:09.440
 second

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.000
 cross.

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.420
 And Jesus

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.920
 is here

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.400
 on his

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.740
 mission

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.200
 in

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.920
 interviewee

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.600
 coming to

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:14.920
 the world

00:33:14.920 --> 00:33:15.519
 and no one

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:15.860
 and nothing

00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.319
 is going

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.960
 to stop

00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:17.579
 his plan

00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:18.400
 for restoration

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.420
 not even

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.880
 to tell

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.559
 what Satan

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:20.840
 is.

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:26.079
 Satan

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:26.519
 has a

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.959
 need

00:33:26.959 --> 00:33:27.539
 to happen

00:33:27.539 --> 00:33:27.839
 in the

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.879
 world

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:30.179
 of

00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.679
 charity

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.240
 becomes

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:33.539
 and charity

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:33.959
 becomes

00:33:33.959 --> 00:33:35.720
 and each

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.299
 one of us

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.539
 here

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.179
 face

00:33:37.179 --> 00:33:38.240
 a world

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.119
 we live

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:39.619
 life

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.000
 and are

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.639
 resorters

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.919
 we live

00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.559
 with death

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.679
 and disease

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.720
 and decay

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.839
 and broken

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.480
 there's war

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.319
 going on

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:49.659
 there's corruption

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:50.480
 going on

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.640
 and injustice

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.839
 there's hurt

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.759
 there's all

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.380
 kinds of

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:54.740
 things

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:57.519
 but here

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:58.160
 the message

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.940
 comes on

00:33:58.940 --> 00:34:01.279
 that Jesus

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.860
 Christ

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.779
 has come

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.640
 he has

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:05.140
 intervened

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:06.579
 to put it

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.240
 like this

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:09.820
 and many

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.119
 of you

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.619
 here this

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.019
 morning

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.659
 have a

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.460
 story to

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.960
 tell about

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.420
 Jesus

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.099
 intervened

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.420
 in your

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.880
 own

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.380
 lives

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:16.840
 and brought

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.099
 about

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.119
 repressions

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.420
 in your

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:18.659
 mouth

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:18.900
 and

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.260
 energy

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:21.760
 and as

00:34:21.760 --> 00:34:22.340
 we read

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.620
 through

00:34:22.620 --> 00:34:23.000
 large

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.460
 apostles

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.400
 we will

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.820
 relieve

00:34:24.820 --> 00:34:25.280
 Jesus

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.340
 beginning to

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.900
 undo

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.960
 the brokenness

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.960
 to reverse

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.600
 the effect

00:34:29.600 --> 00:34:30.260
 of the curse

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:31.080
 and you read

00:34:31.080 --> 00:34:31.700
 through large

00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.100
 apostles

00:34:32.100 --> 00:34:32.800
 it's full of

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.220
 miracles

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:34.779
 the sick

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:34.799
 the sick

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.379
 are healed

00:34:35.379 --> 00:34:36.899
 evil spirits

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.500
 are cast

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:37.799
 out

00:34:37.799 --> 00:34:38.579
 the poor

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.199
 are fed

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.239
 the storms

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.959
 are calmed

00:34:40.959 --> 00:34:41.739
 the dead

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.459
 are raised

00:34:42.459 --> 00:34:44.019
 and sins

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.699
 are forgiven

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.659
 and minds

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.759
 are being transformed

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:48.219
 all around you

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:50.379
 all evidence

00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:51.379
 that Jesus

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:52.199
 has come to

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.139
 restore

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:56.179
 and we need

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.619
 faith

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:58.460
 we

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.259
 are

00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:00.579
 faith

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:02.699
 but Jesus

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:03.239
 Christ

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:04.900
 has triumphed

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:06.619
 he will

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:07.420
 restore

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.219
 our

00:35:08.219 --> 00:35:08.719
 disorder

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.139
 lives

00:35:09.139 --> 00:35:10.119
 he will

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.739
 renew

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.599
 his broken

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:11.980
 world

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:13.159
 he starts

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.819
 to do it

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.500
 he's doing

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.739
 it

00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:16.139
 in our

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.579
 lives

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.519
 and this

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.000
 is the

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.440
 beginning

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.960
 of the

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.420
 gospel

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.179
 about

00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.679
 Jesus

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.199
 Christ

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.839
 the

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.339
 son of

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:26.559
 and

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.019
 a

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.260
 nation

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:29.640
 who

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:29.820
 is

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.640
 intervening

00:35:30.640 --> 00:35:32.000
 to put

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.480
 things on

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.720
 earth

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:35.079
 and it's

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.600
 our hope

00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:35.980
 and our

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.340
 prayer

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:37.300
 that as we

00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.120
 breathe through

00:35:38.120 --> 00:35:38.400
 my

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.880
 love

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:40.280
 we will

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:40.920
 breathe

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.940
 this

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.420
 Jesus

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:44.420
 and be

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:45.039
 changed

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:46.100
 and transformed

00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:47.780
 and bring

00:35:47.780 --> 00:35:48.559
 his hope

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.700
 to the

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.100
 nation

00:35:50.100 --> 00:35:51.539
 bless

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:51.780
 the

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:56.740
 God

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.780
 we thank

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.320
 you so

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:58.680
 much

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.140
 for that

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.740
 helpful

00:35:59.740 --> 00:36:00.440
 mark

00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:02.519
 we thank

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.880
 you for

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.220
 the way

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.620
 of which

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.000
 it was

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.519
 written

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:06.440
 those

00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:07.100
 hundreds

00:36:07.100 --> 00:36:07.860
 and hundreds

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.500
 of years

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.940
 ago

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:11.640
 mark

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:12.200
 writing

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.620
 down

00:36:12.620 --> 00:36:13.360
 everything

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.820
 that

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.260
 teacher

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:14.519
 of

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:14.780
 that

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.100
 verse

00:36:15.100 --> 00:36:17.500
 so that

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.840
 we

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.480
 today

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.519
 in 2011

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.680
 in our

00:36:20.680 --> 00:36:20.980
 own

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.639
 language

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:23.699
 can read

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.500
 the story

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.159
 of Jesus

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.780
 and know

00:36:25.780 --> 00:36:26.260
 that it

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:27.000
 is true

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.519
 that it

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.039
 is real

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:31.759
 and that we

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.300
 can actually

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.840
 need

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.659
 Jesus

00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:37.300
 please

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.679
 father

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.119
 would you

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.800
 restore

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.259
 us

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:39.679
 and

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.159
 renew

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.619
 us

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:42.360
 help us

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:42.820
 to see

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.360
 the work

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.739
 that you

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.279
 are about

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:45.039
 help us

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.380
 to see

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.940
 what you

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.559
 are doing

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.179
 in the world

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:48.019
 and what you

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.820
 want to do

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:50.000
 and help us

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.259
 to be

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:50.480
 on the

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:50.779
 word

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.220
 help us

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:54.320
 help us

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.580
 to be

00:36:54.580 --> 00:36:54.900
 deeply

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.420
 and more

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.800
 waiting

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:58.980
 help us

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.280
 to be

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.820
 content

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:01.980
 and live

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.400
 lives

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.760
 in the

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:03.060
 kingdom

00:37:03.060 --> 00:37:05.500
 lives

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.080
 that are

00:37:06.080 --> 00:37:06.940
 showing

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.320
 back

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:07.980
 through our

00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.300
 life

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:10.980
 lives

00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:11.580
 that go

00:37:11.580 --> 00:37:12.760
 the way

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.380
 of Jesus

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.280
 to become

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.760
 man

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:17.360
 we ask

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.019
 more

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:19.519
 amen

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:23.380
 this is

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.740
 singing

00:37:23.740 --> 00:37:24.660
 of the

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:24.840
 being

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.579
 encouraging

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.000
 one

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.360
 of us

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.800
 let's

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.460
 come together

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.660
 you