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 To Mark chapter 1. We've just started a new series last week, Mark chapter 1, which is found on page 1002.

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 If you're using a red-covered Bible, if you haven't got a Bible, there's plenty at the back.

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 Page 1002, Mark chapter 1, starting at verse 14 through to verse 39.

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 It's good to have Dave back. Dave was away, saving lives on the beaches of Kerry, and nobody drowned.

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 So that was good. Yeah. So, anyway, over to you, Dave.

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 After John was put into prison, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God.

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 The time has come, he said. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news.

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 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.

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 Come, follow me, Jesus said, and I will make you fishers of men.

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 At once they left their nets and followed him.

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 When he had gone a little further, he saw James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets.

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 Without delay, he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

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 They went to the Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

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 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.

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 Just then, a man in the synagogue, who was possessed by an evil spirit, cried out,

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 What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God.

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 Be quiet, said Jesus sternly. Come out of him.

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 The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.

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 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other,

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 What is this? A new teaching, and with authority, he even gives others to evil spirits when they obey him.

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 News about him spreads quickly over the whole region of Galilee.

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 As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.

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 Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her.

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 So he went up to her, took her hand and helped her.

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 The fever left her, and she began to wait on them.

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 That evening, after sunset, the people brought to Jesus all the sick and the demon-possessed.

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 The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had various diseases.

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 He drove out many demons, but he would not let the demon speak, because they knew who he was.

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 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place where he prayed.

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 Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed,

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 Everyone is looking for you.

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 Jesus replied,

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 Let us go somewhere else, to the nearby villages, so that I can preach there also.

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 That is why I have come.

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 So he travelled throughout Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and driving out demons.

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 Thanks very much, Dave.

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 Well, please follow along in your Bibles.

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 Some of you may have got a sheet with headings, if not, on the back of the new sheet.

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 You can take notes.

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 And please do ask questions afterwards, if there's anything you want to talk through.

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 And also, at the back on the table, there's an introduction to the Gospel of Mark, to give you a big picture of what it's all about.

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 Well, before we get stuck into this very exciting and dramatic, action-packed text,

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 we're going to ask for God's help as we look at it together.

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 So let's pray.

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 Father, because you are King, you are the God who owns all things,

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 and therefore we ask that you would give us an appreciation of the wonder of who you are.

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 By your Holy Spirit, speak into each of our lives, individually and together as a church family.

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 That we would be people who are orientated around you,

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 that your kingdom becomes our priority,

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 and we would learn what it is,

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 that you are King.

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 So please encourage us all this morning.

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 In Jesus we pray,

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 and for his glory alone.

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 Amen.

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 Well, I'm sure you will all know Louis Armstrong's famous song,

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 What a Wonderful World.

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 It's a touching, optimistic look at what life is like.

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 I'm not going to sing, don't worry, I haven't got a great voice.

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 But here it goes.

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 I see trees of green, red roses too.

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 I see them bloom for you and for me,

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 and I think to myself,

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 What a wonderful world.

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 It's a song that celebrates life at its best,

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 or perhaps what we wish the world was really like.

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 The colours of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

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 are also on the faces of those going by.

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 I see friends shaking hands saying,

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 How do you do?

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 They're really saying,

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 I love you.

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 And I think to myself,

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 What a wonderful world.

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 But reality sings a different song.

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 Today, as we've been seeing on the news,

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 marks the 10th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks.

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 And since then, over the last decade,

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 there have been many more terrorist attacks.

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 More wars and genocide.

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 There's not too many people shaking hands saying,

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 I love you.

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 I love you.

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 This week, I read an article that said,

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 2.5 million people are trafficked into the sex industry every year.

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 Half of whom are children,

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 to be abused and raped at will.

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 There's no rainbows in their sky.

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 And as we sit in comfort in this room,

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 with bellies full after our breakfast,

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 a billion more live with acute malnutrition,

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 lack of basic needs like fresh water,

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 and suffering curable disease like HIV.

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 Not too many roses are blooming there either.

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 You see, looking around our world,

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 we realise it's a disordered world,

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 filled with broken lives.

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 But imagine for a minute,

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 a world where the sound of laughter

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 replaces the cries of pain.

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 Where people begin to embrace one another,

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 and no gun can be found.

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 A world where suffering and sickness is no more.

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 Where rainbows fill the sky,

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 replacing hurricanes and tornadoes

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 and destructive earthquakes.

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 A world where justice rules,

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 where cruel dictators are banished,

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 where evil traffickers are removed,

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 where health and prosperity

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 is a given for all.

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 Look at verse 14.

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 After John was put in prison,

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 Jesus went into Galilee,

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 proclaiming the good news of God.

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 The time has come, he said.

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 The kingdom of God is near.

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 You see, the touching optimism of Louis Armstrong,

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 and the dream of every one of us,

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 becomes a reality

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 in the coming of Jesus Christ.

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 The promise of the prophets long ago,

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 that the Lord would be king

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 over the whole earth,

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 was about to start

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 with the coming of Jesus.

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 Jesus came into the world with a message.

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 He said,

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 the kingdom of God is near.

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 God had intervened into the world,

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 and was about to rule in a new,

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 and a different way.

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 The kingdom of God meant that

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 things were now going to be done God's way.

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 Wrongs would be put right,

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 justice would prevail,

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 peace would be established,

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 and suffering would come to an end.

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 And those, as they gathered around Jesus,

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 were on the verge of a new world order.

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 And Jesus said,

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 it's very near.

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 Of course, little did they know

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 that Jesus was the king,

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 who was going to make it a reality

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 before their very eyes.

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 For Jesus was much more than an announcer

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 saying to people,

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 the kingdom is coming.

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 Jesus was the king

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 of this promised kingdom.

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 Now, from our vantage point

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 of where we are today,

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 we can look back over all of history,

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 and we can wonder and ask the question,

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 has Jesus made any difference at all?

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 As far as I can see,

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 the world hasn't got any better.

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 It seems to have got worse.

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 So where is this kingdom that he's promised?

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 And where on earth has this king gone?

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 Well, we must read carefully

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 what Jesus has said.

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 Look at verse 15,

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 the first part.

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 Jesus said,

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 the time has come.

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 The coming of Jesus marked the start

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 or the beginning of his rule.

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 But it didn't stop there.

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 Read on.

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 Look what it says at the end of verse 15.

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 He says,

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 the kingdom of God is near.

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 It started,

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 but it's not yet finished.

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 One day it's going to be fulfilled.

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 He's saying the day is yet to come.

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 The good news is it has started.

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 It's near.

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 It's close.

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 The king is in place

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 to bring that process about.

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 But it one day will be fulfilled.

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 In fact,

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 part of all that good news is,

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 is that Jesus was inviting people

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 to be a part of his kingdom.

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 The king came with a specific call.

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 Let's read 15 again.

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 The time has come, he said.

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 The kingdom of God is near.

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 Response?

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 Repent and believe the good news.

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 Well, what does he mean,

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 repent and believe?

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 Well, let's read on.

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 Verse 16.

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 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee,

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 he saw Simon and his brother Andrew

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 casting a net into the lake

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 because they're fishermen.

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 Come follow me, Jesus said,

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 and I'm going to make you fishers of men.

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 And at once they left their nets

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 and they followed him.

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 And when he'd gone a little further,

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 he saw James, son of Zebedee,

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 and his brother John in a boat

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 preparing their nets.

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 Without delay, he called them

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 and they left their father Zebedee

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 in the boat and the hired men

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 and they followed Jesus.

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 Now, I think this gives us a picture

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 of what it means to repent

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 and believe the good news.

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 Here we've got two sets of brothers.

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 Simon, who later becomes,

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 we know as Peter,

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 Simon and Andrew,

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 and then we've got James and John.

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 They're four hardworking blokes,

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 down-to-earth guys,

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 getting on with life as best they could,

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 trying to make a living

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 and to provide for their family.

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 They're like the neighbour

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 who lives across the road from you

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 or the person in your office.

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 But like us,

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 and like everyone,

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 they're called to repent and believe.

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 Now, pay attention to what Jesus says to them

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 and how they respond, verse 17.

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 Jesus comes to them.

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 He hasn't met them before,

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 as far as we know.

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 He says to them, verse 17,

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 Come, follow me,

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 and I will make you fishers of men.

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 And look at verse 20.

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 Without delay,

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 he called them,

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 and they left,

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 and they followed him.

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 Simon and Andrew leave their nets,

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 implying they're leaving their work.

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 James and John leave their father

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 and the rest of their buddies in the boat,

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 implying they're leaving their family

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 and their friends behind.

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 It's a picture of what repentance

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 and belief is all about.

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 It's submitting to Jesus and his rule

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 and making Jesus and his kingdom

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 your priority.

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 It doesn't mean to say

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 that we all have to leave our work

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 and not do any work,

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 but making him our priority.

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 Jesus has announced

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 the good news of the kingdom,

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 and now he's calling people,

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 ordinary people,

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 like you and me,

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 to be part of it.

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 He's welcoming us on board.

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 And it calls for a radical decision

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 on our part.

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 A decisive action

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 that each one of us must do

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 to turn from our own selfish wants

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 and desires

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 and our own plans and ambitions

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 and making Jesus' wants and desires

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 the rule of your life.

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 Now let's settle on that for a minute

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 and let's probe a little bit deeper

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 and ask ourselves the question,

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 what is the priority in your life?

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 What's the priority in my life?

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 What's your main ambition?

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 What do you hope to achieve?

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 A stable job, a good salary.

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 What is it?

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 Or here's another question.

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 Who is your greatest desire?

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 Who is the one that consumes you,

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 that you love the most?

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 Your spouse, your children,

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 your circle of friends?

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 Well, Jesus says,

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 none of those things are bad.

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 But as Jesus comes to us,

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 he is saying,

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 our greatest desire in life

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 must be Jesus.

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 Jesus,

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 and his kingdom

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 must be our priority.

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 Above all else,

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 everything else must serve those ends.

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 In fact,

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 he's calling us to a completely new life altogether.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 He says,

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 come and follow me

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 and I will make you fishers of men.

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 He's calling us that whatever work we do,

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 whatever our life situation it is,

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 that our priority

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 is about doing what Jesus did,

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 inviting other people

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 to submit to Jesus

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 and to invite them to be part of his kingdom.

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 So if you find yourself tomorrow morning,

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 Monday morning,

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 at work,

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 with your mates

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 and with your buddies,

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 whoever you're with,

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 your main priority,

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 your main ambition

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 is to be seeking that they come

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 to be part of God's kingdom.

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 If you're with children,

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 it's about raising your kids

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 to know who Jesus is,

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 that he is the king

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 and that they too

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 would be part of his kingdom.

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 Now we're not different

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 to anybody else.

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 People long for a different world.

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 Everybody sees the same news

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 that we see.

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 Everybody wants suffering to end.

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 Everybody wants a ruler

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 who's going to bring

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 justice and peace to this world.

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 And the amazing thing is

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 people who are followers of Jesus

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 know who that king is.

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 They know who's going to do it.

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 And they know the kind of kingdom

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 that he has promised to bring about.

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 That's what makes us exciting.

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 And Jesus proves to us

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 that he is the king

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 to do all of this.

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 And he gives us a reason

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 of why we should be following him.

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 Look at his authority,

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 verse 21.

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 They went to Capernaum

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 and when the Sabbath came,

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 Jesus went into the synagogue,

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 their kind of local church,

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 and he began to teach.

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 And it was usual

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 for those who could

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 read and translate Hebrew

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 to kind of get up

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 and teach on a Sabbath

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 and explain what the passage meant.

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 And so Jesus stood up

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 and he began to talk.

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 Except for this time

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 it was different

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 to anybody else

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 who had ever stood up.

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 Verse 22.

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 The people were amazed

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 at his teaching

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 because he taught them

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 as one who had authority,

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 not as the teachers of the law.

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 You see,

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 other teachers that came along

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 would quote various scholars

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 and that was their authority.

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 They would say things like,

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 oh, Rabbi so-and-so said this

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 and that's why it's important.

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 But when Jesus came along,

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 Jesus would say things like,

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 I say to you.

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 Or I tell you the truth.

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 Or you do this

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 because I tell you to do it.

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 Jesus was claiming

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 to be an authority himself.

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 He didn't need anybody

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 to back him up.

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 He didn't need books

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 or scholars to agree with him.

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 Jesus was an authority.

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 Everything that he said

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 was authoritative.

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 And if any of us

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 are in doubt about his authority,

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 read on in this story.

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 You could imagine, okay,

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 a gathering just like this

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 as we are.

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 Just then,

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 a man in their synagogue

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 who was possessed

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 by an evil spirit

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 cried out in the middle

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 of Jesus' sermon,

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 What do you want with us?

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 Jesus of Nazareth.

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 Have you come to destroy us?

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 I know who you are,

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 the Holy One of God.

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 Be quiet,

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 said Jesus sternly.

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 Come out of him.

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 And the evil spirit

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 shook the man violently

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 and came out of him

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 with a shriek.

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 The people were all so amazed

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 that they asked each other,

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 What is this?

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 A new teaching?

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 And with authority?

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 He even gives orders

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 to evil spirits

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 and they obey him.

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 Now it would certainly

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 liven up a Sunday morning,

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 wouldn't it,

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 if that happened?

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 And I think we would

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 all be amazed.

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 But there's no arguments

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 going on here.

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 There's no mystical mantras.

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 There's no quiet playing

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 of music and people

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 waving white handkerchiefs

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 around.

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 It's just a simple word.

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 Be quiet.

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 Come out of him.

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 Jesus confronting

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 the servants of Satan

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 and they not only listen,

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 but they actually obey

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 and they submit

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 to his supreme authority.

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 They do what he tells them to do.

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 It's hardly surprising then,

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 look at verse 28,

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 that news about Jesus

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 spread quickly

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 over the whole region.

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 Did you hear what happened

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 in church last Sunday?

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 Man, this guy came up

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 did you hear about it?

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 And all the news

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 started to travel around.

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 But that's not all.

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 Look at the power

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 of this king.

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 Verse 29.

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 As soon as they left

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 the synagogue,

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 they went with James and John

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 to the home of Simon and Andrew.

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 And Simon's mother-in-law

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 was in bed with a fever.

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 And they told Jesus about her.

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 So he went to her,

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 took her hand,

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 helped her up.

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 The fever left her

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 and she began to wait on them.

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 Now it's really quite extraordinary,

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 isn't it?

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 There's just a simple touch,

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 a holding of the hand,

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 there's no words,

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 lifts her up

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 and immediately the fever goes.

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 The high temperature,

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 whatever sickness it was,

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 it's just gone.

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 Her strength returns

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 and she begins to go

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 and get dinner ready

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 for everyone.

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 And if that doesn't amaze us,

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 I mean,

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 it just gets more exciting.

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 Look at verse 32.

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 That evening,

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 after all the word

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 had gone around,

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 after sunset,

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 the people brought to Jesus

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 all the sick

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 and the demon-possessed.

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 The whole town

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 gathered at the door

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 and Jesus healed many

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 who had various diseases.

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 Now we have to step back here

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 from the familiarity

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 of these accounts

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 because we've probably

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 read this story before

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 and we just kind of

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 read over and go,

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 ah, yeah, yeah,

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 I know that.

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 But we've got to step back

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 and be amazed

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 at what's going on.

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 Today it would be like

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 walking through CUH.

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 going into every ward,

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 going down to accident

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.920
 and emergency,

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 going down to the cancer treatment,

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 down to the children's ward,

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 touching them all,

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 speaking to them all,

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 and one by one

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.759
 getting out of their beds

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:06.140
 and walking out

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:07.000
 of that hospital,

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.640
 leaving all their tubes

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.860
 and everything else behind.

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.640
 The hospital

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 completely empty.

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:17.179
 Now isn't that amazing?

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.939
 He healed the whole town.

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 There's no special meeting,

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 no gimmicks,

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:25.939
 no men in white suits

00:22:25.939 --> 00:22:26.859
 with their gold rings

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:28.059
 with big flashing things,

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 donate here

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 and you'll be healed.

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 Just a man

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 with supreme power,

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.819
 touching

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 and healing.

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 before their very eyes,

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 the kingdom

00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.940
 that Jesus announced,

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.720
 the kingdom

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.359
 that he said

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:48.960
 was near,

00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:50.819
 Jesus was now

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.519
 beginning to

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 demonstrate it

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 amongst them.

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.460
 By his authority

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.640
 and by his power,

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 he was proving

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.680
 that he is

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.420
 God's king

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 who's come to

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 restore broken lives

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.880
 and to renew

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:04.120
 this disordered world.

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 The evil spirit

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.740
 that he came across,

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:09.359
 the servant of Satan

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 knows that Jesus

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 had come to restore

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.279
 broken lives.

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 Look at what he says

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 back in verse 24.

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 He says,

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 have you come

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.640
 to destroy us?

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:21.019
 Jesus was demonstrating

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.319
 that he has authority

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.400
 over evil,

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 over Satan,

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 over darkness,

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 over his servants.

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 He's come to destroy

00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:29.980
 Satan's rule

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:31.339
 to free people

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:32.519
 and to release them

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 from his grasp.

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 and all the sick

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 who had come

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 to his door,

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 who had come

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 to the house,

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 most of whom

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.120
 would have been poor

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 and ostracised

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 from society,

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.299
 they recognised

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.480
 that in Jesus

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 there was something

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.279
 different.

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 He has one

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 who has power

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:52.360
 to renew

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:53.640
 their broken world.

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 Where they would

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.420
 have been ostracised,

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 left outside

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 by the rest

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 of society,

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 now made well

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 and brought back in.

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 Jesus is demonstrating

00:24:04.179 --> 00:24:05.299
 that he has power

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:07.500
 over all the brokenness,

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:09.019
 that he has come

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:10.379
 to fix the suffering

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 and the pain

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:11.980
 that the world

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 has been plagued with.

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 He's giving them

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 a picture.

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 He's undoing

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 everything that's

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.099
 gone wrong.

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 Now as awesome

00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:26.199
 as all this is,

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 and it truly is,

00:24:28.699 --> 00:24:30.000
 Mark, the writer,

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.200
 does not want us

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.759
 to miss

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.880
 the crucial points,

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.859
 the priorities

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:37.200
 of the king.

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.140
 Look at the end

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.980
 of verse 34.

00:24:40.140 --> 00:24:41.099
 We didn't finish that off.

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.859
 Let's read the end

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.720
 of verse 34.

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.759
 Jesus also

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.839
 drove out demons,

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:49.299
 but he would not

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.720
 let the demons speak

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.940
 because they knew

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.779
 who he was.

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.920
 Now doesn't that

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:56.339
 sound rather strange?

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:58.380
 Surely the whole purpose

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.400
 of Jesus coming

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.520
 is that people

00:25:00.520 --> 00:25:01.560
 would know who he is.

00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.900
 You would think

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.400
 he would want

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.540
 as much advertisement

00:25:04.540 --> 00:25:05.360
 as possible.

00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:08.120
 So why is he telling

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:09.060
 him not to speak?

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.980
 Why is he wanting

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.700
 to keep it all

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.400
 a big secret?

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.260
 Well the answer

00:25:14.260 --> 00:25:14.980
 I think comes

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.840
 as we read on,

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.660
 verse 35.

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:19.180
 Very early in the morning

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.360
 when it was still dark,

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.080
 Jesus got up,

00:25:22.780 --> 00:25:23.460
 left his house

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.080
 and went off

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:25.080
 to a place

00:25:25.080 --> 00:25:25.540
 on his own

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.500
 where he could pray.

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:30.420
 Simon and his companions

00:25:30.420 --> 00:25:31.539
 went to look for him

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:33.720
 and when they found him

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.559
 they exclaimed,

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:36.500
 everyone is looking

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.019
 for you.

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:42.119
 Now it's not surprising

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.819
 that everybody

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.940
 is looking for Jesus.

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.839
 He's just healed

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.599
 a whole town.

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:48.139
 And like us,

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:50.180
 they want a miracle worker

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.240
 who's going to end

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:52.839
 all present suffering

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:54.839
 and end all the disease

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.980
 that's around the place.

00:25:59.419 --> 00:26:00.459
 Ironically, however,

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:01.579
 it's the demons

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.619
 who know

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:04.439
 that Jesus is much more

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:06.399
 than just a miracle worker.

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.879
 Look back at chapter 1,

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.699
 verse 24.

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.819
 They know who he is.

00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.659
 Look at what it says

00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.099
 at the end.

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.480
 He says,

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.220
 I know who you are.

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:19.039
 You're the Holy One of God.

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.119
 But,

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:22.019
 the demons know

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:23.500
 that Jesus is

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:25.079
 the chosen one

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.819
 from God.

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.740
 The king.

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:31.039
 And Jesus then

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.899
 does a strange thing.

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:33.180
 He silences them.

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.379
 And the reason

00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.319
 I think is,

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.159
 and you can come back

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:38.099
 to me on this afterwards

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:38.819
 if you want,

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.299
 is because

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:42.099
 he doesn't want

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.899
 his identity

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:44.240
 to be misunderstood

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:46.460
 as just a miracle worker.

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.500
 Yes,

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:49.140
 Jesus is the Son of God.

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.220
 Yes,

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.480
 he is God's king.

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.740
 Yes,

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.680
 he is a miracle worker.

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:57.200
 But the Son of God

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:59.500
 is so much more

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.720
 than just that.

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.920
 That's just the tip

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.640
 of the iceberg.

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.880
 He's far greater

00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.839
 than all of that.

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.339
 Jesus is supremely

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:08.500
 concerned

00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:11.180
 about present suffering.

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:14.319
 But Jesus

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:15.619
 is especially

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.500
 concerned

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:19.420
 about eternal suffering.

00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.799
 You see,

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.539
 our priority in life

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:25.059
 is always physical

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.900
 and temporary.

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:27.460
 If you ask people,

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.779
 what's the problem?

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.160
 It's what's immediate

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.140
 and what's now.

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.720
 What can we do

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.759
 to fix it now?

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.400
 For Jesus,

00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.440
 his priority

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.460
 was spiritual

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.819
 and eternal.

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.900
 What can we do

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:42.000
 to make life

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:43.740
 eternally right?

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:46.680
 and I think

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:47.059
 the answer

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.700
 comes for us

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.359
 as we read on

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.120
 verse 38.

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.180
 They say,

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.039
 everyone's looking

00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:52.480
 for you.

00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.700
 What does Jesus say?

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:56.039
 Let us go

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.720
 somewhere

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.680
 else.

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.400
 Away from

00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:00.160
 these crowds

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:01.640
 to nearby villages

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.559
 so that I can

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.579
 preach there also.

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.279
 That is why

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:06.579
 I have come.

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:08.740
 His priority

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.980
 was to preach

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.640
 the good news

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.240
 of the kingdom,

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.240
 to announce it.

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.240
 That the kingdom

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.400
 of God is near.

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.640
 That people

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.519
 need to repent

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.039
 and that they

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.740
 need to believe

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.200
 and they need

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.900
 to get right

00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.539
 with God.

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.680
 And I think

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.259
 it's important

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.839
 for us to

00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.339
 understand

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.039
 the king's

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.680
 priority.

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.200
 The healing

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.640
 and the casting

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.440
 out of demons,

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.819
 it was wonderful.

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.460
 And it demonstrates

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.759
 what the kingdom

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:37.160
 would be like.

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.900
 A world

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.900
 without suffering

00:28:38.900 --> 00:28:39.840
 and a world

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.700
 without evil.

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.860
 But you know

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.100
 what?

00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:43.900
 Being physically

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.500
 healed,

00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.920
 being freed

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.800
 from demons,

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.980
 wouldn't actually

00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.540
 get you

00:28:50.540 --> 00:28:51.720
 into the kingdom.

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:53.519
 The only way

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.220
 to qualify

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.180
 for God's

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.040
 eternal kingdom

00:28:56.040 --> 00:28:57.420
 was by doing

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.060
 what Simon

00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:58.540
 and Andrew

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:59.019
 and James

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.440
 and John

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.660
 did.

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.780
 They repented

00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:01.620
 and they believed

00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.820
 and they made

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:04.080
 him their priority.

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:09.099
 Jesus

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:10.179
 didn't come

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:11.299
 to relieve

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.740
 as many people

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.359
 as possible

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:14.240
 from physical

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.759
 suffering.

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.379
 He came

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.179
 to rescue

00:29:18.179 --> 00:29:19.139
 as many people

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.740
 as possible

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:21.419
 from eternal

00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:22.019
 suffering.

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.079
 Let me just

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.619
 give you two

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.159
 references

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:27.240
 for this.

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.480
 Chapter 2

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.339
 verse 17.

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:33.319
 Chapter 2

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.119
 verse 17.

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.379
 Jesus said

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:37.659
 to them,

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.220
 it's not the

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.259
 healthy who

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.000
 need a doctor

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.799
 but the sick.

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.759
 I have not

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.839
 come to call

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.599
 the righteous

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.359
 or I haven't

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.000
 come for people

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.439
 who think

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:47.899
 they're well

00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.399
 and that they're

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:48.740
 alright.

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.740
 Jesus says,

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.159
 I've come

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.799
 for sinners.

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.919
 A spiritual

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.379
 problem,

00:29:54.459 --> 00:29:54.879
 a heart

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.299
 problem,

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.980
 not a physical

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.459
 problem.

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:59.079
 look at

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.779
 chapter 10

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.799
 verse 45.

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.720
 Mark

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.380
 chapter 10

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.299
 verse 45.

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:14.180
 For even

00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.640
 the Son

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.160
 of Man,

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.579
 that's

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:15.900
 Jesus,

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.900
 did not

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.880
 come to

00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:18.620
 be served.

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.039
 He was

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.340
 king,

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.660
 alright,

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.039
 but he

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.660
 didn't come

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.600
 for everybody

00:30:22.600 --> 00:30:23.180
 to serve

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.519
 him.

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.259
 But as

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.640
 the king

00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.100
 he came

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.860
 to serve.

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:27.100
 and to

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.519
 give his

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.200
 life as

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.740
 a ransom

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.819
 for many.

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.340
 He's

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:32.880
 talking there

00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.380
 about his

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:34.140
 coming death.

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.759
 His death

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.660
 on the cross

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.100
 where he

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.799
 was crucified,

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.360
 nailed,

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.519
 was about

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.640
 dealing with

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.360
 the wrath

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.240
 of God,

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:44.079
 the judgment

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.940
 that we all

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.380
 deserve

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.900
 for not

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.759
 treating Jesus

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.660
 as king.

00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:50.740
 and Jesus

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.019
 says,

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:51.740
 I'll deal

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.400
 with that

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:54.279
 so that

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.580
 I can

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:55.060
 bring you

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.540
 safely

00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:56.040
 to my

00:30:56.040 --> 00:30:56.640
 eternal

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.140
 kingdom

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:59.420
 where there

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.820
 is no

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.300
 suffering

00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:01.120
 and no

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.500
 pain

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.380
 and where

00:31:02.380 --> 00:31:02.940
 all evil

00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.759
 is banished.

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.400
 Back to

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.700
 Mark

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.440
 chapter 1.

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.080
 Now as

00:31:11.080 --> 00:31:11.680
 much as

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.140
 that is

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.540
 Jesus'

00:31:12.800 --> 00:31:13.519
 priority,

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:15.599
 it does

00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:16.139
 not mean

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:16.539
 Jesus

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.240
 stops

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.720
 doing

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:18.200
 his

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.960
 miracles.

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.220
 Verse 39

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.819
 of chapter

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.139
 1.

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.859
 So we

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.299
 travel

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.859
 throughout

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.440
 Galilee,

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.160
 preaching

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.599
 in their

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.200
 synagogues,

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.400
 announcing

00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:29.900
 the good

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.359
 news,

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.579
 and driving

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.500
 out demons.

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:35.019
 Jesus

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.019
 was filled

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:37.000
 with compassion

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.940
 and love

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.279
 for the

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.799
 people that

00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.200
 he came

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:39.460
 to.

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.559
 And he

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:40.960
 healed

00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.220
 them.

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:42.700
 Not

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.119
 everybody

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.880
 got healed

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.900
 that was

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.420
 living at

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.819
 the time

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.279
 of Jesus.

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.799
 And in

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.279
 effect he

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.700
 was saying,

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:49.900
 look,

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.500
 I have

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.980
 come to

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.420
 restore

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:51.819
 broken

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.259
 lives

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.880
 and to

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.220
 renew

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.519
 this

00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:54.160
 disordered

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.579
 world,

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.380
 but if

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.819
 you want

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.119
 to be

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.559
 part of

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.839
 my

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.380
 eternal

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.859
 kingdom,

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:58.980
 you've

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.420
 got to

00:31:59.420 --> 00:31:59.819
 repent

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:01.460
 and you've

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.839
 got to

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.400
 believe.

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:05.779
 And here

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.059
 is a

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.380
 crucial

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.799
 lesson

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.400
 for us

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.240
 as a

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:08.680
 church.

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.180
 As we

00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:10.920
 examine and

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.480
 watch the

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.980
 life of

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.299
 Jesus,

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.660
 we must

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:15.079
 never

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.940
 separate

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.940
 what we

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.539
 might say

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.559
 demonstration

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.200
 and

00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:19.819
 proclamation.

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.880
 We must

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.160
 never

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.799
 separate

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.960
 just word

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.859
 and deed

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.240
 and kind

00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:24.799
 of split

00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:25.420
 them apart.

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.680
 Jesus

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.519
 did both

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:30.180
 and so

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.700
 should we.

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.359
 We should

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:33.039
 be concerned

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.599
 about the

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.180
 suffering in

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.559
 the world.

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.379
 We should

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:36.379
 be ministering

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:36.740
 to the

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.639
 sick and

00:32:37.639 --> 00:32:37.940
 to the

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.259
 dying.

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.740
 We should

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.480
 practically

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.420
 take steps

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.019
 to rid

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.599
 the world

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.779
 of evils

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.539
 like human

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.099
 trafficking.

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.559
 We should

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:46.379
 stand for

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.000
 those things.

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.779
 We should

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.799
 desire peace

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.399
 and justice

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.379
 and an end

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.819
 to all

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.299
 terrorism.

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:52.940
 We should

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.440
 be at the

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.119
 forefront of

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.599
 these things

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.220
 and shouting

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.980
 about it.

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.740
 And we

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:58.220
 should do

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.759
 all of this

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.420
 because this

00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:00.059
 is the kind

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.639
 of world

00:33:00.639 --> 00:33:01.480
 that God

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.980
 has promised

00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:02.420
 to bring

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:02.740
 about.

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.900
 He longs

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.360
 that things

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.660
 would be

00:33:04.660 --> 00:33:05.299
 put right.

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.779
 But let's

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.240
 get this

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.599
 clear.

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.180
 None of

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:12.019
 those things

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:13.400
 will bring

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.660
 any individual

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.440
 into the

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.960
 kingdom of

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.279
 God.

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.880
 They might

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.680
 point people

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.099
 into the

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.559
 direction,

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.160
 but I won't

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.539
 get them

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.799
 there.

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.759
 Therefore,

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.740
 like Jesus,

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.880
 we must be

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.720
 especially

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.940
 concerned about

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.620
 eternal

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:32.720
 suffering and

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.620
 the priority

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:35.640
 to announce

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.140
 the good

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:38.000
 news that

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.700
 the kingdom

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:40.960
 has come.

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.200
 It's near

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:45.080
 and we

00:33:45.080 --> 00:33:45.799
 long for the

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:47.000
 day of

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.720
 its fulfillment.

00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:50.100
 Let's pray

00:33:50.100 --> 00:33:50.820
 together.

00:33:50.819 --> 00:34:05.019
 our

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.559
 Father God,

00:34:05.639 --> 00:34:05.879
 we are

00:34:05.879 --> 00:34:06.859
 truly amazed

00:34:06.859 --> 00:34:07.599
 at these

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:08.460
 accounts

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.360
 recorded for

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.000
 us of

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.279
 when Jesus,

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.039
 the King,

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.400
 walked on

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.019
 this earth.

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:15.579
 The people

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:15.960
 that he

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.380
 met,

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.579
 the suffering

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.039
 that he

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.619
 encountered,

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.980
 the changes

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.380
 that he

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:21.659
 brought

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.099
 about.

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.440
 It's

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.799
 truly

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.420
 amazing.

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.759
 Lord,

00:34:28.859 --> 00:34:29.420
 impact us

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.079
 afresh at

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.279
 the authority

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:32.359
 and the

00:34:32.359 --> 00:34:33.019
 power that

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.679
 you have.

00:34:35.699 --> 00:34:36.659
 But help

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.019
 us to

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:38.179
 grasp and

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.779
 to hear

00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:40.000
 clearly what

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.339
 you are

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:40.779
 saying.

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:43.099
 That while

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.500
 you are

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.659
 concerned about

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:46.819
 physical and

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.480
 present

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.059
 suffering,

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:51.159
 you are

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.779
 especially

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:52.739
 concerned with

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.739
 spiritual and

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.219
 eternal

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.799
 suffering,

00:34:55.799 --> 00:34:57.639
 your desire

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:58.299
 is that none

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:59.059
 would perish,

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:01.139
 that none

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.739
 would go

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:03.079
 to hell,

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.440
 but that

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.079
 all would

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.619
 turn to

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.860
 you,

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.940
 repent and

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.420
 believe,

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:10.480
 and find

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.079
 their hope

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:12.699
 in Jesus

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.320
 Christ,

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.480
 the King

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.639
 over all.

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:18.839
 Lord,

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.500
 help us

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.019
 if we

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:20.400
 have not

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.900
 yet done

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.279
 that,

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:23.639
 to make

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.299
 Jesus our

00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.259
 King right

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.639
 now,

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.859
 to understand

00:35:27.859 --> 00:35:28.699
 the urgency

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.139
 and the

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.799
 priority.

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.500
 And if

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.159
 we have,

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.339
 may we be

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:37.940
 people who

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.579
 demonstrate

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.420
 your kingdom,

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:41.119
 that we

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.599
 would live

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:41.839
 it,

00:35:42.379 --> 00:35:42.759
 that we

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.420
 would proclaim

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.900
 it,

00:35:44.859 --> 00:35:45.719
 point people

00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.480
 to Jesus,

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.419
 invite them

00:35:48.419 --> 00:35:49.119
 and encourage

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.500
 them and

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.199
 show them

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:51.579
 that Jesus

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.459
 is the only

00:35:52.459 --> 00:35:54.159
 hope for

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.679
 our broken

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:56.079
 world and

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.819
 for disordered

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.299
 lives.

00:35:59.179 --> 00:36:00.000
 We ask

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.379
 this in

00:36:00.379 --> 00:36:01.119
 Jesus' name.

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.699
 Amen.

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:09.659
 we're going

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.359
 to sing

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:12.719
 a song

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.779
 that I've

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.279
 chosen to

00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.699
 try and

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.219
 pick up

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.819
 on some

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.059
 of the

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.480
 themes

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.059
 of the

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.159
 song.