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 And if everyone else would open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 17,

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 we're going to finish up this passage, this section,

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 and closing up in Matthew 17 today.

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 We're going to be looking at verses 14 through 27.

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 And for the last several weeks, chapters 14 through 17,

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 I've been asked the question, who is this guy?

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 And time and time again, it's this is the Christ,

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 the son of the living God. There's nobody like him.

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 And what does he do? He calls us to deny ourselves,

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 take up our cross, and follow him.

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 And to do that, you've got to believe him.

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 You've got to trust him. You've got to have faith in him.

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 We learn from Hebrews 11 that faith is being assured of things hoped for

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 and having conviction of what is unseen.

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 To trust.

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 And so, to be a follower of Jesus is to trust in something you can't see right now.

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 Someone you can't see right now.

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 And this morning, we're going to look at three distinct little passages

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 that are aimed to strengthen your faith in the Christ,

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 the son of the living God.

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 And so, we're going to look at a passage that Jesus exposes what he calls little faith,

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 not to be mistaken for mustard-sized faith that can move mountains.

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 And then Jesus is going to focus on himself,

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 the son of man, and what he has done on the cross.

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 And then Jesus, in an extraordinary little story,

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 he's going to encourage your faith this morning.

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 It's a story about a shekel in the mouth of a fish.

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 The call to follow Jesus starts with a call to trust Jesus.

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 And this morning, we're going to look at just that.

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 So, would you open up your Bibles, if you haven't already, to Matthew chapter 17.

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 I'm going to read verses 14 through 20.

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 And I'm going to kind of walk through that passage

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 and kind of bring it to bear on our lives today.

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 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him, Jesus, came up to Jesus,

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 and kneeling before Jesus said,

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 Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic, and he suffers terribly.

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 For often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

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 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.

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 And Jesus answered,

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 Oh, faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you?

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 How long am I to bear with you?

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 Bring him here to me.

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 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him,

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 and the boy was healed instantly.

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 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said,

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 Why could we not cast it out?

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 He said to them,

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 Because of your little faith.

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 For truly, I say to you, if you had faith like a grain of mustard seed,

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 you would say to this mountain,

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 Move from here to there, and it will move.

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 And nothing will be impossible for you.

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 Who likes summer cookouts?

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 Raise your hand.

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 Oh yeah, I do.

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 And I'm a bit of a cookout connoisseur, informally, of course.

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 A good cookout has, when it comes to food, has at least three things.

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 It's got an appetizer, it's got the main dish, and then it's got dessert.

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 And for me, a good appetizer is just kind of like potato chips.

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 What it does is, it just really kind of stimulates your taste buds.

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 In this passage that we're looking at, it's kind of part of a three-part meal,

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 in which Jesus is going to build our faith,

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 but first, he's going to start with stimulating your faith buds.

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 And in order to do that, he's going to expose something in us.

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 So in verse 14, Jesus and his three disciples come down off the mountain,

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 which Jesus was transfigured.

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 They've just beheld him in his glory.

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 And as they're coming down the mountain, they walk into a crowd.

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 Do you see that in verse 14?

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 They came to the crowd, and a man came up to him,

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 and kneeling before him said, this man is a dad.

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 And he's a dad of a boy, a child.

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 And this man comes out of the crowd and meets Jesus before Jesus,

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 and his disciples get to the crowd.

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 His three disciples get to the crowd.

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 And he says, Lord, have mercy on my son,

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 for he's an epileptic, and he suffers terribly.

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 And so this dad comes to Jesus with a plea.

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 And he says, have mercy.

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 It's not a question mark.

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 It's a desperate plea.

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 He's saying, help us.

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 Help me.

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 And then he gives the reason.

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 For his son is an epileptic, and he suffers terribly.

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 And so whatever this condition was, we see it kind of elaborated,

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 this terrible suffering.

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 We see it elaborated, for often he falls into the fire,

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 and often into the water.

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 So whatever this condition is, this boy is falling into the fire,

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 often probably a fire within the home, probably water around,

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 something that is a constant threat to his kind of health and life.

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 So what this dad is coming to Jesus with is something pretty intense.

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 The life of his son.

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 And so his son has been suffering greatly.

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 Now, could you imagine being the dad or the mom of a boy who's suffering this way?

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 You would be on constant watch.

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 It would be vigilant.

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 It would be wearying.

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 And so this dad comes to Jesus,

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 and he drops on his knees just to show his desperation.

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 And he says, Lord, have mercy.

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 Help us.

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 My son is suffering terribly.

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 He's on the verge of death almost daily.

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 Help.

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 And if that wasn't bad enough, look at what he says in verse 16.

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 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.

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 So the other nine disciples were down kind of doing the work,

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 while Jesus and his three disciples were up on the mountain.

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 And this dad brought his son to the other nine disciples,

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 and they were unable to heal him.

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 And so it's kind of like this.

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 Have you ever been talking in like in a store before,

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 and you're talking to the person behind kind of the counter,

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 and you're like, you know what?

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 I return this.

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 I just want to get my money back.

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 And they're like, I don't know what you're talking about.

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 We cannot help you.

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 And then you see the supervisor walk in.

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 You're like, oh, you're the guy I need to talk to.

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 And what this dad sees is the supervisor coming down off the mountain

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 and says, you're the guy I need to talk to about this.

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 You can do something about this.

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 These nine disciples can't.

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 And so what does Jesus do?

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 Look at verse 17.

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 Oh, faithless and twisted generation.

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 When you see that word, oh, that's an emotional response of Jesus.

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 Oh, faithless and twisted generation.

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 When Jesus says generation, he's talking about all the people.

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 He's talking about all the people of Israel, his disciples included.

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 And when he says faithless, it's not a compliment.

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 He's saying a lack of trust in God.

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 And twisted, that's distortion.

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 It's corrupted belief.

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 For those, there was a lack of trust.

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 And for some who trusted, it was a corrupted, distorted trust,

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 a misunderstanding trust.

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 And so he says, oh, faithless and twisted generation.

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 And then two rhetorical questions.

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 How long am I going to be with you?

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 The point is, I'm not going to be with you much longer.

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 And the second rhetorical question,

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 how long am I going to bear with you?

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 How long am I going to have to do what you seemingly can't do,

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 but should be able to do?

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 And then he says, bring them here to me.

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 Jesus is essentially saying, I'll take care of this.

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 In verse 18, we read that Jesus rebukes the demon.

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 Now, that should catch your attention.

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 Because up to this point, there's been no mention of a demon.

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 Apparently, maybe, perhaps, these disciples have been treating this boy.

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 They've been treating symptoms and not the actual cause.

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 They've been trying to heal this boy of his epilepsy,

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 not address the demon that's apparently the cause of this.

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 And so Jesus rebukes the demon,

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 and it comes out of the boy,

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 and we read that he was healed instantly.

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 And on a side note,

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 we see Jesus' authority exercised again.

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 He speaks, and demons obey him.

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 He has authority over the demonic world.

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 And by the way, this will be the last time in Matthew

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 Jesus casts out a demon.

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 So Jesus casts out the demon.

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 Now, I'm guessing that for some of you in the room,

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 you're asking yourself a question.

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 And it's a question that goes like this.

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 What is the relationship

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 between demonic influence

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 and physical illness?

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 So apparently here,

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 there was a demonic influence

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 that was the cause of this boy's epilepsy.

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 And Jesus casts out the demon,

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 and the boy was healed instantly.

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 So what's the relationship?

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 Now, we can make one of two mistakes.

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 Mistake number one is this,

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 that we think that behind every sneeze,

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 cold, and flu is a demon.

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 That's mistake number one.

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 And we know that's not the case,

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 because remember the woman

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 with 12 years of bleeding?

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 She came up to Jesus,

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 and what did Jesus do?

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 Did he cast her,

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 cast a demon out of her?

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 No.

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 He healed her of her bleeding.

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 So mistake number one

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 is thinking that demons

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 are the sole cause of every illness

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 that we experience today.

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 That's mistake number one.

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 The mistake number two

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 is on the other side.

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 And that is thinking that

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 there's no demonic influence

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 causing any kind of physical illness

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 in our day today.

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 That's mistake number two.

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 That's kind of writing off demonic influence

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 as kind of a bygone era.

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 And so we as a church recognize

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 we've got room to grow here,

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 but we also need to be paying attention

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 to what's the true cause

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 of what is happening in a person.

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 And so when you go back up the passage

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 and you see this little boy

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 who's being cast into a fire

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 and into water on a regular basis

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 who is seeking to be destroyed,

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 that should raise a question of

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 what's at work in this child

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 that would seemingly,

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 regularly try to destroy his life.

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 The MO of the demonic world

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 is to distort and destroy

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 image bearers of God.

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 And so we look at this passage,

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 it raises a question,

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 and we're going to move forward

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 saying as a church,

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 we're not going to overreact

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 or underreact,

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 but we're going to seek God

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 in the moment

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 and respond in faith.

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 But I need to let you know

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 that this passage isn't in your Bible

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 to answer that question.

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 This passage is here

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 to address the issue of a lack of faith.

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 Let's read on.

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 After Jesus rebukes this demon,

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 in verse 19,

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 the disciples come to Jesus privately

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 and they ask him,

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 why could we not cast it out?

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 And so one of the things

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 that we've learned about the disciples

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 is that they tend to forget quickly

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 and they tend to not exercise belief often.

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 They misunderstand.

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 Jesus is constantly kind of correcting

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 and rebuking them.

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 And so I think the question comes down to,

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 you know,

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 what's going on?

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 What's going on here?

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 Jesus,

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 they come to Jesus privately

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 and for that,

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 they show themselves

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 to doing something right.

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 They recognize something,

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 something is off

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 and they go to Jesus

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 for an explanation.

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 And they say,

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 what's wrong with us?

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 Why couldn't we cast this out?

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 Now,

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 I tend to think

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 that this question

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 that the disciples are asking

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 is a question

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 that many of us

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 as followers of Jesus,

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 we ask in a variety

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 of different forms.

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 Why isn't this happening?

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 Why isn't this good thing

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 that I imagine

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 that would bring honor to God

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 not happening?

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 And the disciples ask a question

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 that I think we can say is,

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 what's wrong with me?

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 What's wrong with us?

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 It kind of shows up

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 in things like this.

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 When I share the gospel

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 with somebody,

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 why aren't more people

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 coming to faith than Jesus?

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 What's wrong with me?

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 It's,

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 what am I not doing right?

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 What I'm trying to help

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 people change?

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 Why don't they change?

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 What's wrong with me?

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 Shows up in another

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 kind of set of questions

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 like this.

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 Why can't I stop

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 being a certain way?

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 Why can't I stop sinning?

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 Why can't I stop gossiping?

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 Why can't I stop

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 flying off the handle?

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 Why can't I stop

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 lusting after

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 these certain situations?

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 Why do I always seemingly

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 want something new

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 every month?

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 It's just kind of

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 a rotation of greed.

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 What's wrong with me?

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 The question is one of power.

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 A lack of ability.

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 A lack of power

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 to do something.

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 We expect change

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 and it doesn't happen.

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 And so we ask a question like,

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 what's wrong?

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 Now there's a variety

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 of different answers

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 in your Bible

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 to that question.

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 Jesus points to one answer

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 and it's in verse 20.

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 So the disciples ask,

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 why could we not

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 cast the demon out?

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 And Jesus says to them,

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 because of your little faith.

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 As soon as you read that,

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 when you read that word little,

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 you may be thinking

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 like quantity, size.

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 But we got to ask,

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 is that what Jesus really means?

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 Because in just a few more words,

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 he says this.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 if you have faith

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 like a grain of a mustard seed,

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 you will say to this mountain,

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 move from here to there

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 and it will move

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 and nothing will be impossible

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 for you.

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 So it seems like

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 there's a certain kind

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 of little faith

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 that is powerless.

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 And then there's this other

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 kind of little faith,

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 mustard seed sized faith,

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 that can move mountains.

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 that goes for the impossible.

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 What's the difference?

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 The difference

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 is in the object

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 of faith.

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 The difference is

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 who you're trusting in.

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 The difference is

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 who you're relying on.

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 When Jesus talks about

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 your little faith here,

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 it's not so much

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 a quantity of faith

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 he's talking about.

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 He's talking about

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 the quality of your faith

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 and very specifically

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 the object of your faith,

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 who you are trusting in.

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 Another way to say it is

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 Jesus is like

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 when he says

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 because of your little faith,

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 he's saying

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 because of your misplaced faith,

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 because of your weak faith,

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 because of your

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 kind of deluded faith.

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 So what Jesus is putting

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 his finger on

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 is a matter of

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 quality of faith.

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 Now,

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 this past week,

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 I did a little study

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 on that phrase,

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 little faith.

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 And it was really interesting.

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 I want to share with you

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 what was interesting about it.

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 That little phrase,

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 OU of little faith,

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 it shows up four times

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 in Matthew.

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 And the first time

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 is when Jesus

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 is talking about anxiety.

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 OU of little faith,

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 don't be anxious.

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 The next time it shows up

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 is when the disciples

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 are on the sea

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 and there's a raging storm

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 and he's asleep

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 and they wake him up

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 and he says,

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 OU of little faith,

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 why are you afraid?

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 The next time it shows up

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 is in Matthew 14, 31

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 and Jesus has just called Peter

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 to come to him on the water.

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 And Peter sees the waves

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 and he starts to sink.

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 He cries out.

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 Jesus delivers him

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 and says,

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 why do you doubt,

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 OU of little faith?

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 Doubt.

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 And then in Matthew 16,

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 Jesus is warning his disciples

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 about the leaven

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 of the Sadducees and Pharisees.

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 They think he's talking about

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 just kind of logistics

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 and food and stuff like that.

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 Total misunderstanding.

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 And he says,

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 why do you not understand,

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 OU of little faith?

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 And so when you look at

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 what Matthew says,

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 what's around little faith,

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 there's something competing

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 for one's heart.

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 Anxiety, fear, doubt,

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 misunderstanding.

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 These are the things

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 that vie for your heart

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 and will distract you

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 from trusting fully

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 in your great God.

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 Not even to mention pride,

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 which is our tendency

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 to rely on ourselves

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 instead of God.

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 So these are the things

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 that draw our heart's trust

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 off of our great God

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 and sets it on things

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 that cannot deliver,

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 that are impotent

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 and powerless.

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 And it shows up in questions

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 like,

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 why can't I do this?

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 What's happening?

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 What's wrong?

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 And so Jesus is pointing

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 his finger to this

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 weak, corrupt,

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 deluded, misplaced faith.

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 It's an impotent faith

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 because it's an imposter faith.

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 It's trusting in something

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 other than God.

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 faith.

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 And then he points us

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 to the real stuff.

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 Faith like the grain

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 of a mustard seed.

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 It's the size of a pinhead.

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 And it's small faith

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 in a great God

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 and it accomplishes much.

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 Our great God

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 is the God of the impossible.

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 He can do whatever He wants.

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 And when we trust Him

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 in the words of William Carey,

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 the father of modern day missions,

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 he says,

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 expect great things from God

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 and attempt great things from God.

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 That comes from a heart of faith

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 in the one true living God.

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 Not in something else.

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 The difference between

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 this little faith

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 that Jesus is rebuking

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 and this mustard,

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 seed-sized faith

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 is the object of the faith.

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 What you're trusting in.

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 It's either

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 something other than God

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 or God.

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 And what Jesus is commending us here

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 is trust God

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 and He will accomplish much.

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 So, hey,

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 this is the appetizer this morning.

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 This is to stimulate your faith buds.

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 In order to stimulate your faith buds,

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 we had to say,

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 hey,

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 this is what gets in the way

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 of your faith.

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 Things like anxiety,

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 things like fear,

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 things like misunderstanding

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 and pride.

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 And what we do

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 is we turn from those things

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 and trust in our God

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 over and over and over again.

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 That's what disciples do.

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 They trust in God,

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 in Jesus,

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 over and over again.

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 So, I hope this is stirring up

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 a desire in you

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 to trust God more.

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 And so now,

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 in light of that,

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 let's move

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 from this

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 kind of base of the mountain

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 and let's move

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 into Galilee

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 a little bit more

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 for the main course

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 this morning.

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 Jesus has exposed

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 little faith

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 in His disciples

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 and in us

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 and now

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 He's going to

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 focus us,

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 focus our faith

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 on Himself.

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 Notice,

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 in verses 22 and 23,

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 as they were gathering

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 in Galilee,

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 Jesus said to them,

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 the Son of Man

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 is about to be delivered

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 into the hands of men

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 and they will kill Him

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 and He will be raised

00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:46.379
 on the third day

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 and His disciples

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.839
 were greatly distressed.

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 Jesus is focusing

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:54.439
 His disciples forward

00:22:54.439 --> 00:22:57.039
 on His future work

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 on the cross

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 and resurrection

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 in Jerusalem.

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 And there's a reason

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 why He's doing it.

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 He's wanting them

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 to set their hearts

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:07.299
 on what He's about to do.

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 This is the second

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:11.519
 explicit prediction

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.799
 Jesus makes

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 of His coming passion,

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 His suffering,

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 His death,

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 and His resurrection.

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 The first one

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 we saw in chapter 16, 21,

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 remember,

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 Peter says,

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 you are the Christ,

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 the Son of the living God.

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 And Jesus,

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 right soon thereafter,

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 He clarifies it.

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 He says,

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:31.339
 guys,

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 just to be sure

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 you know what the Christ

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 is going to do,

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 I must go to Jerusalem.

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 I am going to suffer.

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 I am going to be killed.

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 I am going to be raised.

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 Jews of that time,

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 the disciples,

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 they were expecting

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 a political Messiah

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 who would deliver

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 ethnic Israel

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 from the tyranny of Rome

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 to be reestablished

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 in its former national glory.

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 And what Jesus is saying

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:01.339
 with these passion predictions

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:03.799
 is that's not what

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:05.059
 this Christ has come to do.

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 The kingdom

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 that Jesus was establishing,

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:11.539
 this saving reign of God,

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 it would be established

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:15.539
 by His betrayal,

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 through His suffering,

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 through His crucifixion,

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 and His resurrection.

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 That is what would establish

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:26.639
 His saving reign on earth.

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 The kingdom of God

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 is a kingdom

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 that delivers sinners

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 from their sins.

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 And so in the second

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.219
 passion prediction,

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 Jesus is preparing

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 His disciples

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 for what will come.

00:24:42.459 --> 00:24:43.359
 We're looking at

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.699
 maybe a month,

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.599
 two months out,

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.819
 and Jesus is saying

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.939
 this is what's going to happen.

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:51.399
 I'm going to be delivered.

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.119
 They will kill me.

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.359
 I'll be raised

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.500
 on the third day.

00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.319
 Did you see the prediction

00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.959
 of His death?

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.719
 Did you see the prediction

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.480
 of His resurrection?

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.799
 But there's something new

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.500
 to this prediction.

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.620
 It's that whole

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.559
 the Son of Man

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.579
 is about to be delivered

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.779
 into the hands of men.

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:10.500
 It's the first time

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:11.360
 Jesus talked about

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.360
 His betrayal.

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.460
 It's going to happen.

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.440
 And in verse 23,

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:18.600
 notice how His disciples respond.

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:21.740
 They were greatly distressed.

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.759
 It's sinking into these guys

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:26.200
 that they're going to Jerusalem

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.819
 and it's not going to be pretty

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:29.700
 that Jesus keeps on talking

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.759
 about how He's going to die.

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.779
 But now,

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.740
 someone's going to betray Him?

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.400
 Makes sense that they'd be distressed.

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:41.420
 Let me ask you this question.

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:44.360
 As a disciple living 2,000 years

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:45.559
 after the fact,

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.660
 when you read these words,

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.360
 should you be distressed?

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.839
 What Jesus was speaking of

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.140
 in the future tense here

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.220
 of what will come,

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:59.980
 we speak of in the past tense

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:02.180
 of what has happened.

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.220
 Jesus is speaking about

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.420
 what He would do

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:08.200
 now in 2017.

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.779
 We speak of what He's talking about

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:12.000
 as what He's done.

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:15.680
 He's talking about

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:18.059
 what He will do

00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:19.740
 to accomplish our salvation.

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.620
 today,

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:21.720
 today,

00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.700
 we declare

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.440
 Christ's betrayal,

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.079
 His suffering,

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.759
 His death,

00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.700
 and His resurrection

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:30.880
 as past historic events

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:32.180
 that have happened.

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:36.480
 And they're not distressing news.

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:39.240
 It's good news.

00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:43.220
 It's gospel news.

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.160
 His betrayal,

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.799
 suffering,

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.200
 death,

00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:47.820
 resurrection,

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:50.000
 it was all necessary

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.360
 to Him accomplishing

00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:53.200
 the salvation

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:55.019
 that you so desperately

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.160
 needed as a sinner.

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:59.340
 That word gospel,

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:02.160
 that word is used

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.340
 in antiquity

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:04.019
 to describe

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.040
 a heralding

00:27:05.040 --> 00:27:06.560
 of a victorious event.

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:09.160
 So just imagine this.

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.680
 Kenosha County,

00:27:10.820 --> 00:27:12.040
 we become our own nation.

00:27:13.040 --> 00:27:14.180
 Lake County in Illinois

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:15.700
 becomes their own nation.

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.400
 They attack us.

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.720
 We respond.

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.540
 We send forces down.

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.980
 We defeat them.

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:23.500
 We're victorious.

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.300
 Do you know what

00:27:24.300 --> 00:27:24.920
 we would do?

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:27.140
 We would send a runner

00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:28.660
 to the public square

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.340
 of this city.

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.580
 And that runner

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:31.840
 would herald forth,

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:35.039
 Our army has proven victorious.

00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.539
 We have beaten

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.980
 the army of Lake County.

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:40.420
 Good news.

00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.960
 Or maybe you're a Cubs fan.

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:47.779
 November 3rd, 2016,

00:27:49.560 --> 00:27:50.420
 Paul Sullivan,

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.940
 Chicago Tribune,

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:53.920
 at 12.30 a.m. writes,

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:56.740
 Chicago Cubs win

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:59.080
 World Series 8-7.

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.019
 Good news.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.180
 God,

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:09.140
 good news for those

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.980
 under a curse.

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:16.380
 It goes on to say

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.039
 they did it.

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:19.080
 The Cubs did it.

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:21.480
 It's good news.

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:24.259
 But that good news

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:26.299
 in November 3rd, 2016

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:28.019
 was temporary good news.

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.299
 It was good news

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.019
 for that season.

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.179
 Not so much good news

00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:33.799
 for this season.

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.619
 What the gospel

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.720
 of Jesus Christ is,

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.720
 it's good news.

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:40.399
 It's heralding.

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:42.539
 It's declaring an event

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.379
 that has happened.

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.460
 That Jesus,

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.379
 the Christ,

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.159
 was betrayed,

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.679
 suffered,

00:28:46.899 --> 00:28:47.179
 died,

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.940
 and was raised.

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.519
 It took place.

00:28:49.880 --> 00:28:50.920
 And it's not temporary

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.500
 good news.

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:53.680
 It's forever good news.

00:28:54.180 --> 00:28:55.060
 It's a good news

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.860
 of declaring

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:57.200
 that Jesus' death

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.920
 and resurrection

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:59.420
 defeated sin

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.320
 and death

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:01.340
 forever.

00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:04.640
 It was a decisive act.

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.900
 It happened.

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:09.860
 So when we read

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:11.460
 this second prediction

00:29:11.460 --> 00:29:12.480
 of Christ's coming

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.019
 passion,

00:29:13.780 --> 00:29:15.360
 it's not distressing

00:29:15.360 --> 00:29:16.340
 news to us

00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:17.540
 living on this side

00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:18.640
 in 2017

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.680
 looking back

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.580
 on what Jesus did.

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:22.320
 This is good news.

00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:24.280
 It's refocusing news.

00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:25.940
 It's refreshing news.

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.620
 It's news that

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.380
 should make you

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.220
 want to rejoice.

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.940
 That God in Christ

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.640
 would do this

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.320
 for you.

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.780
 The Apostle Paul

00:29:34.780 --> 00:29:36.140
 talks about this

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:37.820
 what Jesus

00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:39.140
 is talking about

00:29:39.140 --> 00:29:39.580
 in the future.

00:29:40.520 --> 00:29:41.180
 The Apostle Paul

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.820
 talks about it

00:29:41.820 --> 00:29:42.720
 as being of

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:44.000
 first importance.

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.240
 That Christ died

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.160
 according to the Scriptures.

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:47.940
 He was buried

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.680
 and on the third day

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.520
 He was raised

00:29:49.520 --> 00:29:50.580
 according to the Scriptures.

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.160
 First importance.

00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:55.620
 Jesus will repeatedly

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.880
 speak of this.

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.220
 His coming suffering,

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.520
 His coming death,

00:29:59.800 --> 00:30:00.840
 His coming resurrection.

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.680
 He repeats it

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.980
 over and over again

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.019
 for the balance

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:06.259
 of the Gospel of Matthew

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:08.039
 because it's so important.

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:10.380
 It's of first importance.

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.799
 And why is it?

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:14.860
 It's what God did

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:16.000
 to accomplish

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.839
 our salvation

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.759
 from sin.

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.539
 The cross

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:23.099
 is the hot spot

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:24.660
 of God's

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:26.519
 work of salvation

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.980
 for the fullness of time.

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.940
 it's there

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:31.980
 that He won

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.559
 our victory

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:34.120
 over sin and death.

00:30:34.900 --> 00:30:36.000
 So this morning

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:38.039
 as part of taking

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.599
 this kind of

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:40.140
 Gospel main course

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:42.980
 realize that

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.539
 what Jesus

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.420
 is speaking of

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.319
 in the future tense

00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:46.279
 we speak of

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.099
 in the past tense.

00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.940
 It happened.

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.000
 And it's through

00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.460
 His death

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.079
 and resurrection

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.039
 that secured

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.579
 our justification

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:55.620
 being made right

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.180
 with God.

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:58.560
 no more condemnation.

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.539
 It secured

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.320
 our adoption

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:01.640
 our being brought

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.680
 into God's family.

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.500
 Now by the Spirit

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.700
 we say Abba Father.

00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:05.759
 It secured

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.500
 our redemption

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:08.480
 being set free

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.320
 from the power

00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:09.940
 of sin.

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.000
 It secured

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.980
 our reconciliation

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:13.539
 being made

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.720
 at peace

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.759
 with God Himself.

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.299
 It secured

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.460
 our sanctification

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:20.500
 being made holy

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.600
 over time.

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.900
 It secured

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:24.060
 our glorification

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.299
 that day

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.339
 when we walk

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.879
 into the very

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:28.539
 presence of Jesus.

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:29.799
 Terry Johnson

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.679
 knows now

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:32.099
 being walking

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:33.139
 into the presence

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.759
 of Jesus

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.859
 without any

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.399
 encumbrance

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:36.019
 of sin.

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.720
 What He did

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.839
 2,000 years ago

00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.619
 on the cross

00:31:40.619 --> 00:31:41.519
 and His resurrection

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:43.159
 secured all of it.

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.399
 Our justification

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:47.679
 our sanctification

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.819
 our glorification

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:50.399
 our entire

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:51.259
 salvation

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.359
 was accomplished

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:54.240
 through His death

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.879
 and resurrection.

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:58.379
 And when His disciples

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.839
 hear Him

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.839
 talking about this

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.399
 in the future

00:32:00.399 --> 00:32:01.319
 they're distressed.

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.799
 When we hear this

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:04.559
 this is music

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.899
 to our ears.

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:08.139
 This should remind you

00:32:08.139 --> 00:32:09.079
 of what your

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.700
 great God

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.659
 did for you

00:32:10.659 --> 00:32:11.700
 in order to

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.779
 reconcile you

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.379
 to Himself.

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:16.980
 and this is

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.960
 what we stand on.

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.280
 This is what

00:32:20.280 --> 00:32:21.140
 we trust in.

00:32:21.800 --> 00:32:22.540
 This is what

00:32:22.540 --> 00:32:23.200
 we believe.

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.880
 This is what

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:25.780
 we hold true.

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.340
 This is what

00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:28.760
 we build our lives on.

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.720
 This is what

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:31.040
 defines us.

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.800
 It's the main dish

00:32:35.800 --> 00:32:37.000
 and it never gets old.

00:32:41.280 --> 00:32:42.220
 So what Jesus

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.760
 does here

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:44.559
 He's pointing

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.379
 His disciples

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.379
 to something future

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.119
 but for us

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.200
 who live

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:49.119
 in 2017

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:50.539
 we're reminded

00:32:50.539 --> 00:32:51.279
 of what He did

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.000
 in the past.

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.980
 He accomplished

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.200
 our salvation.

00:32:58.900 --> 00:32:59.779
 So we've

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:01.460
 looked at

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:03.099
 His exposing

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:03.819
 of our faith

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.920
 and now He's

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.619
 focused us

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:07.160
 on what

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.960
 He would do

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.879
 what He's done

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:10.140
 at the cross

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.960
 and now

00:33:11.960 --> 00:33:13.720
 very briefly

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:16.019
 24-27

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.920
 Jesus

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:18.600
 He encourages

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.340
 our faith.

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.420
 I'll just read

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.960
 that for you.

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.819
 When they came

00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:22.400
 to Capernaum

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:22.920
 the collectors

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.420
 of the two

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.180
 drachma tax

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.980
 went up to Peter

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.400
 and said

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:26.400
 does your teacher

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.440
 not pay the tax?

00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:28.759
 And Peter said

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.519
 yes

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.680
 and when Peter

00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:31.539
 came into the house

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.539
 Jesus spoke to him

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:32.940
 first.

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:34.380
 Jesus was anticipating

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.059
 something.

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:37.240
 What do you think

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.600
 Simon?

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:39.179
 from whom

00:33:39.179 --> 00:33:39.719
 do kings

00:33:39.719 --> 00:33:40.319
 of the earth

00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:40.899
 take toll

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.419
 or tax

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:42.079
 from their sons

00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:42.759
 or from others?

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.980
 And when He said

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.539
 from others

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.399
 Jesus said to him

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:46.619
 then the sons

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.199
 are free.

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.719
 However

00:33:48.719 --> 00:33:49.439
 not to give

00:33:49.439 --> 00:33:50.459
 offense to them

00:33:50.459 --> 00:33:51.759
 go to the sea

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:53.199
 and cast a hook

00:33:53.199 --> 00:33:54.240
 and take the first

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.259
 fish that comes up

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:56.159
 and when you open

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.719
 its mouth

00:33:56.719 --> 00:33:57.279
 you will find

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.779
 a shekel.

00:33:58.659 --> 00:33:59.279
 Take that

00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:00.659
 and give it to them

00:34:00.659 --> 00:34:01.659
 for me

00:34:01.659 --> 00:34:03.219
 and for yourself.

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.139
 So now

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.639
 we're at

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.520
 Capernaum

00:34:05.520 --> 00:34:06.300
 which is

00:34:06.300 --> 00:34:06.720
 kind of

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:06.960
 Jesus'

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.300
 base of operations

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.180
 for His ministry

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:09.920
 in Galilee.

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.019
 And Jesus

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.500
 and Peter

00:34:12.500 --> 00:34:13.059
 are together

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.480
 and they're

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.920
 approached

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.480
 by two

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.920
 Jewish

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.519
 tax collectors

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.340
 and they're

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.940
 collecting

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:19.220
 a Jewish tax

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:20.820
 and it's

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.240
 based out

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.860
 of Exodus

00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.840
 chapter 30

00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.760
 when men

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.800
 over 21

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:26.039
 had to pay

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.940
 a half

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.900
 a shekel tax

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:30.059
 and that tax

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.900
 would go to

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.420
 the temple

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.039
 upkeep

00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.900
 in Jerusalem

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.880
 and not only

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.240
 that

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.199
 this tax

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.099
 was taken

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.639
 about a month

00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:38.859
 before Passover

00:34:38.859 --> 00:34:39.579
 and so

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:41.179
 very nimbly

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.639
 Matthew

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.339
 is putting

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.199
 in front of us

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:44.099
 Jerusalem

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:45.419
 and Passover

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:46.619
 are on the horizon

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:48.699
 and so

00:34:48.699 --> 00:34:49.579
 these tax

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:50.039
 collectors

00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.219
 are kind of

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:52.039
 reminding Peter

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.599
 hey is your

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.599
 rabbi

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.099
 is your teacher

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.500
 going to pay

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:55.059
 this tax

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:57.859
 and Peter

00:34:57.859 --> 00:34:58.359
 says

00:34:58.359 --> 00:34:59.299
 oh yeah

00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.839
 he's planning

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.379
 on it

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:02.519
 now I just

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:02.939
 want to remind

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.220
 you now

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.440
 that

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.980
 remember back

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.400
 in Luke 2

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:05.800
 when Jesus

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.420
 was a boy

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:07.659
 he was

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:09.179
 he went back

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.780
 to Jerusalem

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:11.480
 and when his

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.300
 parents caught

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.780
 up with him

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.119
 and they say

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.500
 hey what were

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.940
 you doing

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.860
 he said

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:16.200
 don't you

00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:16.720
 realize I'd

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.159
 be in my

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:18.099
 father's house

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:20.820
 having said

00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.240
 that

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:22.619
 verse 25

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.320
 Peter says

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.320
 yes he's

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.720
 going to pay

00:35:24.720 --> 00:35:24.900
 it

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.460
 and then

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.980
 Peter's

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.360
 going to go

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:27.059
 into the house

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.440
 and he's

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.860
 going to raise

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.320
 this issue

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:28.700
 with Jesus

00:35:28.699 --> 00:35:29.239
 Jesus what

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.699
 about this

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.480
 two drachma

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.960
 tax

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:32.919
 knowing that

00:35:32.919 --> 00:35:34.299
 Jesus anticipates

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:35.119
 it and he

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:36.079
 says this very

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.799
 interesting thing

00:35:36.799 --> 00:35:37.159
 to Peter

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.939
 what do you

00:35:37.939 --> 00:35:38.460
 think Simon

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.159
 from whom

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.559
 do kings

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.019
 on the earth

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.559
 take toll

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:40.980
 or tax

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.399
 from their

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:41.719
 sons

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.359
 or from

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.699
 others

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.579
 another way

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:43.839
 to say

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:44.039
 it is

00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.399
 this

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:45.960
 royalty

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.059
 Peter

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:48.000
 if you're

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.219
 in the

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.919
 royal family

00:35:48.919 --> 00:35:49.399
 are you

00:35:49.399 --> 00:35:49.659
 going to

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.460
 tax people

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.839
 in the

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.460
 royal family

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:51.899
 or are you

00:35:51.899 --> 00:35:52.099
 going to

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.659
 tax those

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.379
 outside of

00:35:53.379 --> 00:35:53.719
 the royal

00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:54.159
 family

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:55.019
 and Peter

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.319
 says

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:55.799
 well those

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.599
 outside of

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.039
 the royal

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.480
 family

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:58.079
 to which

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.360
 Peter

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.880
 Jesus

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.340
 says

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.199
 then the

00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:00.619
 sons are

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:00.880
 free

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:02.099
 do you

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.340
 know what

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.980
 Jesus is

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.240
 saying

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:05.240
 I don't

00:36:05.240 --> 00:36:05.460
 need to

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.800
 pay this

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.159
 tax

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:08.460
 I'm a

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.780
 son of

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.059
 the living

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.400
 God

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.840
 this is

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.500
 my father's

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:11.820
 house

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:14.240
 I don't

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.679
 need to

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.179
 pay this

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.699
 tax

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:17.760
 and neither

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.119
 do you

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.360
 Peter

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.719
 because you're

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.119
 with me

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:20.579
 and then

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:20.880
 he goes

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.360
 on to

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.800
 say

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:24.800
 however

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.900
 not to

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.420
 give offense

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.960
 to them

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:28.400
 and what

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.900
 Jesus is

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.199
 saying

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.760
 there is

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:30.059
 hey

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.480
 I'm not

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:30.740
 going to

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.300
 claim this

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.720
 right

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:33.260
 I've got

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.840
 other more

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.300
 important

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.880
 business I

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.139
 need to

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.460
 do in

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.940
 Jerusalem

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:38.340
 and so

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:38.599
 we're going

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:38.940
 to pay

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.780
 this tax

00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:41.159
 and here's

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.460
 how we're

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.639
 going to

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.079
 pay it

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:43.300
 and he

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.699
 goes on

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.139
 to sell

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.079
 Peter

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:47.679
 he says

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.480
 go to

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.900
 the sea

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:50.059
 cast in

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.400
 the hook

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.260
 take up

00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.599
 the first

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:52.000
 fish that

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.380
 comes

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.940
 and when

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.280
 you open

00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:53.699
 its mouth

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.220
 take out

00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.800
 the shekel

00:36:54.800 --> 00:36:56.019
 and give

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.220
 it to

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.640
 the tax

00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:57.060
 collectors

00:36:57.060 --> 00:36:57.760
 and then

00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.400
 what happens

00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:00.760
 we don't

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.120
 know what

00:37:01.120 --> 00:37:01.620
 happens

00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:03.580
 Matthew

00:37:03.580 --> 00:37:04.160
 doesn't tell

00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:04.480
 us what

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.940
 happens

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.720
 we're left

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.200
 guessing

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:08.480
 but you know

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:08.960
 what a solid

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.420
 guess would

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.740
 be

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:11.340
 it happened

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.920
 so check

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.420
 this out

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.920
 imagine if

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.060
 you're

00:37:15.060 --> 00:37:15.400
 Peter

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:17.100
 and your

00:37:17.100 --> 00:37:18.300
 your faith

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:18.740
 needs some

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:19.360
 building up

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:22.099
 your savior

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.860
 just told

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.519
 you to go

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.460
 to the sea

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.079
 of Galilee

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.860
 throw in

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.340
 a hook

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:28.019
 you go down

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.460
 throw in

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:28.820
 a hook

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:30.200
 you're like

00:37:30.200 --> 00:37:30.960
 all right

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.160
 I'll do

00:37:31.160 --> 00:37:31.480
 this for

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:31.820
 Jesus

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:33.880
 there's a

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.320
 tug on the

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.640
 line

00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:36.240
 you pull

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.519
 up the

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.460
 first fish

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:38.220
 that comes

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:39.140
 what's going

00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:39.559
 on in your

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:39.960
 heart right

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.220
 now

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:41.800
 if you're

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:42.039
 Peter

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:43.820
 huh

00:37:43.820 --> 00:37:45.700
 I wonder

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:47.559
 you pull

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:47.940
 the fish

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.240
 up

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:50.399
 you open

00:37:50.399 --> 00:37:51.239
 its mouth

00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:52.819
 and when

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.879
 your eyes

00:37:53.879 --> 00:37:54.819
 fall on

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.419
 silver

00:37:55.419 --> 00:37:56.559
 what is

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.399
 going on

00:37:57.399 --> 00:37:57.959
 in your

00:37:57.959 --> 00:37:58.319
 heart

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:58.819
 in that

00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.179
 moment

00:37:59.179 --> 00:38:01.099
 joy

00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:03.259
 delight

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:05.039
 you're saying

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.719
 things like

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.439
 I can't

00:38:06.439 --> 00:38:07.119
 believe this

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:08.919
 it's really

00:38:08.919 --> 00:38:09.279
 true

00:38:09.279 --> 00:38:10.479
 and you

00:38:10.479 --> 00:38:11.199
 reach into

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:12.319
 that fish's

00:38:12.319 --> 00:38:12.599
 mouth

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:13.019
 and you

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:14.000
 pull out

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.459
 that

00:38:14.459 --> 00:38:15.159
 Greek

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.719
 stutter

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:16.259
 that's what

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.779
 it was

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:17.859
 and you're

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.360
 feeling it

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:18.680
 in your

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.019
 hands

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.440
 and you're

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:19.760
 thinking

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.620
 how did

00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:20.940
 he know

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.400
 that

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.460
 and you're

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.840
 walking

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:23.360
 this

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:24.019
 Greek

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.599
 stutter

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:25.380
 worth

00:38:25.380 --> 00:38:26.700
 four

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:27.320
 drachma

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.780
 so this

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:28.760
 covers all

00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:29.300
 the tax

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:30.260
 and you're

00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.019
 bringing it

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.660
 to the tax

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:32.079
 collectors

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.500
 and you're

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.800
 thinking

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.300
 the whole

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:33.740
 time

00:38:33.740 --> 00:38:34.480
 how did

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.079
 he know

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.500
 that

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.460
 who is

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.079
 this guy

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.940
 he is

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.380
 stinking

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.039
 amazing

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:40.000
 and you

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:40.480
 put it

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.920
 into the

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.280
 hand of

00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:41.900
 that tax

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.360
 collector

00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:43.920
 you know

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.180
 what you're

00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:44.480
 thinking

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.320
 man this

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.760
 is just

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:46.220
 enough

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:47.559
 just on

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:47.959
 time

00:38:47.959 --> 00:38:49.000
 and just

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.839
 for

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.559
 me

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:52.379
 you see

00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:52.879
 how encouraging

00:38:52.879 --> 00:38:53.239
 that would

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.459
 be

00:38:53.459 --> 00:38:57.500
 now

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:59.699
 if for the

00:38:59.699 --> 00:39:00.159
 sake of the

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.579
 gospel

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.639
 Jesus is able

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.159
 to provide

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.599
 for his

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:03.059
 own like

00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:03.459
 this

00:39:03.459 --> 00:39:06.139
 he's going

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.559
 to provide

00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:07.000
 for us

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.239
 too

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:09.399
 he's going

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:09.679
 to meet

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.000
 all of

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.480
 our needs

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:13.300
 out of

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:13.659
 nowhere

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:15.179
 here at

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:15.639
 this church

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.059
 out of

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.300
 nowhere

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:16.960
 people will

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.460
 send us

00:39:17.460 --> 00:39:17.840
 money

00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:18.240
 and it

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:18.639
 comes in

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.119
 at just

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.539
 the right

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:19.920
 time

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.420
 do you

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:20.699
 know how

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.039
 we make

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.320
 sense

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.619
 of it

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:22.960
 our

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.280
 Jesus

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.719
 is looking

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.119
 out for

00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:24.460
 us

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.780
 he knows

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.280
 our needs

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:28.159
 it's like

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:29.300
 silver in a

00:39:29.300 --> 00:39:29.820
 fish mouth

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:32.440
 encourages

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:33.079
 our faith

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:34.579
 so think

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:34.900
 about it

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.260
 this way

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.639
 if our

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:36.039
 God is

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.539
 able to

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:36.900
 provide

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.699
 for everyday

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.559
 needs

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:38.899
 in

00:39:38.899 --> 00:39:40.379
 unimaginable

00:39:40.379 --> 00:39:41.019
 ways

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:42.619
 he's not

00:39:42.619 --> 00:39:43.139
 limited

00:39:43.139 --> 00:39:46.519
 if you

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:46.899
 provided

00:39:46.899 --> 00:39:47.339
 Jesus

00:39:47.339 --> 00:39:47.839
 for our

00:39:47.839 --> 00:39:48.199
 greatest

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:48.599
 need

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.980
 he's going

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.399
 to provide

00:39:50.399 --> 00:39:50.799
 for all

00:39:50.799 --> 00:39:51.019
 of our

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.559
 other needs

00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:51.939
 as we

00:39:51.939 --> 00:39:52.419
 seek to

00:39:52.419 --> 00:39:52.739
 follow

00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.159
 him

00:39:53.159 --> 00:39:55.679
 it

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.159
 stirs up

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.399
 that

00:39:56.399 --> 00:39:56.819
 William

00:39:56.819 --> 00:39:57.259
 Carey

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.539
 quote

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.859
 again

00:39:57.859 --> 00:39:58.679
 expect

00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.159
 great

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.460
 things

00:39:59.460 --> 00:39:59.699
 from

00:39:59.699 --> 00:39:59.980
 God

00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.539
 attempt

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:00.839
 great

00:40:00.839 --> 00:40:01.099
 things

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.339
 from

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:01.639
 God

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.119
 and

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.339
 we're

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:02.500
 going

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.639
 to

00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:03.000
 trust

00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:03.379
 he's

00:40:03.379 --> 00:40:03.539
 going

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:03.659
 to

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:04.179
 encourage

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:04.439
 us

00:40:04.439 --> 00:40:04.639
 with

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:04.899
 what

00:40:04.899 --> 00:40:05.119
 we

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.419
 need

00:40:05.419 --> 00:40:06.079
 right

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:06.480
 at

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:07.119
 just

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.359
 of the

00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:07.519
 right

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:07.940
 time

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:08.700
 at

00:40:08.700 --> 00:40:09.059
 just

00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:09.460
 enough

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:10.120
 and

00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:10.519
 just

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:11.000
 for

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.539
 us

00:40:11.539 --> 00:40:12.099
 he's

00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.380
 that

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.820
 kind

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:13.000
 of

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.340
 God

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:15.860
 so

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.039
 who

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.200
 is

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:16.400
 this

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.680
 guy

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:18.820
 he's

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:18.960
 the

00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:19.360
 Christ

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.660
 he's

00:40:19.660 --> 00:40:19.820
 the

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.039
 son

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.160
 of

00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:20.280
 the

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.460
 living

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:20.840
 God

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:22.160
 he

00:40:22.160 --> 00:40:22.480
 calls

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:22.599
 us

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:22.760
 to

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.120
 follow

00:40:23.120 --> 00:40:23.480
 him

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.240
 to

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:24.539
 deny

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.079
 ourselves

00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.400
 take

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:25.559
 up

00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:25.720
 our

00:40:25.720 --> 00:40:26.079
 crosses

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.780
 and

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.240
 follow

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.599
 him

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:28.079
 and

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:28.320
 he

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.599
 is

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.000
 worthy

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.320
 of

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.599
 all

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:29.740
 of

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:29.880
 our

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.440
 trust

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:35.000
 we've

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.120
 had

00:40:35.120 --> 00:40:35.220
 a

00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:35.320
 little

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:36.019
 appetizer

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:37.759
 got

00:40:37.759 --> 00:40:37.920
 our

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:38.360
 faith

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.099
 exposed

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:40.960
 so

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.119
 we

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.360
 turn

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:41.800
 from

00:40:41.800 --> 00:40:42.500
 those

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:42.800
 things

00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:42.980
 and

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.199
 turn

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:43.380
 to

00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:43.800
 Jesus

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:45.019
 and

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.179
 then

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.380
 he

00:40:45.380 --> 00:40:46.019
 focused

00:40:46.019 --> 00:40:46.259
 our

00:40:46.259 --> 00:40:46.539
 faith

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:46.699
 on

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:46.900
 what

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.159
 he

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.579
 has

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.880
 done

00:40:47.880 --> 00:40:48.059
 the

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.360
 main

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.820
 thing

00:40:48.820 --> 00:40:50.039
 the

00:40:50.039 --> 00:40:50.420
 cross

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:50.559
 and

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.699
 his

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:51.199
 resurrection

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.579
 we

00:40:51.579 --> 00:40:51.800
 set

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:51.960
 our

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.219
 hearts

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.420
 on

00:40:52.420 --> 00:40:52.679
 that

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:54.420
 and

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:54.539
 then

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:54.699
 he

00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:55.139
 encourages

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.300
 us

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:55.559
 along

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:55.699
 the

00:40:55.699 --> 00:40:55.980
 way

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:57.480
 we're

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:57.579
 going

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:57.699
 to

00:40:57.699 --> 00:40:58.139
 trust

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:58.719
 that

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:58.940
 he's

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.039
 going

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.139
 to

00:40:59.139 --> 00:40:59.320
 just

00:40:59.320 --> 00:40:59.719
 provide

00:40:59.719 --> 00:40:59.920
 what

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.119
 we

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.320
 need

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.579
 at

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:00.800
 just

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:00.980
 the

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.179
 right

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.599
 time

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.280
 just

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:02.500
 for

00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:02.920
 us

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:04.920
 he's

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.039
 the

00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:05.300
 one

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:06.900
 he's

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.000
 the

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.159
 one

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:07.340
 we're

00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:07.420
 going

00:41:07.420 --> 00:41:07.539
 to

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:07.860
 follow

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:09.780
 if

00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:09.940
 you

00:41:09.940 --> 00:41:10.619
 haven't

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:11.240
 started

00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:11.460
 to

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.740
 follow

00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:12.159
 Jesus

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.659
 you

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:13.820
 can

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.159
 trust

00:41:14.159 --> 00:41:14.360
 him

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.720
 and

00:41:15.720 --> 00:41:15.840
 if

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:16.019
 you

00:41:16.019 --> 00:41:16.400
 are

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.019
 following

00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:17.380
 Jesus

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:17.659
 but

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.019
 you've

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.539
 wavered

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:19.720
 oh

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:19.880
 you

00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:20.039
 can

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.340
 trust

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.500
 him

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.639
 all

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:20.740
 the

00:41:20.740 --> 00:41:21.039
 more

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:22.980
 he's

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.680
 everything

00:41:23.680 --> 00:41:24.019
 you

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.400
 need

00:41:24.400 --> 00:41:25.460
 let's

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:25.760
 pray

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:28.540
 God

00:41:28.540 --> 00:41:28.680
 in

00:41:28.680 --> 00:41:28.940
 heaven

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.680
 would

00:41:30.680 --> 00:41:30.800
 you

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.080
 just

00:41:31.080 --> 00:41:31.320
 use

00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:31.640
 these

00:41:31.640 --> 00:41:32.180
 words

00:41:32.180 --> 00:41:33.100
 these

00:41:33.100 --> 00:41:33.400
 words

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:33.580
 of

00:41:33.580 --> 00:41:33.920
 Jesus

00:41:33.920 --> 00:41:35.020
 to

00:41:35.020 --> 00:41:35.540
 stir

00:41:35.540 --> 00:41:36.220
 faith

00:41:36.220 --> 00:41:36.740
 to

00:41:36.740 --> 00:41:37.280
 strengthen

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.940
 faith

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:39.120
 to

00:41:39.120 --> 00:41:39.760
 purify

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:40.440
 faith

00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:41.940
 we

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.180
 pray

00:41:42.180 --> 00:41:42.560
 father

00:41:42.560 --> 00:41:42.800
 that

00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:42.980
 you

00:41:42.980 --> 00:41:43.160
 would

00:41:43.160 --> 00:41:43.460
 make

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:43.800
 us

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.140
 more

00:41:44.140 --> 00:41:44.240
 and

00:41:44.240 --> 00:41:44.360
 more

00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:44.880
 confident

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.080
 in

00:41:45.080 --> 00:41:45.200
 our

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:45.440
 Lord

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.820
 Jesus

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:46.640
 day

00:41:46.640 --> 00:41:46.900
 by

00:41:46.900 --> 00:41:47.240
 day

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:48.720
 God

00:41:48.720 --> 00:41:49.100
 it's

00:41:49.100 --> 00:41:49.280
 our

00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:49.600
 desire

00:41:49.600 --> 00:41:49.820
 to

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.140
 follow

00:41:50.140 --> 00:41:50.420
 you

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:50.900
 day

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.100
 by

00:41:51.100 --> 00:41:51.440
 day

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:52.280
 help

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:52.780
 us

00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:53.160
 in

00:41:53.160 --> 00:41:53.440
 Jesus

00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.880
 name

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.920
 amen

00:41:54.920 --> 00:41:56.539