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 Oh, good morning.

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 It's getting slightly better, that response.

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 There was a businessman, and this businessman was from Newcastle,

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 and he found himself down in London on business.

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 After rising up early in the morning in his hotel room,

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 he phoned home before commencing what was going to be a very busy day's work.

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 Having wished his girls a really good day at school,

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 and assuring his wife that he would be home to help look after them the day after tomorrow,

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 he was suddenly struck, having put the phone down,

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 just how thankful he was to God for just how good and how blessed his life was.

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 While he was contemplating this, his eyes turned to a man outside who was begging.

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 And his heart went out to him because he thought,

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 God has been outrageously kind to me.

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 Can I help this man?

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 And so he decided to try and help.

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 And the way he tried to help is he went in the desk drawer of the hotel,

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 got out some of the complimentary stationery,

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 slipped a £10 note into the envelope,

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 wrote on the front with the biro that just about worked,

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 don't despair,

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 and slipped it out the window to the man.

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 He then went off to a day's work,

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 kept taking his umbrella and his coat.

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 He had a busy day in the office and thought absolutely nothing about it.

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 Just after he got home, later than he wanted,

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 he found himself relaxing on his bed.

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 And all of a sudden, there was a knock at the door.

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 He reticently opened it and found the man he had given the £10 to in the morning,

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 holding out a bundle of money.

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 The man said to him,

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 Sir, thank you so much.

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 Don't despair when the 305 at Chepstow at 60 to 1,

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 here's your cut of £300.

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 The man went back to his room and thought,

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 what an unexpected multiplication.

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 The next episode, as we journey with Jesus around Galilee,

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 involves an unexpected multiplication,

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 even more than the businessman in London.

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 So could I invite you to take your Bible,

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 turn to Luke chapter 5,

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 and we'll read the first 11 verses.

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 One day, as Jesus was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,

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 the people were crowding round him and listening to the word of God.

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 He saw at the water's edge two boats,

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 left there by the fishermen,

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 who were washing their nets.

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 He got into one of the boats,

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 the one belonging to Simon,

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 and asked him to put out a little from the shore.

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 Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

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 When he had finished speaking,

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 he said to Simon,

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 put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.

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 Simon answered,

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 Master, we've worked all night and haven't caught anything.

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 But because you say so,

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 I will let down the nets.

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 When they had done so,

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 they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.

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 So they signaled to their partners in the other boats to come and help them.

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 And they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

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 When Simon Peter saw this,

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 he fell at Jesus' knees and said,

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 Go away from me, Lord,

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 I am a sinful man.

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 For he and all his companions were astonished

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 at the catch of fish they had taken.

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 And so were James and John,

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 the sons of Zebedee,

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 Simon's partners.

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 Then Jesus said to Simon,

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 Don't be afraid.

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 From now on,

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 you will fish for people.

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 So they pulled their boats up on the shore,

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 left everything,

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 and followed him.

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 Quick word of prayer,

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 and then we'll get into this.

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 Father God,

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 bless us in this time.

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 Speak to us clearly from your word.

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 Open our hearts to receive it.

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 Father,

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 bend our wills to obey it.

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 And in this time,

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 glorify your son,

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 we pray.

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 Amen.

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 This story takes place at the Lake of Gennesaret,

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 which is a small part of the larger Sea of Galilee.

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 It takes place maybe days,

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 possibly weeks,

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 even perhaps months,

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 since the end of chapter four.

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 At the end of chapter four,

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 Jesus says to Simon,

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 who comes looking for him,

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 I need to go to other villages

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 to preach the good news there also,

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 for that is why I've come.

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 Jesus says,

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 my mission statement

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 is to get the word out.

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 It's not so much miracles.

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 It's not so much healing those

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 that are demon-possessed.

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 The primary reason that I'm here

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 is to preach the good news

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 of the kingdom of God.

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 And it seems that

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 at the end of chapter four,

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 he goes all around Galilee

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 and all around Judea,

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 preaching in synagogues

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 as an itinerant preacher.

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 And during this time,

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 his reputation really grows.

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 His stock rises.

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 Who is this young,

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 uneducated carpenter from Nazareth

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 who preaches with such authority,

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 who tells us things

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 that we've never seen before,

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 who helps us understand

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 what God is saying to each of us?

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 And so now in Capernaum,

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 just on the edge

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 of the Sea of Gennesaret,

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 we see that now Jesus

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 is back in Capernaum.

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 There is a massive crowd.

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 He is preaching outside.

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 Everyone is pressing in.

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 They don't want to miss

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 a single word spoken

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 by this dynamic young teacher,

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 the likes of which

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 they've never heard before.

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 And so as Jesus preaches

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 the word of God,

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 I want us to see

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 that the big thing of the day

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 is what happens

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 when the word gets through.

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 What happens

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 when the word gets through?

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 And we'll see

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 some astonishing things happen.

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 First one I want us to see

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 is this.

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 When the word of God

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 invades your space,

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 there is a real crowd problem

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 on the Sea of Capernaum.

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 People are everywhere.

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 Just as Jesus was attempted

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 to be thrown off a cliff

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 in Nazareth,

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 he might just get drowned

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 if things go the way

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 they're going in Capernaum.

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 And see what he's doing

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 at the end of verse one.

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 He is speaking the word of God

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 and everyone is pressing in.

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 Everyone it seems

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 except this band of fishermen.

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 They're kind of off to the side.

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 They've been working all night.

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 They're really tired.

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 It's not only been

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 a long night's fishing,

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 it has been

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 a fruitless night's fishing.

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 Not a single poisson

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 has found its way

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 into their nets.

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 And so they're sitting there

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 despondent.

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 They think,

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 if we can just get

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 these nets repaired,

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 the boat's washed,

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 we can just go home

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 for a sleep,

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 ready to do it all

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 again tomorrow.

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 What is this crowd?

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 We don't care.

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 Let's get this done.

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 Then we can go home.

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 But Jesus hijacks

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 one of their boats.

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 Verse two.

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 Now if you're a fisherman,

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 your boat is your

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 primary means of income.

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 So when somebody jumps

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 in your boat

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 and threatens to take it,

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 Simon leaves his nets

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 and goes to get in

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 his boat as well.

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 He doesn't want

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 Jesus joyriding

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 around the lake

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 of Gennesaret

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 in his fishing boats.

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 And so he jumps in

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 and Jesus,

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 as calm as you like,

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 says to Simon,

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 who's a little bit afraid,

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 please could you

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 put out a little bit

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 because I'd like to

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 use your boat

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 as a pulpit.

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 And Simon obeys.

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 He thinks it's

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 the quickest way

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 that he can get back

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 to bed

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 before another night's

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 fishing.

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 And it seems like

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 a really arbitrary point,

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 but I think it's

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 very worth making

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 because up until

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 this point,

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 God's word has gone

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 out to groups

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 of people.

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 It has gone out

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 to groups of people

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 in a synagogue,

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 large crowds

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 in Nazareth.

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 It has gone out

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 to large groups

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 of people outside

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 Simon's house

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 when he heals

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 his mother-in-law.

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 And this is the thing

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 about God's word

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 is it's for everyone

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 but it's two individuals.

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 And so one of the things

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 that Luke is using

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 this story for

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 is to change

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 the camera angle.

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 This isn't just

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 a universal word

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 to an anonymous

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 faceless crowd.

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 This is a dynamic word

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 that impinges

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 and invades

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 the lives of individuals.

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 God's word

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 is for me

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 and it's for you

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 as well as being

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 for us.

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 That we firmly

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 believe here

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 that when God's word

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 is taught

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 he speaks to us.

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 This book is not

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 like any other book.

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 This is not like

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 Chaucer's

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 Canterbury Tales.

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 This is not

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 Macbeth.

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 This book is God

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 personally

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 addressing us.

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 It is God's word,

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 God's self-revelation

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 of himself

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 to us.

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 And here we see

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 Simon.

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 He's not really

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 bothered about Jesus

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 but Jesus is really

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 bothered about him.

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 That he will

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 hijack his boat

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 in order that

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 Jesus might invade

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 his space

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 and that God's word

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 might invade his life.

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 And so we all

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 sit here today

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 and I dare say

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 even now

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 just four minutes

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 into my talk

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 our mind has

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 started drifting.

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 What's for lunch?

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 How will Southampton

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 get on this afternoon?

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 And if we do that

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 we're going to miss

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 what God has to say

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 to each one of us.

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 That God has you

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 here this morning

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 to invade your space

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 with his word.

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 He's come because

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 he wants to speak

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 to you

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 through this word.

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 And this word

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 does God's work

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 in our lives.

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 And therefore

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 I'd encourage you

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 to keep on listening

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 and just trust

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 that what you

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 set the oven at

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 will be what

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 the oven gets at

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 and that it'll take

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 half an hour longer

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 to cook than you

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 expect that it will.

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 Simon's life

00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:49.540
 is about to

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 fundamentally change

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 because the word

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 of God

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 will invade his life.

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 And though he

00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:55.980
 wasn't that bothered

00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:56.639
 about Jesus

00:10:56.639 --> 00:10:57.680
 Jesus is really

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 bothered about him.

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 So let's make sure

00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:01.700
 in the short time

00:11:01.700 --> 00:11:02.060
 I'll speak

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 we don't miss

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 anything that God

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 might say to us.

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 But just think

00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:07.740
 what happens

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 if Jesus

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 doesn't invade

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 Simon's life.

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 This is a pretty

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 boring story.

00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:13.980
 Fruitless fisherman

00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:15.259
 comes after a day's

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 hard toil

00:11:15.779 --> 00:11:16.680
 with nothing

00:11:16.680 --> 00:11:17.840
 mends his nets

00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:18.620
 washes his boat

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 goes to bed

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 sleeps

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 get ups

00:11:20.659 --> 00:11:21.600
 does it all again.

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 Probably wouldn't

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 make it into

00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:25.340
 Luke's gospel.

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 The story is

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 much of our life

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 is like that.

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 Eat

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 sleep

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 work

00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:32.399
 repeat.

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 It's just very

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 mundane.

00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:34.539
 mundane.

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 And yet God's

00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:37.680
 word will change

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 everything about us.

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 It will give us

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 hope and purpose.

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 It will give us

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 life.

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 It will bring us

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 into a relationship

00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.379
 with God for all

00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:45.860
 eternity.

00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:49.440
 Simon's life

00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:49.940
 would have been

00:11:49.940 --> 00:11:51.120
 completely boring

00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.240
 and mundane.

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 Just a fisherman

00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:53.879
 by the shore

00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:54.700
 for his three score

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 years and ten

00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:56.500
 until he started

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 looking at the ground

00:11:57.259 --> 00:11:58.279
 from the brown side.

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 And yet Jesus'

00:12:01.019 --> 00:12:01.460
 word

00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:03.280
 invading his

00:12:03.280 --> 00:12:03.580
 life

00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:04.540
 utterly transforms

00:12:04.540 --> 00:12:05.320
 who he is.

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 Secondly,

00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:07.740
 see this,

00:12:07.820 --> 00:12:08.320
 what happens

00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:09.400
 when the word

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 insults your

00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:12.220
 wisdom?

00:12:13.300 --> 00:12:14.120
 What happens

00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:14.720
 when the word

00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:15.320
 insults your

00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:15.560
 wisdom?

00:12:15.940 --> 00:12:16.800
 Jesus finishes

00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:17.480
 his sermon.

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 Everyone

00:12:21.160 --> 00:12:22.040
 starts to

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 dissipate.

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 And he says

00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:25.879
 to Simon,

00:12:26.060 --> 00:12:26.340
 Simon,

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 I think we

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 should go

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 fishing.

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 Simon has

00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:29.840
 had enough

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 of fishing.

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 Simon has

00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:33.740
 actually just

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 been fishing

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 all night

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 and caught

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 nothing.

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 And the night

00:12:37.580 --> 00:12:38.120
 is the best

00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:38.759
 time to catch

00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:39.399
 the fish.

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 And now

00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:41.899
 here is

00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:42.700
 Jesus,

00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:43.639
 this

00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:44.660
 previously

00:12:44.660 --> 00:12:45.780
 retired carpenter

00:12:45.780 --> 00:12:46.899
 turned itinerant

00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:47.259
 preacher,

00:12:47.399 --> 00:12:48.080
 starting to give

00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:48.899
 Simon a lesson

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 on fishing.

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 That's pretty

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 insulting.

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 Simon's been

00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:52.320
 a fisherman

00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:53.139
 all his life.

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 His father

00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:54.139
 was probably

00:12:54.139 --> 00:12:54.600
 a fisherman.

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 His grandfather

00:12:55.280 --> 00:12:55.960
 was probably

00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:56.420
 a fisherman.

00:12:56.780 --> 00:12:57.400
 He's quite a

00:12:57.400 --> 00:12:58.340
 successful fisherman

00:12:58.340 --> 00:12:58.860
 as we'll see

00:12:58.860 --> 00:12:59.139
 later.

00:12:59.139 --> 00:12:59.519
 He's in

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 some kind

00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:00.199
 of fishing

00:13:00.199 --> 00:13:00.759
 cooperative.

00:13:02.059 --> 00:13:02.519
 And here

00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:03.199
 is a guy

00:13:03.199 --> 00:13:04.360
 who not

00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:04.779
 only had

00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:05.379
 the audacity

00:13:05.379 --> 00:13:06.179
 to hijack

00:13:06.179 --> 00:13:06.740
 his boat,

00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:07.539
 he now

00:13:07.539 --> 00:13:07.879
 has the

00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:08.279
 audacity

00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:08.759
 to say,

00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:09.580
 Simon,

00:13:10.299 --> 00:13:11.679
 I think

00:13:11.679 --> 00:13:11.899
 they're

00:13:11.899 --> 00:13:12.220
 biting.

00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:14.179
 I think

00:13:14.179 --> 00:13:14.580
 the fish

00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:15.080
 are right.

00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:17.019
 How

00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:17.659
 insulting

00:13:17.659 --> 00:13:18.419
 is that?

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 Put

00:13:23.639 --> 00:13:24.039
 out

00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:25.319
 into deep

00:13:25.319 --> 00:13:25.759
 water

00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:27.419
 and let

00:13:27.419 --> 00:13:27.799
 down the

00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:28.179
 nets for

00:13:28.179 --> 00:13:28.779
 a catch.

00:13:29.139 --> 00:13:31.879
 Simon,

00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:32.159
 whose

00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:32.539
 muscles

00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:32.860
 still

00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:33.240
 hurt

00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:33.460
 from

00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:33.819
 toiling

00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:34.059
 all

00:13:34.059 --> 00:13:34.340
 night

00:13:34.340 --> 00:13:34.580
 in

00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:34.939
 vain,

00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:37.819
 is

00:13:37.819 --> 00:13:38.220
 loath

00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:38.559
 to go

00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:38.799
 on a

00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:39.299
 spontaneous

00:13:39.299 --> 00:13:39.740
 fishing

00:13:39.740 --> 00:13:40.000
 trip

00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:40.259
 in the

00:13:40.259 --> 00:13:40.419
 middle

00:13:40.419 --> 00:13:40.600
 of

00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:40.720
 the

00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:41.019
 day.

00:13:41.980 --> 00:13:42.319
 However,

00:13:42.419 --> 00:13:42.639
 he's

00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:42.840
 so

00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.299
 exhausted

00:13:43.299 --> 00:13:43.539
 he

00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:44.039
 doesn't

00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:44.539
 argue

00:13:44.539 --> 00:13:45.659
 and he

00:13:45.659 --> 00:13:46.159
 says,

00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:47.759
 Master,

00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.039
 we've

00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:48.240
 worked

00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:48.779
 all night,

00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:49.340
 we haven't

00:13:49.340 --> 00:13:49.559
 caught

00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.120
 anything,

00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:51.259
 but because

00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:51.779
 you say

00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:52.019
 so,

00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:52.279
 because

00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:52.659
 of your

00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:53.340
 words,

00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:54.039
 we'll

00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:54.419
 obey.

00:13:54.419 --> 00:13:56.039
 And you

00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:56.339
 can just

00:13:56.339 --> 00:13:56.939
 imagine it

00:13:56.939 --> 00:13:57.240
 as he

00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.879
 rose out

00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:58.759
 just tired.

00:13:59.299 --> 00:13:59.620
 Ah!

00:14:00.699 --> 00:14:01.319
 And then he

00:14:01.319 --> 00:14:01.679
 gets the

00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:02.199
 net out,

00:14:02.240 --> 00:14:02.559
 which he's

00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:03.219
 just cleaned,

00:14:03.599 --> 00:14:04.000
 which he's

00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.199
 going to

00:14:04.199 --> 00:14:04.439
 have to

00:14:04.439 --> 00:14:04.939
 clean again

00:14:04.939 --> 00:14:05.419
 after this

00:14:05.419 --> 00:14:05.939
 fishing trip,

00:14:05.979 --> 00:14:06.159
 and he

00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:06.539
 starts to

00:14:06.539 --> 00:14:07.199
 unfurl it

00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:07.620
 into the

00:14:07.620 --> 00:14:07.979
 water.

00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:09.079
 He's like,

00:14:09.099 --> 00:14:09.399
 this is

00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:10.099
 pointless.

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.079
 And then

00:14:13.079 --> 00:14:13.599
 verse 6,

00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:14.059
 he starts

00:14:14.059 --> 00:14:14.959
 to look

00:14:14.959 --> 00:14:15.979
 bewildered.

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:16.799
 Oh!

00:14:18.319 --> 00:14:18.759
 There's

00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.259
 something pulling

00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:19.779
 the boat.

00:14:19.939 --> 00:14:20.099
 Oh,

00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:20.399
 what are

00:14:20.399 --> 00:14:21.379
 those shimmers

00:14:21.379 --> 00:14:22.120
 of silver?

00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:22.679
 Why is

00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:23.200
 that thing

00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:23.820
 jumping out

00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:24.100
 of the

00:14:24.100 --> 00:14:24.399
 water?

00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:25.259
 Why is

00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:25.879
 this water

00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:26.460
 now so

00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:27.179
 alive with

00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:27.919
 movement and

00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:29.100
 flashes of

00:14:29.100 --> 00:14:30.120
 brilliance?

00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:33.559
 Oh,

00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:33.840
 no,

00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:34.259
 this net

00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:34.879
 now is so

00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.240
 full,

00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:35.480
 we're

00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.399
 starting to

00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.100
 sink.

00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:38.960
 Quickly,

00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.480
 let's get

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.159
 their attention

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:40.679
 over there,

00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:41.139
 because we

00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:41.639
 need their

00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:41.980
 help,

00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:42.320
 or else

00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:42.659
 we're all

00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.299
 going under.

00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:47.500
 The God

00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:48.960
 who spoke

00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:49.659
 on the

00:14:49.659 --> 00:14:50.059
 fifth day

00:14:50.059 --> 00:14:50.700
 of creation,

00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:51.560
 let the

00:14:51.560 --> 00:14:51.940
 waters

00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:52.320
 teem

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:52.500
 with

00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:52.759
 living

00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.360
 creatures,

00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:54.980
 is more

00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:55.379
 than able

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:55.720
 to get

00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:55.879
 the

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.120
 living

00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.540
 creatures

00:14:56.540 --> 00:14:56.900
 that are

00:14:56.900 --> 00:14:57.280
 teeming

00:14:57.280 --> 00:14:57.640
 in the

00:14:57.640 --> 00:14:58.020
 lake

00:14:58.020 --> 00:14:59.200
 to find

00:14:59.200 --> 00:14:59.580
 their way

00:14:59.580 --> 00:14:59.840
 into

00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:00.340
 Simon's

00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:00.680
 net.

00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.940
 And so

00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:05.259
 we see

00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:05.720
 that Jesus

00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.300
 did actually

00:15:06.300 --> 00:15:06.759
 know more

00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.100
 about

00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:07.540
 fishing

00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:08.720
 than

00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.080
 Simon

00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.520
 did.

00:15:10.640 --> 00:15:11.220
 And I

00:15:11.220 --> 00:15:11.520
 think this

00:15:11.520 --> 00:15:11.800
 is a

00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:12.120
 wonderful

00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:12.680
 truth for

00:15:12.680 --> 00:15:13.660
 us today,

00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.780
 that Jesus

00:15:14.780 --> 00:15:15.420
 actually knows

00:15:15.420 --> 00:15:15.940
 more about

00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.340
 absolutely

00:15:16.340 --> 00:15:16.879
 everything

00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.360
 than any

00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:17.680
 of us

00:15:17.680 --> 00:15:18.160
 do about

00:15:18.160 --> 00:15:18.540
 anything.

00:15:18.539 --> 00:15:21.079
 Jesus is

00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:21.620
 the source

00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.219
 of all

00:15:22.219 --> 00:15:22.579
 wisdom.

00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.659
 He is

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:24.639
 the wise

00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:24.839
 one.

00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:25.219
 He knows

00:15:25.219 --> 00:15:25.719
 more about

00:15:25.719 --> 00:15:27.240
 work than

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.819
 we do.

00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:28.199
 He knows

00:15:28.199 --> 00:15:28.639
 more about

00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:29.199
 preaching than

00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:29.459
 I do.

00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:29.839
 You won't

00:15:29.839 --> 00:15:30.259
 find that

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:30.679
 hard to

00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.179
 believe.

00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.019
 Jesus

00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.539
 knows more

00:15:34.539 --> 00:15:35.079
 about being

00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:35.980
 a mum

00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.419
 than you

00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:36.719
 do.

00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.399
 He knows

00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:38.839
 more about

00:15:38.839 --> 00:15:39.339
 running a

00:15:39.339 --> 00:15:39.919
 team or

00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:40.759
 leading a

00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.179
 corporation.

00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:41.740
 He knows

00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:42.199
 more about

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 being a

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 civil servant.

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 He knows

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 more about

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 studying and

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 building and

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 medicine and

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 engineering than

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 you do.

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 And here's

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 the really

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 beautiful thing.

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 That because

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 he knows

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 absolutely

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 everything about

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 absolutely

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 everything,

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 and that he's

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 willing and

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 able to give

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 us his wisdom

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 when we've

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 run out,

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 it means that

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 we can invite

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 him into our

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 university

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 classroom.

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 We can invite

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 him into our

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 work on Monday

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 morning and

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 say,

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 Jesus,

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 this is tough

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 today.

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 Would you

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 give me some

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 wisdom?

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 Would you

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 help me?

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 Will we

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 humble ourselves

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 before God

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 and say,

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 I'm kind of

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 just a dusty

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 human and

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 you created

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 absolutely

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 everything.

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 Will you

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 help me?

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 And the

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 wonderful thing

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 we learn from

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 Simon is that

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 when we

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 obey,

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 when we

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 invite Jesus

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 into our

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 situation and

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 pay attention

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 to him in

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 our situation,

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 there's great

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 blessing,

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 when his

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 wisdom becomes

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 our wisdom

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 and we do

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 the things that

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 he's given us

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 to do in the

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 way that he

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 wants,

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 with his

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 help and

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 his wisdom.

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 Point three,

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 we're over

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 halfway through

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 so just keep

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 listening.

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 When the word

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 incites your

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 response,

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 Peter kind of

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 joins the

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 dots of what's

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 happened.

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 This is not

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 normal.

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 And he

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 sees more

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 than just

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 Jesus as

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 some first

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 century sonar

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 fish finder.

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 This is more

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 than Rex Hunt's

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 fishing adventures

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 going on on

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 Gennesaret on

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 this day.

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 He realizes

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 that Jesus is

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 not a normal

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 person.

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 He kind of

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 sees that he's

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 in the presence

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 of God.

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 Now this is

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 only the first

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 foray into this,

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 it won't be

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 until chapter

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 nine that he

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 really gets who

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 Jesus is when

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 he says you are

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 the Messiah,

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 the son of

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 the living

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 God.

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 But here he

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 is conscious

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 of Jesus'

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 greatness.

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 And that he

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 is in the

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 presence of

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 God.

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 Verse eight,

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 when Simon

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 Peter saw

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 this, he

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 fell at

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 Jesus'

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 knees and

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 said,

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 go away

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 from me,

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 master,

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 Lord,

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 I am a

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 sinful man.

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 Now what

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 Jesus does

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 in this book

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 reveals something

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 of who God

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 is to

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 Simon.

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 And as

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 Simon starts

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 to see who

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 God is,

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 he starts to

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 see who he

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 is.

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 He starts to

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 see that there

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 is a massive

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 gulf between

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 the God of

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 the universe

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 who is

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 absolutely

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 perfect and

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 holy and

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 who he is,

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 a mere mortal

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 who has made

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 a lot of

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 mistakes.

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 And so

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 what's his

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 response?

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 Well, he

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 does what

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 people throughout

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 the whole

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 Old Testament

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 do when

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 they realise

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 that they're

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 in God's

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 presence.

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 He throws

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 himself face

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 down on

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 the floor.

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 He says,

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 go away

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 from me.

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 You're too

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 perfect,

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 you're too

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 holy,

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 you're too

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 good.

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 I am a

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 sinful man.

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 Peter is

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 undone by

00:19:00.959 --> 00:19:01.599
 God's

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 greatness.

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 greatness.

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 He doesn't

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.740
 quite understand

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.339
 who Jesus

00:19:05.339 --> 00:19:06.400
 is, but he

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.380
 knows that he

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.119
 works with the

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 power of God,

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 that just as he

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 had authority

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.160
 to teach, he

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 now has

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 authority over

00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:15.559
 the fish in

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 Gennesaret.

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 This is God

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:17.880
 who has

00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:18.839
 authority over

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 all of nature.

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 And so as a

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.420
 response to

00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.259
 Jesus' word, he

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:23.980
 says, go away

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:24.519
 from me.

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.579
 I am a

00:19:25.579 --> 00:19:26.259
 sinful man.

00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.619
 But the

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.319
 beautiful thing

00:19:28.319 --> 00:19:29.039
 about the story

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.799
 is that Jesus

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.880
 just doesn't

00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:31.559
 leave Simon

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.480
 face down in

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.039
 a load of

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.519
 fish.

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:36.860
 Because Jesus'

00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:37.519
 words to

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.240
 Peter are,

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:38.720
 don't be

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 afraid.

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 And this is

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 the thing that

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:42.259
 Jesus hasn't

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.759
 come to

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:44.279
 emphasize the

00:19:44.279 --> 00:19:45.059
 gap between a

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.740
 holy God and

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.500
 sinful man.

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.480
 Jesus has

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:48.380
 come to bridge

00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:48.960
 that gap.

00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:50.240
 He's come to

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.900
 do away with

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.680
 the chasm, the

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.259
 chasm caused

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:52.660
 by our

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.240
 sinfulness.

00:19:54.140 --> 00:19:54.799
 He's come to

00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.640
 bring reconciliation.

00:19:56.880 --> 00:19:57.460
 He's come to

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.960
 bring a holy

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.660
 God and sinful

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.319
 people back

00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.720
 together.

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.360
 And so

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:01.839
 though Peter

00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.859
 says, go away,

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.299
 Jesus says, don't

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.699
 be afraid.

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.220
 Don't be afraid

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.599
 because I'm

00:20:05.599 --> 00:20:06.000
 here.

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.539
 I'm here to

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.199
 reveal God's

00:20:09.199 --> 00:20:09.740
 word to you,

00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:11.399
 but I'm here to

00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:11.980
 do away with

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.559
 your sin that

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.399
 brings about that

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:14.959
 separation in the

00:20:14.959 --> 00:20:15.799
 first place.

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.419
 Jesus comes to

00:20:18.419 --> 00:20:20.220
 deal with our

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.579
 sin.

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.799
 There's this

00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:23.639
 wonderful story

00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:24.179
 about a guy

00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:24.839
 called Dr.

00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:25.819
 Emil Victor

00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:26.480
 Ryu.

00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:28.079
 and Dr.

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.759
 Ryu was a

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 classicist and

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.099
 he worked a

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 lot translating

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:33.360
 poetry.

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 And in the

00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.700
 late 19th

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.380
 century when he

00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:37.099
 was working for

00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.960
 Penguin Books,

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 Penguin said to

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:39.940
 him, would you do

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:41.000
 a fresh modern

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.960
 translation of the

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.279
 gospel?

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 And Dr.

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:45.240
 Ryu, being an

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.380
 ardent agnostic,

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.420
 thought about it

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:49.120
 for a while and

00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:50.259
 said, oh I

00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.559
 will.

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.559
 This is an

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.120
 interesting

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.819
 proposition.

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 And so he

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:57.859
 sat down with

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.759
 his Greek New

00:20:58.759 --> 00:21:00.359
 Testament and

00:21:00.359 --> 00:21:00.839
 he started

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.939
 studying and

00:21:01.939 --> 00:21:02.740
 thinking and

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:04.240
 translating and

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.500
 organizing and

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.480
 his son was a

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.279
 lay reader in the

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:08.419
 Anglican church.

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.599
 And this is what

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.339
 he said about his

00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:11.460
 father's project.

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 It will be very

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.099
 interesting to see

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:15.000
 what father makes

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:16.139
 of the gospels.

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.259
 It will be still

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.240
 more interesting to

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.720
 see what the

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.559
 gospels make of

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:20.960
 father.

00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.299
 And as he

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.599
 translates the New

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:27.139
 Testament, just

00:21:27.139 --> 00:21:28.379
 like Peter, he

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.419
 gets a vision of

00:21:29.419 --> 00:21:32.000
 who God is and

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.059
 he understands who

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:36.000
 he is and he's

00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.559
 miraculously converted

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:39.339
 and he turns to

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.379
 Jesus as the one who

00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:41.519
 can bridge that gap.

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.779
 But God's word

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:45.179
 incited his

00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:45.939
 response.

00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.699
 See who you are

00:21:48.699 --> 00:21:49.579
 God, you are holy

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.539
 and perfect and I'm

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 not.

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 And yet I learn

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 about this Jesus

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 that I don't need to

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 be pushed away.

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 I can see Jesus who

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 says don't be afraid.

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 I've come to make a

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 real difference.

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 Finally, and then

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 we're done, when the

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 word infects your

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 purpose.

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 The most miraculous

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 event in this story,

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 I think, is not what

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 is caught in the nets,

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 but what is left on

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 the beach.

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 Don't be afraid, says

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 Jesus, from now on

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 you will fish for

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 people.

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 So they pulled their

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 boats up on the

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 shore, left everything

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 and followed him.

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 This is the windfall

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 bumper day of all

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 bumper days.

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 This is the day where

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 they get enough cash

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 injection to buy more

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 boats, maybe franchise

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 out of fish and chips,

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 have a storage facility,

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 an international export

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 industry.

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 This is an amazing

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 windfall day.

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 They've never dreamed

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 of having this many

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 fish in their vessels.

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 And yet they leave it

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 all, flapping about in

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 the bottom of the boat

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 because they have found

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 something infinitely more

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 compelling than fish,

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 than money, than

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 reputation, than wealth,

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 than comfort and ease,

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 than bigger houses and

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 faster horses.

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 Don't be afraid, from now

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 on you will fish for

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 people.

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 This word that invaded

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 their lives, they're now

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 invited to help proclaim

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 to the world, which is

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 much more compelling than

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 catching fish.

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 They were going to change

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 from being killers of

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 fish to people who

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 would proclaim life to

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 men.

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 This little word for

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 partners is the word

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 for fellowship.

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 And so it's changed from

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 being a fishing

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 cooperative to being a

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 fellowship founded on the

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 Lord Jesus to make much

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 of him and to proclaim his

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 greatness to the world.

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 And that's the great

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 thing about our church,

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 that it's not a hobby,

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 it's not like the bowling

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 club.

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 This is a fellowship.

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 People that are brought

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 together, founded on the

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.799
 Lord Jesus to make much of

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 him and to proclaim his

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 glory to the world.

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 That God's word utterly

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 infected Simon's purpose,

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 James and John's purpose,

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 that they left the fish and

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 they said, we want to do

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 this.

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 We want to do this.

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 Instead, we want to fish

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 for people.

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 And so they spend probably

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 two years from this point

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 learning how to fish for

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 people.

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 Learning from Jesus what it

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 means to proclaim the good

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 news and the content of the

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:54.100
 good news, which is Jesus.

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 And then Jesus dies on the

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 cross, is raised to life,

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 reveals himself to them,

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 teaches them for 40 days and

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 then returns back to heaven.

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 And he says, now it's over

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 to you.

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 You're now doing the fishing.

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 You're now doing the fishing

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 for people.

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 And so in Acts 2, Jesus goes

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 out on his first solo fishing

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.439
 adventure.

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 Empowered by the Holy Spirit.

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 And what happens?

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 Well, there's a horde of

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 unsuspecting Jews who hear the

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:28.899
 message and the word invades

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 their space.

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 And then this same word

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:35.400
 insults their wisdom and they

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.259
 say, well, these are all

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.080
 drunken people.

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 And Simon says, no, they're

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 preaching the oracles of God.

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 And then the word incites their

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.720
 response because 3,000 at the

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:47.440
 end, having been convicted of

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:49.100
 who God is and who they are and

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:50.519
 their need of Jesus to bridge the

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:53.280
 gap, 3,000 of them are added to

00:25:53.280 --> 00:25:54.500
 the church as they say, how should

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 we respond?

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 And Peter says, repent and be

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 baptized, every one of you for

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 the forgiveness of sins.

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 And then the word infects their

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:08.960
 purpose because the very next

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.000
 thing we read is that all those

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:13.080
 new people are utterly transformed

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 and they devoted themselves to

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:20.340
 God's word and to fellowship and

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:21.660
 to partnership.

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 This same Jesus is still recruiting

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.779
 people for man fishing.

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 That's why we're here to make

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:30.200
 much of him and to proclaim his

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:32.140
 greatness to the world.

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:34.779
 He's still calling people to see

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:36.360
 who God is, to see who they are

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:37.580
 and see their absolute need of

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:39.400
 Jesus to bring reconciliation and

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.200
 bridge the gap.

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 That is why Jesus is good news.

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 That we don't need to be undone by

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:47.620
 our sin, but we can cling to Jesus

00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:49.299
 for our hope.

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 So I wonder, having heard God's word

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.759
 this morning, has it got through?

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 Maybe you came and you didn't care.

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 You didn't care what this guy was

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.279
 going to talk about and maybe God's

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.940
 word has invaded your space and your

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:05.599
 interest and we'll find out more.

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:07.759
 Have a chat with me at the end and

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:09.940
 we'd love to find a way to help you

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:13.000
 explore God's word more than it might

00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:14.559
 more and more invade your life.

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:18.440
 Perhaps you came here and you were

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:20.220
 worried about loads of stuff going

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:22.839
 on at work or at home or in life.

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.500
 Well let me tell you that Jesus is

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:29.359
 wise in your situation and he's ready

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.059
 and willing to help.

00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:32.619
 We'd love to pray with you and to

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:35.220
 pray for you and ask that Jesus'

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.899
 wisdom would be your wisdom in that

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:38.419
 situation that you're worried about.

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:44.259
 Perhaps you're conscious as God

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:46.980
 speaks through his word that you need

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.779
 to respond.

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.940
 Perhaps it's time to leave everything

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:53.879
 else and to follow Jesus and to

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:55.339
 spend your life fishing for men.

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:57.879
 Or to leave all the things that

00:27:57.879 --> 00:28:00.359
 you're finding comfort in and to

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.240
 trust Jesus with all of your life.

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.920
 Perhaps however you're convicted at

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:08.279
 the end of today that you need to

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.000
 fish for people.

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:10.539
 That that's kind of got lost as you

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.799
 pursued other things.

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:14.119
 That you're conscious there's people

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.459
 in your life who need to know about

00:28:15.459 --> 00:28:17.659
 the greatness of God's, their

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:19.059
 position before him and their

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:21.699
 absolute need of Jesus for hope and

00:28:21.699 --> 00:28:24.119
 help and life forever.

00:28:25.239 --> 00:28:27.399
 So I wonder how we'll respond if God's

00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:29.419
 word has gotten through this morning.

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:32.239
 So I'll leave maybe a minute of quiet

00:28:32.239 --> 00:28:34.799
 and then I'll pray and then I'll hand

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.399
 back to Paul.

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:42.300
 Father God we thank you for the power of

00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:42.860
 your word.

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:46.140
 Father thank you that it is through your

00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:47.480
 word that you do your work.

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:50.400
 That it tells us who you are.

00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:53.320
 It tells us who we are.

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:57.900
 And it shows us our need and the glory of

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.620
 your son Jesus.

00:28:58.619 --> 00:29:02.839
 So Lord I pray we will be clinging to him.

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:06.199
 That we will be trusting him.

00:29:07.739 --> 00:29:09.919
 That we would see that he is so much more

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:13.219
 compelling and beautiful than anything else

00:29:13.219 --> 00:29:14.659
 we've got in all of our lives.

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:18.139
 That he is worth telling people about.

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:22.220
 And so Lord I pray that your word would

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.800
 have done your work this morning in our

00:29:23.800 --> 00:29:24.280
 lives.

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:26.940
 That it would have invaded our space.

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:30.060
 That it would have insulted our wisdom and

00:29:30.060 --> 00:29:32.720
 let it be replaced by the wisdom of Jesus.

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.940
 Father I pray that it would have incited a

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.580
 response.

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:39.320
 And I pray that it would have infected our

00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:42.140
 purpose and utterly transformed the people

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:43.500
 we are and the reason we live.

00:29:44.320 --> 00:29:45.680
 We ask this in Jesus name.

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.620
 Amen.

00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:49.140
 Amen.