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 So turn to Mark 6, page 1171 in your ESV Bibles.

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 So last week, Nathan began chapter 6 and wonderful exposition of the beginning of chapter 6.

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! I encourage you if you weren't here to go back and listen to that.

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 It talks about how Jesus was rejected.

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 He was in his own hometown as a prophet, and he was turned away by many who actually knew him,

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 and he marveled at the people's unbelief.

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 So we're going to pick up after that, but just for context's sake, we'll begin reading in verse 1, chapter 6.

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 He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

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 And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished.

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 Saying, Where did this man get these things?

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 What is the wisdom given to him?

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 How are such mighty works done by his hands?

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 Is this not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, and Judas, and Simon?

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 And are not his sisters here with us?

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 And they took offense at him.

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 And Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown,

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 and among his relatives, and in his own household.

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 And he could not do, excuse me, no mighty works there,

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 except he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.

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 And he marveled because of their unbelief.

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 And so last week, Nathan taught that the only thing that holds us back from entering into Christ,

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 into the presence of God, is our own unbelief.

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 And at the judgment day, it won't be, you won't have any other excuse other than,

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 I did not come to Christ for salvation.

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 You'll be condemned for your own sin and your own crime.

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 And unbelief is, he gave several different marks of unbelief.

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 I encourage you to go back and look at those.

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 But Jesus marveled at their unbelief.

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 And what they didn't need was another miracle, another sign for him to prove who he was.

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 It really was just their wicked, unrepentant hearts that held them back,

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 not because they needed another sign.

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 And so picking up from there,

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 we're going to start at the second part of verse 6.

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 It says,

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 He went among the villages teaching,

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 and he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two,

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 and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

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 And he charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff,

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 no bread, no bag, no money in their belts,

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 but to wear their sandals and not to put on two tunics.

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 And he said to them,

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 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you depart from there.

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 And if any place will not receive you,

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 and they will not listen to you when you leave,

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 shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.

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 So they went on out and proclaimed that the people should repent.

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 And they cast out many demons,

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 and anointed with oil many who were sick and healed them.

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 So just pray with me for a minute.

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 Lord, we confess that we need you this morning.

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 I need you desperately.

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 Lord, this isn't a time just to talk about you

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 and to act as if we know a lot about you.

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 But Lord, you have brought us here this morning to hear your word.

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 And I pray that it would have its desired effect,

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 that hearts would be broken,

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 that people would be convicted,

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 and also that people would be greatly encouraged,

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 greatly emboldened to go out and declare the message of the gospel.

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 So we just ask that, humbly Lord, in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So, that's where we're finding ourselves today.

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 And so this is just chapter 6,

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 and the disciples have walked with Jesus for not too long of a time at this point,

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 but they've been following Him and observing how He does things.

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 And like any good teacher, disciple-maker,

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 Jesus is not just teaching them with His words, but His actions.

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 And He is the embodiment of what He teaches.

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 He is the message that He preaches, that Ryan didn't expect it to.

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 So, He is the very embodiment of that message.

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 He doesn't just have so-called Bible studies with His disciples

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 and talks about Torah, talks about poetry, and talks about the prophets,

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 and, all right, great, and then they don't do anything else.

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 He says, guys, like, this is what the Scriptures mean.

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 How does this work in our hearts?

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 Now let's go and live this out.

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 And He was like any good teacher or disciple-maker.

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 He didn't just teach with His mouth, but He demonstrated.

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 He demonstrated with His life what He expected them to learn.

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 So, you know, with prayer, He was like, guys, this is what prayer is.

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 Now let's do it.

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 You know, it wasn't just a theory about prayer.

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 They observed Him practice praying, communing with the Father.

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 And thankfully, we actually get a glimpse into that in John 17,

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 and to see what that was like, to see Jesus commune with the Father.

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 But He talks about the Scriptures.

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 At least 66 times the Old Testament is referenced just in Jesus' conversation with His disciples.

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 So He constantly was teaching them, this is what this meant.

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 And I really try to endeavor with the men I've discipled over the years,

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 not always successfully, as most of them will tell you.

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 I think five of them are here right now.

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 Of course, they'd be like, yeah, He doesn't always do that.

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 But I try to demonstrate with my life like what I expect them to learn and show them with my actions.

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 And this is biblical.

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 And I'll just read you a couple of examples from Paul.

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 It was a vital part of discipleship.

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 He would say things like this,

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 Be imitators of me as I imitate Christ.

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 1 Corinthians 11.1

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 And in Philippians 4, he says,

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 Brothers, join in imitating me,

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 and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.

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 And then later on, in chapter 3, he says,

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 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me,

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 practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

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 So he was living this out.

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 Demonstrating what he expected them to learn.

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 And now up until this point in Mark,

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 he's been teaching, he's been healing,

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 he's been proclaiming the kingdom of God,

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 casting out demons.

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 They've seen him do this,

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 drive away evil spirits,

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 and help many people.

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 Raise a young girl from the dead even.

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 And they were engaged.

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 They were seeing this.

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 They saw him share with the masses.

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 And they watched him.

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 A book that I recommend,

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 that I read at least once a year,

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 that a man introduced me to a long time ago,

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 it's called The Master's Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman.

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 And I really try, again,

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 I try to follow this example of what discipleship was.

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 But he has a chapter called Demonstration,

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 and it's basically how any good disciple maker will demonstrate what he expects his disciples to learn.

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 And this is just a quote out of that on the Demonstration chapter.

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 He said,

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 What all the disciples had to teach them was a teacher who practiced with them what he expected them to learn.

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 Evangelism was lived out before them in spirit and in technique.

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 Watching him, they learned what it was all about.

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 He led them to recognize the inerrant need in all classes of people,

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 and the best methods of approaching them.

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 They observed how he drew people to himself,

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 and how he won their confidence and inspired their faith.

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 How he opened to them the way of salvation,

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 and called them to decision.

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 In all types of situations,

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 and among all kinds of people,

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 rich, poor, healthy, and sick,

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 friend and foe alike,

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 the disciples watched.

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 The master soul winner at work.

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 It wasn't outlined on a blackboard.

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 This is when blackboards were still around.

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 It wasn't outlined on a blackboard of a stuffy classroom,

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 nor written in a do-it-yourself manual.

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 His method was so real and practical that it just came naturally.

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 Okay, so,

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 I've had several conversations with some people this last semester,

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 and one of them asked me,

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 you know, like,

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 why do you think that,

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 like, it's one of the reasons, at least,

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 it's so hard for people to share their faith.

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 Why is it?

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 Why is it just, like, so weird?

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 And I'll use the term of our generation awkward today.

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 Like, why is it,

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 why is it like that?

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 And I think the only answer is,

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 is because we've divorced evangelism from our actual lives.

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 It's not a part of who we are anymore.

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 It's something that we, like,

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 we do,

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 we live this way,

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 and then now we, like,

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 oh,

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 now I've got to evangelize.

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 It's like a,

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 it's an event that we take place in,

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 but it's not coming out of who we are on a daily basis around the people that we're around.

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 So we've divorced it from our actual lives,

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 and that's why it's weird for a lot of us.

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 So,

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 if you look at verse 7

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 in our text here,

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 it says,

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 He called the twelve,

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 and began to send them out,

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 two by two,

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 this is just introduction,

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 two by two,

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 and gave them authority

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 over the unclean spirits.

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 So,

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 also,

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 in this book I refer to you,

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 he has a chapter called Delegation.

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 So,

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 demonstration,

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 delegation.

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 And,

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 and this is another part of real discipleship that our,

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 our Lord uses,

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 delegation.

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 So from day one,

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 Jesus was preparing his disciples

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 to take over his mission one day.

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 He saw, like,

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 that's where I need to take them.

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 And he began, like,

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 slowly taking them there.

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 That would have been quite a work,

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 knowing what we know about the disciples.

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 And he gradually assigned work,

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 duties,

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 responsibilities,

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 and they were faithful to that.

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 It's kind of like,

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 okay, boys,

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 you've watched me do it.

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 You see,

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 you've observed me.

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 Now it's,

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 now it's your turn.

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 Go out and do this.

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 And that's real discipleship.

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 And in this context,

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 in Mark today,

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 we see him delegating for the first time,

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 preaching,

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 and evangelism,

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 and soul winning,

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 accompanied by acts of compassion.

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 So it says,

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 like,

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 he began to send them out.

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 He commissioned each pair to go out

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 as his representatives.

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 And we see that he gave them authority.

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 So,

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 that's important.

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 He didn't like just sending them out

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 to fend for themselves,

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 and their own wit,

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 because really they weren't that way,

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 or their own knowledge and skill,

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 which they lacked greatly.

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 He gave them his authority to go out,

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 or his power to go out.

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 And that term here,

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 it could be used as authority or power.

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 It means like inerrant power,

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 an idea of someone possessing the right to do something,

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 and actually having,

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 like,

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 the capacity to do it.

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 And that's the kind of power that he gave them to go out.

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 And so,

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 they didn't just go out on their own.

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 And he gave them his power to go out

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 and do as he had been doing.

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 So,

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 which is interesting.

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 In a parallel text in Matthew,

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 it says that after he sent them out,

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 he himself went out and continued teaching and doing this.

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 It wasn't like,

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 I'm going to sit back at the house and drink some lemonade

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 while y'all go out.

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 You know,

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 he was doing this himself

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 as the example for them.

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 And so,

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 in another sense,

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 he granted them authority.

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 He was saying,

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 in a literal sense almost,

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 that he was an extension.

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 They were an extension of him

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 as they ministered to others.

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 And up until now,

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 Jesus had been the one teaching,

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 preaching,

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 healing,

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 casting out demons.

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 But he sent his power to go out.

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 And then we see

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 that he sent them out two by two.

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 So,

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 why twos?

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 I was able to kind of think of like,

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 six different reasons,

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 but really quickly,

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 how important was it fulfilled the requirements of the law

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 to,

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 for every testimony to have,

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 to be established by two or more witnesses.

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 That's out of Deuteronomy 17,

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 six.

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 And then it also followed the ancient wisdom of Solomon

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 and the Old Testament,

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 two are better than one.

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 It's the idea that if you fall,

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 you have someone to pick you up.

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 So that's another one,

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 is provided the men with the companionship,

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 encouragement,

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 and someone to pray for them.

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 I've been so thankful for that over the years,

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 to have those kind of situations.

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 It was the method used by John the Baptist

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 and his followers.

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 He sent them out by twos.

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 And then you also see

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 it was the method of the early church.

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 A lot in the book of Acts,

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 you'll read that.

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 Paul often has somebody else with him,

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 Barnabas or Silas,

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 and they would,

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 they would go.

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 Or he would say,

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 I'm going to send to you Timothy

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 and another guy.

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 Like it was always by twos.

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 And it really still is the best method today.

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 I remember earlier on,

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 in my walk with the Lord,

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 I was 18,

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 19,

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 and I was just

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 really burdened

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 to like share the gospel

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 with all my crazy lost friends

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 that I went to high school with.

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 And the Lord paired me up

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 with another buddy of mine

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 who was probably the craziest,

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 craziest dude in our grade,

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 seriously,

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 before the Lord saved him.

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 And we just started hunting people down.

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 You know,

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 we would call somebody up and say,

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 hey,

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 what are you doing this day?

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 Let's hang out.

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 And we would genuinely just hang out with him.

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 And then we'd be like,

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 so,

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 you know,

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 have some good conversations.

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 We,

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 we didn't really know what we were doing,

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 to be honest.

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 We were just trying to love people

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 and pointing to Jesus,

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 kind of a bull in a china closet

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 kind of stuff.

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 I remember we actually ran out of friends.

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 Like we were like,

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 who are we?

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 And we actually pulled the yearbook out

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 and started like going down

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 through the yearbook.

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 I remember one time we were praying,

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 like Lord,

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 we're running out of people to talk to.

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 And like two minutes later,

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 he dug up something out of his closet

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 and it was like this,

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 he started laughing.

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 It was like a list of all the people

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 he used to call to party on the weekends.

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 Like,

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 we're going after them.

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 So it was like,

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 it was,

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 it was that.

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 So,

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 and today,

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 I try to take the men I disciple

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 on the Appalachian Trail

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 and to share with guys

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 who were coming by.

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 The last time I took Kittrell,

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 Matt Kittrell with me,

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 I made him carry the cooler.

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 It was great.

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 But we just took little bottles of water,

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 some Powerade,

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 and yes,

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 I'll explain this later.

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 I took a few beers too.

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 Number one,

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 I went in vodka.

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 And number one,

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 we didn't give them more than one.

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 So,

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 but,

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 I've had people say,

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 do you have any,

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 do you have any beer?

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 And I was like,

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 no,

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 I just got water,

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 man.

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 Well,

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 that's okay.

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 And just keep walking.

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 And so,

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 we actually had

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 a couple people that stopped

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 and had a beer

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 and we talked about Jesus

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 and that was kind of a conundrum for them.

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 So,

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 Daniel Swanson,

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 he's done this too.

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 He's taken people down to the mall

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 and in pairs

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 and shared with people down there.

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 Definitely,

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 like,

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 I was convicted

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 a few years ago

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 in my discipleship

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 that I was,

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 I was telling the guys

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 that I am sharing my faith

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 and they knew I was sharing my faith.

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 But,

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 really,

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 just a personal part of it,

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 I needed to be able to show them

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 how to do it.

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 They need to see me,

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 like,

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 have terrible conversations with people.

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 They need to see me,

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 like,

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 get burned

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 and rejected

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 and as well as just

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 have good conversations

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 so that,

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 at the end of the day,

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 they'll know

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 that this is

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 not about how much you know

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 or how clever you are.

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 It's about,

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 like,

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 God's power in you.

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 That's all it is.

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 It doesn't matter.

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 So,

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 yeah,

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 the by twos thing,

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 a great way to do it.

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 So,

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 three things

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 from our text today,

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 if you'll look at

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 the beginning of verse 11.

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 Excuse me.

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 Number one is,

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 faithful messengers

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 proclaim salvation.

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 Faithful messengers

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 proclaim salvation.

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 You look at verse 11 and 12.

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 And if any place

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 will not receive you

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 and they will not listen to you

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 when you leave,

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 shake off the dust

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 that is on your feet

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 as a testimony

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 against them

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 so that when they

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 went out

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 and proclaimed

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 that people

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 should repent.

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 So,

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 this is the first one.

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 If you would,

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 there's just a couple

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 of places for you

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 to turn today

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 outside of Mark 6.

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 Hold your place

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 in Mark 6,

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 but just go back

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 to chapter 1

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 of Mark.

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 So,

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 what was the message

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 that they were

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 proclaiming?

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 And,

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 more than likely,

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 it was the same message

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 that Jesus

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 was proclaiming here

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 at the beginning of Mark.

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 If you look at verse 14,

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 it says this,

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 Jesus came into Galilee

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 proclaiming the gospel

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 of God

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 and saying,

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 the time is fulfilled

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 and the kingdom of God

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 is at hand.

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 Repent

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 and believe the gospel.

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 So,

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 the message

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 that he was proclaiming

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 was the good news

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 that the kingdom

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 of God

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 is here,

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 that God was establishing

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 his rule

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 over the hearts

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 of Adam's

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 fallen race.

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 It was being established.

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 and in response

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 to this,

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 people should repent

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 and believe the gospel.

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 So,

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 let's just break this down.

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 The kingdom of God,

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 without getting

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 to all the craziness

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 of the kingdom of God,

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 it can really be

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 simply understood

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 in three ways.

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 The first

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 is the spiritual kingdom

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 or the invisible kingdom

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 that exists

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 in the hearts

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 of those who believe.

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 It's like the church

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 invisible,

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 like,

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 it's the

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 rule of Christ

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 that is established

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 in the hearts

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 of those

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 who have put

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 their faith in him.

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 And then also,

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 you could be referring

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 to the future

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 millennial kingdom

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 and the new heaven,

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 the new earth,

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 Revelation 20,

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 fulfilling the

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 Old Testament promises

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 about the Messiah,

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 which will come

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 shortly before the end,

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 and then,

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 and then the eternal kingdom

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 that follows that

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 in the new heaven.

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 So God's kingdom,

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 if you look at this text,

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 it's interesting.

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 If you look at the text,

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 it says that God's kingdom

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 is here,

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 and that it is coming.

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 There's places,

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 you know,

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 where Jesus is teaching

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 his disciples,

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 pray,

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 your kingdom come,

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 right?

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 And,

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 but here he says,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is here.

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 So,

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 like,

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 how is that to be understood?

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 And many of you

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 have heard me say this,

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 but it's only the best

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 analogy I can come up with.

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 Actually,

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 I don't think I came up

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 with it either.

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 But it's,

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 it's a picture of,

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 like,

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 there being darkness

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 and no light,

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 but suddenly,

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 like,

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 the sun begins to come up.

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 I'm an outdoorsman,

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 and I like to fish,

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 and I like to hunt,

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 and usually you're out there

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 at dark,

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 and then,

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 like,

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 the sun comes up,

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 and you get to watch that a lot.

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 It's that idea of,

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 like,

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 the sun coming up,

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 piercing the darkness,

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 but it's not fully

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 daylight yet.

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 And that's a picture of,

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 kind of,

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.720
 where we live right now.

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 So the kingdom is here,

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 and it is coming.

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 He said,

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 the time is fulfilled,

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 Jesus says.

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 And that's the Greek word,

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 keros,

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 not kromos,

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 which is like a clock time.

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 It has more to do,

00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.380
 like,

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 an epochal time,

00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:58.860
 the error,

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:01.299
 a fixed point in history

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 for an event to happen.

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 And like in Galatians 4,

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:04.960
 it says,

00:21:05.120 --> 00:21:06.340
 in the fullness of time,

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.660
 is that idea.

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.940
 And so the most significant error

00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.559
 in human history

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.759
 was the arrival of Christ

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.940
 on the scene

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:15.460
 and Him beginning

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:17.200
 to bring in the kingdom of God,

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.980
 paying the penalty for sin

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.160
 and resurrecting from the dead.

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 So,

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.340
 so that's the kingdom.

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:22.820
 So,

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:24.240
 how do you actually get

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:25.019
 into the kingdom?

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.279
 Right?

00:21:26.460 --> 00:21:26.820
 So,

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.640
 if you look back,

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.620
 just in Mark 1,

00:21:30.320 --> 00:21:30.799
 it says,

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.200
 repent

00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.920
 and believe the gospel.

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 And this is the message

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.700
 that they were proclaiming,

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.779
 saying that they should go out

00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.600
 and teach

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.080
 and declare

00:21:38.080 --> 00:21:39.039
 that men should repent

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:40.740
 of their sin.

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:41.980
 So,

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.420
 a great,

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.279
 I'm trying to,

00:21:44.860 --> 00:21:45.600
 so much to learn

00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:46.180
 about repentance.

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 And then those

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.680
 who actually mentor

00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:49.500
 and disciple me here

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.180
 always tell me,

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.039
 you have a lot to learn

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.680
 about repentance.

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 And I'm like,

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.300
 man,

00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:52.640
 I do.

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 Because I,

00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:54.759
 I don't,

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 I don't handle it

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.360
 so well sometimes.

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.880
 But really,

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:58.600
 literally,

00:21:58.800 --> 00:21:59.279
 repenting,

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.700
 it means to change

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.380
 one's mind

00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:01.940
 for the better.

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:03.840
 heartily to

00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:05.340
 a man with

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:05.860
 abhorrence

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.860
 one's past sins.

00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:08.240
 It's a changing

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.960
 of the mind

00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.500
 that leads

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.640
 to change of action.

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:12.160
 It's a turning

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.960
 away of sin,

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.279
 hating it,

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.360
 and resolving

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:16.799
 only by God's power

00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:18.640
 to overcome it,

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.539
 even as you turn

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.299
 in faith to Him.

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.539
 So,

00:22:22.360 --> 00:22:23.759
 a little helpful thing,

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.180
 being repentant

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.160
 is not just

00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.900
 feeling guilty

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.539
 and feeling bad

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:30.120
 for things you've done.

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:32.799
 unbelievers do that.

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 So,

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.439
 what's the difference?

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 And the difference

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.779
 is that

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:38.059
 genuine repentance

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 arises from a heart

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 of sorrow

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:42.000
 for the crimes

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.679
 it has committed

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.500
 against God.

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 It's called

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.519
 a godly sorrow

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.459
 that leads to repentance.

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.579
 2 Corinthians 7,

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:48.500
 10.

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:50.000
 A godly sorrow

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.679
 that produces

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:51.559
 a desire

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.859
 to change

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.659
 one's ways

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:55.279
 and change

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.699
 the way

00:22:55.699 --> 00:22:56.519
 a repentant sinner

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.019
 lives.

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 As David said

00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.720
 when he committed

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.279
 adultery,

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.480
 murder,

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.180
 and scandal,

00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.500
 he told God

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.299
 in Psalm 51,

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:05.819
 you alone

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.879
 have I sinned against

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:08.220
 and done what is evil

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.099
 in your sight.

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.339
 So,

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.099
 he could have said

00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:12.740
 I sinned against

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.420
 a lot of people,

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.220
 but he knew that

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.500
 all sin,

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.119
 all of it,

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.879
 is first and foremost

00:23:17.879 --> 00:23:18.599
 against God.

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.359
 And that's why he said

00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.359
 that you and you alone

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.819
 have I sinned against.

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.940
 It's a grief

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.619
 that's produced.

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.460
 So,

00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.240
 all the sin,

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.359
 you know,

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:29.400
 calls us

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.400
 to reckon with God

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.839
 and to turn away

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:33.279
 from our sin.

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.160
 And by the way,

00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:35.880
 another thing,

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.640
 like,

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.700
 when we say repent,

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:40.200
 when the scripture

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.819
 says repent,

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.019
 when Jesus said it

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.819
 right here,

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:45.140
 it's not an invitation.

00:23:46.000 --> 00:23:46.480
 It's not,

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.000
 he's not simply

00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.019
 inviting people

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.539
 to come

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.779
 and follow him.

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.539
 It's used as a command

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:54.299
 like repent

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.559
 and believe.

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.879
 It's not a

00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:57.859
 imitation.

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.700
 And,

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.879
 as if,

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:00.259
 like,

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.119
 you see your child

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:02.139
 doing something crazy

00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:03.559
 that could harm them

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.879
 and you command them

00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.220
 like,

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:07.039
 turn now,

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.980
 come back.

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.519
 Because,

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.440
 because really,

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:10.159
 Jesus knows

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:11.339
 that he is the only hope

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.799
 they have.

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.619
 So,

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.299
 he's not saying like,

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.000
 please,

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.440
 like,

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.980
 he's not a,

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.039
 it's not that,

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.559
 it's just repent

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.920
 and believe.

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:19.920
 Because he knows

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.980
 that he is the only thing

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.299
 that can save them.

00:24:22.860 --> 00:24:23.319
 So,

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:24.360
 it's not an invitation.

00:24:25.140 --> 00:24:25.360
 So,

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.220
 we have to

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.539
 come back

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.160
 to this idea

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.579
 of repentance.

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.680
 It's left out

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.620
 a lot.

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.420
 Y'all won't believe me,

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.240
 but it's left out

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.400
 even on the college campus.

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.660
 It's left out.

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.680
 Several years ago,

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.180
 I had a conversation

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.880
 with a

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:41.819
 so-called atheist

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:43.259
 and

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.579
 he told me,

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.000
 like,

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.880
 I used to be

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.319
 a Christian

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.680
 and so I asked him

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.420
 to like explain

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:51.400
 what he meant

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.019
 and he said,

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:52.920
 well,

00:24:53.060 --> 00:24:54.039
 about a year ago,

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.400
 I was going through

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.220
 a really rough time

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:58.140
 and some Christians

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:59.940
 came to me

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.680
 and they just said,

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.620
 man,

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:01.980
 I'm sorry,

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:03.080
 you're having a hard time.

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.340
 What you really need

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:05.400
 is Jesus in your life

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:07.279
 and he'll make you joyful,

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.860
 he'll bring you peace

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:10.080
 and so I was like,

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.279
 man,

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:10.960
 I want that.

00:25:11.060 --> 00:25:11.200
 So,

00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:12.500
 he came

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.880
 and he,

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.039
 you know,

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:15.660
 came to the church

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:15.940
 and,

00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:16.840
 you know,

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:17.980
 did the whole deal

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.220
 and then,

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:21.079
 and then in that conversation

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.539
 he said,

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.579
 and it was cool

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.200
 for a while

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:24.579
 but then,

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.920
 this happened.

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.240
 I broke up

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.799
 with my girlfriend.

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.839
 I lost my job

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:30.039
 and,

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.860
 and I just had to tell him,

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.019
 like,

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.279
 man,

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.440
 like,

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.380
 I'm very sorry

00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:34.940
 that like,

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.500
 all that's happened to you

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.500
 but I'm even more sorry

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:39.700
 that these Christians

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.900
 that probably meant well,

00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.299
 they didn't tell you

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.480
 what the gospel really was.

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.360
 Like,

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:46.039
 the truth is,

00:25:46.159 --> 00:25:46.439
 yes,

00:25:46.959 --> 00:25:48.079
 Christ does give you joy,

00:25:48.219 --> 00:25:49.319
 he does give you satisfaction,

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.199
 he does give you peace

00:25:51.199 --> 00:25:52.639
 but that comes

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.759
 by way of repenting

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.339
 of your sin

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.279
 and following Christ

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.559
 and they forgot that.

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.479
 They forgot to tell him

00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:58.179
 to turn away

00:25:58.179 --> 00:25:59.399
 from his sin

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.399
 and believe the gospel.

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.519
 So,

00:26:01.639 --> 00:26:01.979
 don't,

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.139
 it's a,

00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.959
 it's an overflow,

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.659
 it's an outcome

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.699
 of knowing Christ

00:26:05.699 --> 00:26:07.159
 that it is not the gospel

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:09.419
 and you keep that in mind

00:26:09.419 --> 00:26:10.119
 and how we actually

00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:10.839
 teach to people.

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.959
 So,

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.279
 he says,

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.339
 repent and believe.

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.299
 So,

00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:14.980
 this isn't just

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:16.699
 a mere acknowledgement,

00:26:17.639 --> 00:26:18.579
 it's to believe

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.599
 means to be persuaded,

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:21.500
 to be strongly convicted

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.019
 by something,

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:22.980
 to throw yourself

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:24.759
 completely in trust,

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.779
 right?

00:26:25.879 --> 00:26:26.139
 So,

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:26.799
 it's a belief

00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:27.879
 that produces action,

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.959
 it's not just

00:26:28.959 --> 00:26:29.879
 a mental ascent.

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.659
 You believe it so much

00:26:31.659 --> 00:26:32.240
 that it changes

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.000
 how you live.

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.559
 And then the gospel

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.980
 is just,

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.359
 we talk about it

00:26:36.359 --> 00:26:36.779
 all the time,

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.939
 it's the glad tithings,

00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:39.319
 the good news

00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.279
 that Christ came here

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.839
 to save sinners,

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:43.299
 all right?

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:45.059
 Turn to Acts 3

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.659
 really quick.

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.980
 Acts 3.

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.699
 So,

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.500
 after Jesus

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.480
 had ascended back,

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.059
 after he had ascended

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.740
 back to heaven,

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.279
 the apostles,

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.579
 the apostles continued

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.419
 this message

00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:05.599
 of repentance.

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.240
 It wasn't

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.959
 just come to Jesus

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:08.599
 and get happy.

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.779
 Acts 3,

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.579
 verse 17,

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:12.199
 it said,

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.839
 And now,

00:27:13.199 --> 00:27:13.539
 brothers,

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:15.259
 I know that you

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.240
 acted in ignorance,

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:18.220
 as did also your rulers,

00:27:18.939 --> 00:27:20.240
 but what God foretold

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.960
 by the mouth

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.019
 of all the prophets,

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.919
 that his Christ

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:25.039
 would suffer,

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.699
 he thus fulfilled.

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.259
 Repent,

00:27:28.639 --> 00:27:29.000
 therefore,

00:27:29.679 --> 00:27:30.539
 and turn again,

00:27:31.199 --> 00:27:31.819
 that your sins

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.839
 may be blotted out,

00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:35.079
 that times of refreshing

00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.299
 may come

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.899
 from the presence

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:37.480
 of the Lord,

00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:39.039
 and that he may

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.860
 send the Christ

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.759
 appointed for you,

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.539
 Jesus,

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.500
 whom heaven must receive

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.200
 until the time

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.819
 for restoring

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:46.019
 all things

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.220
 about which God

00:27:47.220 --> 00:27:48.160
 spoke by the mouth

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.420
 of all his holy prophets

00:27:49.420 --> 00:27:50.019
 so long ago.

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:52.339
 That resembles

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:53.380
 what's said in Isaiah

00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:54.740
 about God saying,

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.720
 Turn back to me,

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:56.880
 repent,

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.140
 that a time

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:59.120
 of healing

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.720
 and refreshing

00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:00.339
 will come,

00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.440
 that your sins

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.380
 will be blotted away.

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.100
 Christ was the fulfillment

00:28:04.100 --> 00:28:04.540
 of that,

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.300
 and we never forgot that.

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.820
 Repent

00:28:06.820 --> 00:28:08.120
 and turn again

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.700
 to the Lord,

00:28:08.760 --> 00:28:09.220
 that your sins

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.000
 will be blotted out.

00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:11.920
 And it says

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.820
 that genuine repentance

00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:13.920
 does bring refreshing.

00:28:14.540 --> 00:28:15.020
 Those of you

00:28:15.020 --> 00:28:16.300
 who have believed

00:28:16.300 --> 00:28:16.720
 the gospel

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.280
 know that.

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.260
 It's a refreshing,

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.980
 cooling presence

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:22.580
 to your seared conscience

00:28:22.580 --> 00:28:24.100
 that sin has brought.

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:25.720
 So,

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.520
 back in,

00:28:27.060 --> 00:28:27.540
 if you look back

00:28:27.540 --> 00:28:28.720
 in Mark 6,

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.380
 you see that he says,

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:33.200
 if you're rejected,

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.220
 shake off the dust

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.080
 from your sandals.

00:28:37.260 --> 00:28:37.520
 Alright?

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.440
 Shake off the dust

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.100
 from your sandals.

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:39.880
 So,

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.480
 if the message

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.020
 rejected,

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:43.340
 this is what Jews did

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:44.040
 when they returned

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:45.120
 from a foreign land

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:46.760
 or from a pagan land

00:28:46.760 --> 00:28:47.920
 when they returned

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.560
 from a journey.

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:48.820
 So,

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.500
 before they actually

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.760
 crossed back into Israel,

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:53.020
 they would shake the dust,

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:53.820
 shake the dust

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.580
 off their sandals,

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.300
 off their clothes,

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.460
 and it was just

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.480
 symbolic.

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.360
 It represented

00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:59.060
 like total

00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.480
 disassociation.

00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:01.440
 from the pagans

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:03.040
 in their polluted land.

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.540
 Luke 10,

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.020
 8 is an example

00:29:06.020 --> 00:29:06.400
 of that.

00:29:07.040 --> 00:29:07.920
 In this case,

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.240
 Jesus was telling

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.780
 his men

00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:10.440
 to do this

00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:11.540
 as a sign

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:12.140
 of those

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.660
 who rejected

00:29:12.660 --> 00:29:13.200
 the gospel

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.080
 and rejected him

00:29:14.080 --> 00:29:15.200
 and that they would

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.140
 face God's judgment

00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.640
 one day.

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.420
 And so,

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.040
 it also,

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:21.300
 it made,

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.540
 it was symbolic

00:29:22.540 --> 00:29:23.520
 of the messengers

00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:25.120
 freeing themselves

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:26.220
 of the responsibility

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:27.720
 of sharing.

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.020
 Now,

00:29:28.040 --> 00:29:28.340
 some of you

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:28.860
 may not like

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.379
 to hear this,

00:29:29.479 --> 00:29:29.599
 but,

00:29:30.359 --> 00:29:31.159
 like,

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:33.859
 if you,

00:29:33.939 --> 00:29:34.519
 if you just

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.219
 write this down,

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.500
 like Ezekiel 33

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:38.119
 is the,

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.659
 the picture

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.159
 of the,

00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.719
 or the vision

00:29:39.719 --> 00:29:40.539
 of the watchman

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.240
 that God gives

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.740
 Ezekiel.

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.659
 And he says,

00:29:42.719 --> 00:29:43.339
 I've appointed you

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.899
 a watchman

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.879
 to the house

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.339
 of Israel.

00:29:45.479 --> 00:29:45.839
 And so,

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.919
 a watchman

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.399
 would be up

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:49.099
 on a high place

00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.579
 in the city,

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:51.119
 a guard tower

00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:51.699
 or whatever.

00:29:52.219 --> 00:29:52.899
 It is his job

00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.979
 to watch for danger

00:29:53.979 --> 00:29:54.839
 that might be coming.

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.219
 And his job

00:29:56.219 --> 00:29:57.079
 also was to blow

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.500
 a trumpet

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.640
 if he did see danger.

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.720
 And,

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:01.519
 and then the people

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.359
 would either listen

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.759
 to him

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.160
 or they would

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.660
 ignore it.

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.539
 But,

00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:05.420
 God says,

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.400
 it is your

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.019
 responsibility,

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.799
 I hold you

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.859
 personally accountable

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:10.440
 to blow the trumpet.

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:12.299
 All right?

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.559
 To warn the people

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:15.079
 of impending danger.

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.480
 And,

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.460
 if they ignore it,

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.920
 the blood is on

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:20.079
 their own heads.

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.299
 And you are free

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:22.059
 of your responsibility.

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.059
 But,

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.839
 but if you don't

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.259
 blow it,

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.079
 he says,

00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.759
 I will hold you

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.140
 accountable.

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.400
 All right?

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.319
 And that's true.

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.500
 It's true.

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.779
 Acts 18,

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.579
 verse 6,

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.980
 Paul had just

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.599
 been rejected

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:36.099
 and this is

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.740
 what he says.

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.200
 And when they

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.799
 opposed

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.980
 and reviled

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.420
 Paul,

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.859
 he shook off

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.440
 his garments.

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.079
 There it is.

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.420
 See,

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:43.980
 he shook off

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.500
 his garments.

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.680
 And he said

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.119
 to them,

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.420
 your blood

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:47.900
 be on your

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.559
 own heads.

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.599
 I am

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.099
 innocent.

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.720
 All right?

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.859
 Yes,

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.039
 this was the

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.559
 man who wrote

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:55.240
 Romans 9.

00:30:55.880 --> 00:30:56.319
 He knew

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.720
 about the

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.299
 sovereignty of

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.500
 God.

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:57.839
 He knew

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.240
 that God

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.519
 was the

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.779
 one who

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.200
 ultimately

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.140
 worked in

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.480
 the hearts

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.900
 of men,

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.200
 but he

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:02.660
 never took

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.180
 that as

00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:04.220
 an excuse

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.900
 to just lay

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.160
 back.

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.539
 He knew

00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.460
 that preaching

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.940
 the gospel

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.299
 was the

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.960
 means God

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.539
 uses to

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.900
 save sinners.

00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:10.960
 And he

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.279
 said,

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:11.880
 I'm innocent.

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.960
 I'm free

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.200
 of my

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:13.779
 responsibility.

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.019
 I've told you

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.539
 the message,

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.319
 and I'm

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.900
 walking away.

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.800
 So it

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:19.740
 was symbolic

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:21.040
 of moving

00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:21.380
 on.

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:23.440
 So that's

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:23.960
 number one.

00:31:24.060 --> 00:31:24.380
 Faithful

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.840
 messengers

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.460
 proclaim

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.620
 salvation.

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.340
 Number two,

00:31:28.320 --> 00:31:28.820
 in our text

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.220
 back in

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.540
 Mark,

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.300
 faithful

00:31:31.300 --> 00:31:31.980
 messengers

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.480
 manifest

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.220
 compassion.

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.800
 Faithful

00:31:35.800 --> 00:31:36.200
 messengers

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.700
 manifest

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.360
 compassion.

00:31:38.080 --> 00:31:38.620
 So nothing

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:40.019
 is more

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.660
 distasteful

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.280
 to a lost

00:31:41.280 --> 00:31:42.060
 world than

00:31:42.060 --> 00:31:43.180
 Bible

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:43.820
 thumpers

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:45.519
 hurling

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.859
 stuff at

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.259
 them and

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.619
 then not

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.119
 caring for

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:48.379
 them at

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.619
 all.

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:49.819
 Alright?

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.779
 Good deeds,

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.500
 good works,

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.460
 as one of

00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.859
 the old

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:55.019
 confessions

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.460
 says,

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.159
 good deeds,

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.679
 good works

00:31:56.679 --> 00:31:57.879
 adorn the

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.240
 gospel.

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.220
 They make

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.679
 the gospel

00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.439
 look beautiful.

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:03.019
 And the

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.899
 compassion of

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:05.039
 Christ is

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.720
 seen all

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.019
 over the

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.399
 place.

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.259
 But if you

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.700
 look back in

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.119
 our text,

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:09.179
 it's to

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.740
 follow here,

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.099
 faithful

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.539
 messengers

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:10.559
!

00:32:10.679 --> 00:32:11.139
 Manifest

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.619
 compassion.

00:32:12.439 --> 00:32:13.000
 Verse 7,

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:14.140
 He called

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:14.579
 the twelve

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.980
 and began

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.259
 to send

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.579
 them out

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:15.920
 two by

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.160
 two,

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.400
 and He

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.700
 gave them

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.180
 authority

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.980
 over

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.460
 unclean

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.940
 spirits.

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:19.859
 In

00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.559
 verse 13,

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:20.900
 And they

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.420
 cast out

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.140
 many demons

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.200
 and anointed

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.680
 with oil

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.319
 many who

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.759
 were sick

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.220
 and healed

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.519
 them.

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.559
 Alright?

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.039
 So our

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.480
 Lord,

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:29.180
 He was

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.079
 the embodiment

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.779
 of compassion.

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.259
 He was

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.759
 the greatest

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.819
 incarnation

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.980
 of the

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.460
 compassion

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.980
 of God

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.299
 ever.

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.400
 He never

00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.000
 did things

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.660
 selfishly

00:32:37.660 --> 00:32:38.559
 or begrudgingly.

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.339
 He didn't

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.859
 have a secret

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.319
 agenda.

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.640
 I mean,

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:43.360
 He didn't

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.640
 like,

00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:44.700
 I pity

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.080
 these

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.420
 sinners.

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:48.620
 That wasn't

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:49.200
 His attitude

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.660
 at all.

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.720
 Jesus

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.520
 served people

00:32:51.520 --> 00:32:53.040
 from a

00:32:53.040 --> 00:32:53.620
 deep and

00:32:53.620 --> 00:32:54.180
 sincere

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.320
 compassion.

00:32:56.060 --> 00:32:56.380
 And the

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.960
 word that's

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:58.240
 kind of used

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.840
 for compassion

00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.180
 in many

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.700
 places in

00:32:59.700 --> 00:32:59.940
 the New

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.280
 Testament

00:33:00.280 --> 00:33:02.080
 means like

00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.460
 from the

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.880
 bowels.

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.200
 It means

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:04.100
 like the

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.759
 place of

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.080
 tender

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:05.759
 affections

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.320
 for another.

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.579
 a

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.379
 aching

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.859
 heart

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.579
 which

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.059
 mercy

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.539
 resides

00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:11.000
 for those

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.119
 who

00:33:11.119 --> 00:33:11.259
 are

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.740
 lowly

00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.039
 and

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.359
 weak.

00:33:13.179 --> 00:33:13.319
 Alright?

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.139
 So it was

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.519
 more like

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:17.159
 that,

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.519
 not like,

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:17.799
 oh,

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.500
 I need to

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:18.799
 go help

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.000
 these

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.279
 people.

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:19.539
 Like,

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.019
 he felt

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.240
 it.

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.279
 It was

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.579
 deep

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.019
 inside

00:33:22.019 --> 00:33:22.379
 of him.

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.579
 And

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.059
 God's

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.579
 compassion

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.539
 was spoken

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.879
 of so

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.579
 many times

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.480
 in the

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.639
 Old

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.019
 Testament.

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.099
 It

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.500
 reveals

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.879
 like this

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:30.500
 astounding,

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:32.059
 tender-hearted

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.839
 God toward

00:33:32.839 --> 00:33:33.559
 those who

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.099
 are weak

00:33:34.099 --> 00:33:34.740
 and lowly.

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:37.200
 Psalm 79

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.819
 verse 8

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.339
 says this,

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.319
 Do not

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.839
 remember

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.319
 against us

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.940
 our former

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.640
 iniquities.

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.940
 Let your

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.559
 compassion

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.559
 come speedily

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.819
 to meet us

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.259
 for we are

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.039
 brought low.

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.460
 There's that

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:48.839
 idea.

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.500
 Help us,

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:50.980
 O God,

00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.259
 of our

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.740
 salvation

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.740
 for the

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.380
 glory of

00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:53.960
 your name.

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.420
 Deliver us

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:56.000
 and atone

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.920
 our sins

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.839
 for your

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.460
 name's sake.

00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:00.099
 So now,

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.400
 Jesus is

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.640
 here.

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.799
 The gospel

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.240
 is here.

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:03.859
 And so all

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.319
 the teaching,

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.720
 all the

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.240
 miracles

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.480
 were acts

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.980
 of compassion

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.599
 to those

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.980
 who dwelt

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.500
 in darkness

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.900
 and in the

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.440
 bondage of

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.719
 sin.

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.840
 Okay?

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.000
 He was the

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.019
 incarnation of

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.579
 the Father's

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.019
 compassion.

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.239
 What we just

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.679
 read was

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.619
 fulfilled in

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:17.940
 Christ,

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.579
 atoned for

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.059
 our sins.

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.340
 And a

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:20.719
 little later

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.139
 on in

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.420
 Mark,

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.319
 this same

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:22.719
 chapter,

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:23.739
 if you just

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.059
 look at

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.019
 Mark 6

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.400
 34,

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.799
 it says,

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:27.980
 He went

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.559
 ashore and

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.980
 he saw a

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:29.599
 great crowd

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.079
 and he had

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:30.659
 compassion

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.819
 on them

00:34:31.819 --> 00:34:32.980
 because they

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.319
 were like

00:34:33.319 --> 00:34:33.860
 sheep without

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.280
 a shepherd

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.680
 and he

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.340
 began to

00:34:35.340 --> 00:34:35.940
 teach them

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.240
 many things.

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.340
 So,

00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:40.019
 now the

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.640
 disciples are

00:34:40.640 --> 00:34:41.099
 going out

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.400
 as an

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:42.019
 extension of

00:34:42.019 --> 00:34:42.500
 Christ to

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.940
 the world

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:44.300
 to deliver

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:44.660
 and to

00:34:44.660 --> 00:34:44.960
 heal,

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:45.920
 to preach

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.420
 the kingdom,

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.440
 to cast

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.880
 out demons

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.180
 and to

00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.480
 heal the

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:48.740
 sick.

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.620
 Alright?

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:49.980
 Now,

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:51.059
 as we've

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.280
 said,

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.019
 God uses

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.039
 miracles to

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.620
 confirm or

00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:55.200
 to validate

00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:56.039
 his claims.

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:56.920
 Okay?

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.500
 Like,

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:59.260
 there was

00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.800
 miracles done

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.140
 in the Old

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:00.480
 Testament.

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:01.019
 Jesus was

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.240
 not the

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:01.719
 first one

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.039
 to work

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:03.320
 miracles or

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.679
 to raise

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.119
 somebody from

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.500
 the dead.

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.519
 I mean,

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.099
 even Elijah

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.599
 did that.

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.559
 So,

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:10.000
 I do

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:10.360
 believe,

00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:11.000
 because I've

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.940
 seen,

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.599
 I've heard

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.920
 and I've

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.340
 experienced,

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.360
 I do

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.860
 believe that

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.420
 God still

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.639
 does use

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.679
 miracles as

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:20.159
 something to

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.099
 show his

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.599
 power, to

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:21.900
 show his

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:22.579
 compassion to

00:35:22.579 --> 00:35:22.940
 people.

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:23.960
 But I

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.460
 also will

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:24.880
 say that I

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.199
 know it's

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:25.559
 not the

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.840
 norm.

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:26.880
 Okay?

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.719
 Years ago,

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.099
 when I was in

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.539
 the hospital,

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:29.900
 people were

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:31.099
 praying that

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:31.440
 I would

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.820
 like be

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.619
 healed from

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:34.019
 my cystic

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.639
 fibrosis,

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:34.880
 that I

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.320
 wouldn't need

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.920
 a transplant.

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.180
 I had more

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.760
 oil dumped

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.300
 on me than

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.860
 McDonald's

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.380
 french fries.

00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:40.320
 But I

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:41.220
 had a lot

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:43.340
 of prayer

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.440
 on that.

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:45.700
 And,

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:47.420
 but really,

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.880
 the greatest

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:50.340
 miracle that

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.880
 is performed

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.579
 today is

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:51.900
 like the

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.539
 transformation,

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.000
 the regeneration

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:55.059
 of the dead

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.680
 human soul.

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.280
 By his

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:57.880
 wombs,

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.680
 they will be

00:35:58.680 --> 00:35:59.000
 healed.

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.860
 That was

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.300
 speaking of

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:00.880
 a spiritual

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.320
 healing.

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.500
 And Christ

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.139
 brought that

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.440
 when he

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.739
 came.

00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:04.760
 You can't

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:05.159
 be fickled

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.760
 by miracles.

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.099
 Did y'all

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.500
 know that in

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.900
 the last

00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.420
 days, like

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:08.079
 false teachers

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.460
 will be able

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.719
 to do

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.039
 miracles?

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:10.960
 So what

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.059
 are you

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.179
 going to

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.320
 do?

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.460
 Are you

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.619
 going to

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.059
 believe it?

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.500
 Or say,

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.900
 like, where

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.139
 is that

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.699
 coming from?

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.659
 It's not,

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.380
 it can't be

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:15.639
 it.

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.539
 It's got to

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:16.880
 be something

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.320
 more than

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:17.579
 that.

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.579
 So for

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.059
 Christ to

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.440
 take a

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.940
 lost,

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.199
 hell-bound

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.559
 sinner,

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.739
 a rebel,

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.420
 and transform

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.940
 them into,

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.539
 like a lover

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:25.820
 of the king,

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.340
 is the greatest

00:36:26.340 --> 00:36:26.840
 miracle,

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:27.740
 really.

00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:28.800
 And that

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.460
 comes by

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.460
 the gospel.

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.059
 It comes by

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:32.100
 us sharing

00:36:32.100 --> 00:36:32.600
 the word of

00:36:32.600 --> 00:36:32.920
 God with

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.180
 people.

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.400
 So that's

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:34.960
 number three,

00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.559
 or number

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.860
 two.

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.860
 Faithful

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.260
 messengers

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:37.720
 manifest

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:38.380
 compassion.

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.420
 Number

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:40.059
 three,

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.220
 faithful

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:41.940
 messengers

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:43.539
 live dependent

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.280
 on God.

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.760
 Okay?

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.320
 Verse

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:47.600
 eight,

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.280
 he charged

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:49.620
 them to

00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:50.180
 take nothing

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:50.559
 for their

00:36:50.559 --> 00:36:50.940
 journey,

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.960
 except the

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.420
 staff,

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.960
 no bread,

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.519
 no bag,

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:54.039
 no money,

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.880
 in their

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.260
 belts,

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:56.280
 but to

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.660
 wear their

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:57.080
 sandals,

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.360
 and to

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.700
 not put

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.120
 on two

00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:58.560
 tunics.

00:36:59.080 --> 00:36:59.480
 And he

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.820
 said to

00:36:59.820 --> 00:37:00.100
 them,

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.160
 whenever you

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.460
 enter a

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.700
 house,

00:37:01.800 --> 00:37:02.300
 stay there

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.220
 until you

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.700
 depart from

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:03.960
 there.

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.020
 So like,

00:37:05.040 --> 00:37:05.360
 what's all

00:37:05.360 --> 00:37:05.820
 that about?

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.120
 Well,

00:37:09.120 --> 00:37:09.980
 you know,

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.440
 the traveling

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.940
 bag,

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.640
 which he

00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:12.440
 doesn't ask

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.720
 them to

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:12.960
 take,

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.200
 it was

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.560
 used to

00:37:13.560 --> 00:37:14.080
 carry money

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:14.400
 or to

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.000
 carry food.

00:37:16.680 --> 00:37:17.260
 For a

00:37:17.260 --> 00:37:17.940
 long time,

00:37:18.520 --> 00:37:18.840
 like you

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.140
 can just

00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:19.700
 use Exodus

00:37:19.700 --> 00:37:20.380
 12 as an

00:37:20.380 --> 00:37:20.880
 example of

00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:21.100
 this,

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:22.220
 things that

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.660
 were listed

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:23.240
 here in

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.580
 these two

00:37:23.580 --> 00:37:23.900
 verses,

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:25.099
 they were

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.800
 signs to

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.139
 the Jewish

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:27.460
 people of

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.400
 their helplessness,

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.599
 their need to

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.420
 trust in God,

00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:31.440
 and also

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.960
 urgency.

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:32.960
 Like,

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.340
 when you're in

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.660
 a hurry,

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.059
 you don't have

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.680
 time to

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:37.639
 pack three

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.360
 or four bags

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.720
 of all your

00:37:38.720 --> 00:37:39.059
 junk.

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.019
 Like,

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:40.280
 go.

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.260
 That's kind

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.760
 of like the

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.760
 picture here.

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.139
 Guys,

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.500
 you don't have

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.940
 time to

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.240
 let up the

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.740
 hair dryer

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:44.980
 and the

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.160
 makeup.

00:37:45.720 --> 00:37:46.099
 You just

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.400
 go.

00:37:46.740 --> 00:37:46.760
 Like,

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.039
 that's,

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.780
 it's not,

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.700
 it's kind

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.240
 of like that.

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.420
 But bread

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.119
 and bags

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.619
 and money

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.279
 and their

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.940
 belts and

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:53.619
 two tunics

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.799
 were symbolic

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.380
 of like all

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.699
 the things

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:56.000
 that make

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.699
 life secure.

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.440
 Like,

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:57.839
 what makes

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:58.319
 your life

00:37:58.319 --> 00:37:59.359
 feel secure

00:37:59.359 --> 00:37:59.839
 right now?

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.119
 Probably your

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.440
 money,

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.599
 probably the

00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:02.920
 roof over

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.359
 your head,

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.599
 the clothes

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:05.000
 on your

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.339
 back.

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.639
 And so,

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.239
 Jesus was

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.960
 somewhat asking

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.619
 them to mimic

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.219
 the prophets

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.619
 of old,

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.719
 like Elijah

00:38:11.719 --> 00:38:12.420
 and Elisha,

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.559
 who were fed

00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:14.619
 and sheltered

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.139
 by those they

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.900
 ministered to,

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.199
 and to accept

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:17.960
 the hospitality

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:19.159
 of the local

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.739
 people that

00:38:19.739 --> 00:38:20.400
 accepted their

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.799
 message.

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.680
 Right?

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.920
 It's like,

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.860
 don't,

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.380
 don't seek

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.900
 out better

00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.480
 accommodations,

00:38:25.660 --> 00:38:26.180
 more comfortable

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:26.680
 places.

00:38:27.120 --> 00:38:27.740
 Don't stay

00:38:27.740 --> 00:38:28.840
 at super

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:29.700
 crazy nice

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:30.700
 hotels,

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.140
 you know?

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.660
 Just be

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:31.940
 content.

00:38:32.580 --> 00:38:32.980
 Take what

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.400
 you're given

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.820
 and be

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.080
 content.

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.220
 And so,

00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:37.000
 Jesus didn't

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:38.260
 want his,

00:38:38.560 --> 00:38:39.220
 or the people

00:38:39.220 --> 00:38:39.780
 that encountered

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:40.420
 his disciples

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.000
 to think

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:42.060
 that they had

00:38:42.060 --> 00:38:42.400
 some kind

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.780
 of secret

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.260
 agenda

00:38:43.260 --> 00:38:44.120
 to get

00:38:44.120 --> 00:38:44.519
 money,

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:45.100
 to grow,

00:38:45.180 --> 00:38:45.820
 to grow

00:38:45.820 --> 00:38:46.260
 wealthy.

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.420
 And so,

00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:47.760
 they just

00:38:47.760 --> 00:38:48.180
 went that

00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:48.480
 way.

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:50.019
 Preachers

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.480
 in England

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.800
 during the

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.199
 18th and

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:51.619
 19th

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.019
 centuries

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:53.360
 were renowned

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:55.619
 for considering

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.960
 their own

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.860
 personal pleasures

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:58.099
 and comforts

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.599
 above the

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.019
 needs of the

00:38:59.019 --> 00:38:59.340
 people in

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.800
 their church.

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:00.599
 They could

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.000
 talk to you

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.519
 more about

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:01.960
 their hunting

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.500
 dogs and

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.920
 their wine

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.400
 sellers than

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.659
 they could

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.639
 about the

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.139
 gospel and

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:05.340
 the word

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.740
 of God.

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.860
 It's the

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.219
 same thing

00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:07.480
 today,

00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:07.800
 really,

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:09.400
 just prosperity

00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:10.039
 preaching,

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.619
 tell evangelists,

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:12.599
 send me

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:12.940
 money.

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.340
 It's the

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:15.519
 same kind

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.980
 of stuff.

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.440
 And like,

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:17.860
 we've had

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.240
 enough of

00:39:18.240 --> 00:39:18.539
 that in

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:19.159
 our generation.

00:39:19.300 --> 00:39:19.539
 We need

00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.000
 to be able

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:21.079
 to preach

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.420
 the true

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.820
 gospel.

00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.460
 So,

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.599
 he says,

00:39:25.740 --> 00:39:26.519
 he desires

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.840
 them to

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.500
 just travel

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.900
 light,

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:28.840
 to take

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.380
 only what's

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.599
 needed,

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.039
 to leave

00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.579
 everything else

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:30.980
 behind.

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.039
 And the

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.619
 staff that he

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.159
 did tell them

00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:33.699
 to take

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:35.500
 was used

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.079
 for walking,

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:37.440
 also for

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.079
 protection,

00:39:38.800 --> 00:39:39.199
 and the

00:39:39.199 --> 00:39:39.679
 sandals were

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:39.980
 just the

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.260
 ordinary

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.840
 footwear.

00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:42.120
 And he

00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:42.340
 says,

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:42.860
 take one

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.260
 tunic,

00:39:43.720 --> 00:39:44.160
 which are

00:39:44.160 --> 00:39:44.519
 just the

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:44.800
 standard

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.160
 dress,

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:46.220
 because in

00:39:46.220 --> 00:39:46.700
 this culture,

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.460
 two tunics

00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:48.820
 can symbolize

00:39:48.820 --> 00:39:49.500
 wealth.

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:50.059
 And like,

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:50.980
 look at me,

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.519
 I've got two

00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.000
 tunics.

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:52.680
 So he's

00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:52.800
 like,

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.700
 just take

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.960
 one.

00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.420
 Associate

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.720
 with the

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:57.180
 commoners,

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:57.760
 the lowly,

00:39:58.380 --> 00:39:58.820
 and think

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.360
 about this.

00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:00.160
 Don't come

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:00.700
 across as

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:01.120
 high and

00:40:01.120 --> 00:40:01.760
 mighty and

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.880
 holier than

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:03.160
 thou,

00:40:03.760 --> 00:40:04.860
 but associate

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.340
 with these

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:05.660
 people.

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:06.740
 So,

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:07.820
 are we

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.240
 supposed to

00:40:08.240 --> 00:40:08.519
 do that

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:08.900
 today?

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:11.019
 Maybe,

00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:12.500
 but I

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:12.920
 don't think

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.500
 necessarily.

00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:15.960
 The idea

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:17.180
 here is

00:40:17.180 --> 00:40:17.480
 that he

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.300
 wants them

00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:19.460
 to learn

00:40:19.460 --> 00:40:20.079
 to trust

00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:20.360
 him,

00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:22.559
 that go

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.139
 without making

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.519
 special

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.039
 preparations

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:24.420
 for your

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.820
 travels,

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:25.800
 undertake

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.079
 this

00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.599
 assignment,

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.420
 trusting

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.280
 in me,

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.380
 to provide

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:29.700
 for all

00:40:29.700 --> 00:40:30.099
 your needs.

00:40:30.180 --> 00:40:30.440
 Can you

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:30.860
 do that?

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:31.340
 He was

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:31.619
 teaching

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:32.000
 them

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.980
 reliance

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.180
 and

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:33.680
 dependence,

00:40:34.180 --> 00:40:34.420
 that no

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:34.960
 matter what,

00:40:35.680 --> 00:40:36.160
 no matter

00:40:36.160 --> 00:40:37.019
 what context,

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.019
 ultimately,

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.840
 all provision

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.320
 comes from

00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:39.559
 God.

00:40:39.620 --> 00:40:39.920
 That's even

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.300
 true for

00:40:40.300 --> 00:40:40.559
 us.

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.340
 He was

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.440
 just

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:41.840
 specifically

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.240
 showing

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:42.500
 them,

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.440
 just so

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.620
 you'll

00:40:43.620 --> 00:40:43.920
 know,

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:44.820
 a little

00:40:44.820 --> 00:40:45.320
 lesson for

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:45.740
 you guys

00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:45.940
 and your

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.100
 little

00:40:46.100 --> 00:40:46.600
 internship

00:40:46.600 --> 00:40:46.980
 here,

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.840
 that

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.400
 everything

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.780
 comes

00:40:48.780 --> 00:40:49.180
 from me.

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.220
 I'm

00:40:50.220 --> 00:40:50.360
 going to

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:50.700
 go show

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:50.880
 you,

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.220
 so go

00:40:51.220 --> 00:40:51.440
 out,

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:51.960
 don't

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:52.280
 take all

00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:52.400
 this

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:52.620
 stuff

00:40:52.620 --> 00:40:52.800
 with

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.000
 you.

00:40:53.660 --> 00:40:53.780
 And

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.019
 so,

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.559
 to walk

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.079
 in complete

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:55.519
 dependence

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.140
 on God

00:40:56.140 --> 00:40:56.900
 and his

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.420
 power to

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.920
 supply their

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.240
 needs.

00:40:58.680 --> 00:40:59.059
 I've seen

00:40:59.059 --> 00:40:59.380
 the Lord

00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:00.019
 do it many

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.539
 times in

00:41:00.539 --> 00:41:00.840
 my own

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.120
 life.

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:01.400


00:41:02.120 --> 00:41:02.920
 so that's

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.920
 the third

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.180
 point,

00:41:04.260 --> 00:41:04.480
 to be

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:04.960
 dependent

00:41:04.960 --> 00:41:05.599
 on God,

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:06.159
 to not

00:41:06.159 --> 00:41:07.519
 want anything

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.059
 other than to

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.539
 minister the

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.000
 gospel to

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.280
 people,

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.159
 and then

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.679
 trust in the

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.099
 Lord for

00:41:11.099 --> 00:41:11.599
 your provision.

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:12.960
 So in

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.400
 conclusion,

00:41:13.400 --> 00:41:19.200
 if you

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:19.900
 know Christ,

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:22.579
 and you

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:22.960
 just need to

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.380
 know that you

00:41:23.380 --> 00:41:23.800
 don't need a

00:41:23.800 --> 00:41:24.079
 bunch of

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:24.700
 brains or a

00:41:24.700 --> 00:41:25.539
 theology degree

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:26.740
 to talk about

00:41:26.740 --> 00:41:27.220
 Jesus with

00:41:27.220 --> 00:41:27.519
 people,

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.539
 the disciples

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.260
 were ordinary

00:41:29.260 --> 00:41:29.760
 guys,

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:31.400
 super ordinary

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.840
 guys,

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.340
 like extra

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:32.700
 ordinary

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.340
 guys.

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.559
 They were

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.000
 fishermen,

00:41:35.200 --> 00:41:35.900
 tax collectors,

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.240
 often actually

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:38.079
 like kids and

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:38.440
 fought with

00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:38.840
 each other.

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:39.700
 I mean,

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:39.920
 it would

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.139
 have been

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:40.780
 just to

00:41:40.780 --> 00:41:41.059
 see Jesus

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.340
 and go,

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.820
 man,

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:42.780
 just so

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:43.280
 many times

00:41:43.280 --> 00:41:43.540
 of these

00:41:43.540 --> 00:41:43.900
 guys.

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.560
 They

00:41:44.560 --> 00:41:44.760
 weren't

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:45.120
 anything

00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:45.680
 special.

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:46.740
 But if

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.140
 you look at

00:41:47.140 --> 00:41:47.780
 Acts 4

00:41:47.780 --> 00:41:48.340
 real quick,

00:41:48.540 --> 00:41:49.660
 I just

00:41:49.660 --> 00:41:49.860
 want to

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.160
 show you

00:41:50.160 --> 00:41:50.700
 one thing.

00:41:52.120 --> 00:41:52.740
 Acts 4

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:53.560
 verse 13.

00:41:56.220 --> 00:41:56.860
 This is

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.420
 Peter and

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:59.280
 John as

00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.560
 they were

00:41:59.560 --> 00:41:59.920
 preaching.

00:42:02.140 --> 00:42:03.000
 Acts 4

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.820
 verse 13.

00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:10.780
 It says,

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:11.180
 Now,

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.320
 when they

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:12.860
 saw the

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:14.340
 boldness of

00:42:14.340 --> 00:42:14.900
 Peter and

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.240
 John,

00:42:15.240 --> 00:42:16.700
 they perceived

00:42:16.700 --> 00:42:17.280
 that they

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:18.680
 were uneducated,

00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:20.720
 common men,

00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:21.720
 they were

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.360
 astonished,

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.200
 and they

00:42:23.200 --> 00:42:24.120
 recognized that

00:42:24.120 --> 00:42:24.640
 they had

00:42:24.640 --> 00:42:25.240
 been with

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.599
 Jesus.

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:26.860
 That's the

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:27.039
 key.

00:42:27.160 --> 00:42:27.400
 It's not

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:28.720
 about how

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:29.160
 many books

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:29.700
 you've read.

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:30.620
 I don't

00:42:30.620 --> 00:42:31.120
 care if you

00:42:31.120 --> 00:42:31.539
 can quote

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:33.000
 the greatest

00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:34.220
 theologians in

00:42:34.220 --> 00:42:34.579
 history,

00:42:35.120 --> 00:42:35.420
 like to

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:36.079
 know Jesus,

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:36.700
 to encounter

00:42:36.700 --> 00:42:37.079
 Jesus,

00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:37.460
 and to be

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.500
 taught and

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.000
 fed by

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.539
 Jesus is

00:42:39.539 --> 00:42:40.180
 all you need.

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:41.000
 And if

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.159
 you're

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:41.719
 around him,

00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:42.119
 you become

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.619
 like him.

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.399
 If you

00:42:43.399 --> 00:42:43.819
 love him,

00:42:43.859 --> 00:42:44.179
 you talk

00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:44.659
 more about

00:42:44.659 --> 00:42:44.819
 him.

00:42:46.359 --> 00:42:46.919
 We've got to

00:42:46.919 --> 00:42:47.319
 get rid of

00:42:47.319 --> 00:42:47.779
 this idea

00:42:47.779 --> 00:42:49.099
 that evangelism

00:42:49.099 --> 00:42:49.419
 is some

00:42:49.419 --> 00:42:50.679
 awkward event

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:50.960
 that we

00:42:50.960 --> 00:42:52.639
 take part in

00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:53.139
 every now and

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.299
 then.

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.099
 It's to be

00:42:54.099 --> 00:42:54.739
 embodied in

00:42:54.739 --> 00:42:55.259
 who we are,

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:55.679
 and how we

00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.779
 talk, how we

00:42:56.779 --> 00:42:57.899
 live, and

00:42:57.899 --> 00:42:58.399
 whoever we

00:42:58.399 --> 00:42:58.779
 encounter.

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:00.299
 And if you're

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:01.299
 holding back a

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:01.839
 fear of failure,

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.519
 let go of those

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.779
 fears today.

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.639
 Be done with it.

00:43:04.699 --> 00:43:05.519
 There's a lot of

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.059
 work that needs to

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.379
 be done.

00:43:06.820 --> 00:43:07.380
 There's a lot

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:08.740
 of dead,

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.579
 lost souls out

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:09.920
 there that

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.340
 need the

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:10.700
 gospel.

00:43:11.820 --> 00:43:12.380
 Fear God

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:12.780
 more than

00:43:12.780 --> 00:43:13.140
 you fear

00:43:13.140 --> 00:43:13.460
 men.

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.180
 All right?

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.559
 So, come

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:16.980
 before the

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:17.200
 Lord.

00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:17.640
 Some of you

00:43:17.640 --> 00:43:18.680
 need to

00:43:18.680 --> 00:43:20.260
 pray that

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:20.760
 God makes

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.140
 you like

00:43:21.140 --> 00:43:21.559
 this.

00:43:22.380 --> 00:43:23.380
 I'm a

00:43:23.380 --> 00:43:23.940
 hero that

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.420
 I've always

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:25.460
 had, but

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.300
 the last two

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:26.800
 months I

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:27.400
 began reading

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:28.720
 more of his

00:43:28.720 --> 00:43:29.460
 stuff, and

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.500
 it brought

00:43:30.500 --> 00:43:31.119
 me to tears

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.660
 on several

00:43:31.660 --> 00:43:32.160
 occasions.

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:33.400
 This is Jim

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:33.700
 Elliott.

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:35.019
 And in his

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.800
 college years,

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:36.800
 this is

00:43:36.800 --> 00:43:37.280
 something that

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:37.539
 he wrote.

00:43:37.640 --> 00:43:37.740
 He said,

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:39.180
 Father, make

00:43:39.180 --> 00:43:40.880
 me a

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.860
 crisis man.

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:43.519
 Bring those

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:44.119
 I come in

00:43:44.119 --> 00:43:44.880
 contact to

00:43:44.880 --> 00:43:45.320
 decision.

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:46.840
 Let me not

00:43:46.840 --> 00:43:47.619
 be a mile

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:49.380
 post on a

00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:50.059
 single road.

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.440
 Make me a

00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.599
 fork that

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.160
 men must

00:43:53.160 --> 00:43:54.200
 turn one

00:43:54.200 --> 00:43:54.700
 way or

00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:55.840
 another on

00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:56.660
 facing Christ

00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.099
 in me.

00:43:57.660 --> 00:43:58.300
 Like, let

00:43:58.300 --> 00:43:58.740
 those who

00:43:58.740 --> 00:43:59.440
 encounter Christ

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:00.440
 in me go

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:00.820
 one way or

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.099
 another.

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:02.160
 Like, don't

00:44:02.160 --> 00:44:03.400
 let them turn

00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:04.140
 away or let

00:44:04.140 --> 00:44:04.660
 them come to

00:44:04.660 --> 00:44:05.099
 Christ.

00:44:05.099 --> 00:44:06.039
 that was

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.380
 on July

00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:07.059
 7th in

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.699
 1948.

00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:09.440
 So, we

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:09.699
 need to

00:44:09.699 --> 00:44:10.159
 pray that.

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.679
 We need to

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.039
 pray that.

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:12.500
 I need to

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.900
 pray that.

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:13.980
 We need to

00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.759
 be people who,

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.099
 when others

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:16.619
 meet us, they

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:17.400
 encounter Christ.

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.460
 And if you

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:18.860
 don't know

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.380
 Christ today,

00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:19.920
 you've heard

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:21.039
 the message

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.339
 that was

00:44:21.339 --> 00:44:21.679
 spoken.

00:44:22.819 --> 00:44:23.239
 Repent.

00:44:23.980 --> 00:44:24.360
 Turn away

00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:24.679
 from your

00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:25.219
 sin and

00:44:25.219 --> 00:44:26.000
 throw yourself

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:27.259
 at the cross

00:44:27.259 --> 00:44:27.920
 on the mercy

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.599
 of Jesus.

00:44:29.339 --> 00:44:30.279
 He is alive

00:44:30.279 --> 00:44:30.699
 today.

00:44:31.359 --> 00:44:31.659
 Like, we're

00:44:31.659 --> 00:44:32.019
 about to

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.739
 come up on

00:44:32.739 --> 00:44:33.039
 Easter.

00:44:33.679 --> 00:44:34.099
 Like, what

00:44:34.099 --> 00:44:34.359
 are you going

00:44:34.359 --> 00:44:34.679
 to do with

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:34.819
 that?

00:44:34.899 --> 00:44:35.319
 Like, he's

00:44:35.319 --> 00:44:36.079
 alive.

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.039
 He's got this

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.619
 dead dude from

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:38.000
 the past.

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:38.419
 He's somebody

00:44:38.419 --> 00:44:38.859
 that's here

00:44:38.859 --> 00:44:40.119
 right now that

00:44:40.119 --> 00:44:40.659
 you have to

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:41.079
 reckon with.

00:44:41.099 --> 00:44:41.719
 And he's more

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:43.099
 than willing to

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.919
 receive you with

00:44:43.919 --> 00:44:45.179
 compassion and

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:45.859
 open arms.

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:47.039
 So, face him

00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:47.639
 now as your

00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:48.819
 friend or

00:44:48.819 --> 00:44:51.539
 resist him as

00:44:51.539 --> 00:44:51.980
 his enemy.

00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:53.299
 Turn in faith.

00:44:53.379 --> 00:44:53.739
 You can come

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:54.460
 and talk to me

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:55.719
 or Nathan or

00:44:55.719 --> 00:44:56.319
 Wes or one of

00:44:56.319 --> 00:44:56.960
 the elders here.

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:58.539
 But don't pass

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:58.980
 that up.

00:44:59.699 --> 00:45:00.420
 So, let's

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:01.800
 just close in

00:45:01.800 --> 00:45:02.360
 prayer together

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:02.960
 as we continue

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:05.119
 our worship

00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:05.519
 today.

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:05.699
 Amen.