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 Mark chapter 7, after many miracles, some great teaching, many lives impacted, the critics caught up with Jesus.

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! Pharisees and scribes had accused him of blasphemy for telling the paralytic that his sins were forgiven.

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 They had questioned his feasting with tax collectors and sinners and told him that he should be fasting.

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 They accused him of plucking grain on the Sabbath. That's harvesting in their minds.

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 They saw him healing on the Sabbath. That is considered work as well.

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 They even said that he was of the devil because he had power over the demons.

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 Earlier in Mark chapter 7, they called him defiled. They called him unclean.

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 It just keeps coming.

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 Sometimes you just have to get away.

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 That's what he does in our passage today.

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 But yet, not really.

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 Mark chapter 7, beginning in verse 24, it says,

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 And from there, Jesus arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon.

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 And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know.

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 Yet he could not be hidden.

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 But immediately, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.

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 Now, the woman was a Gentile, a Seraphonician by birth, and she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter.

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 And he said to her, Let the children be fed first.

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 For it's not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs.

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 And she answered, Yes, Lord.

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 Get even the dogs under the table, these children.

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 And he said to her, For this statement you may go your way.

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 The demon has left your daughter.

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 And she went home and found the child lying in bed, and the demon gone.

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 The devil to Tyre is about 40 miles from the area in which Christ had been before.

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 It moves northward to the Mediterranean coast.

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 Sidon is about another 20 miles north of that, further into Gentile land.

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 This is the first time in the recorded ministry of Christ that he has been in this area full of Gentiles.

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 But they hadn't seen him before.

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 Word had gone out about him.

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 Crowds that he fed for the 5,000.

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 The crowds that surrounded him in the Galilean area.

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 For people who had traveled from as far as that area to be near him.

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 Because when he got there, they recognized him.

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 Word had spread.

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 Now the question is, why should he go so far from what seemed to be his strategic area of ministry?

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 Mostly in that Galilean area.

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 Well, I can give you several reasons why I believe he took this year.

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 One is, he was tired.

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 He needed some rest.

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 He was never alone, and the people had gotten more aggressive to get close to him.

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 They tried to force him to be king.

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 You see throughout the Gospels that Jesus loved his time alone.

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 He loved to be with the Father.

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 And if you live a busy life, and if you're around people a lot, that does not surprise you.

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 He was tired.

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 He also wanted things to cool down.

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 The religious leaders were back.

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 They were more critical, and they would soon become more aggressive.

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 And that had to, he had to, none of that had backed off.

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 And Jesus didn't back off from his story.

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 He didn't back off from his mission.

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 He told them when they were wrong.

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 He was not scared of them.

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 However, he needed more time.

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 I believe that the incarnate Christ came to earth for two reasons.

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 One very primary reason, the other secondary.

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 The primary reason Christ came to earth was to live a sinless life,

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 and to die, shed his blood on the cross for our sins,

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 and rise again and ascend to heaven and bear a place for us.

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 That is the redemptive story that Christ came to share with us.

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 But I believe the other reason he came was to train the twelve,

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 to train the disciples to carry out his ministry

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 when he no longer would be physically present with them.

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 And you see the evidence of that in the book of Acts.

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 As a matter of fact, the rest of the New Testament

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 are letters that are written from the time of the book of Acts

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 when it continued to spread.

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 And if it wasn't for them,

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 in planting that vision and that mission within those apostles,

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 that continue to spread that,

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 literally in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria,

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 and the uttermost parts of the earth.

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 You can see like a rock in a pond with the ripples.

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 You can see the great commission in the book of Acts

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 start in Jerusalem in Acts chapter 2,

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 spread to Judea, Samaria,

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 and the uttermost parts.

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 And thank God he came for that,

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 because we're the uttermost parts.

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 So he needed time to train the twelve.

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 His ministry was only three and a half years.

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 He needed time to train them,

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 and he had to pull them away.

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 Things needed to be cool.

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 But the third reason I believe he traveled there

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 is because he also was just living out what he was teaching.

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 I want to focus on that.

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 You'll notice in Mark verse 19

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 that we looked at last week,

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 it says,

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 Thus he declared all foods clean.

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 Foods are a powerful symbol in the New Testament.

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 As the Gospels broke down this,

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 as the Apostle Paul put it in Ephesians,

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 this dividing wall of hostility between the Jews and the Gentiles.

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 In Acts chapter 10,

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 the Lord uses food to explain to Peter

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 that he was to reach out to the Gentiles,

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 the heathens,

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 the world.

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 In a dream,

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 Peter saw a blanket

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 spread out of heaven

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 with unclean food on it.

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 He didn't eat such foods,

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 and so

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 he said

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 when God told him to eat,

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 take, eat,

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 Peter responded

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 with the greatest oxymoron

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 in all of the New Testament.

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 He said,

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 Not so,

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 Lord.

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 He didn't say no to him,

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 he called him Lord.

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 And

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 he didn't eat unclean animals,

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 so he wasn't going to eat them.

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 And the Lord told him

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 he had made the foods clean to eat.

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 That was an illustration

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 to show Peter

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 that he was to go to the Gentiles.

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 So Peter went to Cornelius,

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 a Gentile's house.

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 He ate with him.

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 He brought him to Christ.

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 A bridge was built

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 there,

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 and we see the evidence

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 of that continuing to spread

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 throughout the rest of

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 the book of Acts.

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 However,

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 Jesus is building

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 the foundation

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 of that bridge

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 that would come

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 later years

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 here by going

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 to the land

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 of the Gentiles.

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 And listen to me,

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 after a conversation

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 in the previous part

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 of Mark chapter 7

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 about unclean things

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 and unclean people.

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 He wanted to get away

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 and take a break.

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 However,

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 when Jesus

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 entered a house,

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 he cannot be hidden.

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 Notice,

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 he says,

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 when he went,

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 he entered a house

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 and did not want anyone

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 to know it,

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 yet he could not be hidden.

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 Listen,

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 when Jesus is present,

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 you can't hide it.

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 When he's present

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 in someone's home,

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 people hung through

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 the windows

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 to get a word from you.

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 And when he's present

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 in someone's life,

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 it cannot be hidden.

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 It should not be hidden.

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 Not in our lives.

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 Sometimes people tell me,

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 well,

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 pastor,

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 I believe one's faith

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 is private.

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 There's a Greek word

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 for that,

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 baloney.

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 There is no,

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 that is not

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 Christian biblical faith

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 if it's private.

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 There's nothing private

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 about it.

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 Romans 10,

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 10,

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 9 says,

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 if you confess

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 with your mouth

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 Jesus is Lord,

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 and it's not talking

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 about in the privacy

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 of your home.

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 It's not talking

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 about just with the preacher

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 or just with your parents

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 or just with your spouse.

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 You take the context

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 of that passage,

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 he's talking about

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 boldly proclaiming

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 that Christ is Lord.

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 There's nothing private

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 about our faith.

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 It's real.

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 And if it's real,

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 you can't hide it.

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 But when you really

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 know Christ

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 and have a personal

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 relationship with Him,

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 He is not just

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 in your heart.

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 He's all over your life

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 and the presence

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 of Christ cannot be hidden.

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 The presence of Christ

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 in a home

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 cannot be hidden.

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 And it could not be hidden

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 in that day

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 and it still can't be.

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 And in that atmosphere,

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 He meets a woman

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 with a daughter

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 with an unclean spirit.

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 That means she had a demon.

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 If there are categories

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 of people,

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 and we tend to categorize people,

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 I mean, I don't,

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 and I know you don't,

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 but I'm talking about

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 other people.

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 They do that.

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 But if there are categories

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 of people,

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 this woman would be

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 obviously not worthy.

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 I mean,

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 who is she to ask Christ

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 for anything?

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 She's an unclean Gentile.

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 She's a Seraphonician,

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 Canaanite woman.

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 That means she lives

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 in the most hideous,

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 pagan,

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 hardened,

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 rough people

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 around her.

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 Josephus,

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 the ancient Jewish historian,

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 said that Tyre

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 represented the most

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 bitter enemy

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 that the Jews had

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 at the time.

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 And quite honestly,

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 nothing's really changed.

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 That's modern day

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 Lebanon today.

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 Constantly fighting.

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 And in the first century,

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 it was filled

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 with the worst kind

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 of idolatry.

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 some of the darkest places

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 on the earth.

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 Therefore,

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 she is very unclean,

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 very unworthy

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 to approach Jesus.

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 She has no covenant

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 standing as an Israelite.

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 She has demons

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 in her home,

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 even in her own daughter.

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 She has no standing.

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 She has no leverage here.

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 She's completely desperate.

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 She's a mother

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 pleading for her child.

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 And a mother's plea

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 is the most earnest

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 of any on earth.

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 mothers fight

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 for their children.

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 And Mark tells us

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 that she fell

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 at his feet.

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 Not only does that

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 show her utmost

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 respect for him,

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 but she is pleading

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 with Christ.

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 Matthew writes

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 about this man.

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 And of course,

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 Matthew gives us

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 more details

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 than Mark does.

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 Because Mark writes

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 like a man.

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 He's in a hurry.

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 And he gives us,

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 Matthew gives us

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 some details

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 that we need.

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 Matthew chapter 15

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 verse 22 says this,

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 And behold,

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 a Canaanite woman

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 from that region

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 came out

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 and was crying,

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 Have mercy on me,

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 son of David.

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 My daughter is severely

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 oppressed by a demon.

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 But Jesus

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 did not answer

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 her.

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 And his disciples

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 came

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 and begged him

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 saying,

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 Send her away.

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 For she's crying

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 out after us.

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 And he answered,

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 I was sent

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 only to the

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 lost children

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 house of the Lord.

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 She came

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 and knelt

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 before him

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 and said,

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 Lord,

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 help me.

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 And he said,

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 Let the children

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 be.

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 And she said,

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 Lord,

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 help me.

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 Matthew tells us

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 how Jesus

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 responded.

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 He didn't.

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 Matthew 23

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 said he didn't

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 answer her

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 one.

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 Eugene

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 Peterson

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 wrote a

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 paraphrase

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 of the New

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 Testament

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 called

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 The Message.

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 And in that

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 paraphrase,

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 Peterson says

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 that Jesus

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 ignored her.

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 I believe

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 Peterson was

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 wrong.

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 That's one

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 of the dangers

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 that you run

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 into when you

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 read a paraphrase

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 of Scripture.

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 Because a

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 paraphrase has

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 a lot of

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 somebody's

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 interpretation.

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 And I'm not

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 knocking the

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 message over

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 all.

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 Sometimes it

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 helps us to

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 understand passages

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 better.

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 But you need to

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 understand.

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 It's not a

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 translation,

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 it's a

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 paraphrase.

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 And here he

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 made an

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 interpreted

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 decision that

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 I believe

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 was wrong.

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 And the

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 reason why I

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 think that

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 partially is

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 because of

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 something that

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 happened to me.

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 one of the

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 toughest

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 assignments that

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 I ever had

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 in ministry.

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 I had a

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 dear member

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 of my

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 church that

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 was a

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 well-respected

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 retired

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 servant.

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 I love

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 judgment.

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 When I

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 first went to

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 that church,

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 I was

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 preaching a

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 prayer meeting

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 one night on

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 Matthew 24,

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 a very tough

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 controversial

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 passage.

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 scripture,

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 he was

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 sitting in

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 the back

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 at a table

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 of the

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 fellowship

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 hall there.

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 As I was

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 finishing up,

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 he raised

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 his hand.

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 And I

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 was new to

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 the church.

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 I wasn't

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 even honeymoving

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 in.

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 They were

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 just

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 getting

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 them.

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 And he

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 raised his

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 hand,

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 and so I

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 let him

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 speak,

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 and he

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 asked me

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 a question.

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 Now,

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 to be honest

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 with you

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 folks,

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 I ain't

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 going to

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 take

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 questions

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 today.

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 I'm

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 going to

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 tell you

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 everything

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 I got

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 in my

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 bag,

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 and that's

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 it.

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 I ain't

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 got a

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 high key.

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 I ain't

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 taking

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 questions.

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 Didn't plan

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 on doing

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 it that

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 night.

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 But

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 I

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 answered

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 his

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 question

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 to the

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 best of

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 my

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 ability,

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 and I

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 moved on.

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 Nobody

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 raised his

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 hand again,

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 and I

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 said,

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 Judge,

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 this ain't

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 your

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 courtroom.

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 I said

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 that,

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 knowing at

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 the time,

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 either I'd

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 be looking

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 for a job

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 next day,

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 or either

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 be a

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 judge and

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 hit it

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 on.

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 And I

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 figured if

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 he's a

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 retired

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 circuit

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 judge,

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 he's got

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 to be

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 tough enough

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 to understand

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 that.

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 He's one

00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:27.000
 of the

00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.879
 respect I've

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:31.379
 ever met in my

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 life.

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 I made

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 rounds here in

00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:36.000
 Sunday school

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.620
 to speak to

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 folks,

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 and when I

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:37.980
 got into his

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.299
 class,

00:16:38.379 --> 00:16:38.839
 I'd sit down

00:16:38.839 --> 00:16:39.279
 and listen to

00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:39.759
 him teach.

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:39.840
 coach.

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 He's an

00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:43.100
 inductive

00:16:43.100 --> 00:16:43.500
 teacher.

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 He taught

00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:47.000
 like a

00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.700
 man who

00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.139
 fights with

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.779
 a roundhouse

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.120
 kick.

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 You don't

00:16:50.439 --> 00:16:50.819
 see him

00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:51.039
 coming.

00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:51.340
 You just

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:51.720
 get kicked

00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:51.919
 in the

00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.179
 back of

00:16:52.179 --> 00:16:52.419
 the head

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:52.799
 all of a

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 sudden.

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.240
 That's

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 the way

00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:53.939
 he taught.

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 He'd start

00:16:55.019 --> 00:16:55.399
 out, and

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:55.700
 you'd think,

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.139
 man, what

00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.379
 is he

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:56.679
 talking about?

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 He didn't

00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:57.340
 even study.

00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:57.700
 He don't

00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:58.120
 know what he's

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.500
 talking about.

00:16:58.700 --> 00:16:58.939
 And by

00:16:58.939 --> 00:16:59.379
 the time

00:16:59.379 --> 00:16:59.799
 he got

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.200
 done,

00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.399
 man,

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 he had

00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:02.319
 landed

00:17:02.319 --> 00:17:02.720
 in my

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:02.860
 head.

00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:07.460
 His wife

00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:07.839
 came to

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.200
 me one

00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:08.599
 day, and

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.120
 she said,

00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:11.759
 how's he

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.360
 doing teaching?

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:15.839
 Because he's

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.339
 struggling at

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.599
 home.

00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:19.880
 And I

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.180
 don't want

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.420
 to do

00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:20.779
 embarrassing

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.180
 to him.

00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:23.980
 And I

00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:25.299
 said, I

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.599
 haven't

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.059
 picked up

00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:26.420
 on it.

00:17:27.299 --> 00:17:27.740
 I said, I

00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.200
 never know

00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:28.500
 where he's

00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:28.960
 going until

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.279
 he gets

00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:29.819
 there anyway,

00:17:30.099 --> 00:17:30.500
 so I

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.579
 haven't really

00:17:31.579 --> 00:17:32.079
 picked up

00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:32.400
 on it

00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:32.720
 yet.

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.199
 You know,

00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.079
 but I'll

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.500
 watch out

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:34.939
 for him.

00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:36.579
 So I

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:36.919
 hung out

00:17:36.919 --> 00:17:37.119
 a little

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:37.619
 longer in

00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:38.199
 that class,

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:38.879
 and I

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.339
 began to

00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:39.719
 see him

00:17:39.719 --> 00:17:40.000
 that.

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.599
 There was

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:43.939
 another

00:17:43.939 --> 00:17:44.879
 class of

00:17:44.879 --> 00:17:45.479
 the same

00:17:45.479 --> 00:17:47.799
 aged men.

00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.279
 There was

00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:49.899
 a class that

00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:50.500
 he taught,

00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:50.919
 and everybody

00:17:50.919 --> 00:17:51.679
 was in there

00:17:51.679 --> 00:17:52.000
 because he

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.399
 was teaching

00:17:52.399 --> 00:17:52.740
 it, and

00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:52.979
 there was

00:17:52.979 --> 00:17:53.399
 another

00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:54.019
 class that

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.419
 was over

00:17:54.419 --> 00:17:54.919
 there because

00:17:54.919 --> 00:17:55.359
 he wasn't

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:55.899
 teaching it.

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.019
 They

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.439
 needed a

00:17:59.439 --> 00:17:59.679
 teacher.

00:18:01.139 --> 00:18:01.619
 I

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:01.859
 couldn't

00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.339
 find one.

00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:06.699
 so because

00:18:06.699 --> 00:18:07.259
 of his

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.980
 wife's

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.419
 plea to

00:18:08.419 --> 00:18:08.779
 me,

00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:12.679
 for it

00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:13.039
 to keep

00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.619
 his dignity,

00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.159
 I want

00:18:15.159 --> 00:18:15.359
 you to

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:15.639
 house

00:18:15.639 --> 00:18:15.919
 one.

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:20.620
 hard thing

00:18:20.620 --> 00:18:21.060
 to do.

00:18:21.060 --> 00:18:24.039
 I sat

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.539
 down and

00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:24.880
 I said,

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.220
 Judge,

00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:28.860
 this other

00:18:28.860 --> 00:18:29.700
 class needs a

00:18:29.700 --> 00:18:30.019
 teacher,

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 and I can't

00:18:30.580 --> 00:18:31.160
 find one.

00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:33.460
 I really

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:33.800
 need to

00:18:33.800 --> 00:18:34.440
 combine their

00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.200
 small class

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.740
 with yours.

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 And I'm

00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:38.300
 just wondering

00:18:38.300 --> 00:18:39.200
 to make

00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:39.880
 that transition

00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.380
 smooth.

00:18:41.060 --> 00:18:41.420
 If you

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:41.860
 wouldn't mind

00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.420
 me teaching

00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:42.640
 it.

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 The judge

00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:48.920
 had a

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.420
 trait about

00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:49.960
 him that

00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:53.320
 I highly

00:18:53.320 --> 00:18:53.860
 respect,

00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.300
 but I sure

00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:54.779
 don't like.

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:57.139
 he had a

00:18:57.139 --> 00:18:57.519
 trait of

00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:57.980
 long

00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.519
 pause.

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 And I'll

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.200
 tell you what

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.599
 was different

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:01.019
 about this

00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:01.799
 man than

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.259
 me or

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:02.740
 most of

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.000
 us,

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.779
 is that he

00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.619
 thought before

00:19:04.619 --> 00:19:05.180
 he spoke.

00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.500
 That's a

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.359
 novel concept.

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.139
 most of

00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:11.479
 us just

00:19:11.479 --> 00:19:11.899
 open our

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 mouth and

00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.799
 hope we

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.259
 catch up

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.619
 with it,

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:14.000
 you know.

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:16.439
 And he

00:19:16.439 --> 00:19:16.819
 paused.

00:19:20.439 --> 00:19:21.039
 And I've

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.559
 been prone

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.219
 sometimes in

00:19:22.219 --> 00:19:22.740
 those pauses

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:25.079
 to repeat

00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:25.740
 myself.

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.539
 When I was

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.240
 about to do

00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:33.519
 that,

00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:34.179
 he said,

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.119
 passion.

00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:42.619
 I never

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.099
 talked to

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:43.259
 him.

00:19:45.439 --> 00:19:46.179
 I loved

00:19:46.179 --> 00:19:46.459
 him until

00:19:46.459 --> 00:19:46.939
 he died.

00:19:53.979 --> 00:19:54.679
 But I

00:19:54.679 --> 00:19:55.299
 believe the

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.079
 pause that

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.919
 Jesus did

00:19:56.919 --> 00:19:59.599
 was that

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.059
 he was

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:05.119
 trying to

00:20:05.119 --> 00:20:05.659
 to

00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:06.679
 gather

00:20:06.679 --> 00:20:07.019
 his

00:20:07.019 --> 00:20:07.339
 thoughts.

00:20:07.359 --> 00:20:08.059
 to

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.500
 get

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:12.839
 together

00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:13.099
 her.

00:20:13.219 --> 00:20:13.699
 But even

00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:14.199
 more than

00:20:14.199 --> 00:20:14.539
 that,

00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:16.279
 he was

00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.599
 wanting

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.000
 those

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.740
 disciples

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.740
 together

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:20.199
 things.

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.199
 What

00:20:23.199 --> 00:20:23.599
 filtering

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:23.919
 his

00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.240
 thoughts?

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.539
 He was

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:26.959
 letting the

00:20:26.959 --> 00:20:27.479
 woman and

00:20:27.479 --> 00:20:28.079
 the apostle

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:28.919
 filter

00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:30.099
 things.

00:20:31.479 --> 00:20:32.219
 And he

00:20:32.219 --> 00:20:32.679
 then says

00:20:32.679 --> 00:20:33.059
 something

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.619
 shocking.

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:35.619
 he said

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:35.879
 to her,

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:44.799
 he said to

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:44.919
 her,

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.319
 let the

00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:45.639
 children

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.139
 be fed

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.519
 first.

00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:47.279
 It's not

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.739
 right to

00:20:47.739 --> 00:20:48.059
 take the

00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.559
 children's

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:48.859
 bread and

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.179
 throw it

00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:49.419
 to the

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:49.779
 dogs.

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:54.579
 did he

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.240
 call her

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.899
 a dog?

00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.240
 I mean,

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.539
 we're not

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.059
 talking about

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.700
 a pampered

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.200
 household

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:02.039
 pet here.

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:02.920
 They didn't

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.639
 have those.

00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:07.079
 Nor is it

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.559
 in a couple

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:08.059
 terms of

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.779
 dogs in Greek.

00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:10.200
 Nor is it

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.860
 the harsher

00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.640
 term of a

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:12.200
 scavenger

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:13.019
 dog like a

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.000
 coyote kind

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.600
 of concept

00:21:14.600 --> 00:21:15.100
 where they

00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:16.019
 come in and

00:21:16.019 --> 00:21:16.400
 tear and

00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:16.819
 you're scared

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.059
 of them.

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.860
 It's really

00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.900
 more of the

00:21:19.900 --> 00:21:21.140
 kind of dog

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:22.039
 that we

00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:23.019
 inherited one

00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.519
 day when I

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:24.080
 came home

00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:24.920
 from a late

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.420
 meeting and

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:25.860
 there was a

00:21:25.860 --> 00:21:26.559
 dog laying

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.700
 right by my

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:28.319
 back door

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:30.960
 in a pile

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.240
 of, among

00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.840
 a couple of

00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.240
 bags of

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.660
 clothes we

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:33.860
 were going

00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.059
 to give

00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.340
 away.

00:21:34.580 --> 00:21:35.220
 That dog

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.779
 was nestled

00:21:35.779 --> 00:21:36.140
 up there

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.539
 trying to

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.120
 stay warm

00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:37.519
 and I

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:39.740
 when my

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.180
 family could

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.460
 look, I

00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:40.740
 kind of

00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.099
 shooed the

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.639
 dog off,

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.019
 you know,

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.539
 and when I

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.980
 came back

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.639
 the next day

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.160
 that dog

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.779
 was there,

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.639
 you know,

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.079
 and the

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.420
 rest of

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:49.599
 that's where

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.000
 I get time

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.200
 to tell

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.299
 him,

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:53.980
 I'm more

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.420
 tired than

00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:54.660
 you are,

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.079
 I promise.

00:21:57.879 --> 00:21:58.960
 We're

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.180
 leaving

00:21:59.180 --> 00:21:59.759
 for spring

00:21:59.759 --> 00:21:59.980
 break.

00:22:00.099 --> 00:22:00.339
 I went

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.519
 in and

00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:00.819
 fed the

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.000
 dog.

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.259
 We're

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.799
 gone for

00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.039
 a week.

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.680
 The dog

00:22:02.680 --> 00:22:02.879
 got to

00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.119
 find a

00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:03.259
 meal

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.599
 somewhere

00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:03.980
 else.

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.400
 The

00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.859
 girls wanted

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.259
 that dog

00:22:06.259 --> 00:22:06.639
 so bad.

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:06.980
 And I

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.180
 said,

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.539
 if the

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.920
 dogs ever

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.360
 get back

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.539
 to the

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:08.960
 dog,

00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:09.740
 I didn't

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:09.940
 know.

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:10.279
 They

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.420
 have

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.620
 been

00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:10.779
 in

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:10.799
 the

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.039
 family.

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:15.220
 My

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.620
 family,

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:16.240
 my

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:16.680
 rascals,

00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.279
 they

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:18.420
 got

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.640
 somebody

00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:18.860
 to feed

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.000
 that

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.259
 dog

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.700
 at my

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.039
 house.

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.080
 But he's

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.440
 not talking

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.860
 about a

00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.560
 little dog.

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.840
 He's

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.120
 talking about

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.460
 a softer

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:30.820
 term for

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.240
 a little

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:31.560
 dog.

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:31.980
 He kind

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.100
 of wonders

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.600
 the

00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:37.039
 harsher

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.480
 term for

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:37.720
 dog

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:40.819
 was used

00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.599
 by Jews

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:41.799
 to

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.059
 support

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.740
 Gentiles

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.799
 like the

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.500
 Canaanites.

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.399
 So why

00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:46.720
 did he

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.299
 say that?

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.539
 I hope

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.119
 you sense

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.700
 this morning

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.819
 the awkwardness

00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.200
 and the

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.519
 tension

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.059
 because you

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.379
 should.

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.940
 That's what

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.399
 Mark

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:58.559
 wants.

00:22:59.159 --> 00:22:59.579
 That's what

00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.039
 Jesus

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:01.019
 wants.

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:04.000
 after all

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.240
 the

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.740
 talk of

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:05.879
 the

00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.400
 Pharisees

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.639
 and the

00:23:06.639 --> 00:23:06.940
 scribes

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.119
 about

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.400
 what's

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:07.680
 clean

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:07.839
 and

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.099
 what's

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.319
 not,

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.039
 Jesus

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:09.940
 purposely

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.039
 goes to

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.240
 an

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.839
 unclean

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.319
 area,

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.539
 is

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.039
 approached

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.720
 by an

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.279
 unclean

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.639
 woman

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.519
 with a

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.900
 demon

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.400
 in her

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:16.779
 home

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.500
 begging

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.019
 and the

00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:18.379
 apostles

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:19.019
 just want

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.599
 her to

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.400
 go away

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:21.539
 and Jesus

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:22.400
 just wants

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.859
 it all

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.700
 to play

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.180
 out.

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:25.940
 There

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.119
 are

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.539
 people

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:26.900
 that

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:28.720
 are

00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:29.400
 obviously

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:29.720
 not

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.120
 worthy.

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.640
 She was

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.040
 one of

00:23:34.040 --> 00:23:34.220
 them.

00:23:35.940 --> 00:23:36.540
 Then there

00:23:36.540 --> 00:23:37.240
 are others

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.920
 who are

00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.560
 observed

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:39.120
 as

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:39.640
 worthy

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:41.940
 and the

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.360
 Jews

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.660
 sure

00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:42.960
 thought

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.180
 they

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.480
 were.

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.759
 There's

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.180
 a saying

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.460
 and I

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.720
 don't know

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:47.920
 that it

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.400
 was original

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:48.660
 with it

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:48.880
 but I

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.060
 heard

00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:49.300
 Adrian

00:23:49.300 --> 00:23:49.580
 Rogers

00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:49.920
 say it

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.340
 years ago.

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.019
 A text

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.540
 without a

00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:53.040
 context

00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:53.720
 is a

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.220
 pretext.

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.519
 This

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.240
 passage

00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.080
 can be

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.519
 easily

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.040
 misunderstood

00:24:01.040 --> 00:24:01.500
 if you

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.900
 ignore

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.500
 the context.

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:02.800
 Several

00:24:02.800 --> 00:24:03.220
 years ago

00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:03.759
 a feminist

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.440
 scholar

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.720
 said that

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.040
 Jesus

00:24:06.040 --> 00:24:06.420
 was

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.019
 insensitive

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.380
 in this

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.720
 passage

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.019
 that he

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.620
 was harsh

00:24:08.620 --> 00:24:09.160
 and that

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.380
 he was

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.080
 so severe

00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:10.440
 to the

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.660
 lady

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.040
 that he

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:11.720
 demeaned

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:11.880
 her

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.240
 in a

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.860
 chauvinistic

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.400
 fashion

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.280
 and by

00:24:14.280 --> 00:24:14.880
 doing so

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.400
 he crossed

00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:15.940
 the borders

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.740
 of courtesy

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.660
 and slandered

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.420
 her and

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.960
 that means

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.820
 he sinned

00:24:19.820 --> 00:24:20.540
 therefore he

00:24:20.540 --> 00:24:21.300
 cannot be

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:21.880
 sinless.

00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:24.180
 And that

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.800
 my friend

00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:25.700
 is a

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.000
 false

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.680
 reasoning

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.180
 and a

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.759
 pretext.

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.720
 It's also

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.380
 heresy

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.039
 and it

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.340
 also

00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:31.060
 demeans

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:31.680
 Christ.

00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:32.539
 Be careful

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.180
 about such

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.480
 things.

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.539
 I'm firmly

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.259
 convinced

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.120
 that Jesus

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.940
 had left

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:39.140
 an altercation

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:40.019
 with the

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.340
 Jewish

00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:41.120
 establishment

00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.900
 that his

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:42.740
 disciples had

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.180
 witnessed.

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.900
 He had

00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:44.500
 pulled them

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.400
 away for

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.279
 a ministerial

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.420
 retreat and

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:48.100
 now what

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.740
 seemed like

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.460
 an interruption

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.380
 was really

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:50.940
 a divine

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.420
 appointment,

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.340
 was really

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:52.880
 a life

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.320
 lesson,

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:54.140
 was really

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.860
 an illustration,

00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.900
 was really

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.720
 a walking

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.580
 parable

00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:58.600
 before their

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:59.040
 eyes.

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.880
 They had

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.700
 just been

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.340
 with people

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:02.120
 that were

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:02.980
 seen as

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.460
 worthy.

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.780
 The Pharisees

00:25:04.780 --> 00:25:05.160
 and the

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.800
 scribes

00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.759
 were descendants

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.440
 of Abraham.

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.860
 Those who

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.460
 knew the

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.840
 law,

00:25:10.040 --> 00:25:11.000
 they observed

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.720
 proper

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.440
 traditions,

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.460
 they washed

00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.200
 ritually,

00:25:14.540 --> 00:25:15.080
 they attended

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:16.040
 synagogues,

00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:17.400
 they tithed,

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.519
 they fasted,

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.840
 they separated

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.180
 themselves.

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.200
 The Pharisees,

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.080
 the word

00:25:22.080 --> 00:25:22.560
 is a

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:23.280
 participle that

00:25:23.280 --> 00:25:23.860
 means the

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.539
 separated

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.019
 ones.

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:25.479
 That's what

00:25:25.479 --> 00:25:26.240
 they thrived

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:26.639
 off of.

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.279
 Anyone that

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.979
 saw them

00:25:28.979 --> 00:25:29.879
 just knew

00:25:29.879 --> 00:25:30.319
 that they

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:30.879
 were worthy.

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.579
 They thought

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.619
 it themselves.

00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:35.000
 A

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.000
 Seraphonician

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.719
 woman in

00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:37.619
 Tyre was

00:25:37.619 --> 00:25:38.259
 far from

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.679
 worthy.

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.659
 Good church

00:25:40.659 --> 00:25:41.019
 leaders,

00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.339
 they had to

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.699
 be worthy.

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.639
 Jesus

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.519
 amplified that

00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:49.159
 thought to

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.719
 the apostles.

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:52.100
 more than

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:52.519
 to the

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.819
 lady,

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.500
 I believe,

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.319
 to let

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.860
 it sink

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.400
 in and

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:56.759
 to sink

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.360
 in heart

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.360
 and in

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.779
 that

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.940
 pause,

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.700
 my

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.180
 breath.

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.400
 Those

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.120
 people that

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:08.160
 appear

00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.960
 obviously

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.240
 not worthy.

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.420
 We look

00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.860
 down on

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.339
 such people

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.740
 as well.

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.759
 Then there

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.140
 are those

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.480
 that are

00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.319
 observed as

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.660
 worthy.

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:21.759
 we think

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.079
 a lot

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.400
 of them.

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.059
 We think

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.339
 a lot

00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.680
 more of

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:27.940
 them than

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.360
 we should.

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:33.400
 The reality

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.980
 is the

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.660
 only type

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.279
 of believer

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.740
 that there

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.420
 really is,

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.759
 what we

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.120
 call a

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.380
 Christian

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.779
 today,

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.720
 is one

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.339
 that is

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:40.299
 made

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.980
 worthy.

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.839
 Notice

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.420
 what he

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.980
 says.

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.759
 In

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.039
 Mark

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.700
 chapter 7

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.259
 verse 27,

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.519
 he said

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.779
 to her,

00:26:50.860 --> 00:26:51.140
 let the

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.720
 children be

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.259
 fed first

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.559
 for it's

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.039
 not right

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.380
 to take

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.519
 the

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.920
 children's

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.279
 bread and

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.579
 throw up

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:54.700
 the

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.019
 dog.

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.720
 But she

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.319
 answered him,

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.720
 yes,

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.160
 Lord,

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.980
 yet even

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.700
 the dogs

00:26:59.700 --> 00:27:00.079
 under the

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.380
 table

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.839
 eat the

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.339
 children's

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.680
 clothes.

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.480
 And he

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:02.900
 said to

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.039
 her,

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.519
 for this

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.900
 statement,

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.779
 you may

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.279
 go your

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.660
 way.

00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:06.079
 The

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.420
 demon

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:06.880
 has

00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.500
 left

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.259
 your

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.360
 daughter.

00:27:09.359 --> 00:27:10.359
 God

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.219
 went home

00:27:11.219 --> 00:27:11.459
 and

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:11.679
 found

00:27:11.679 --> 00:27:11.839
 the

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.119
 child

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.639
 lying

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.059
 in

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.159
 the

00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.419
 man

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:13.740
 and

00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:13.819
 the

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.119
 demon

00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:14.539
 would

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:14.899
 go.

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.339
 Matthew

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:17.719
 15

00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:18.419
 verse 28

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:18.899
 says,

00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.699
 then Jesus

00:27:19.699 --> 00:27:20.299
 answered her,

00:27:20.439 --> 00:27:21.000
 O woman,

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.379
 great is

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.059
 your faith,

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.879
 be it done

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.439
 for you as

00:27:24.439 --> 00:27:25.019
 you desire.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.679
 And her

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:26.259
 daughter was

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.579
 healed

00:27:26.579 --> 00:27:27.679
 instantly.

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:31.160
 she didn't

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.019
 respond with

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.640
 offense.

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:35.380
 She didn't

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.019
 respond with

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.600
 worthiness.

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.840
 She didn't

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.420
 respond with

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.820
 anger.

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:43.120
 She didn't

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.680
 respond with

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.259
 entitlement.

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.840
 She didn't

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.400
 respond with

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:46.759
 bitterness.

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.220
 She knew

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.920
 she was not

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.480
 worthy and

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.259
 she responded

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.900
 humbly.

00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:53.799
 Somewhere in

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.460
 her heart,

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.019
 she had

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.640
 become

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.640
 convinced

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:59.620
 that Jesus

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.920
 was

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.380
 God.

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:03.720
 That he

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.200
 had enough

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.759
 power,

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.800
 that he

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.240
 had enough

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.820
 mercy,

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:07.680
 that he

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.140
 had enough

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:09.220
 grace to

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.900
 change her

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.880
 life, to

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.340
 change the

00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:11.900
 life of her

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.400
 family.

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.380
 And even

00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.040
 when she

00:28:14.040 --> 00:28:14.940
 felt small,

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.720
 she knew

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:17.000
 Jesus is

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.460
 sufficient.

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.759
 His mercy

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.940
 overflows

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.880
 every border

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.660
 or boundary

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:24.060
 that we could

00:28:24.060 --> 00:28:24.440
 ever come

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.780
 up with.

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:25.940
 Nothing

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.700
 can separate

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.620
 us from

00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.000
 the love

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.419
 of God.

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.279
 Romans 8.38

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.759
 His grace

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.899
 reaches all.

00:28:32.179 --> 00:28:32.879
 His power

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.619
 changes

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.219
 eternity.

00:28:35.739 --> 00:28:36.239
 I doubt

00:28:36.239 --> 00:28:37.099
 she knew

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:39.639
 because she

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.000
 was a

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.519
 Gentile

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.639
 Seraphonician

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.019
 woman,

00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:43.500
 Canaanite.

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.700
 I doubt

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.539
 she knew

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.559
 Psalm 51

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.200
 17,

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.740
 the sacrifice

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.200
 of God

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.759
 are broken

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.200
 spirit.

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.759
 A broken

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.539
 and contrite

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.339
 heart of God.

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.640
 He

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:54.980
 is not

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.240
 a

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.640
 spirit.

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.980
 Not being

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.619
 raised around

00:28:59.619 --> 00:29:00.099
 the word of

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.339
 God.

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.960
 I doubt

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.779
 she knew

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:03.220
 Isaiah 66

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.059
 verse 6

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.619
 that says

00:29:05.619 --> 00:29:06.200
 but this

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:06.859
 is the one

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.180
 who is

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.500
 allowed

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:07.799
 to

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.099
 him.

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:09.619
 He

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.940
 is

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.400
 humble

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.080
 and

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:12.640
 contrite

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:12.820
 his

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.140
 fear

00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.279
 and

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.920
 trembles

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.960
 at

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.100
 the

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.400
 heart.

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.279
 But God

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.100
 gave her

00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:21.240
 the insight

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.000
 to have

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.599
 a faith

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.539
 in Christ

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:26.140
 great enough

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:28.019
 to trust

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.299
 him,

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:31.440
 to submit

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:32.059
 to him

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:35.079
 and to

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.500
 ask

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 him.

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:39.240
 And Romans

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.539
 10

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.880
 13

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.799
 tells us

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.980
 for

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.420
 everyone

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.700
 who

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.019
 calls

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.319
 for

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.599
 him

00:29:43.599 --> 00:29:45.880
 shall

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.140
 be

00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.420
 saved.

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:52.080
 I

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:52.580
 called

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:52.800
 her

00:29:52.800 --> 00:29:53.640
 theology,

00:29:55.080 --> 00:29:55.380
 bred

00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:55.960
 from

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.980
 theology.

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.900
 And that's

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.320
 the right

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:00.800
 type

00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:02.539
 of theology.

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.640
 She

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:04.940
 wasn't

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 worthy.

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.420
 Neither

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:07.900
 am I,

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.920
 neither

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.460
 are you.

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.660
 But thank

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 God

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:14.680
 through

00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:15.240
 his grace

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.800
 and mercy

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:17.000
 through

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.619
 Christ.

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:18.819
 He'll

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 make us

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 one

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 when we

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 send

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.579
 to

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.779
 our

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.159
 sins.

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.839
 Thank you.

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.220
 With every

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.759
 head bowed

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.059
 and every

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.680
 eye closed,

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.899
 I want you

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 to hear

00:30:29.139 --> 00:30:29.700
 me today.

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.319
 The person

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.759
 who's been

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.139
 in church

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.500
 all their

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.940
 life,

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.379
 the person

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 who's been

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.259
 led in

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.599
 church

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.440
 for years,

00:30:40.139 --> 00:30:40.639
 is not

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:40.980
 worthy.

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 If you

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 think that

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.500
 will cover

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 you,

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 you're

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.519
 wrong.

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.359
 Hopefully

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 that

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 church

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.759
 loyalty

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 and that

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.639
 church

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.200
 leadership

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.799
 has

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 had a

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:01.859
 beginning

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.259
 that had

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 a lot

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 to do

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 with a

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.200
 broken

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.359
 and

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:04.700
 contrite

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:04.940
 heart

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.200
 before

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.339
 the

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.599
 Lord.

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:11.059
 we

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.359
 surrender

00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:11.559
 our

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.859
 lives

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.019
 to

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.419
 Christ

00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:12.619
 and

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:12.859
 allow

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:13.099
 him

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.240
 to

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.419
 make

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:13.599
 us

00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:13.859
 work.

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.559
 I want

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:16.719
 to be

00:31:16.719 --> 00:31:16.899
 clear

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.339
 today,

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.959
 none of

00:31:19.959 --> 00:31:20.259
 us are

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.619
 worthy,

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:22.000
 but all

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.219
 of us

00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:22.399
 have

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:22.939
 opportunity.

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.379
 And if

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:24.619
 you've

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:24.899
 never

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.199
 given

00:31:25.199 --> 00:31:25.399
 your

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 heart

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:25.799
 and

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.059
 life

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.219
 to

00:31:26.219 --> 00:31:26.319
 the

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.500
 Lord

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.799
 Jesus

00:31:26.799 --> 00:31:27.240
 Christ,

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.659
 I want

00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:27.879
 you to

00:31:27.879 --> 00:31:28.179
 know

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:30.240
 receive

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.700
 you as

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.220
 you are.

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.160
 Any

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:34.140
 function

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.480
 within

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.019
 you

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.380
 to

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:36.000
 come

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.180
 to

00:31:36.180 --> 00:31:36.380
 him

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.640
 didn't

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:36.880
 come

00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.039
 from

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 you

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.360
 and

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.519
 came

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.700
 to

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.000
 him.

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.519
 It's a

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.799
 divine

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.160
 appointment.

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.320
 You

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.779
 need not

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.340
 leave here

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.960
 without

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.420
 giving your

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.640
 life

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:46.820
 a

00:31:46.820 --> 00:31:47.060
 throne.

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.500
 We'll

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.960
 stand and

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.160
 we'll

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.560
 sing in

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:49.860
 just a

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.120
 moment.

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.560
 And

00:31:50.560 --> 00:31:50.920
 when we

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.200
 do,

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.240
 I

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.640
 encourage

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:52.900
 you to

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.279
 step out

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.640
 immediately

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:53.920
 and

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.220
 come

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.420
 and

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:54.779
 pass

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:54.960
 right

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.100
 in

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.279
 the

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.460
 seat.

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:58.220
 Maybe

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.380
 you're

00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.519
 here

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.720
 this

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:58.980
 morning

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.220
 and

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.779
 you

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.220
 are

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:03.860
 but

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.000
 you

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:05.140
 haven't

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.460
 it's

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.579
 just

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:05.700
 been

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:05.799
 a

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.079
 private

00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.519
 faith.

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.779
 It's

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:06.880
 been

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.000
 a

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.539
 non-biblical

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.019
 faith.

00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.059
 You

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.279
 need to

00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:09.440
 make

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.620
 that

00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:09.900
 public.

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.299
 Like

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.559
 those

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.700
 that

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:11.819
 we

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.120
 baptized

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.519
 last

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.779
 Sunday,

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:12.940
 you

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.120
 need to

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.279
 make

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.559
 money.

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:15.759
 Maybe

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:15.940
 you're

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.180
 here

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.319
 and

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.559
 it's

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:16.700
 just

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:16.840
 a

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.000
 point

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.100
 of

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.600
 obedience

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.000
 for

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.259
 you.

00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:19.840
 You

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:19.960
 just

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.100
 need

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.140
 to

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.240
 do

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.380
 what

00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:20.539
 God

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.799
 tells

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:20.920
 you

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.039
 to

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.220
 do

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.220


00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.579
 God

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:21.819
 may

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:21.980
 be

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.000
!

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.180
 telling

00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.299
 you

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:53.279
 to

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.279
 because

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:54.399
 of

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:54.539
 what

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.819
 Christ

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:54.980
 did

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.160
 for

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.279
 us

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.399
 on

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.500
 the

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:55.859
 cross.

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.960
 A

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.359
 humble

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:01.139
 broken

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.619
 spirit

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:03.279
 can be

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.619
 healed

00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:04.980
 by

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.259
 such

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.599
 mouth.

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.480
 We

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.680
 bring

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:07.819
 your

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.379
 brokenness

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.700
 to you.

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.899
 Heavenly

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.139
 Father,

00:33:11.240 --> 00:33:11.500
 I love

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.799
 you.

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.420
 And I

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.779
 thank you

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.059
 for the

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.379
 hard

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:15.759
 lessons

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.299
 that you

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.619
 teach

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:16.920
 us.

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.420
 Sometimes

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.259
 not

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.619
 exactly

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:18.899
 the way

00:33:18.899 --> 00:33:19.079
 we

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.319
 wish

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.720
 you would.

00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:22.220
 Help

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.399
 us

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.559
 on

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:22.899
 God.

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.599
 Take

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:24.700
 you

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:25.059
.

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.119
 Take

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.119


00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.119
 Take

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.119


00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.940
 Take

00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:28.059
 you.

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