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 going to be reading and Kirsty, so if you'd like to come up and maybe just give the reference

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 and page numbers, that'll be helpful. Thanks very much.

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 It's page 1010 in the Church Bible, Mark chapter 7 from verse 24.

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 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone

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 to know it, yet he could not keep his presence secret. In fact, as soon as she heard about him,

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 a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet.

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 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her

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 daughter. First, let the children eat all they want, he told her, for it is not right to take

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 the children's bread and toss it to their dogs. Yes, Lord, she replied, but even the dogs under

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 the table eat the children's crumbs. Then he said to her, for such a reply you may go,

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 the demon has left your daughter. She went home and found her child lying on the bed and the demon gone.

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 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and

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 into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could

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 hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man. After he took him aside, away from the

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 crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spat and touched the man's tongue. He looked up

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 to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, Ifatahata, which means, be opened. At this, the man's ears were

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 opened, his tongue was loosened, and he began to speak plainly. Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone,

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 but the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement.

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 He has done everything well, they said. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.

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 Continuing on in chapter 8. During those days, another large crowd gathered. Since they had

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 nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, I have compassion for these people.

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 They have already been with me three days and have had nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry,

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 they will collapse on the way because some of them have come a long distance. His disciples answered,

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 But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them? How many loaves do you have?

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 Jesus asked. Seven, they replied. He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the

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 seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people,

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 and they did so. They had a few small fish as well. He gave thanks for them also and told the disciples

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 to distribute them. The people ate and were satisfied. Afterwards, the disciples picked up

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 seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. About 4,000 men were present, and having sent

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 them away, he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha. The Pharisees

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 came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. He sighed deeply and said,

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 Why does this generation ask for a miraculous sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to it.

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 Then he left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side.

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 As I'm getting sorted here, there's notes and pens if anybody would like to avail of that.

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 You can just ask for it.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thanks very much.

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 Okay, well, let's pray.

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 Our Father God, we ask that you would answer the prayer that we sung a moment ago, that you would come.

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 Holy Spirit, come.

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 Breathe life into these words so that we hear your voice speaking to us.

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 So that the words that we hear from your word change us, transform us, and help us to understand who you are, the kingdom that you have come to build.

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 That we would leave as a people who are on board with your mission, with hearts that are aligned to your priorities.

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 Please do a work amongst us, we pray in Jesus. Amen.

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 Well, we reach a turning point in Mark's gospel where Jesus is moving towards a different people and into a different place.

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 Up to this point in Mark's gospel, Jesus has been primarily located around the Lake Galilee with primarily Jewish people.

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 And as he was preaching that they should repent and believe the good news.

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 And also proving through his miracles that he is God's king who has come to renew this disordered world and restore broken lives.

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 But now, look at verse 24, it tells us Jesus left that place and he went to the vicinity of Tyre.

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 This is a decisive and a deliberate move by Jesus.

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 Jesus leaves and goes to a different people.

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 He goes to the Gentiles and he goes to a different place to Tyre.

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 Jesus is on a mission to expand and to see his kingdom grow.

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 So, verse 31.

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 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and he went down through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.

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 It seems a straightforward journey that Jesus goes out, he does his work and he comes back again to Lake Galilee.

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 But the way that Jesus went, and if we had a big map here you'd be able to see it, it would be like us going to Limerick via Dublin.

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 He makes this massive big detour, this big huge horseshoe all the way out.

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 And it's telling us that Jesus is decisively and deliberately moving out to new people and he's going to new places because his kingdom is to go to all people.

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 His mission is that his kingdom would expand and that people would know about him.

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 So the question that we want to ask in all of this as we look through these three stories is to ask how does his kingdom expand?

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 How will we see it grow in places like Carigaline?

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 Well, firstly, it's an open kingdom.

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 The grace of Jesus is open to all.

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 Jesus may be going to a different place and to a different people, but the offer of Jesus remains the same.

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 Look at verse 24.

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 He entered a house and he did not want anyone to know it because he's always wanting to show who he is.

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 He doesn't want other people trying to figure it out.

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 He wants to tell them who he is.

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 But he couldn't keep his presence secret.

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 In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an evil spirit came and fell at his feet.

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 Now, this is normal ministry for Jesus, isn't it?

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 We've come across this before time and time again in Mark's Gospel.

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 It happened all the time.

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 But this time it's meant to shock us.

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 The last person who fell at Jesus' feet was Jairus.

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 He was a well-respected man within his community, president of his local church, a man with clout and influence, and he took his religion seriously.

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 But here, look at verse 26.

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 We have a woman who was a Greek.

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 That is, she's a Gentile.

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 She's unclean.

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 Born in Syrian Phoenicia, they were enemies of Jews.

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 But more importantly, they were pagans.

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 She didn't go to church.

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 She didn't have a Bible.

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 They weren't into religion.

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 All her credentials that we have before us basically disqualify her from coming to God.

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 But this woman is not going to be disqualified.

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 She is both determined and courageous.

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 Look at the rest of verse 26.

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 She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter.

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 This is like an illegal immigrant in Ireland, bursting into the offices of Enderkenny, demanding that he give them a job right now.

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 But they have no rights.

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 They disqualify at so many levels.

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 And it's the same with this woman.

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 She's got no rights.

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 But she does understand the generosity of God's grace.

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 Jesus' answer is somewhat confusing and it almost seems quite harsh.

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 Verse 27.

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 Jesus said,

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 Now Jews were considered God's children.

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 They were the insiders.

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 God's special people.

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 And they had rights to God.

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 Gentiles, on the other hand, were seen as dogs.

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 Outsiders.

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 Unclean.

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 You didn't have anything to do with those people.

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 They had no rights.

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 So Jesus is saying,

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 You can't take what rightfully belongs to the children.

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 You can't take what belongs to the Jews

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 and give it to the dogs.

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 The Gentiles.

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 The Messiah.

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 God's King who's come to renew and to restore this broken world and disordered life.

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 Well, he was sent to the Jews, not to the Gentiles.

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 So who are you coming to me asking me to do something?

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 Seems quite harsh, doesn't it?

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 But she is determined to receive God's grace.

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 Her answer is spectacular.

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 Verse 28.

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 Yes, Lord, she replied.

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 But even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs.

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 Look, Jesus.

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 You know what it's like when kids have their dinner.

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 There's a mess all over the floor.

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 And the dogs come in and they clear up the leftovers.

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 They also get to eat, don't they?

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 Literally, the dogs eat as much as they like.

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 In other words, she's grasped the fact

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 that she knows the grace of Jesus

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 is so deep

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 that there is an overflow.

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 His generosity

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 spills over to people

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 like her.

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 Verse 29.

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 So then he told her,

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 for such a reply,

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 you may go.

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 The demon has left

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 your daughter.

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 In other words,

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 she has received his grace.

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 And she went home

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 and found her child

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 lying on the bed

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 and the demon gone.

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 This woman here

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 shows us

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 how God's grace

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 is open to all.

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 He has

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 no favourites.

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 He makes

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 no distinction

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 between people.

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 Whoever you are,

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 wherever you come from,

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 whatever you've done,

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 whatever you've done

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 this week,

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 the

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 reservoir of God's grace

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 is so deep,

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 it's so wide,

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 it's so long

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 that everybody

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 is welcome

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 to come and drink

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 and be filled

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 and be satisfied

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 from his grace.

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 But why

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 did Jesus speak

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 in parables

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 to this woman?

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 Why did he not say,

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 as he had done

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 so many times before

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 to other people,

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 why didn't he just say,

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 go, your daughter is healed?

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 And that was the end

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 of it.

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 It seems that Jesus

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 is deliberately

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 making it difficult

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 for this woman

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 to receive grace.

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 Why is he doing this?

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 Well, the grace of Jesus

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 is open to everybody.

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 However, we must

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 really want it.

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 We must be both

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 courageous

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 and determined

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 in our request

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 and our desire

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 for God's grace.

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 Like this woman,

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 we too have no rights

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 to God's grace.

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 We don't deserve

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 God's grace.

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 However,

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 God's grace,

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 because of his character,

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 it is so deep

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 that there is this

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 overflow.

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 His generosity

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 spills over to people

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 like us

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 on a daily basis.

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 And so,

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 the invitation here

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 is to come

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 demanding

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 that he pour his grace

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 on us without measure.

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 We can come to him

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 insisting

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 that he fills us

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 and he satisfies us

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 with his grace.

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 Not because of who we are,

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 but because of who he is,

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 his generosity,

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 his kindness.

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 So,

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 the kingdom of God

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 is going to expand,

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 it's going to grow

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 when we come

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 like this woman

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 and receive

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 the grace

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 that Jesus

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 has to offer.

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 The second,

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 the kingdom

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 will expand

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 because

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 it's going to be revealed.

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 The touch

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 of Jesus

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 is needed

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 by all.

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 Jesus may be going

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 to different people

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 and to different places,

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 but the work

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 of Jesus

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 remains the same.

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 Look at verse 32.

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 There some people

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 brought to him

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 a man

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 who was deaf

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 and could hardly talk,

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 and they begged Jesus

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 to place his hand

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 on the man

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 just to touch him,

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 to heal him.

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 Now,

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 the place

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 where this is happening

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 and the kind

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 of person

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 that's described here

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 is full of significance.

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 We've got to understand

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 and to know

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 our Old Testament

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 to grasp

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 what is going on here.

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 So,

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 keep your finger there

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 in Mark

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 and jump back

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 to Isaiah

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 chapter 35.

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 Isaiah

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 chapter 35.

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 35.

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 The first 34 chapters,

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 this is just generally,

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 but generally,

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 the first 34 chapters

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 are all about

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 God's judgment

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 on rebellious people

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 and on the nations.

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 And included

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 is,

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 in chapter 23,

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 is this lengthy judgment

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 on Tyre

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 and Sidon,

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 the place where Jesus

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 was doing his work,

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 his ministry.

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 And then we get

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 to Isaiah

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 chapter 35

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 and we get

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 a glimpse

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 of the work

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 that God has promised

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 to do in the future.

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 And this is what we read,

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 Isaiah 35,

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 verse 1.

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 He says,

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 the desert

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 and the parched land

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 will be glad.

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 The wilderness

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 will rejoice

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 and blossom.

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 Like the crocus,

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 it will burst

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 into bloom.

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 It will rejoice

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 greatly

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 and shout

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 for joy.

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 This is a

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 wonderful picture

00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:03.580
 of God's

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 promised

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 restoration

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 and renewal.

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 Instead of judgment,

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 he said,

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 there's a time coming

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 when salvation

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 is going to come

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 to all people.

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 And the sign

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 that that time

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 has come,

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 look at verse 5.

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 How do we know

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 that salvation

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 has come?

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 He tells us,

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 verse 5,

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 then the eyes

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 of the blind

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 will be opened,

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 the ears

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 of the deaf

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 unstopped,

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 the lame

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 will leap

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 like a deer

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 and the mute

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 tongue

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 shout for joy.

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 In Mark,

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 and let's go

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 back there,

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 we find Jesus

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 walking through

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 the region

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 of Tyre

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 and Sidon

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 and what's he doing

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 as he's walking

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 around this area

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 once it had been

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 told a place

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 of judgment?

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 He's now healing

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 a deaf

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 and a mute

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 man.

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 The significance

00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:05.059
 is crystal clear.

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.759
 Jesus is doing

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 the work

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.919
 that God had

00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:08.759
 promised all

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 those years ago.

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 Jesus is God's

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 king who's

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 invaded,

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 who's intervened

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 into the world

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 and he's come

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 to restore

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 the disordered

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 world and to

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 renew broken

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 lives,

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 to bring salvation,

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 to bring grace,

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 to bring mercy

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 and he's right

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 there on their

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 patch.

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 No wonder

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 the people

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 went celebrating

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 verse 37.

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 People were

00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:32.420
 overwhelmed

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 with amazement.

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 He has done

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 everything well,

00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:37.380
 they said.

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 He even makes

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 the deaf hear

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 and the mute

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.019
 speak.

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 Jesus has

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 reached into

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 these people

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 and he's

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 touched their

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 lives and

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 he's revealed

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 the kingdom

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.779
 to them.

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:54.680
 They understand

00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.240
 who Jesus

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.039
 is.

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.680
 But why

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:04.240
 did Jesus

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.060
 heal in

00:20:05.060 --> 00:20:05.600
 this way?

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.299
 I mean,

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:08.120
 it's very

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:08.799
 strange,

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.120
 isn't it?

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 We don't read

00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.160
 about this

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.920
 all the time.

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 Coming along,

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 sticking his

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.940
 fingers in

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:15.100
 somebody's ears

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:16.900
 and then

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.740
 spitting on

00:20:17.740 --> 00:20:18.279
 his fingers

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.960
 and touching

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 somebody's tongue.

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 It's all

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.900
 rather gross,

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.539
 isn't it?

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 why does

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:24.460
 he heal

00:20:24.460 --> 00:20:24.980
 in this

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 way?

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 Well,

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:28.940
 we've got to

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 remember where

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 the disciples

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 are at.

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 Ironically,

00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.619
 the disciples

00:20:33.619 --> 00:20:34.799
 still don't

00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.779
 get who

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.740
 Jesus is.

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.359
 The woman

00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:38.859
 who we've

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.200
 met,

00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.180
 she knows

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.680
 who Jesus

00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.000
 is.

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:41.980
 She knows

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.379
 that he's

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:42.920
 overflowing

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.619
 with grace.

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 That the

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.059
 people here

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.519
 who he's

00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.000
 just healed,

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:46.500
 well,

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.879
 they've

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.279
 grasped

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.879
 who he is.

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.899
 He's God's

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.659
 promised king.

00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:51.300
 The disciples,

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:51.759
 however,

00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.279
 they've seen

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.779
 Jesus do

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:53.480
 lots of

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:53.900
 miracles.

00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:54.820
 They've heard

00:20:54.820 --> 00:20:55.240
 him teach

00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.680
 all over

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.019
 the place,

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.620
 but they

00:20:56.620 --> 00:20:57.480
 still don't

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.140
 get who

00:20:58.140 --> 00:20:58.500
 he is.

00:20:58.560 --> 00:20:58.960
 They still

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.640
 don't understand.

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.380
 In fact,

00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.920
 at the beginning

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.880
 of chapter 7,

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.900
 Jesus said to

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.060
 them,

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.940
 why are you

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.700
 so dull?

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.480
 Why are you

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.300
 so thick?

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.120
 What have I

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.720
 got to do

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.259
 for you to

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.700
 understand?

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:12.180
 So it

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.860
 seems that

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.519
 this healing

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:15.360
 here pictures

00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:16.960
 what needs

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.620
 to happen

00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:19.180
 to us

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:19.519
 all.

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:21.240
 If people

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.600
 are to

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.220
 understand

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.920
 who Jesus

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.460
 is,

00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.120
 then the

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.720
 kingdom has

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.060
 to be

00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:25.840
 revealed to

00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:25.980
 them.

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.279
 It has

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.620
 to be

00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.380
 opened up

00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:27.740
 to them.

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.740
 They must

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.539
 experience

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.380
 the touch

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:31.320
 of Jesus

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:32.160
 in their

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:32.680
 lives.

00:21:33.600 --> 00:21:34.380
 So let's

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:34.880
 look at this

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.440
 healing in

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.220
 verse 33.

00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.680
 After he

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.480
 took him

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.000
 aside,

00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:41.000
 away from

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.440
 the crowd,

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:41.759
 this is

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.320
 something very

00:21:42.320 --> 00:21:43.840
 personal and

00:21:43.840 --> 00:21:44.279
 intimate,

00:21:45.840 --> 00:21:46.640
 Jesus put

00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:47.440
 his fingers

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.680
 fingers into

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.259
 the man's

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.640
 ears.

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.259
 Then he

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.880
 spat,

00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:53.180
 and the

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.960
 translation there

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.660
 is on his

00:21:54.660 --> 00:21:55.059
 fingers,

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.000
 and then

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:57.580
 touched the

00:21:57.580 --> 00:21:58.340
 man's tongue.

00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.799
 You see,

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.779
 he can't hear

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.259
 Jesus,

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.840
 he can't

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.600
 respond to

00:22:03.600 --> 00:22:04.140
 Jesus and

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.759
 talk to him,

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.779
 so Jesus

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:07.559
 communicates by

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.180
 touch.

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:11.200
 Verse 34,

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.420
 he looked up

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:12.900
 to heaven

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.519
 and with a

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.140
 deep sigh

00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.660
 said to

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:14.940
 him,

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.500
 Ephasa,

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.480
 which means

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.680
 be opened.

00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.880
 At this,

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.920
 the man's

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.100
 ears were

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.640
 opened,

00:22:25.160 --> 00:22:25.799
 his tongue

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.940
 was opened

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.740
 or loosened,

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.580
 and he

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.259
 began to

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.759
 speak

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.080
 plainly.

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.740
 Now,

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.360
 reading this,

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.340
 I couldn't

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:39.279
 help but

00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.299
 make comparisons.

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.440
 Rebecca,

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.519
 our daughter,

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.039
 as you know,

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.900
 is deaf.

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:47.380
 She can't

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.559
 speak very

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:48.900
 well.

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.120
 She's just

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:51.500
 like this

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.660
 man in

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.400
 this story.

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.819
 And like

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.480
 the man's

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.080
 friends who

00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:57.980
 bring him

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.580
 to Jesus,

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.039
 well,

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.360
 we've brought

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:02.140
 Rebecca to

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.500
 Jesus,

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.279
 and we

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.500
 asked that

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:04.819
 he would

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.620
 heal her,

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.200
 that he

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.840
 would touch

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.120
 her.

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:10.979
 but over

00:23:10.979 --> 00:23:11.459
 time,

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:11.879
 we've

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.339
 learned to

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:14.119
 ask for

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.639
 a different

00:23:14.639 --> 00:23:15.219
 kind of

00:23:15.219 --> 00:23:15.899
 healing for

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.579
 our daughter.

00:23:17.719 --> 00:23:18.259
 Of course,

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.719
 it would be

00:23:18.719 --> 00:23:19.839
 great if

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.500
 Rebecca could

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.559
 physically hear,

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.559
 but God

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.119
 has chosen

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:24.039
 not to do

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.259
 that,

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.939
 and that's

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.239
 okay,

00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:26.119
 we've worked

00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:26.699
 through all

00:23:26.699 --> 00:23:26.959
 of that,

00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.599
 and we're

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.039
 content.

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.339
 In fact,

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.219
 we're probably

00:23:30.219 --> 00:23:30.859
 glad that he

00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.739
 hasn't,

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.199
 and you can

00:23:32.199 --> 00:23:32.839
 ask us about

00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:33.519
 that afterwards.

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.240
 But of

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.959
 far greater

00:23:35.959 --> 00:23:37.899
 importance is

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:38.519
 that Rebecca

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.639
 can hear

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.799
 spiritually.

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.720
 So we

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.559
 now come to

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.019
 God and

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.720
 we ask that

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.199
 he would

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:47.939
 reveal the

00:23:47.939 --> 00:23:49.799
 kingdom to

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.159
 her.

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.500
 Jesus,

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.139
 will you

00:23:53.139 --> 00:23:54.240
 put your

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:56.059
 fingers in

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.679
 Rebecca's

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.519
 ears and

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.899
 say,

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.220
 be opened,

00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.240
 so that

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.720
 she can

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.740
 understand

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.279
 who you

00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:03.759
 are and

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.880
 trust you

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.640
 and love

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:05.920
 you?

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.339
 Jesus,

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:08.940
 will you

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.720
 put your

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.599
 finger on

00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:11.440
 Rebecca's

00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:12.079
 tongue and

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:12.380
 say,

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:13.259
 be opened,

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.039
 so that

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.460
 she can

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.079
 begin to

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.920
 sign to

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.680
 others who

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.259
 are deaf

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:19.420
 the abundance

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.440
 of your

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.059
 grace so

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.599
 that they

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:21.960
 can be

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.339
 welcomed

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.019
 in too?

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:26.799
 Now,

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.140
 I know

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.620
 that's very

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.500
 personal for

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.700
 us,

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:30.240
 but I

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.680
 think it

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.720
 illustrates the

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.279
 prayer

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.379
 prayer of

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:34.619
 every single

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.399
 one of us

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.799
 here.

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:37.619
 Isn't that

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.059
 what we

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:39.599
 ask for

00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:40.200
 our own

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.639
 children?

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.500
 Isn't this

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.920
 what we

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.599
 want for

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.259
 our own

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.460
 family and

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.960
 for our

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.680
 own friends

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.279
 who have

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.859
 not come

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.879
 to experience

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.519
 the depth

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.899
 and the

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.539
 wonder of

00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.019
 God's

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.440
 grace,

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.960
 that he

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.819
 would put

00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.460
 his fingers

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.899
 in their

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.519
 ears and

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.819
 say,

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.899
 be opened,

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:58.300
 so that

00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:58.860
 the kingdom

00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.720
 is revealed

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.180
 to them,

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.960
 so that

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.420
 they can

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:02.620
 experience

00:25:02.620 --> 00:25:03.720
 his grace?

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.680
 The

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.440
 kingdom of

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.120
 God will

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:11.280
 expand and

00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:11.660
 it will

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:14.160
 grow when

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:15.340
 we experience

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:16.040
 the touch

00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:16.620
 of Jesus

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:18.420
 in our

00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:18.980
 lives.

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.980
 God

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.360
 will

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:23.819
 do that

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:25.539
 in people's

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:25.860
 lives,

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.559
 around our

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.220
 community.

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.259
 Well, it's

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.700
 an open

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.160
 kingdom,

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.660
 it's a

00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.079
 revealed

00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:37.500
 kingdom,

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.920
 but it's

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.480
 also a

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.960
 future

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.420
 kingdom,

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:41.680
 the feast

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.279
 of Jesus

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.059
 celebrated

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.419
 by all.

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.240
 Jesus may

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.720
 be going

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.500
 to different

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.399
 places and

00:25:48.399 --> 00:25:49.279
 to different

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.759
 people,

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.919
 but the

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:52.220
 promise of

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:53.159
 Jesus remains

00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:53.700
 the same.

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.079
 Look at

00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.019
 verse 1

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.460
 of chapter

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.879
 8, he

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.019
 says,

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.639
 during those

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.000
 days,

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.940
 another large

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.720
 crowd gathered,

00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.339
 this time it

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:02.019
 was 4,000

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.720
 people,

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.240
 that's just

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:04.679
 the men,

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.220
 maybe there

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.599
 are women

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.179
 and children

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:06.519
 there.

00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:07.759
 Since they

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.220
 had nothing

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.839
 to eat,

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.599
 Jesus called

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.220
 his disciples

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.779
 to him and

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.019
 said,

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.059
 I have

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.679
 compassion

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.220
 for these

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.720
 people.

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:15.299
 I want

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.700
 to meet

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.019
 them in

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.680
 their need.

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.519
 They have

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.160
 already been

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.680
 with me for

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.220
 three days

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.440
 and have

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.940
 had nothing

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.340
 to eat,

00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:20.980
 and if I

00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.380
 send them

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.140
 home hungry,

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.860
 they're going

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.360
 to collapse

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.880
 on the way

00:26:23.880 --> 00:26:24.539
 because some

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.240
 of them have

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:26.240
 come a long

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.700
 distance.

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.420
 Now what

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:30.140
 follows in

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.700
 this story,

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.279
 and we know

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.900
 it all so

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.200
 well,

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.840
 is quite

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.460
 remarkable.

00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.440
 It's nothing

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:36.140
 short of a

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.580
 feast.

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:37.860
 Look at

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.480
 verse 5,

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.360
 how many

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.880
 loaves do

00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.360
 you have?

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.120
 Jesus asked

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.660
 seven.

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.440
 He told

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:43.820
 the crowd

00:26:43.820 --> 00:26:44.240
 to sit

00:26:44.240 --> 00:26:44.640
 down on

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.039
 the ground

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.400
 and when

00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:45.620
 he had

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.120
 taken the

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.740
 seven loaves

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.080
 and given

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.460
 thanks,

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.259
 he broke

00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.660
 them and

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.220
 gave them

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.680
 to his

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.480
 disciples to

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.060
 set before

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.580
 the people

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.360
 and they

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:52.880
 did so.

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.500
 And they

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.019
 had a few

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.700
 small fish

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.240
 as well and

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.560
 he gave

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:56.039
 thanks for

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.779
 them also

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.460
 and he

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.080
 told the

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.820
 disciples to

00:26:58.820 --> 00:26:59.960
 distribute

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.519
 them.

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.860
 And the

00:27:01.860 --> 00:27:02.420
 people ate

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.060
 and they

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:04.140
 were satisfied.

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:05.920
 And afterwards

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.700
 the disciples

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.279
 picked up

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.000
 seven

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.460
 basketfuls

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.920
 of broken

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.720
 pieces that

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.319
 were left

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.200
 over.

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.840
 Now we

00:27:14.840 --> 00:27:15.319
 live in an

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.759
 age of

00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.220
 plenty,

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.700
 don't we?

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:18.100
 It's normal

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.700
 for us to

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.380
 have three

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.259
 good meals

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.660
 a day.

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.240
 In fact,

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:23.160
 we've got so

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.940
 much food in

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.480
 our cupboards

00:27:24.480 --> 00:27:24.799
 and our

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.180
 fridges,

00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.259
 we throw

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.720
 it away.

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.579
 These people

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.100
 that are with

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.660
 Jesus are

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.380
 used to one

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.740
 basic meal

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.500
 and even that

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.220
 was rationed.

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.579
 In fact,

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.019
 we're told

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.700
 here they

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.200
 haven't eaten

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.660
 in three

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.279
 days.

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.740
 So they're

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.500
 pretty hungry

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.059
 guys.

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.400
 So you

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:43.000
 could imagine

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.660
 what this

00:27:43.660 --> 00:27:44.259
 would have

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.920
 been like.

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.700
 Bread and

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.279
 fish,

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.500
 as much as

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.019
 you wanted.

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.120
 All you

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.680
 could eat,

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.759
 seconds and

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.400
 thirds and

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.640
 as much as

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.200
 you liked.

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.880
 To the point

00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.400
 of where it

00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:58.720
 says they

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.420
 were completely

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.400
 satisfied.

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.480
 They even

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.980
 went home

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.680
 with a doggy

00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:05.080
 bag.

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.700
 There was

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.200
 so much

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.819
 left over.

00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:08.799
 And to

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.259
 top it

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.700
 all off,

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.440
 this feast

00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:11.460
 was free,

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.539
 provided

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.240
 completely

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.360
 by Jesus.

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.019
 So what's

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.620
 going on?

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.279
 Is Jesus

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:19.860
 trying to get

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.279
 on to

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.200
 MasterChef

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.680
 or something?

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.580
 Well,

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.880
 I don't

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.319
 think so.

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.620
 Again,

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.100
 we've got

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.900
 to understand

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.700
 our Old

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.160
 Testament.

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.200
 So jump

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.660
 back to

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.180
 Isaiah

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:31.160
 chapter 25.

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.660
 Again,

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.000
 this is

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.259
 one of

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.460
 these

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.960
 little

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.500
 pictures

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.059
 amongst

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.799
 all the

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.200
 kind of

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.660
 the judgment

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.360
 that's going

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:44.799
 on that

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.240
 God is

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.799
 pronouncing.

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.480
 And we

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.860
 get this

00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.240
 wonderful

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.299
 picture of

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.380
 the new

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.360
 creation of

00:28:50.360 --> 00:28:51.319
 heaven itself,

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.940
 something that

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.559
 God is going

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.920
 to do.

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.640
 And look

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.039
 how he

00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:55.220
 describes it.

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.440
 Isaiah

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:57.819
 chapter 25

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.660
 verse 6.

00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:03.900
 On this

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.380
 mountain,

00:29:04.540 --> 00:29:04.920
 the Lord

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.480
 Almighty

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:07.300
 will prepare

00:29:07.300 --> 00:29:08.240
 a feast

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:09.480
 of rich

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:10.180
 food for

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.720
 all peoples,

00:29:12.300 --> 00:29:12.880
 a banquet

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.680
 of aged

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.200
 wine,

00:29:14.800 --> 00:29:15.380
 the best

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.960
 of meats

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.840
 and the

00:29:16.840 --> 00:29:17.540
 finest

00:29:17.540 --> 00:29:19.180
 of wines.

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.800
 And here

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:22.200
 we are

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:23.160
 in Mark's

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:23.480
 Gospel.

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.120
 Jesus has

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.820
 just prepared

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.279
 a feast

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.420
 for all

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:27.019
 these people,

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:28.140
 4,000 of

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.320
 them.

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:30.820
 And okay,

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.440
 it's bread

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.920
 and fish,

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.380
 it's a little

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.920
 bit different

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.680
 to fine

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.320
 wines and

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:35.019
 roast beef,

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.259
 but my

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.160
 word,

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.920
 this is still

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:38.360
 a feast

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:38.779
 for these

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.180
 people,

00:29:39.300 --> 00:29:39.700
 isn't it?

00:29:40.540 --> 00:29:41.320
 It's almost

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:42.000
 like an

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.820
 appetizer,

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.960
 the first

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.740
 course for

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.800
 what's to

00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:46.200
 come.

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.040
 It's a

00:29:47.040 --> 00:29:47.640
 foretaste

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.019
 of this

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.820
 much greater

00:29:48.820 --> 00:29:49.380
 promise,

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.920
 the promise

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.540
 of heaven

00:29:51.540 --> 00:29:52.019
 itself,

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:52.640
 the new

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.240
 creation,

00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:55.060
 where God's

00:29:55.060 --> 00:29:55.620
 people will

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.320
 live forever

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:56.700
 and ever

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:56.980
 and ever

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.380
 and be

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.060
 eternally

00:29:58.060 --> 00:29:58.640
 satisfied

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:58.940
 satisfied.

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.500
 But why

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:05.259
 does Jesus

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.960
 repeat this

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.640
 same miracle?

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.520
 Only

00:30:08.520 --> 00:30:09.340
 recently in

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.800
 Mark's

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.140
 Gospel,

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:10.980
 we read

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.240
 of the

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.800
 miracle of

00:30:11.800 --> 00:30:12.340
 feeding the

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:13.280
 5,000.

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:13.960
 Okay,

00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.840
 there was a

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.080
 bit of

00:30:15.080 --> 00:30:15.360
 difference,

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.660
 there were

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.320
 five loaves

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:16.740
 and two

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.360
 fish there,

00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:18.460
 but it's

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.000
 pretty much

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.540
 the same,

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:19.900
 isn't it?

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.480
 Why does

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.759
 he repeat

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.340
 the same

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:23.060
 miracle again?

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:24.919
 well,

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.419
 the one

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.659
 big difference

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.539
 between these

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.179
 two miracles

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:28.960
 is his

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.639
 audience.

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.740
 Earlier,

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:32.279
 the people

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.759
 were all

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.059
 Jewish.

00:30:34.419 --> 00:30:35.259
 This time,

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.779
 he's in a

00:30:35.779 --> 00:30:36.440
 different place

00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:36.940
 with different

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.379
 people.

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.240
 They're all

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.819
 Gentiles,

00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.299
 they're all

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.000
 outsiders,

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.519
 they're all

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.240
 unclean,

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:41.899
 they're all

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.359
 pagans,

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.799
 they're people

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.139
 who don't

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.759
 go to church

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.019
 and they

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.619
 don't read

00:30:44.619 --> 00:30:45.240
 their Bible.

00:30:46.879 --> 00:30:47.440
 In other

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.700
 words,

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.099
 he's saying

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.379
 to them,

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:49.100
 I am

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.640
 providing

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.340
 a feast.

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.600
 The feast

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.140
 of heaven

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:53.580
 which is

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.160
 promised for

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:54.900
 you is

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.540
 open to

00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:56.600
 all people.

00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.360
 I don't

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.000
 care who

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.420
 you are

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:58.640
 or where

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.020
 you come

00:30:59.020 --> 00:30:59.300
 from,

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.460
 it's open

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:00.900
 to you

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.300
 all.

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.980
 In fact,

00:31:03.060 --> 00:31:03.380
 it's the

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:04.080
 kind of

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.680
 feast that

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.420
 we all

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.540
 long for.

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.500
 Again,

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:07.840
 look at

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.280
 Isaiah

00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:09.500
 chapter 25

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.280
 verse 7.

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.900
 He says

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.520
 it's a feast

00:31:12.520 --> 00:31:13.100
 for all

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.660
 peoples.

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.880
 On this

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.460
 mountain

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.600
 he will

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.660
 destroy the

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.340
 shroud

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:19.319
 that

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.139
 enfolds

00:31:20.139 --> 00:31:20.679
 all

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.039
 people.

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:21.279
 This

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:22.159
 blanket

00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.539
 if you

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.720
 like

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:22.919
 that

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.379
 covers

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.779
 people

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.019
 with

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.439
 darkness.

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.079
 The

00:31:25.079 --> 00:31:25.399
 sheet

00:31:25.399 --> 00:31:25.659
 that

00:31:25.659 --> 00:31:26.079
 covers

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.779
 all

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.299
 nations.

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.799
 He will

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.559
 swallow

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.039
 up

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.480
 death

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.279
 forever.

00:31:31.699 --> 00:31:31.879
 The

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.240
 sovereign

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.679
 Lord

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:32.980
 will

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.459
 wipe

00:31:33.459 --> 00:31:33.799
 away

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.059
 the

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.519
 tears

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.159
 from

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.639
 all

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:35.839
 their

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.199
 faces.

00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:36.619
 He

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:36.819
 will

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.379
 remove

00:31:37.379 --> 00:31:37.639
 the

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.299
 disgrace

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.959
 of

00:31:38.959 --> 00:31:39.139
 his

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:39.539
 people

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.859
 from

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.279
 all

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:40.459
 the

00:31:40.459 --> 00:31:40.720
 earth.

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.199
 The

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.699
 Lord

00:31:41.699 --> 00:31:42.720
 has

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.659
 spoken.

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.679
 This

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:46.199
 promised

00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:46.559
 feast

00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:46.779
 will

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.119
 include

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.480
 people

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.079
 of all

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.700
 nations

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.279
 regardless

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.140
 of race

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:52.360
 or religion.

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.700
 And he's

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.220
 making it

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:55.059
 crystal clear

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.700
 that it's

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.180
 for people

00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.680
 like you

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.059
 and me

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:58.019
 who mess

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.440
 up and

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.339
 who fail

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.140
 all the

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.519
 time.

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.259
 And it's

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.799
 going to be a

00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.400
 feast that's

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.839
 going to be

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:04.140
 celebrated with

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.620
 life.

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.059
 Because he

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.620
 says here

00:32:06.620 --> 00:32:07.640
 death is

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:08.180
 going to be

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.799
 swallowed up

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.460
 forever.

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:09.579
 forever.

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:15.160
 And living

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.640
 in a

00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.279
 broken

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:18.480
 world

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.920
 where

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.680
 death

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.880
 sometimes

00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:22.079
 invades

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.720
 not just

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.259
 to old

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.720
 people

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.400
 but as

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.720
 we were

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.200
 reminded

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.279
 today

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:28.279
 sometimes

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.120
 to little

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:29.579
 people.

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.120
 But the

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.539
 promise

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.120
 in the

00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:34.440
 midst

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.120
 of all

00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:35.360
 the

00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:36.019
 brokenness

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.380
 that we

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.539
 are

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:37.140
 surrounded

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:37.520
 with

00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:38.580
 day in

00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:39.400
 day out.

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.600
 Here is

00:32:41.600 --> 00:32:42.160
 a feast

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:43.820
 where he

00:32:43.820 --> 00:32:44.700
 will swallow

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.280
 up death

00:32:45.280 --> 00:32:45.800
 forever

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:47.320
 and the

00:32:47.320 --> 00:32:47.720
 sovereign

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.180
 Lord

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:49.600
 will wipe

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.120
 away the

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.720
 tears

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.280
 from all

00:32:52.280 --> 00:32:53.080
 their faces.

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.700
 A feast

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.460
 filled with

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.180
 joy and

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.660
 happiness

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:59.920
 because there

00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:00.440
 is no more

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:00.960
 pain

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.700
 and no more

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.700
 heartaches.

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.720
 And this

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.060
 is the

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.759
 Jesus who

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.279
 has come

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.779
 into this

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.119
 world

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.940
 who has

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.539
 invaded

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.140
 into our

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:10.640
 lives

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.819
 to offer

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.720
 this future

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.240
 feast

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.740
 promised

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.079
 to all

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.700
 his people.

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.619
 The

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.319
 kingdom of

00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:19.900
 God will

00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.579
 expand

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:22.519
 when we

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.220
 anticipate

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.779
 and look

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.299
 forward

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.599
 to the

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.000
 feast

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.259
 that Jesus

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.819
 has to

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.140
 offer.

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:32.319
 This is

00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:34.039
 three stories

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:35.819
 combined

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:35.839
 combined

00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.980
 together

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:38.720
 showing us

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.339
 that Jesus

00:33:39.339 --> 00:33:40.339
 is continually

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:41.379
 moving out

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.519
 to different

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.159
 people and

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.980
 different places.

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.460
 We're never

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.359
 meant to be

00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:47.059
 stuck in the

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.799
 one place

00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:49.099
 and with the

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.920
 same people.

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.519
 We've got a

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.139
 kingdom to

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.420
 build.

00:33:53.139 --> 00:33:53.639
 A kingdom

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.079
 where the

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.619
 grace of

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.159
 God will

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.599
 flow.

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.500
 The kingdom

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:57.159
 that is going

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:58.000
 to be revealed

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.579
 as Jesus

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.399
 touches people

00:33:59.400 --> 00:33:59.740
 alive.

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.880
 The kingdom

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.500
 will grow

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.560
 as this

00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:03.120
 feast is

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:04.200
 being celebrated

00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.019
 right now

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.700
 by people

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.400
 like you

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.440
 and me.

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.300
 We need

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.820
 to pray

00:34:09.820 --> 00:34:10.559
 that God

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.160
 will build

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.900
 his kingdom

00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.840
 through us

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:15.160
 and be

00:34:15.160 --> 00:34:15.900
 pleased to

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.559
 see many

00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:17.139
 people

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:18.300
 welcomed

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:18.599
 in.

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:20.019
 Let's pray

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.880
 together.

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:43.059
 Our Father

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.559
 God, we

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.119
 thank you

00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:44.579
 that in

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.380
 your generosity

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.039
 and in

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.579
 your goodness

00:34:46.579 --> 00:34:48.920
 you have

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.639
 reached out

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:50.420
 to people

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:52.039
 like us.

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:55.280
 Different

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:55.800
 people

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.480
 represented

00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:56.920
 here

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.940
 from

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.300
 different

00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:58.920
 places.

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.860
 But yet

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:01.240
 you have

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:01.559
 made it

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.099
 your business

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.780
 to reach

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.220
 out to

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.619
 us.

00:35:04.660 --> 00:35:05.559
 To welcome

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.139
 us into

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.900
 your kingdom.

00:35:10.680 --> 00:35:11.480
 To be

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.980
 satisfied

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.960
 with your

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:13.420
 grace.

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:13.840
 To be

00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:14.260
 filled

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:14.760
 with it.

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.980
 Thank you

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.400
 that you

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.200
 have revealed

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:19.420
 the kingdom

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.300
 to us.

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.860
 That you've

00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:22.340
 opened up

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.019
 our ears

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.980
 to understand.

00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.680
 And please

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:25.980
 would you

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.420
 open up

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.180
 our mouths

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:27.700
 and our

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.360
 lives

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.420
 so that

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:29.740
 we will

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.500
 speak the

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:30.800
 kingdom

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:32.200
 to other

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.599
 people.

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:35.240
 And we

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.780
 thank you

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.220
 that we

00:35:36.220 --> 00:35:36.700
 have a

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:37.140
 future

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:38.539
 to look

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.220
 forward to.

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.880
 A great

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.300
 feast.

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.480
 We long

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.920
 for that

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.240
 day.

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.720
 And please

00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.200
 keep us

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:47.620
 faithful

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:49.559
 and please

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.320
 help us

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:51.180
 to be about

00:35:51.180 --> 00:35:52.780
 your work

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.660
 and the

00:35:53.660 --> 00:35:54.180
 building of

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.740
 your kingdom

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:56.179
 until that

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.879
 day comes.

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.119
 In Jesus'

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.539
 name.

00:35:59.479 --> 00:35:59.859
 Amen.

00:35:59.859 --> 00:36:00.000
 Amen.

00:36:10.899 --> 00:36:11.799
 We're going

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:12.759
 to sing

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:15.579
 something that

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.559
 reflects really

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.119
 what we've

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:18.119
 been looking

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.399
 at.

00:36:18.479 --> 00:36:19.299
 Your glorious

00:36:19.299 --> 00:36:20.599
 cause, oh

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:21.939
 God, engages

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.700
 our hearts.

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.099
 It's all

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.539
 about the

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.860
 kingdom

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:25.179
 growing, the

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.480
 kingdom

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.619
 expanding, and

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.559
 God using

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.320
 people like

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:28.780
 us who

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:28.940
 have

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.780
 experienced

00:36:29.780 --> 00:36:30.659
 it in

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.039
 our own

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.800
 lives, that

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.179
 we would

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.800
 go and be

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.380
 about his

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:34.659
 work.

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.340
 Let's stand

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:36.579
 together as

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:36.980
 we sing.

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.320
 Amen.

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.980
 Amen.

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.159
 Amen.

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:40.880
 Amen.

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.119
 Amen.

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.820
 Amen.

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.579
 Amen.

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.079
 Amen.

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.679
 Amen.

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.079
 Amen.

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.700
 Amen.

00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:45.139
 Amen.

00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:46.119
 Amen.

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.420
 Amen.

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.440
 Amen.

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.159
 Amen.

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.700
 Amen.

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:51.320
 Amen.

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:51.519
 Amen.

00:36:51.519 --> 00:37:02.519
 Your glorious Father God

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:06.239
 Engages our hearts

00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:11.360
 May Jesus Christ be known

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:15.039
 Wherever we are

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:21.199
 We ask not for ourselves

00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:25.199
 For your renown

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:29.199
 The cross was made

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:31.199
 So we pray

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:37.199
 So we are not

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:43.359
 Let your kingdom come

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:47.199
 Let your will be done

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:55.199
 That every heart might know your name

00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:01.199
 Let your song be heard

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:05.199
 Everywhere I heard

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:09.199
 But your song be

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:11.199
 On this gift of life

00:38:11.199 --> 00:38:15.199
 And the kingdom come

00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:17.199
 The kingdom come

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:25.199
 Give us your strength

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:37.199
 Give us your strength

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.199
 Oh God

00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:43.199
 The will you do

00:38:43.199 --> 00:38:49.199
 Perform your wondrous deeds

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:53.199
 And also our will be

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:55.199
 Lord Jesus

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:57.199
 Lord Jesus

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:59.199
 Lord Jesus

00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:01.199
 Lord Jesus

00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:03.199
 Lord Jesus

00:39:03.199 --> 00:39:05.199
 Lord Jesus

00:39:05.199 --> 00:39:07.199
 Lord Jesus

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.199
 Lord Jesus