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 of thousands of refugees in camps all around Central Europe and maybe we think well that story

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! sounds more fitting for there rather than for us here in nice comfortable relatively affluent

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! Edinburgh. But when we recognize the reality that desperation takes many forms then I think we begin to see

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! that there is relevance for us.

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 as we are invited to recognize that the God who sees is the God of compassion.

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 As Calvin put it, the Christ who put on our feelings also put on our flesh.

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 So God's willing to meet our desperation with this compassion and we're going to see that

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 and the second and it's related truth for ourselves is that God is ready to meet our lack with his

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 overflowing grace. And again this is a pattern we see it in this one woman's story but it's a pattern we

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 see and we could trace all through the Bible that God often chooses to demonstrate his grace and his

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 power in the context of our weakness. To show to us and to show to the world that our life depends on God.

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 That the life of faith is a daily and a constantly placing our weak hands into God's almighty hand.

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 It is about learning to discover and to rediscover that God is glorious and God is good.

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 So you and I, we need this little story and the truths that it conveys and we need to claim the truths of this story for our lives.

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 So let's get into the first couple of verses and help us to recognize that God meets desperation with his compassion.

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 Because what we see is a human tragedy developing.

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 So there's a company of the prophets and we've encountered them before and a wife from one of the prophets comes

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 and explains to us the extent of the tragedy that is beginning to develop.

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 So her husband, the prophet has died and he has died leaving a debt of some kind significant enough

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 that the creditor is now claiming the debt. She cannot pay the debt and so what's going to happen

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 is that her two sons are going to be sold into slavery. And standing behind all that is the reality that this

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 woman appears to be going through all this by herself. And we say this because in the Old Testament,

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 there were poor laws that spoke about the help that a community would provide.

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 And in particular, it spoke to us of a kinsman redeemer, that within God's Old Testament law,

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 there was provision for a family member who would take responsibility for settling debts.

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 There is no kinsman redeemer here. And so in desperation, her faith cries out to Elisha,

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 to the Lord's prophet. She has nothing. Her only hope rests in God.

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 And what's Elisha's response to this situation?

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 How can I help you?

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 He is God's man and he has God's heart and he longs to help. His heart is moved instinctively with compassion

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 for this woman of God in her suffering.

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 As I was thinking about this story, I remembered back in, I think it was 2012,

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 teaching the story of the Good Samaritan to a group of Chinese students who had never heard it before.

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 And as we were talking about what Jesus teaches about if you see someone on the road,

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 you know, that invitation to help and to use one's resources, they were sharing a story, a true story,

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 that had happened in their country in 2011. It became a huge story across all the news networks of

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 a little girl in a busy market who was knocked over by a van, not just once, but twice.

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 And over the course of some 10 or 15 minutes, multiple people who had witnessed what happened,

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 they did nothing. And so it led to the country asking big questions of themselves. Why did people

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 not get involved? How could people just walk by as if nothing had ever happened?

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 God's man is not unconcerned. God's prophet is willing to enter in. And this speaks hope to the women,

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 because now she knows she will have access to God in her troubles. It's wonderful to look at the life

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 of Elisha and to recognize that Elisha mirrors for us the compassion of God. In Exodus chapter 34,

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 when Moses says to God, God, show me yourself. God says, no one can see my glory and live,

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 but here's what I'll do. I'll tell you my name. I'll tell you my character. And as God begins to talk

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 about what he is like, he says, I am the Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God.

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 And as we read, for example, the book of Exodus, it's the compassion of God that explains why he

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 acted to redeem his people from slavery. It is God's compassion that moved him to respond

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 to their cries of misery and their distress, sending Moses to be a deliverer, working those great miracles

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 of his power so that the people of God would be free to know their God and to know the heart of their God,

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 that he is compassionate. It's the same God who established within the Old Testament those poor laws

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 that express the particular care that God has for widows and orphans for the weak and the helpless and that he

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 expects the people of God to have. In the New Testament, the religion that God approves of

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 is when we care for the widow and the orphan, because then the people of God are reflecting a heart like his.

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 But to think still further, the emotional response of Elisha in this woman's story speaks to us again of the emotional life of the Lord Jesus.

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 If you want to read a good essay on that, B.B. Warfield has a wonderful essay on the emotional life of the Lord Jesus.

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 But to think about the Gospels, we read the stories of the life of Jesus and we see the compassion that he had for huge crowds.

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 Sometimes he sees the crowds and he has compassion and so what he does is he heals all the sick within the crowd.

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 Sometimes he sees the crowd and he has compassion so that he feeds them because they're hungry.

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 Sometimes he has compassion and he teaches them because he sees them as like sheep without a shepherd.

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 They are ignorant. They don't know the way back to God and so he teaches.

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 But sometimes too we see in the Gospels that Jesus has compassion on individuals.

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 So he walks along a road and he sees a funeral procession and here is a widow who has lost her son and the son is in the coffin

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 and Jesus stops the procession, touches the coffin and commands the boy to live.

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 Or another time, a desperate father comes with a young son who's been possessed by a demon that is trying to destroy him

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 and Jesus, moved with compassion, drives out the demon.

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 Or as the lepers, those untouchables who had to stay a great distance from other people,

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 as they cried out to Jesus for help,

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 it was compassion that saw Jesus move towards them and touch them and heal them.

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 Our Savior has a heart of compassion and that compassion leads to action.

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 And we can go further as well and recognize that in the heart of the Gospel,

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 there is compassion for a lost and a broken and a sinful world.

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 To think about that great parable of the Good Samaritan is to recognize that in the Gospel,

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 Jesus becomes for us the Great Samaritan.

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 He sees our misery, our desperation.

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 And of course, when we look honestly at the Bible and our own lives,

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 we realize that our spiritual misery is actually a mess of our own making.

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 Because we are the ones who have turned our back on God.

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 We are those who are treating God shamefully.

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 Yet the Holy Lord Jesus, who could have stayed at a distance,

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 passed by on the other side, he enters in.

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 And his heart of compassion, his holding nothing back commitment to be a Savior,

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 leads him to go to the cross to give his life in our place to pay the ransom price.

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 God meets desperation with his compassion.

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 It's in his nature and it's the heart of the Gospel.

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 But I think it's worth us taking a little sort of pause and a little sidebar at this point.

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 Because we need to recognize that what's true for this woman is not true for every person.

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 Our God is in control of all things.

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 Nothing happens apart from his will.

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 And our God is good all the time.

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 But yet even within our story, there is a point of tension.

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 Because we have a prophet and we're told that he revered the Lord.

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 He honored the Lord.

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 That was what he lived for.

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 But he has died and his family are suffering.

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 And that at least invites us to consider that painful mystery that has always probably provided questions for people of faith and people without faith.

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 Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?

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 Why does he allow bad things to happen to his people?

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 You know, in this story and in every miracle story that we read in the Bible,

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 the God of compassion acts in a particular way to bring a particular deliverance,

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 to bring an immediate end to the desperation,

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 to draw them out of the miry clay.

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 But you and I know that's not always the case.

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 And part of the life of faith is wrestling with those things that we know to be true while living in the tension of the way life is,

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 to trust that God is good.

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 That this one who reveals himself as gracious and compassionate,

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 he will either, because he must be faithful to himself and to his people,

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 he will either take us out of the trouble that we are in,

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 or he will and he must be with us to give us grace,

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 even for as long as he leaves us in those trials and troubles.

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 But in this woman's story,

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 the compassion on display will lead to complete transformation.

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 But here's why I think you and I need to hear this story.

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 Firstly, because we need to remind ourselves

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 some truths about God.

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 The first time God is named by a human being,

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 in the book of Genesis, Hagar,

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 who's in desperate trouble,

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 and God came and spoke and delivered and gave hope.

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 And she said,

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 you're the God who sees me.

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 God says,

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 I see you.

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 And he knows where our troubles are.

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 He knows that desperation takes many forms.

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 Our story is not this woman's story.

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 And the God who is altogether wise,

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 he knows exactly the trials and the troubles

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 that you and I are facing.

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 Now, they may not mirror the size and the complexity of her story,

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 but they are real nonetheless.

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 Perhaps it's loneliness and isolation.

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 Perhaps you find yourself in a city and full of crowds,

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 but you feel alone.

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 You're desperate for friendship.

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 Maybe your trouble is rejection or bullying.

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 Maybe you find yourself excluded because of faith.

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 Maybe persecuted online for your beliefs.

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 And it hurts.

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 Maybe it's in the workplace

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 or where you study or go to school.

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 Maybe you're struggling to keep up with the workload.

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 Maybe you're kind of breaking under the burdens of responsibilities.

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 Maybe it's uncertainty about the future.

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 Career prospects.

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 Maybe it's a very basic fear and anxiety.

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 When the guys from Solace come on Friday night in November,

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 they'll be asking the question,

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 is there any hope for the future?

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 Maybe that's a question we find ourselves asking.

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 Well, the God who sees us is the God who says to us,

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 come to me.

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 Cry out to me in faith.

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 Ask Jesus.

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 Help me.

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 God also is saying to us through this story

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 and through what we discover in the Bible,

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 he's saying to us,

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 see my heart.

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 Learn to trust in my character.

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 To fix our eyes by faith on Jesus

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 who is described as our sympathetic high priest.

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 Don't believe the lie

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 that God is too distant,

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 that God is too big,

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 that God is too busy for the likes of me and you.

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 Don't tell yourself,

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 my troubles don't really matter to God.

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 I shouldn't really bother God with this.

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 And certainly don't say,

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 I should be able to deal with this by myself.

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 God wants to supply grace at all times,

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 in all circumstances,

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 in all our weakness.

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 Rather,

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 see the compassion of Jesus in the gospels.

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 See the compassionate Savior on the cross

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 and know his heart in heaven is unchanged.

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 He still loves us.

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 He still,

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 as we thought about this morning,

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 pours out the Spirit on his people.

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 There is grace for us from Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 But I think God is also saying

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 to us as his church,

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 it's something about Elisha.

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 And I think God says to his church

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 through this story,

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 you go be my hands and feet.

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 I've been tidying up my bookshelves recently

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 and I came across an old book that my auntie,

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 some of you might know my auntie,

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 Katie Ann McKinnon.

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 She wrote a book called Love Breaks Through.

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 It's a really lovely book.

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 It's a really lovely title.

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 She went to Kenya as a nurse

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 and set up lots of baby homes and orphanages.

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 And what a wonderful mission

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 for a follower of Jesus

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 to let God's love break through.

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 To let the light of God's love

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 break through and into the darkness

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 and despair that people face.

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 Just like Elisha,

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 confronted by human suffering,

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 to see and to feel

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 and to act for Jesus,

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 following the pattern of Jesus.

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 What that looks like

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 will look very different for us all.

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 We won't go and set up baby homes in Kenya

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 or to think about Adam.

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 You know, we might not have a ministry

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 to refugee camps and medical ministry.

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 We all have our own circles.

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 We have our own particular communities.

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 We have our own gifts and abilities.

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 But there are things in common

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 by way of responding.

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 I think one of them

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 is the need for us to slow down.

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 To try and build some margins.

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 Perhaps to go unplugged

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 so that we can see

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 the people who are in front of us.

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 And to see the people in front of us

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 as people made in God's image.

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 People who matter to God.

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 It will help us to help others

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 if we are regularly reflecting on

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 the compassion of God for us in the gospel.

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 That's what will stop us becoming weary

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 or cynical or just saying

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 the job is too much.

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 If we recognize that God stopped at nothing

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 to love us and to save us

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 and to bring us to himself.

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 As we've been thinking from the book of Acts,

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 we need to rely on the spirit

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 to both guide our steps,

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 to guide our conversations,

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 and to give us the power

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 and the wisdom that we need

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 to know how best we can help.

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 We need to ask

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 for an increasing desire

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 to give God glory

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 in our lives

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 in this way

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 by following the pattern

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 that he says.

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 Because in this story,

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 it's God through his prophet Elisha

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 who meets desperation

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 with his compassion.

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 Well, let's think secondly

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 about another reality

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 we see in the story,

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 and it's this,

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 that God meets our lack

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 with his overflowing grace.

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 There's a quote from J.C. Royal

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 that I really appreciate

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 to do with friendship.

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 A friend is someone

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 who halves our sorrows

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 and doubles our joys.

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 And just think about

00:20:04.719 --> 00:20:06.139
 an experience perhaps

00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:07.339
 you have had

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 of going through a hard time

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 and a friend comes to the door

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 and they sit

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 and they spend time with you.

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 Or they cook

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 or they provide a meal for you.

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 Or they send you a message

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 and they tell you

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 you're praying for you.

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 Or they stand by you

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 and for you.

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 When we've had that experience,

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 we understand

00:20:30.439 --> 00:20:31.119
 that friendship,

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 friendship,

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:33.259
 and Christian friendship

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 is a wonderful gift

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.859
 to receive,

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 which also makes it

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 a wonderful gift

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 to give.

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 But to come back

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 to our story,

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 the impression

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.919
 that we are given

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.699
 is that this woman

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 has no one.

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:52.639
 She has no friend

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:54.439
 to stand by her

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 until Elisha steps in.

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 And so we get

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.419
 this beautiful truth

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 of here is God's prophet,

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 here is the one

00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.799
 who represents God

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.620
 in the world

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:04.059
 and God through Elisha

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:05.279
 becomes a true friend

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 to the helpless.

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 Again,

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:10.380
 illustrating what the Bible

00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:10.960
 teaches,

00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.400
 that God's strength

00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:14.259
 is made perfect

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.960
 in human weakness.

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 The story reveals it

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 in a different way.

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 You know,

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.720
 to read the Old Testament,

00:21:19.820 --> 00:21:20.340
 you discover

00:21:20.340 --> 00:21:21.500
 that God's people,

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.299
 there were battles

00:21:22.299 --> 00:21:23.220
 that they won

00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:23.860
 that only God

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.880
 could win for them.

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 Go to the Gospels,

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 there are healings

00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:28.379
 that people experience

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.599
 that only Jesus

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:31.079
 could give to them.

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.339
 This woman finds

00:21:34.339 --> 00:21:35.119
 a help and a friend

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 that only God

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 could be and give.

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.160
 She discovers

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.920
 that God

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:42.059
 is an incredibly

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:44.400
 generous giver.

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 The God

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:48.139
 who pours out

00:21:48.139 --> 00:21:48.920
 his spirit

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:50.019
 on his people

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 like a monsoon rain

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 is the God

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:56.220
 that David celebrates

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 in Psalm 23

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 of the overflowing cup

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 of goodness

00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:01.279
 and mercy.

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.220
 Now we see

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:05.000
 he's the God

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:06.339
 of overflowing grace

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:07.759
 as the oil

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:09.059
 continues to flow.

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.099
 So to just pick up

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:12.420
 our story again,

00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:14.500
 Elisha asks the woman

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.299
 in verse 2

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.640
 about her resources

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 and he discovers

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 your servant

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 has nothing

00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:20.539
 except a small jar

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.700
 of olive oil,

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.680
 just a little jar

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.220
 of oil.

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.500
 A few weeks ago now

00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.120
 we were in

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:27.480
 the life of Elijah

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:29.340
 and Elijah

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:30.039
 was sent

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:32.120
 to a widow's

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.600
 home

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:34.160
 to be provided

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.680
 for

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.519
 in a time

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.080
 of famine

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:37.539
 by a woman

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:37.880
 who has

00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:38.500
 just a little

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.460
 olive oil

00:22:39.460 --> 00:22:40.539
 and just a little

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.100
 bit of flour

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.779
 and again

00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.759
 God miraculously

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.840
 provided food

00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.940
 for her family

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:46.279
 and for Elisha.

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.380
 It's happening

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.600
 again.

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.900
 Notice in verse 3

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.700
 and 4 that she's

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.600
 called to

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:54.220
 exercise faith.

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:56.300
 This is a moment

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:57.259
 that's going to be

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.100
 public because she

00:22:58.100 --> 00:22:58.960
 has to go around

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.100
 and ask all her

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.900
 neighbors for

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:02.759
 empty jars.

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.420
 Why do you want

00:23:04.420 --> 00:23:05.060
 my jars?

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:06.400
 Surely someone's

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.880
 going to ask

00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:07.340
 well it's because

00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.040
 the prophet has

00:23:08.040 --> 00:23:09.180
 come and he said

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.660
 I need to get

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.400
 the jars and if

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 I get the jars

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.220
 then my tiny little

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.880
 jar is going to

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.840
 fill them all.

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.320
 God's going to

00:23:15.320 --> 00:23:15.980
 look after me.

00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:17.420
 She's exercising

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.900
 faith in her

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:20.120
 community

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:22.259
 and as she

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.039
 is invited

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.800
 to go

00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:24.740
 and collect

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 and then to

00:23:25.360 --> 00:23:26.240
 pour and to

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:26.720
 fill

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.759
 she's invited

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.519
 to take God

00:23:28.519 --> 00:23:29.279
 at his word.

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 Just like

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.400
 Elijah's widow

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:33.500
 just like

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.140
 when Jesus

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:35.420
 turned water

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:35.960
 into wine

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.420
 remember that

00:23:36.420 --> 00:23:37.200
 first miracle

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:38.060
 where he reveals

00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:38.779
 his glory

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:40.340
 the servants

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.759
 are taking

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.700
 these massive

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:43.100
 jars of water

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:44.480
 to the master

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.279
 of ceremonies

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.539
 taking Jesus

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.480
 at his word

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.240
 that by the time

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.880
 it arrives

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.519
 and by the time

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.259
 it's drawn out

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.079
 it's going to be

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.440
 wine

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.279
 and it is

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.579
 and it's the

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.200
 very best

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:55.019
 of wine.

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:57.120
 So we see in

00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:58.240
 verse 5 and 6

00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.240
 her obedience

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:02.079
 she left him

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.720
 and shut the door

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.240
 behind her

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.799
 and her sons

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.220
 they brought

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.000
 the jars to her

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.599
 and she kept

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.039
 pouring

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:07.559
 when all the jars

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.000
 were full

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.660
 she said to her

00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.140
 son bring me

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.599
 another one

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.640
 but he replied

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.319
 there's not a jar

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.819
 left

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.759
 then the oil

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.380
 stopped

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.279
 flowing.

00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:17.039
 And then we see

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.759
 the outcome

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.880
 and we see

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.259
 the wonderful

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.140
 overflowing

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.839
 nature of

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.880
 God's grace

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.980
 so she goes

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.579
 to tell

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.180
 Elisha

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.720
 and Elisha

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.380
 said go

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:26.720
 sell the oil

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.620
 pay your debts

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.120
 you and your

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.920
 sons can live

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.860
 on what is

00:24:29.860 --> 00:24:30.380
 left.

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.480
 God doesn't

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.420
 just give

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.380
 her enough

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.500
 to pay off

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.960
 the debts

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.680
 to stop

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.880
 the slavery

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:40.660
 God goes

00:24:40.660 --> 00:24:41.099
 above and

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:41.599
 beyond.

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.120
 Debts are

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.620
 paid

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.459
 and there's

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:44.799
 plenty

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.339
 left to

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.839
 live on.

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.179
 God's

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:48.679
 miracle

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.979
 shows the

00:24:49.979 --> 00:24:50.339
 women's

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.839
 lack

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.819
 being met

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.599
 by a

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.039
 generous

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.739
 outpouring

00:24:53.739 --> 00:24:54.500
 of grace.

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.179
 And this

00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:56.519
 absolutely

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.419
 prepares us

00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:58.019
 for the

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.459
 story of

00:24:58.459 --> 00:24:58.759
 the Lord

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.119
 Jesus

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.439
 and the

00:24:59.439 --> 00:24:59.659
 way

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.459
 Jesus

00:25:00.459 --> 00:25:01.439
 operates.

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.479
 So remember

00:25:02.479 --> 00:25:03.759
 Mark chapter

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.439
 six

00:25:04.439 --> 00:25:05.119
 Jesus

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.959
 asks

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:07.180
 the

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.000
 disciples

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.779
 there's

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:08.940
 this

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.259
 great

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.519
 big

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.900
 hungry

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.380
 crowd

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:10.840
 he

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.039
 asked

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.140
 them

00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.299
 what

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.440
 do

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.559
 you

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:11.980
 have

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:14.180
 five

00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.539
 loaves

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.759
 and we

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:14.940
 have

00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:15.620
 two

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.100
 fish

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:18.240
 how will

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.759
 that do

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.120
 for

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.759
 feeding

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.180
 such a

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.380
 great

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.860
 crowd

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.539
 God

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:21.819
 then Jesus

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.579
 prays

00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:23.399
 and one

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:23.679
 loaf

00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.139
 becomes a

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.399
 thousand

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.819
 meals.

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.079
 That's

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.639
 generous

00:25:26.639 --> 00:25:27.179
 grace.

00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:29.899
 Or to

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.279
 think about

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.599
 another

00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.219
 story

00:25:31.219 --> 00:25:32.519
 to think

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:32.899
 about the

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:34.119
 time when

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.459
 Jairus

00:25:35.459 --> 00:25:36.839
 an official

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.539
 came to

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.119
 meet Jesus

00:25:38.119 --> 00:25:38.699
 and fell

00:25:38.699 --> 00:25:38.959
 at his

00:25:38.959 --> 00:25:39.240
 feet

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.439
 to tell

00:25:40.439 --> 00:25:40.799
 Jesus

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.199
 that his

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.500
 daughter

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:41.719
 was

00:25:41.719 --> 00:25:42.099
 seriously

00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:42.500
 ill

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.899
 and then

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.399
 a message

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.759
 comes

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.419
 later

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:46.740
 from the

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.299
 servants at

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.500
 home

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:48.039
 don't bother

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.420
 Jesus

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.899
 anymore

00:25:48.899 --> 00:25:49.159
 because

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:49.299
 your

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.619
 daughter

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:49.839
 has

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.220
 died

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.579
 and

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:50.859
 Jesus

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.299
 at that

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.519
 point

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.740
 says

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.079
 don't

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.220
 be

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.740
 afraid

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.839
 just

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.799
 believe

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.119
 and as

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:56.619
 the story

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.279
 progresses

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.220
 behind

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.000
 closed

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.839
 doors

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:01.700
 Jesus

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.299
 calls her

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.799
 back to

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.159
 life

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.899
 in another

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.639
 example of

00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:04.920
 his

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.879
 lavish

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.680
 grace

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:10.139
 and these

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.519
 miracles

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.440
 provide us

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.960
 a little

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.759
 window into

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 the story

00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.920
 of God's

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.500
 salvation

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 here is a

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.720
 woman with

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.099
 a debt

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.420
 that she

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.240
 cannot pay

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:22.700
 the Bible

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.240
 tells us

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.920
 every human

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.640
 being has

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.380
 a massive

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:25.900
 debt

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:27.640
 not financial

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.559
 but moral

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 we are made

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 to honor

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 God

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.720
 we are made

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:34.339
 to obey

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.839
 God

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.940
 we are made

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 to love

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 God

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.480
 and to love

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 our neighbor

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 and every

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 time that we

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 fail in those

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.079
 duties

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 we are

00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:42.819
 amassing

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.839
 debt

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 and to

00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.299
 examine our

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.759
 hearts and

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:48.439
 our conscience

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:49.240
 and to hear

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.819
 the testimony

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.319
 of God's

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.480
 word

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 they all

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.480
 speak the

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 same

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.579
 message

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 that by

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.980
 nature we

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 are guilty

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:56.259
 of rebellion

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.359
 by nature

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.099
 we turn

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.799
 our backs

00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.419
 by nature

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 we don't

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:01.059
 do those

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.579
 things that

00:27:01.579 --> 00:27:01.859
 we are

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.339
 called to

00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.459
 do

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 and even

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.439
 when we

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:03.879
 try our

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.339
 best

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:05.720
 we still

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.539
 fall short

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.159
 of God's

00:27:07.159 --> 00:27:07.619
 glory

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:09.879
 and so

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.319
 the Bible

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.980
 uses a

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.339
 picture

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.139
 of

00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:13.139
 slavery

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.460
 not that

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.880
 slavery

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.940
 is a

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.520
 prospect

00:27:16.520 --> 00:27:17.020
 to come

00:27:17.020 --> 00:27:17.400
 but by

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:17.860
 nature

00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.300
 we are

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:18.960
 slaves

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.620
 to sin

00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:21.540
 this is a

00:27:21.540 --> 00:27:21.960
 condition

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.680
 a situation

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.780
 we cannot

00:27:23.780 --> 00:27:24.560
 pay God

00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.320
 back from

00:27:25.320 --> 00:27:25.920
 we cannot

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.860
 earn our

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:27.700
 way out

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.240
 of

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:29.200
 and so

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.700
 we find

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.060
 ourselves

00:27:30.060 --> 00:27:30.480
 the Bible

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.440
 tells us

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.600
 heading for

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:33.180
 ultimate

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.700
 death

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:36.320
 the spiritual

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.880
 death of

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:37.600
 being separate

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.240
 from God

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.600
 and his

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:38.960
 goodness

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:42.620
 and into

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.200
 that

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.960
 desperate

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.960
 situation

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:46.279
 God

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.039
 steps in

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:48.559
 Jesus

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.840
 the eternal

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.400
 son of

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.640
 God

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:50.940
 this

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.660
 sinless

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.000
 one

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.920
 enters

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.640
 into

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.840
 this world

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.220
 that he

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.819
 created

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.880
 this world

00:27:56.880 --> 00:27:57.220
 that had

00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.620
 turned

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.420
 its back

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.100
 on God

00:27:59.100 --> 00:28:00.019
 he becomes

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.819
 one of

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.440
 us

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:03.480
 in order

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:04.319
 to become

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.480
 our

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.579
 kinsman

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.500
 redeemer

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.420
 remember

00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:09.900
 that figure

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.220
 from the

00:28:10.220 --> 00:28:10.420
 old

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.900
 testament

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:12.059
 the close

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.640
 relative

00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:14.220
 who agrees

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.579
 to pay

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.000
 the debt

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.619
 in full

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.440
 to set

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.880
 a person

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.259
 free

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.619
 and to

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.160
 restore

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.500
 them

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.039
 to good

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.599
 standing

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.599
 Jesus

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.460
 came

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.099
 to do

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.460
 that

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.599
 for us

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.200
 on the

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:24.559
 cross

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:26.619
 he came

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.200
 to serve

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.539
 us

00:28:27.539 --> 00:28:28.819
 to give

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.339
 his life

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.079
 as a ransom

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.799
 for many

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:32.460
 he has

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.059
 cancelled

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.720
 the debt

00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:34.160
 that would

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.720
 condemn

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.319
 us

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.519
 when our

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.079
 faith is

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.599
 in Jesus

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.139
 we're told

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.639
 it's as if

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.339
 our record

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.759
 of debt

00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.679
 is nailed

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.159
 to the

00:28:42.159 --> 00:28:42.500
 cross

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:43.039
 of Christ

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.399
 and it

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:44.000
 is marked

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.799
 paid

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.279
 in

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.939
 full

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.740
 as a

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:46.980
 free

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.359
 gift

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.579
 of

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.939
 God's

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.460
 grace

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:50.519
 and not

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.079
 only

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.639
 that

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.839
 not only

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.179
 is our

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.460
 debt

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.139
 cancelled

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:55.179
 the God

00:28:55.179 --> 00:28:55.879
 of overflowing

00:28:55.879 --> 00:28:56.240
 grace

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.759
 goes above

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.339
 and beyond

00:28:57.339 --> 00:29:00.079
 he invites

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:00.740
 us into

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.519
 his family

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:03.159
 he invites

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:03.599
 us into

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:03.980
 a life

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.259
 where we

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.000
 have peace

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.519
 with

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.099
 God

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.620
 where we

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:06.920
 have

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.660
 eternal

00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:08.160
 life

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.460
 with

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.680
 God

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:08.980
 knowing

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.180
 him

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.519
 now

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.279
 with

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.420
 a

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:10.779
 promise

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:10.980
 of

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.259
 knowing

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.700
 him

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.400
 and

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:12.900
 enjoying

00:29:12.900 --> 00:29:13.240
 him

00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.900
 forever

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:18.200
 and when

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.980
 we understand

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.299
 what the

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.539
 Bible

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.160
 tells us

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:20.360
 about

00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:20.980
 ourselves

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.420
 and about

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.099
 our God

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.880
 about the

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.360
 problem of

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.640
 sin

00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:25.880
 and the

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.240
 reality

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.880
 of salvation

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.660
 then how

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.120
 we can

00:29:28.120 --> 00:29:28.599
 have

00:29:28.599 --> 00:29:29.240
 this

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:30.620
 becomes

00:29:30.620 --> 00:29:30.880
 the

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.500
 question

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.960
 for our

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.640
 lives

00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:35.440
 and here

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.860
 again we

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.460
 return to

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:36.780
 the woman

00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:37.259
 who gives

00:29:37.259 --> 00:29:37.600
 us the

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:38.200
 answer

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:41.620
 to see

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:41.860
 our

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.340
 distress

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.320
 to see

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:44.340
 our need

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:45.400
 we are to

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.200
 call out

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.820
 to Jesus

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:48.840
 for his

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.300
 help

00:29:49.300 --> 00:29:50.580
 for his

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:51.240
 salvation

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.880
 and remember

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.420
 he is the

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.700
 one who

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.300
 encourages

00:29:54.300 --> 00:29:55.620
 us to

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.400
 ask

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.100
 and to

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:57.700
 seek

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.520
 and to

00:29:58.520 --> 00:29:59.040
 knock

00:29:59.040 --> 00:29:59.920
 to come

00:29:59.920 --> 00:30:00.320
 to a

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:00.680
 God

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.320
 who is

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.920
 generous

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:03.759
 to

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.140
 bank

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.860
 everything

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.259
 on

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.920
 God's

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.420
 kindness

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.820
 and

00:30:06.820 --> 00:30:07.460
 compassion

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:09.000
 to

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.539
 place

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.860
 our

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.240
 hope

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.200
 squarely

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.779
 in the

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.060
 truth

00:30:12.060 --> 00:30:12.380
 of who

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.800
 God

00:30:12.800 --> 00:30:13.200
 is

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.440
 as

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.860
 revealed

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.300
 in his

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:14.640
 son

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.180
 Jesus

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.640
 he is a

00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:15.860
 God

00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.560
 of love

00:30:16.560 --> 00:30:17.500
 and

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.180
 kindness

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.140
 and

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.660
 forgiveness

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:21.580
 for people

00:30:21.580 --> 00:30:21.860
 like you

00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:22.200
 and me

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:25.960
 and so

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.279
 as the

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.640
 story

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.240
 shows us

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.440
 God

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:27.759
 meeting

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:27.960
 our

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.259
 lack

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.620
 with his

00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.180
 overflowing

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.560
 grace

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:29.899
 it's a

00:30:29.899 --> 00:30:30.139
 story

00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.339
 that

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.759
 invites

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.119
 us

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:32.059
 to

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.460
 humble

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.960
 faith

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:36.339
 like the

00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:36.519
 hymn

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.839
 writer

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:37.200
 to say

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.759
 nothing

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:39.039
 in my

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.379
 hands

00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:39.899
 I bring

00:30:39.899 --> 00:30:40.419
 simply

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:40.919
 to your

00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.500
 cross

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.980
 I

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.559
 cling

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:44.159
 this

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.399
 woman

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.960
 was wise

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.279
 to know

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.539
 her

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.099
 resources

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.759
 were not

00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.440
 up to

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.940
 the task

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.359
 of meeting

00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:48.619
 her

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.019
 needs

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:51.980
 your

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.359
 human

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.859
 resources

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.539
 my human

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.000
 resources

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.500
 cannot

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.139
 meet

00:30:55.140 --> 00:30:56.080
 our

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.500
 basic

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.800
 need

00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:57.100
 to be

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.360
 right

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.560
 with

00:30:57.560 --> 00:30:57.960
 God

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.560
 but

00:30:59.560 --> 00:30:59.880
 Jesus

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.400
 can

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.620
 and so

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.820
 we are

00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.040
 called

00:31:02.040 --> 00:31:02.360
 to go

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.740
 to him

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.020
 because

00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.320
 he is

00:31:03.320 --> 00:31:03.640
 able

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.759
 and he

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:04.900
 is

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.220
 willing

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:08.200
 the story

00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.480
 as we

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.820
 hear it

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.100
 as well

00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.780
 invites us

00:31:09.780 --> 00:31:10.759
 to heartfelt

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.340
 worship

00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:12.280
 of our

00:31:12.280 --> 00:31:12.660
 God

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:14.780
 as we

00:31:14.780 --> 00:31:15.180
 place

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.600
 ourselves

00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.120
 within

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.560
 this

00:31:16.560 --> 00:31:17.100
 story

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:18.860
 to reflect

00:31:18.860 --> 00:31:19.420
 on

00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.440
 the desperate

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.940
 trouble

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.460
 that we

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.400
 were in

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.220
 because of

00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.640
 sin

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.900
 to think

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.300
 about the

00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:26.920
 incredible

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.080
 the indescribable

00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.520
 gift

00:31:28.520 --> 00:31:29.300
 of love

00:31:29.300 --> 00:31:29.740
 that God

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.240
 the Father

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.759
 has sent

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.200
 his own

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.740
 son to

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.160
 be our

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:32.660
 savior

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:36.920
 then that

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.620
 causes our

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.620
 hearts

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:41.640
 to recognize

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.380
 he is of

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.840
 supreme

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.380
 worth and

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:43.960
 value

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:45.060
 it leads

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.720
 to joy

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:47.880
 it opens

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.600
 our mouth

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.160
 to sing

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.200
 his praise

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:51.780
 it opens

00:31:51.780 --> 00:31:52.680
 our hearts

00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.020
 that we

00:31:53.020 --> 00:31:53.500
 would live

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.359
 with grateful

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.920
 obedience

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:58.880
 and then

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.319
 this story

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.680
 too

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.039
 invites us

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.640
 to an

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.400
 even greater

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.220
 happy ending

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.500
 than we

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.940
 find in

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.519
 this story

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.920
 it's

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.339
 wonderful

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.980
 to see

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.180
 the

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:09.240
 transforming

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.980
 work of

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.460
 God

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.180
 from the

00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.700
 threat of

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.319
 slavery

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.160
 from having

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.700
 nothing

00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.640
 that now

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.480
 her debts

00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.119
 are cancelled

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.920
 her families

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.359
 together

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.759
 they have

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.220
 enough to

00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:18.460
 live on

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:18.940
 that's a

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.720
 happy ending

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:21.119
 that's a

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.519
 work of

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.839
 God

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.480
 but the

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.299
 story invites

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:24.019
 us into

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.980
 a still

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.439
 greater

00:32:25.439 --> 00:32:26.299
 happy ending

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:28.419
 so whenever

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:28.799
 the Bible

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.599
 tells stories

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:30.480
 of miracles

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.339
 those miracles

00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:33.059
 are redemptive

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.599
 in their

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.039
 nature

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.659
 we see that

00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:35.079
 here

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.339
 those sons

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.000
 are not

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.740
 sold as

00:32:37.740 --> 00:32:38.259
 slaves

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:40.139
 but every

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:41.099
 miracle provides

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.699
 for us a

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.199
 window

00:32:42.199 --> 00:32:44.480
 a window

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:45.339
 into the

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.240
 new creation

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.779
 a window

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.480
 into the

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.799
 kingdom

00:32:48.799 --> 00:32:49.500
 of God

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.599
 and in

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.200
 the kingdom

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:52.220
 of God

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:53.559
 there is

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.000
 and there

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.819
 never will

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.559
 be any

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.140
 lack

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:57.519
 there will

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:58.059
 be no

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.599
 suffering

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:59.819
 there will

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.220
 be no

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.039
 separation

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.279
 there will

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.740
 be no

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.160
 sin

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.620
 there will

00:33:04.620 --> 00:33:05.400
 be no

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.980
 death

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:07.620
 it is a

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.120
 place where

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.500
 we will

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.960
 live eternally

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:11.120
 under the

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:12.079
 waterfall of

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.859
 God's love

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.279
 and grace

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:15.359
 and we

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.960
 are invited

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.579
 to live

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:16.879
 in that

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.339
 grace

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.920
 today

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:19.680
 understanding

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.440
 that someday

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:21.899
 we will

00:33:21.899 --> 00:33:22.619
 feast in a

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.220
 new way

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.660
 and that

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.099
 will last

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.539
 forever