Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000057
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00:09 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:12 >> AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND MORE TIMES THAN NOT WHEN 00:14 YOU SEE THE WOMEN AROUND JESUS IN DISCIPLESHIP, THEY ARE OFTEN 00:19 A TYPE OF THE CHURCH. 00:25 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, "AMAZING FACTS" HAS BEEN 00:28 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:31 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR 00:33 BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:37 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:40 "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 00:44 TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE 00:46 "SACRAMENTO CENTRAL STUDY HOUR" VIDEO SERIES. 00:53 >> WE'RE DEALING WITH LESSON NUMBER FIVE AND IT TALKS ABOUT 00:56 GENDER AND DISCIPLESHIP. 00:58 AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, IT'S TALKING ABOUT WOMEN DISCIPLES 01:02 IN THE BIBLE. 01:04 AND IT'S ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHTING SEVERAL WOMEN THAT 01:07 WERE DISCIPLES OF JESUS. 01:10 AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE. 01:12 THE MEMORY VERSE IS FROM LUKE 1:38. 01:15 IT'S REALLY THE FIRST PART OF THAT VERSE, LUKE 1:38. 01:18 AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO SAY THAT WITH ME. 01:23 YOU READY? 01:25 "THEN MARY SAID, 'BEHOLD THE MAIDSERVANT OF THE LORD! 01:30 LET IT BE TO ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.' 01:32 SOMEONE SAID, "IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APOSTLES 01:34 AND DISCIPLES?" 01:36 LET ME PUT THAT TO YOU: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 01:39 APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES? 01:42 YES. 01:44 WHEN I SAY THE 12 APOSTLES, IS THAT DISTINCT FROM DISCIPLES? 01:51 WERE THERE ANY WOMEN APOSTLES? 01:55 COME ON, TALK TO ME. 01:58 I MEAN IF--NAME 'EM IF THERE WAS ONE. 02:00 I DON'T KNOW, MILDRED THE APOSTLE. 02:02 I DON'T KNOW OF ANY, BUT THE ONES I READ ABOUT, 02:04 HE CHOSE MEN. 02:06 BUT WERE THERE WOMEN DISCIPLES? 02:09 YES THERE WERE. 02:10 AS A MATTER OF FACT, I TRICK PEOPLE SOMETIMES AND I SAY, 02:12 "TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO PREACH ABOUT THE MOST DEVOTED OF 02:15 JESUS' DISCIPLES." 02:16 AND I ASK, "WHICH OF THE DISCIPLES WAS THE MOST 02:18 DEVOTED?" 02:19 AND THEY SAY, "OH, LUKE OR WAS IT THOM--" LUKE TECHNICALLY 02:21 WAS AN APOSTLE, WAS HE? 02:22 THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, "PETER AND JAMES, JOHN AND--" 02:26 AND I SAY, "NO, IT WAS MARY." 02:28 WHEN YOU SAY THE DISCIPLES, PEOPLE AUTOMATICALLY START 02:32 THINKING ABOUT THE 12. 02:34 BUT REALLY, EVERY BELIEVER IS CALLED, MAN OR WOMAN, IS CALLED 02:38 TO BE A DISCIPLE. 02:39 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 02:40 WE'RE CALLED TO MODEL IN OUR LIVES THE TEACHING AND THE LIFE 02:45 OF JESUS. 02:46 AND TO--THIS LESSON IS SORT OF DEDICATED TO EMPHASIZE THAT 02:51 POINT ALL MEN AND WOMEN ARE CALLED TO BE DISCIPLES AND USE 02:55 OUR VARIOUS GIFTS. 02:57 NOW, ARE MEN AND WOMEN DIFFERENT? 02:59 I MEAN BEYOND THE OBVIOUS PLUMBING DIFFERENCES THAT WE 03:03 KNOW ABOUT. 03:04 ARE WE DIFFERENT IN OUR THINKING? 03:07 HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR HANDS AND SAY THAT YOU ARE 03:10 CONVINCED THAT MEN AND WOMEN THINK DIFFERENTLY? 03:16 OH, THAT MUST BE AT LEAST 98%. 03:20 THAT'S TRUE. 03:21 I WOULD AGREE. 03:23 I THINK YOU CAN MAKE SOME GENERAL STATEMENTS. 03:26 NOW, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. 03:28 I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE WOMEN WHO ARE CALLED TO TEACH. 03:32 I BELIEVE THERE ARE MEN WHO ARE CALLED TO COOK. 03:35 YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO OVER-CATEGORIZE THESE THINGS. 03:39 YOU KNOW, I'M GIVING YOU SOME GENERAL TERMS. 03:42 BUT THERE IS A DISTINCTION IN THE ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN. 03:46 NOW, I DON'T WANT TO--YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO JUMP ON MY 03:49 HORSE AND RIDE IT ALL AROUND THIS LESSON RIGHT NOW BECAUSE 03:52 I WANT TO BE TRUE TO THE LESSON. 03:54 I DO NOT FIND AN EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF GOD ORDAINING 03:59 WOMEN AS PASTORS. 04:02 BUT WOMEN ARE CERTAINLY CALLED AS DISCIPLES IN MINISTRY IN 04:06 PROCLAMATION. 04:08 YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE? 04:09 WOMEN ARE CALLED TO THE OFFICE OF PROPHETESS IN THE BIBLE. 04:12 BUT I'M A BIBLE PREACHER AND YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT UP 04:15 WITH THE LORD. 04:16 I DON'T FIND EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE OF WOMEN BEING ORDAINED 04:19 AS PASTORS OR PRIESTS. 04:21 THAT IS A DIFFERENT ROLE. 04:22 I THINK MEN ARE CALLED TO BE THE SERVANT LEADERS IN 04:25 FAMILIES. 04:27 I BELIEVE THE FAMILY, THE CHURCH IS AN EXTENSION 04:30 OF THE FAMILY. 04:31 BUT YOU NEED BOTH MINISTRIES THERE. 04:35 AND SO HERE WITH THAT BACKDROP, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME 04:38 OF THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS, WOMEN DISCIPLES. 04:42 THE FIRST ONE IS OBVIOUSLY THE ONE WHO WAS THE VEHICLE TO 04:47 BRINGING THE MESSIAH INTO THE WORLD. 04:49 THE ONE WHO IS THE CONDUIT OF THE INCARNATION WAS NOT A MAN, 04:55 IT WAS A WOMAN. 04:56 SO WHEN THE LORD ENTRUSTED THIS DIVINE SEED TO EARTH TO BE 05:03 NURTURED, TO BE PROTECTED, TO BE PROVIDED FOR, HE DID NOT 05:07 PICK A MAN PRIMARILY, HE PICKED A WOMAN. 05:10 AND WHAT WAS HER NAME? 05:12 THAT WAS OUR MEMORY VERSE. 05:13 SO, I'LL READ IT TO YOU AGAIN. 05:16 IT'S LUKE CHAPTER 1 VERSE--AND THIS IS WHERE IT SAYS, "BE IT 05:19 UNTO ME." 05:20 LUKE 1:37-38, "FOR WITH GOD, NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. 05:26 THEN MARY SAID, 'BEHOLD THE MAIDSERVANT OF THE LORD!'" 05:30 NOW, WHAT IS EVERY DISCIPLE? 05:33 A SERVANT OF THE LORD. 05:36 AND THE LORD HAS MALE SERVANTS AND HE HAS MAIDSERVANTS 05:39 AND MARY RECOGNIZED THAT HER CALLING WAS TO SERVE THE LORD, 05:43 THAT JESUS MIGHT BE DELIVERED TO THE WORLD THROUGH HER. 05:49 NOW, WAS THAT CALLING JUST FOR MARY OR IS EVERY DISCIPLE BEING 05:53 CALLED TO ALLOW CHRIST TO BE DELIVERED THROUGH THEM? 05:58 EVERYONE, CHRIST BE BORN IN US. 06:01 YOU KNOW THAT SONG WE SING OF THIS, "O LITTLE TOWN OF 06:03 BETHLEHEM, BE BORN IN US TODAY," EVERYBODY IN THAT 06:06 SENSE. 06:07 AND BEFORE I GO ANY FARTHER IN THE LESSON, NOT ALWAYS--AND IN 06:12 OTHER WORDS, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A HARD AND FAST RULE-- 06:15 BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW OFTEN IT IS TRUE THAT WHEN 06:18 WOMEN APPEAR IN THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF JESUS, TRY PUTTING 06:24 ON THAT ANALOGY OF A WOMAN REPRESENTING A CHURCH. 06:29 PUT THAT TEMPLATE OVER THE STORY AND SEE WHAT 06:31 YOU GET OUT OF IT. 06:33 AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND MORE TIMES THAN NOT WHEN 06:35 YOU SEE THE WOMEN AROUND JESUS IN DISCIPLESHIP, THEY ARE OFTEN 06:40 A TYPE OF THE CHURCH. 06:42 MORE TIMES THAN NOT WHEN I LOOK AT IT, I SEE IT THERE. 06:45 MARY IS A TYPE. 06:47 A MATTER OF FACT, WHEN YOU GET TO REVELATION 12 AND IT TALKS 06:51 ABOUT A WOMAN GREAT WITH CHILD, AND THE DRAGON IS TRYING TO 06:55 DEVOUR THE CHILD AS SOON AS IT IS BORN; THAT WOMAN REPRESENTS 06:58 WHAT? 06:59 THE CHURCH THERE. 07:02 YEAH, IT'S VERY CLEAR. 07:02 THE DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH THE WOMAN AND TRIES 07:04 TO DESTROY HER SEED. 07:05 BUT YOU KNOW, OUR CATHOLIC FRIENDS SAY THAT WOMAN 07:08 IN REVELATION 12 IS MARY. 07:11 BECAUSE THE TYPOLOGY IS SO STRONG, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY 07:14 CONFUSE IT. 07:15 BUT NO, THAT WOMAN IN REVELATION 12, SHE'S A TYPE OF 07:18 THE CHURCH. 07:18 BUT MARY WAS GREAT WITH CHILD AND THE DRAGON TRIED TO DESTROY 07:22 BABY JESUS THROUGH THE ROMAN POWER AND KING HEROD AND SO, 07:25 THERE'S SOME TYPES THERE. 07:26 AND SO, IN THE SAME WAY, THE CHURCH IS TO PRESENT JESUS 07:34 TO THE WORLD AS MARY WAS THAT VEHICLE IN THE SAME WAY. 07:39 CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING THE MOTHER OF THE MESSIAH 07:43 AND A DISCIPLE OF THE MESSIAH AT THE SAME TIME? 07:47 DID MARY EVER HAVE A ROLE TEACHING JESUS? 07:51 SHE WAS TEACHING HER ULTIMATE TEACHER. 07:55 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK IS INTERESTING FOR 07:57 PARENTS, MOST OF OUR LIVES WITH OUR CHILDREN, WE'VE GOT 08:01 THE ROLE OF TEACHER. 08:03 BUT AS THEY GET OLDER BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPOSED TO LIFE 08:06 AND THEY'RE GOING TO SCHOOL, THEY'RE GOING TO COLLEGE, 08:08 THEY HAVE EXPERIENCES. 08:09 WE'RE NOT ALWAYS AT THEIR SIDE. 08:10 THEY START LEARNING THINGS WE DON'T KNOW. 08:12 AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING WHEN YOU LISTEN TO YOUR ADULT 08:14 CHILDREN AND THEY START TEACHING YOU. 08:17 AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S HARD. 08:19 AT FIRST YOU SAY, "I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO LEARN 08:21 ANYTHING FROM YOU. 08:22 HOW COULD YOU KNOW SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW?" 08:24 I DON'T THINK MY FATHER EVER COULD ACCEPT THAT I KNEW 08:26 SOMETHING HE DIDN'T KNOW. 08:27 BUT IN A SENSE, IT'S KIND OF REFRESHING WHEN YOU SEE THAT. 08:31 WELL, MARY HAD TO HAVE THAT TRANSITION WHEN CHRIST BEGAN 08:34 HIS MINISTRY. 08:35 AT FIRST, SHE'S TELLING HIM WHAT TO DO. 08:37 YOU KNOW, "THEY HAVE NO WINE," REMEMBER? 08:40 AND THEN LATER, SHE REALIZED HE HAD A DIVINE KNOWLEDGE 08:45 AND HE WAS TEACHING HER. 08:46 SHE BECAME A DISCIPLE OF CHRIST. 08:49 LET'S GO ONTO THE NEXT SECTION WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT FEMALE 08:52 FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. 08:55 AND I'LL READ FOR YOU LUKE 8:1-3 AND I'VE GOT SOME 08:58 OTHER VERSES. 08:59 "NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AFTERWARD, THAT HE WENT THROUGH 09:02 EVERY CITY AND VILLAGE, PREACHING AND BRINGING THE GLAD 09:06 TIDINGS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 09:08 AND THE TWELVE WERE WITH HIM." 09:11 NOW THE 12 WERE WHAT, MEN OR WOMEN? 09:13 BUT THEN, LUKE GOES OUT OF THE WAY TO SAY IT WASN'T JUST 09:16 THEM THAT FOLLOWED JESUS. 09:19 HE SAYS, "AND THERE WERE CERTAIN WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN 09:23 HEALED OF EVIL SPIRITS AND INFIRMITIES." 09:26 THEY'D BEEN HEALED OF SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL PROBLEMS, "MARY 09:30 CALLED MAGDALENE, OUT OF WHOM HAD COME SEVEN DEMONS, 09:34 AND JOANNA THE WIFE OF CHUZA, HEROD'S STEWARD, AND SUSANNA, 09:38 AND MANY OTHERS." 09:41 SO, IT WASN'T JUST THE ONES WHO ARE ITEMIZED HERE BUT HOW MANY? 09:45 MANY OTHERS, WHO MINISTERED TO HIM, "WHO PROVIDED FOR HIM 09:50 FROM THEIR SUBSTANCE." 09:52 THEY HAD FINANCIAL RESOURCES. 09:55 AND AS THE DISCIPLES WENT FROM TOWN TO TOWN THAT WENT AFTER 09:58 THE END OF THE DAY OF PREACHING, THEY WOULD BIVOUAC. 10:01 THEY DIDN'T ALWAYS ALL STAY. 10:02 IT'S HARD TO PUT UP 12 PEOPLE. 10:04 SOMETIMES THEY JUST STAYED OUTDOORS. 10:06 THAT'S WHY THEY WERE IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. 10:08 THEY SLEPT OUTDOORS AND THEY WOULD BIVOUAC DIFFERENT PLACES 10:10 ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. 10:12 WHEN THEY WENT TWO BY TWO, THEY WENT INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES. 10:14 BUT WHEN JESUS WENT WITH THE 12, IT'S A LITTLE HARDER 10:16 TO PUT ALL THEM UP. 10:18 AND SO THEY PROBABLY OFTEN STAYED OUTSIDE. 10:21 AND I THINK THESE WOMEN WERE OFTEN PROVIDING FOR THEIR NEEDS 10:26 AND THEY WERE BUYING THE RESOURCES AND BRINGING THEM 10:27 TO THE CAMPING GROUND, SO TO SPEAK, AND PREPARING 10:30 THE MEALS AND SENDING THEM OFF DURING THE DAY. 10:33 AND SO THEY FOLLOWED HIM WHEREVER HE WENT AND HELPED 10:37 CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMPANY PURSE, SO TO SPEAK. 10:42 YOU ALSO FIND THAT WHEN THE MEN GOT SCARED, 10:45 THE WOMEN STAYED BY. 10:47 SOMEONE READ FOR ME JOHN 19:25. 10:50 >> "NOW THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS OF JESUS HIS MOTHER, HIS 10:53 MOTHER'S SISTER, MARY THE WIFE OF CLOPAS, AND MARY MAGDALENE." 10:57 >> YOU KNOW, THAT ALWAYS WARMS MY HEART WHEN I HEAR THAT VERSE, 11:00 "THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS." 11:03 YOU KNOW, YOU READ OTHER PLACES IT SAYS THE APOSTLES STOOD 11:07 AFAR OFF. 11:09 PETER FOLLOWED HIM FROM A DISTANCE. 11:12 BUT HERE YOU READ, "THERE STOOD BY THE CROSS." 11:15 AND WHEN THEY FINALLY-- WHEN JOSEPH OF ARIMATHAEA AND 11:18 NICODEMUS CAME TO ATTEND TO HIS BODY, IT SAYS AND THE WOMEN 11:22 THAT WERE THERE, THEY ATTENDED ALSO TO THAT. 11:26 AND WHO WERE THE FIRST ONES WHO CAME TO TAKE CARE OF HIS BODY 11:29 DURING THE TIME? 11:31 NOT ONLY DID THEY FOLLOW HIM TO THE TOMB, BUT WHEN THEY HADN'T 11:34 FINISHED THE EMBALMING PROCESS, FIRST THING SUNDAY MORNING, 11:37 THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES THERE. 11:38 AND SO YOU FIND THE WOMEN MINISTERING TO CHRIST FROM HIS 11:41 ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD TO HIS EXIT. 11:45 AND SOMEBODY READ FOR ME MARK 16:9." 11:50 >> "NOW WHEN HE ROSE EARLY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, 11:52 HE APPEARED FIRST TO MARY MAGDALENE, OUT OF WHOM 11:55 HE HAD CAST SEVEN DEMONS." 11:57 >> THANK YOU. 11:57 YOU NOTICE IT'S SEVERAL TIMES WHEN IT IDENTIFIES 11:59 MARY MAGDALENE, IT EMPHASIZES THE SEVEN DEMONS. 12:03 THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE WHERE I THINK THAT SHE IS A TYPE 12:05 OF THE CHURCH. 12:07 CHRIST'S CHURCH, GOD'S CHURCH, IS TAKEN FROM SOMEBODY WHO IS 12:11 LOST AND THEY ARE REDEEMED. 12:15 MARY STARTS OUT POSSESSED WITH SEVEN DEVILS. 12:18 THE BIBLE SAYS, "THE RIGHTEOUS FALL SEVEN TIMES, 12:21 BUT RISES AGAIN." 12:22 AND IT SAYS HE'LL DELIVER YOU OUT OF SEVEN TROUBLES. 12:28 AND I JUST--I THINK THAT THAT'S ANOTHER PLACE WHERE IT'S AN 12:31 ANALOGY. 12:32 BUT WHO IS THE FIRST ONE THAT JESUS GIVES THE MESSAGE TO OF 12:37 HIS RESURRECTION, A MAN OR A WOMAN? 12:40 IT'S NOT ONE OF THE 12 APOSTLES, IS IT? 12:42 IT'S ONE OF THE DISCIPLES. 12:45 AND SO ARE THE WOMEN GIVEN THE JOB OF PROCLAIMING THE MESSAGE 12:49 OF CHRIST? 12:51 I THINK THE LORD OBVIOUSLY EMPHASIZES THAT IN A VERY 12:53 TELLING WAY HERE BECAUSE WHEN HE APPEARS TO MARY, IT IS AFTER 13:00 PETER AND JOHN HAD BEEN TO THE TOMB. 13:03 IT'S VERY CLEAR IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, THE WOMEN WERE THERE. 13:06 THEY WENT AND THEY TOLD THE MEN. 13:08 THE MEN CAME BACK. 13:08 THE WOMEN CAME BACK WITH THEM. 13:09 JOHN AND JAMES, THEY GO IN. 13:12 PETER GOES IN FIRST. 13:13 JOHN FOLLOWS. 13:14 I SAID JOHN AND JAMES, PETER AND JOHN GO INTO THE TOMB. 13:16 PETER GOES IN FIRST. 13:18 JOHN FOLLOWS HIM IN. 13:20 THEY BOTH LEAVE TO FIND OUT WHERE THE BODY HAD BEEN STOLEN 13:22 IN THE PLACE TO SEE IF THEY COULD TRACK DOWN THE BODY. 13:25 MARY REMAINS. 13:27 THE OTHER WOMEN HAVE GONE. 13:28 MARY REMAINS, AND SHE STAYS OUTSIDE THE TOMB WEEPING. 13:31 JESUS HAD NOT YET ASCENDED TO HEAVEN. 13:34 HE WAITED UNTIL--THIS IS AMAZING, EVEN HIS OWN MOTHER 13:37 CAME AND LEFT. 13:38 HE WAITED UNTIL EVERYBODY HAD COME AND EVERYBODY HAD GONE 13:41 TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO MARY. 13:45 HE COULD'VE REVEALED HIMSELF TO PETER OR JOHN. 13:48 MAYBE HE HONORED HER IN THAT WAY BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONLY 13:53 ONE WHO RECOGNIZED HIS MISSION AND SHE ANOINTED HIM AS MESSIAH 13:58 AND KING BEFORE HIS BURIAL. 14:01 YOU KNOW, A PRIEST NEEDED TO BE ANOINTED ACCORDING 14:02 TO THE BIBLE. 14:04 THE BIBLE SAYS PROPHETS WERE ANOINTED, SACRIFICES WERE 14:06 ANOINTED. 14:07 AND MARY IS THE ONE WHO ANOINTED HIM JUST BEFORE HIS 14:10 DEATH. 14:12 AND THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT. 14:13 HE GAVE HER THAT HONOR. 14:15 "HE WHO IS HE HAS FORGIVEN MUCH, LOVES MUCH." 14:17 AND TO WHO DID HE GIVE THE HONOR OF PROCLAMATION? 14:19 THE ONE WHO LOVED MUCH. 14:21 SO HE COMMISSIONS HER. 14:23 HE SAYS, "GO TELL THE DISCIPLES" AND HE SPECIFICALLY 14:25 MENTIONS, "AND PETER." 14:27 WHY DOES HE TELL MARY, "GO TELL THE DISCIPLES AND PETER"? 14:31 'CAUSE PETER DENIED CHRIST AND HE THOUGHT THAT "MAYBE 14:33 THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR ME." 14:34 HE WANTED PETER TO SPECIFICALLY BE TOLD, "I'M ALIVE, YOU KNOW, 14:38 BE ENCOURAGED." 14:39 BUT HE GIVES THAT MESSAGE TO MARY. 14:41 SO FROM THE ENTRANCE OF HIS LIFE THROUGH MARY HIS MOTHER TO 14:47 THE EXIT, MARY THE DISCIPLE, ISN'T THAT INTERESTING? 14:52 MARY TO MARY. 14:53 HIS LIFE IS ANNOUNCED BY WOMEN DISCIPLES. 14:59 I THINK THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT. 15:01 ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER COUPLE OF 15:04 WOMEN. 15:05 AND IT SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS ABOUT THIS WOMAN. 15:07 I'LL READ--A MATTER OF FACT, TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO MARK 5. 15:11 I WANT TO START WITH VERSE 21. 15:13 THIS IS AFTER THE EXPERIENCE OF THE DEMONIAC, "NOW WHEN JESUS 15:17 HAD CROSSED OVER AGAIN BY BOAT TO THE OTHER SIDE, A GREAT 15:21 MULTITUDE GATHERED TO HIM," DON'T MISS THAT, 15:23 GREAT MULTITUDE, "AND HE WAS BY THE SEA. 15:26 AND BEHOLD, ONE OF THE RULERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE CAME, JAIRUS 15:30 BY NAME. 15:31 AND WHEN HE SAW HIM, HE FELL AT HIS FEET AND HE BEGGED HIM 15:34 EARNESTLY, SAYING, 'MY LITTLE DAUGHTER LIES AT THE POINT 15:37 OF DEATH. 15:38 COME AND LAY YOUR HANDS ON HER, THAT SHE MIGHT BE HEALED, 15:41 AND SHE WILL LIVE.' AND JESUS WENT WITH HIM, 15:44 AND A GREAT MULTITUDE," THERE YOU HAVE IT A SECOND TIME, 15:47 "FOLLOWED HIM AND THRONGED HIM." 15:51 SO JESUS IS BEING JOSTLED AND PUSHED BY PRIESTS 15:54 AND PAPARAZZI ON EVERY SIDE. 15:57 AND I JUST WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS PICTURE. 15:59 HE'S MAKING HIS WAY UP THE NARROW STREETS, MIGHT HAVE BEEN 16:02 CAPERNAUM. 16:03 IT DOESN'T TELL US EXACTLY WHAT CITY THIS IS, BUT IT'S ONE OF 16:05 THE CITIES BY THE SEA OF GALILEE, AND HE'S MAKING HIS 16:08 WAY TO THE HOUSE OF THE RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE. 16:11 EN ROUTE TO HEAL THIS GIRL, A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPEN. 16:17 NOW, VERSE 25, "A CERTAIN WOMAN," DOESN'T TELL US HER 16:22 NAME, "WHO HAD A FLOW OF BLOOD FOR TWELVE YEARS." 16:27 NOW, THAT'S INTERESTING. 16:29 WHAT DID I SAY A WOMAN OFTEN REPRESENTS IN THESE BIBLE 16:31 ANALOGIES? 16:33 A CHURCH. 16:34 WHAT IS THE NUMBER 12? 16:36 IT'S OFTEN SYMBOLIC FOR THE CHURCH. 16:38 IT IS. 16:39 THE DISCIPLES, 12, LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH. 16:42 OLD TESTAMENT, HOW MANY PATRIARCHS? 16:45 TWELVE. 16:47 SOME HAVE COUNTED THAT THERE ARE 12 JUDGES. 16:49 IT DEPENDS MAYBE HOW YOU COUNT, BUT MANY PEOPLE COME UP 16:52 WITH 12 JUDGES OF ISRAEL. 16:54 AND SO 12 IS THE NUMBER OF LEADERSHIP. 16:56 REVELATION CHAPTER 12, NOT THAT THE CHAPTER MEANS ANYTHING, THE 16:59 WOMAN HAS HOW MANY STARS ABOVE HER HEAD? 17:01 TWELVE. 17:02 IT REPRESENTS THE CHURCH AND LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH. 17:04 SO THERE'S THIS WOMAN WHO HAS A FLOW OF BLOOD. 17:08 AND THIS IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE MENSTRUAL FLOW THAT WOULD 17:11 RENDER YOU UNCLEAN ACCORDING TO THE LEVITICAL LAW. 17:15 AND IT TELLS US THAT FURTHERMORE, IT SAYS, "SHE HAD 17:20 SUFFERED MANY THINGS OF MANY PHYSICIANS. 17:23 SHE SPENT ALL THAT SHE HAD AND WAS NO BETTER, BUT GREW WORSE." 17:30 JESUS IS ON HIS WAY TO HEAL, ACTUALLY TO RESURRECT A GIRL 17:36 WHO IS 12 YEARS OF AGE. 17:39 NOW, IS THAT AN ACCIDENT? 17:40 YOU'VE GOT A WOMAN WHO'S BLEEDING FOR 12 YEARS, 17:43 SHE'S OLDER. 17:44 AND YOU'VE GOT A GIRL WHO'S 12 YEARS OLD. 17:47 I BELIEVE ONE OF THOSE REPRESENTS THE OLD TESTAMENT 17:50 CHURCH. 17:52 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, THEY TRIED TO FIND FORGIVENESS 17:55 THROUGH THE SACRIFICES OF LAMBS. 17:58 THERE WAS VIRTUALLY A CONTINUAL FLOW OF BLOOD COMING 18:01 FROM THE TEMPLE. 18:03 JESUS THEN GOES TO THE HOUSE OF JAIRUS. 18:06 ON THE WAY, WHILE HE IS HEALING THIS OTHER WOMAN, THE LITTLE 18:10 GIRL DIES, BUT HE CONTINUES GOING. 18:17 THE MOURNERS ARE ALREADY THERE WHEN HE GETS THERE. 18:20 AND HE PUTS THEM ALL OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T BELIEVE. 18:23 HE BRINGS IN PETER, JAMES AND JOHN, ALONG WITH THE FATHER 18:26 AND MOTHER. 18:27 AND HE TAKES THE GIRL BY THE HAND AND HE RAISES HER. 18:30 AND HE SAYS, "GIVE HER SOMETHING TO EAT." 18:32 HERE YOU'VE GOT THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH. 18:36 WHEN JESUS DIED, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HOPELESS. 18:38 BUT WHEN HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD, THE CHURCH CAME BACK TO LIFE 18:41 AND WHAT DID HE DO? 18:42 HE OPENED TO HER THE SCRIPTURES, 18:43 "GIVE HER SOMETHING TO EAT." 18:45 HE FED HER THE WORD. 18:46 THIS STORY IS THE PIVOT POINT WHERE THE NEW AND 18:50 THE OLD TESTAMENT CHURCH MEET IN JESUS. 18:54 TWO WOMEN, ONE OLDER, CONTINUAL FLOW OF BLOOD, 18:58 DIDN'T GET BETTER. 18:59 SHE TOUCHES JESUS. 19:00 SHE REACHES OUT TO JESUS. 19:03 THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH, YOUNG, NEW, RESURRECTED. 19:06 JESUS REACHES OUT. 19:08 HE TOUCHES HER. 19:09 AND SO YOU'VE GOT THIS HANDOFF. 19:11 YOU EVER SEEN A BATON RACE? 19:13 YOU KNOW, THEY DO IT AT THE OLYMPICS WHERE ONE REACHES OUT. 19:17 THEY'RE TAKING THE BATON, THE OTHER ONE IS REACHING AND 19:20 THEY'RE HANDING OFF THE BATON. 19:21 THIS IS LIKE THE PASSING OF THE BATON AND BOTH THE OLD 19:25 AND THE NEW MEET JESUS. 19:27 THEY TOUCH JESUS THAT DAY. 19:28 AND HE IS THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS OF BOTH. 19:31 IT'S A WONDERFUL STORY. 19:33 BUT GOING BACK MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE FOCUS OF 19:36 THE LESSON IS THIS WOMAN. 19:38 "SHE HEARD ABOUT JESUS," VERSE 27, "SHE CAME BEHIND HIM 19:42 IN THE CROWD." 19:44 HE'S PASSING BY. 19:46 HE'S GOING TO GET AWAY. 19:47 HER ONLY HOPE IS TO JUST LUNGE FORWARD. 19:49 SHE DOESN'T WANT-- SHE'S NOT GOING TO GET 19:50 A PRIVATE AUDIENCE. 19:51 A MATTER OF FACT, THE FACT SHE'S IN A CROWD COULD BE 19:53 EMBARRASSING FOR HER TO SAY, "JESUS, I'M UNCLEAN 19:56 AND I NEED SOME HELP." 19:57 AND EVERYBODY WOULD LOOK AT HER AND SAY, "WELL IF YOU'RE 19:58 UNCLEAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 20:00 WE'RE ALL SQUASHED TOGETHER." 20:01 SO SHE CAN'T REALLY ANNOUNCE HER PROBLEM. 20:04 AND SHE THINKS, "THE ONLY THING I CAN DO. 20:06 I HAVE FAITH THAT IF I COULD JUST TOUCH HIS CLOTHES, 20:09 I'LL BE HEALED." 20:10 NOW, WHAT DOES CLOTHING REPRESENT IN THE BIBLE? 20:15 I HEARD SOMEONE SAY RIGHTEOUSNESS. 20:16 I DIDN'T SAY JESUS' CLOTHING. 20:17 I SAID CLOTHING. 20:19 WHAT IS OUR CLOTHING? 20:21 OUR CLOTHING'S FILTHY RAGS. 20:23 CLOTHING REPRESENTS CHARACTER. 20:25 WHAT WOULD THE CLOTHING OR THE ROBE OF CHRIST REPRESENT? 20:30 RIGHTEOUSNESS. 20:31 SHE REACHES OUT AND SHE TOUCHES HIS CLOTHING AND SHE'S HEALED. 20:37 HOW DO WE WHO ARE UNRIGHTEOUS, WE ARE UNCLEAN, HOW DO WE 20:41 OBTAIN CLEANSING? 20:43 IT IS THROUGH A TOUCH, BUT NOT JUST TOUCHING, 20:47 SHE BELIEVED IF SHE TOUCHED. 20:50 SO WAS IT THE TOUCH OR WAS IT THE FAITH? 20:53 MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TOUCH WAS THE FAITH BECAUSE THERE WAS 20:56 ANOTHER GENTILE WHO SAID, "LORD, I BELIEVE YOU DON'T EVEN 20:59 NEED--I DON'T EVEN NEED TO SEE YOU. 21:02 I DON'T NEED TO TOUCH YOU. 21:02 I THINK IT'S YOUR WORD." 21:04 JESUS SAID, "BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE, OH I'VE NOT SEEN FAITH 21:07 LIKE THIS EVEN IN ISRAEL." 21:08 THIS WOMAN WAS AN ISRAELITE. 21:10 SHE NEEDED TO AT LEAST TOUCH HIM. 21:12 THE GENTILE SAID, "YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO COME, 21:14 JUST SPEAK THE WORD." 21:15 SO THE FAITH IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TOUCH. 21:18 NOW, IS IT STILL TRUE TODAY THAT IF WE BY FAITH REACH OUT 21:22 THAT WE TODAY CAN LAY HOLD ON CHRIST'S ROBE AND FIND 21:26 CLEANSING? 21:28 THOSE OF US WHO ARE UNCLEAN TODAY THAT WE'RE SEPARATED 21:33 TODAY, WE'RE ISOLATED TODAY, BY OUR SIN; WE CAN PRAY, WE CAN 21:36 REACH OUT TO JESUS AND TOUCH HIM AND BE HEALED? 21:41 CAN THAT HAPPEN RIGHT NOW WHILE I'M TEACHING THE LESSON OR DO 21:44 YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOME PARADE? 21:47 YEAH, WE CAN, THROUGH OUR PRAYERS, REACH OUT. 21:49 IS HE PASSING BY RIGHT NOW WHERE WE CAN REACH HIS GARMENT 21:52 AND GET CLEANSING? 21:53 IT'S TRUE, FRIENDS. 21:54 WELL, I GAVE YOU A LITTLE MORE THAN YOU PAID FOR ON THAT ONE. 21:57 SO BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO MARTHA. 22:03 LUKE 10:38-42, "NOW IT HAPPENED AS THEY WENT, HE ENTERED 22:11 A CERTAIN VILLAGE," THIS IS ALL ONE CONCISE VERSE, "AND 22:14 A CERTAIN WOMAN NAMED MARTHA WELCOMED HIM INTO HER HOUSE. 22:20 AND SHE HAD A SISTER CALLED MARY, WHO ALSO SAT AT JESUS' 22:24 FEET AND HEARD HIS WORD. 22:26 BUT MARTHA WAS DISTRACTED WITH MUCH SERVING, AND SHE 22:29 APPROACHED HIM AND SAID, 'LORD, DO YOU NOT CARE THAT MY SISTER 22:32 HAS LEFT ME TO SERVE ALONE? 22:33 THEREFORE TELL HER TO HELP ME.' AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO 22:37 HER, 'MARTHA, MARTHA, YOU ARE WORRIED AND TROUBLED ABOUT MANY 22:42 THINGS. 22:44 BUT ONE THING IS NEEDED, AND MARY HAS CHOSEN THAT GOOD PART, 22:48 WHICH SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER.'" 22:50 JESUS DOESN'T CONDEMN MARTHA FOR THE THINGS SHE'S DOING. 22:54 WHAT HE SAYS TO MARTHA IS REALLY AN ISSUE OF PRIORITY. 22:59 SOMETIMES WE BECOME SO BUSY WITH, YOU'VE HEARD THIS CLICHê 23:03 BEFORE, DOING THE WORK OF THE LORD WE FORGET THE LORD 23:06 OF THE WORK. 23:07 MARTHA WAS ALWAYS PREOCCUPIED WITH DOING THE WORK 23:10 OF THE LORD. 23:11 BUSY, BUSY, BUSY, DOING GOOD THINGS, BUT THE PERSONAL 23:14 RELATIONSHIP WAS BEING ECLIPSED BY THE DUTIES. 23:20 NOW ONCE AGAIN, WHAT DOES A WOMAN REPRESENT? 23:25 WHAT KIND OF CHURCH DOES THE LORD WANT, THE CHURCH THAT'S 23:28 BUSY? 23:29 "LORD, LORD, WE TAUGHT IN YOUR STREETS. 23:33 WE CAST OUT DEVILS. 23:34 WE DID MANY WONDERFUL WORKS AND COOKED AND COOKED LOTS 23:36 OF POTLUCKS. 23:38 WE SEWED AND MENDED AT THE DORCASá." 23:41 AND JESUS WILL SAY, "I DON'T KNOW YOU." 23:46 AND THEN THERE'LL BE THOSE WHO HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP 23:48 WITH JESUS. 23:49 THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO SIT AT HIS FEET AND LOOK WISTFULLY 23:53 INTO HIS EYES BECAUSE THEY LOVE HIM. 23:55 THEY'VE GOT THIS RELATIONSHIP. 23:56 THEY HEAR HIS WORD. 23:58 THEY TAKE IT PERSONALLY. 24:00 AND SO YOU'VE GOT TWO KINDS OF CHURCHES. 24:03 YOU GOT SOME CHURCHES THAT ARE VERY BUSY. 24:05 THEY GOT COMMUNITY SERVICE. 24:06 AND THOSE THINGS ARE GOOD. 24:07 HE DOESN'T CONDEMN THEM FOR DOING THE TEACHING 24:10 AND THE PREACHING AND THE MINISTRY. 24:12 EVERY CHURCH SHOULD DO THAT, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE 24:15 OF THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. 24:17 WE ARE NOT SAVED BY THE WORKS OF MARTHA. 24:20 WE'RE SAVED BY THE RELATIONSHIP OF MARY. 24:24 AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING 24:26 TO REMEMBER. 24:27 >> STAY TUNED. 24:28 PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL 24:31 FREE OFFER. 24:34 >> NOW, DID JESUS COME TO EARTH SO HE'D KNOW HOW HUMANS FEEL 24:37 OR DID HE ALREADY KNOW? 24:44 WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT IS BEING USED IN THIS JUDGMENT? 24:50 IS IT THE SINNERS GO INTO ETERNAL JUDGMENT AND THE 24:54 RIGHTEOUS INTO ETERNAL LIFE OR IS IT THOSE WHO HAVE NEGLECTED 25:00 TO LOVE THEIR FELLOW MAN? 25:04 >> HELLO, FRIENDS. 25:05 I'M SUPPOSING THAT YOU KNOW THAT "AMAZING FACTS" IS 100% 25:09 VIEWER SUPPORTED. 25:10 IF YOU APPRECIATED THESE PROGRAMS, IF IT'S BEEN A SOURCE 25:13 OF ENCOURAGEMENT FOR YOU AND IF IT'S BLESSED YOUR LIFE, 25:15 WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. 25:17 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STAY ON THIS NETWORK AND THESE STATIONS 25:19 IS BECAUSE VIEWERS JUST LIKE YOU CONTACT US AND LET US KNOW. 25:24 WHY DON'T YOU DROP US A LINE OR EVEN GO TO THE WEBSITE? 25:26 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG, AND SEND US A NOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT 25:30 AND SUPPORT SO WE CAN STAY ON THE AIR. 25:34 >> IS IT POSSIBLE TO SEE INTO THE FUTURE? 25:37 WHAT'S IN STORE FOR PLANET EARTH? 25:40 CRIME, WAR AND NATURAL DISASTERS APPEAR TO INTENSIFY 25:44 EVERY DAY. 25:46 DO THEY HERALD AN APPROACHING CATACLYSMIC EVENT? 25:50 DISCOVER SECRETS IN THE BIBLE THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE 25:53 FOREVER. 25:54 CALL NOW AND ORDER YOUR COPY OF "THE MOST AMAZING BIBLE 25:57 PROPHECIES" TODAY. 26:04 >> IF YOU'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY TODAY'S MESSAGE AND WOULD LIKE 26:08 TO KNOW MORE OF WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS TO YOU TODAY, 26:11 "AMAZING FACTS" INVITES YOU TO VISIT OUR EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE 26:14 AT WWW.BIBLEUNIVERSE.COM. 26:18 AT "BIBLE UNIVERSE" YOU'LL DISCOVER EXCITING TRUTHS 26:21 THAT WILL FILL YOU WITH PEACE AND PURPOSE. 26:24 THE MYSTERIES OF THE BIBLE WILL UNFOLD FOR YOU AT YOUR OWN 26:26 PACE. 26:27 VISIT WWW.BIBLEUNIVERSE.COM TODAY. 26:32 EXPAND YOUR UNIVERSE. 26:35 >> IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF OUR "AMAZING FACTS" PROGRAMS, 26:37 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:39 THERE YOU'LL FIND AN ARCHIVE OF ALL OUR TELEVISION 26:41 AND RADIO PROGRAMS, INCLUDING "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 26:45 ONE LOCATION, SO MANY POSSIBILITIES, 26:47 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:55 >> HI, FRIENDS. 26:56 THERE'S BEEN MUCH DEBATE WITHIN OUR SOCIETY ON GENDER ROLES 27:00 WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. 27:02 THIS DISCUSSION IS USUALLY FOCUSED ON WHETHER WOMEN SHOULD 27:04 SERVE AS PASTORS, PRIESTS OR ELDERS. 27:07 AND IF SO, SHOULD THEY BE ORDAINED? 27:09 I BELIEVE A GREAT CENTRAL TRUTH HAS BEEN LOST WITHIN THE WHOLE 27:12 DISCUSSION. 27:14 THE BIBLE HAS MANY WONDERFUL PRINCIPLES THAT GIVE US 27:16 TREMENDOUS INSIGHT WHEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE. 27:19 THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO OFFER YOU A POCKETBOOK THAT WE BELIEVE 27:22 WILL SHED LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT. 27:24 IT'S CALLED, "GOD'S ROLE FOR WOMEN IN MINISTRY." 27:27 PLEASE CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 27:29 AND ASK FOR OFFER NUMBER 769. 27:32 OR IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT 27:34 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 27:37 YOU CAN EVEN WRITE US AT: "AMAZING FACTS," 27:40 OFFER NUMBER 769, P.O. 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