IN FACT, IF THE DEVIL IS NOT
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CAUSING SOME PROBLEM IN YOUR
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LIFE, YOU MAY ALMOST ASSUME
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THAT YOU ARE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH
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TO JESUS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU
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GET CLOSE TO JESUS THERE
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WILL BE SOME PROBLEMS.
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THEY THAT LIVE GODLY SHALL
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SUFFER PERSECUTION.
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?  PRAISE THE LORD,
LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ?
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WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN
DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM,
IF YOU TRUST IN HIM.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF THE
PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ?
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YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT
ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF
GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP.
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?  WORTHY OF
ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ?
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TURN WITH ME IF YOU WILL
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TO JOHN CHAPTER 11 AND I WILL
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POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE
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VERSES BEGINNING WITH VERSE 32.
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JOHN, CHAPTER 11.
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VERSE 32 BEGINS THIS WAY:
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I'VE ENTITLED OUR
STUDY, "EVERYBODY CRIED". . .
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"EVERYBODY CRIED."
LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY.
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FATHER, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE
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OPPORTUNITY TO
OPEN THE WORD OF GOD.
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IN THIS BOOK, WE
FIND TRUTH UNADULTERATED.
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IN THIS BOOK WE
HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD.
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IN THIS BOOK WE TRACE THE
MOVINGS OF THIS POWERFUL JESUS.
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BUT MORE THAN THAT, FOR THROUGH
THE THRESHOLD OF THIS BOOK,
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COMES JESUS INTO OUR HEARTS.
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TONIGHT FATHER, ALL
THAT WE HAVE AND ALL
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THAT WE ARE WE
COMMIT NOW TO THEE.
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AND WE ASK SOMEHOW BY THE
MIRACLE OF THY HOLY SPIRIT,
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THAT WE SHALL WALK IN THE
GREEN PASTURES OF THY WORD.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE
PRAY, LET EVERYONE SAY, AMEN.
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THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT A STRANGE
POLITICALLY CHARGED SITUATION.
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MOST OF US WANT TO SEE THE BIBLE
AS A TIME OF PEACE AND QUIET.
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WE WANT TO THINK THAT EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENS HERE HAPPENS IN
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JOY. WE WANT TO THINK THAT
JESUS WAS ALWAYS WANDERING OVER
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PEACEFUL MOUNTAINS AND WALKING
THROUGH QUIET, COOL VALLEYS.
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT
JESUS EXPRESSES HIS POWER,
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IN THAT HE MOVED
AMONG THE REAL PEOPLE.
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HE WAS WHERE THE
REAL PEOPLE LIVED.
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HE WAS NOT
SOMEWHERE CLOISTERED AWAY,
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HE WAS NOT HIDDEN FROM VIEW,
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HE WAS NOT SOMEWHERE SEPARATED.
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BUT WHEN HE CAME FROM
WORSHIP WITH HIS FATHER,
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HE MOVED IN THE "HURLEY-BURLEY"
OF HUMAN EXPERIMENT.
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HE WAS THERE AMONG THE
PEOPLE WHO NEEDED HIM MOST,
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AND WHEN YOU FIND HIM NOW, YOU
MUST NOT THINK THAT HE HAS COME
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TO SOME SITUATION THAT
IS PRISTINE AND SET ASIDE,
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BUT YOU MUST KNOW THAT THERE
WERE GATHERED AROUND HIM ALL
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OF THE POWERS THAT YOU
MIGHT IMAGINE BECAUSE THEY
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THOUGHT HIS
KINGDOM WAS OF THIS WORLD.
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SO, THEY WERE WORRIED THAT
HE MIGHT HAVE TOO MUCH POLITICAL
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POWER. NOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
JESUS WAS AWAY TEACHING WHEN A
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CALL CAME. THE CALL
CAME FROM FRIENDS OF HIS,
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AND YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND
THAT JESUS, FOR MOST OF HIS
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PROFESSIONAL LIFE, HIS PUBLIC
LIFE, WAS ALWAYS HAVING TO TALK
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IN PARABLES BECAUSE THERE WERE
PEOPLE WHO WERE LISTENING TO
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EVERY WORD HE SPOKE, TRYING
TO TWIST IT TO MAKE IT MEAN
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SOMETHING WRONG. AND YOU THOUGHT
THAT JUST STARTED, DIDN'T YOU ?
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YOU KNOW IT'S AMAZING, I WOULD
LIKE TO THINK THAT WHEN YOU COME
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AMONG CHRISTIANS, WHEN YOU
GET AROUND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE,
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I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU
COULD RELAX -- BUT IT'S NOT SO.
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HOW MANY KNOW IT'S NOT SO ?
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ONE WRITER SUGGESTS THAT IF
JESUS HAD NOT GONE TO JERUSALEM,
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WHICH WAS THEN THE
CAPITOL OF THE RELIGIOUS WORLD,
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THAT HE MIGHT NEVER
HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED,
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BECAUSE THERE WAS WHERE
THE TROUBLE CAME TO ITS HIGHEST
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POINT. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO
THAT WHEN CHRIST WAS TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING,
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THERE WAS ALWAYS THE DEVIL
THERE, MOVING THROUGH PEOPLE TO
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MAKE PROBLEMS. IN FACT, IF THE
DEVIL IS NOT CAUSING SOME
PROBLEM IN YOUR LIFE,
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YOU MAY ALMOST ASSUME THAT YOU
ARE NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO JESUS,
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BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET CLOSE
TO JESUS THERE WILL BE SOME
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PROBLEMS. THEY THAT LIVE
GODLY SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION.
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JESUS SUFFERED, BUT
WHEN HE GOT TO BETHANY,
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HE COULD STOP TALKING IN
PARABLES, HE COULD SPEAK PLAINLY
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THERE. BECAUSE MARY, AND MARTHA,
AND LAZARUS WERE FRIENDS,
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THEY WERE LIKE FAMILY TO HIM.
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YOU REMEMBER THE TIME THAT HE
CAME TO HAVE THAT MEAL WITH THE
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FAMILY ? YOU REMEMBER THAT
MARTHA, WHO WAS PROBABLY THE ONE
WHO RAN THE HOUSEHOLD,
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WAS IN WHATEVER THEY CALL
THE KITCHEN PREPARING THE FOOD,
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BUT MARY, WHO HAD, ACCORDING TO
THE ACCOUNT THAT WE READ IN THE
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BIBLE, BEEN AWAY FROM THAT
CHRISTIAN HOME, AND HAD BEEN
POSSESSED OF SEVEN DEMONS,
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AND JESUS HAD MET
HER OUT THERE SOMEWHERE
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AND INSTEAD OF
GETTING DISTURBED WITH HER,
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HE HAD LOVED HER BACK HOME, HE
HAD CAST THE DEMONS OUT OF HER,
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AND HE HAD BROUGHT HER
BACK TO A CHRISTIAN FAMILY.
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SHE NEVER FORGOT WHAT GOD
DID FOR HER THROUGH JESUS.
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SO, WHILE MARTHA
WAS THERE PREPARING FOOD
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AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING
WAS RIGHT -- YOU KNOW,
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I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
AGAINST FOOD BEING RIGHT.
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I TRAVEL A LOT NOW, AND
SOMETIMES I COME TO HOMES WHERE
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THEY SAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE A
MEAL, AND YOU HEAR THE AUTOMATIC
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CAN OPENER. THAT IS
A DISCONCERTING SOUND;
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THEN YOU HEAR THE MICROWAVE.
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THINGS ARE NOT
GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE.
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WHAT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IS THAT
PREPARATION WAS MADE BEFORE YOU
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CAME; THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
WHO TAKE TIME TO MAKE THE FOOD
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READY. WHEN YOU GO INTO THE
HOUSE, THE AROMA HAS PERMEATED
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THE DRAPES, AND THE
CARPET, AND THE FURNITURE.
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WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR,
YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO
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HAPPEN. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS ANY CONDEMNATION OF
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THAT, BUT MARY HAD NO TIME NOW.
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IT WAS NOT THE MATTER OF
HER DISLIKING THE PREPARATION OF
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FOOD; IT WAS A
MATTER OF PRIORITY.
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SHE WOULD RATHER SIT AND
LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF JESUS
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THAN TO GET THE FOOD
READY FOR HIM TO EAT,
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FOR ONE WRITER SUGGESTS SHE
HAD CHOSEN THE BEST DISH ON THE
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TABLE. THE WORDS
OF JESUS MEANT THAT.
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SOMETIMES THE BEST
FOOD IS NOT FOOD AT ALL.
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SOMETIMES FOR YOUR SOUL TO BE
NOURISHED YOU DON'T NEED TO SIT
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DOWN AT A TABLE; YOU NEED
TO GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES.
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(applause)
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MARY WAS AT THE FEET OF JESUS.
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MARTHA SAID, "DON'T LET HER
TO DO THAT, DON'T ALLOW ME SERVE
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ALONE." AND JESUS SAID, "WELL,
SHE'S CHOSEN THE BEST DISH ON
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THE TABLE." THERE WERE TIMES
THAT THEY HAD SHARED TOGETHER,
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AND WHEN JESUS WAS IN
THIS HOME, HE WAS AT PEACE.
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THESE WERE LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS;
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MARY AND MARTHA LIKE
SISTERS, LAZARUS LIKE A BROTHER.
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SO, WHILE THIS
ILLNESS BEGAN TO DESCEND,
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MARY AND MARTHA WERE
NOT UTTERLY DISTURBED
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FOR THEY KNEW THEY
HAD A FRIEND IN JESUS.
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I WONDER WHAT PEOPLE
DO WHO DON'T KNOW JESUS ?
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I DON'T BELIEVE WHEN YOU
KNOW JESUS, YOUR LIFE IS WITHOUT
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PAIN, BUT PAIN IS
DIFFERENT WHEN YOU KNOW JESUS.
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I'VE BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL ONCE;
I'VE BEEN THROUGH ONE SURGERY.
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I DON'T LONG TO GO THROUGH
IT AGAIN, BUT I'LL TELL YOU ONE
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THING; BEFORE THEY PUT
ME UNDER THE ANESTHESIA,
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I HAD A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS,
AND I COMMITTED MY LIFE TO HIM.
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AND I TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE
ALL RIGHT, WHATEVER HE DID.
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IF I CAME OUT, IT
WOULD BE ALL RIGHT,
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OR IF HE CHOSE NOT TO BRING
ME OUT, IT WOULD BE ALL RIGHT
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AS LONG AS I WENT
TO SLEEP IN JESUS.
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WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU GO
TO THE DOCTOR AND YOU DON'T KNOW
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JESUS ? I BELIEVE THAT DOCTORS
AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ARE
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WONDERFUL PEOPLE, BUT THEY
DON'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH COMFORT.
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THERE ARE TOO
MANY PROBABILITIES.
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"WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TEST
FOR THIS AND TEST FOR THAT;
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AND WE LOOKED AT
THIS AND LOOKED AT THAT
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AND WE THINK MAYBE WE
NEED TO RUN SOME MORE TESTS."
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I'M GLAD THE GREAT PHYSICIAN
CAN DO IT WITH ONE TEST
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AND KNOW ALL ABOUT
ME, KNOW MY SITUATION.
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SO, THIS FAMILY WAS NOT
UTTERLY DISTRAUGHT BECAUSE THEY
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UNDERSTOOD THAT WHEN JESUS IS
A FRIEND, THEN YOU CAN CALL HIM.
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JESUS IS A FRIEND IN NEED.
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LAZARUS GOT WORSE, AND WORSE,
AND WORSE, AND FINALLY MARY
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MUST HAVE HEARD
THE WORDS FROM MARTHA,
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"YOU THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME ?"
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MARY SAID, "YEAH, I THINK SO.
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THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE'RE
GONNA BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT."
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AND WHEN THINGS GET OUT OF OUR
HANDS, THEY'RE 'BOUT JUST RIGHT
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FOR JESUS. SO, THEY SENT A
MESSENGER AND TOLD THE MESSENGER
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TO SAY WHEN YOU GET TO JESUS,
DON'T SAY WHO IT IS THAT'S SICK
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BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE DETRACTORS
AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO
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CRITICIZE JESUS
WILL BEAT HIM BACK HERE.
00:12:20.50\00:12:24.33
SO JUST TELL HIM, "ONE
WHOM THOU LOVEST IS SICK."
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YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE CLOSE
TO JESUS WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO
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CALL YOUR NAME. I WOULD LIKE TO
THINK THAT JESUS WOULD KNOW ME,
WITHOUT HAVING HEARD MY NAME.
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BUT I SOMEHOW SUSPECT
THAT'S WISHFUL THINKING,
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BUT WHEN THE MESSENGER CAME
AND SAID, "MAY I SPEAK TO YOU ?"
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AND THEY TRIED TO GET
AS QUIET AS THEY COULD,
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BUT NO MATTER HOW DISCREET
THE MESSENGER WAS, SOMEBODY WAS
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LISTENING. YOU
KNOW HOW FOLKS ARE.
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THERE ARE FOLK WHO
ARE ALWAYS LISTENING;
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TRYING TO ACT LIKE THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE,
00:13:08.10\00:13:13.23
BUT . . . LISTEN, SO THEY'RE
TRYING TO CATCH THE NEWS.
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AND THE MESSENGER SAYS,
"ONE WHOM THOU LOVEST IS SICK."
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"YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ?"
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"I DON'T KNOW, I
THOUGHT HE LOVED EVERYBODY."
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"WELL, HE SEEMED
TO UNDERSTAND IT."
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NOW JESUS KNOWS, IN FACT,
THE DISCIPLES KNOW WHO IT IS.
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SO THE DISCIPLES THINK THAT
JESUS IS GONNA STOP WHAT HE'S
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DOING, GOT ABOUT A 25 MILE TRIP,
GONNA TAKE ABOUT TWO DAYS TO DO
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IT. THEY SAID, "JESUS
IS GONNA STOP RIGHT NOW.
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YOU CAN KINDA START PUTTING
THINGS AWAY 'CAUSE THE WORD JUST
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CAME." BUT JESUS
TOLD THE MESSENGER,
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"LET THEM KNOW THAT THE
SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH."
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SO THE MESSENGER
TAKES OFF WITH A SMILE,
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AND RUNS BACK TO
MARY AND MARTHA AND SAYS:
00:14:05.53\00:14:07.83
"I TOLD JESUS WHAT YOU SAID AND
HE SAID, 'THE SICKNESS IS NOT
00:14:07.83\00:14:12.56
UNTO DEATH.' " SO, ONE OF
THEM LEANS OVER TO LAZARUS AND
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WHISPERS, "LAZARUS, JESUS
SAID IT'S NOT UNTO DEATH."
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LAZARUS, WITH
WHATEVER STRENGTH HE HAD LEFT
00:14:21.06\00:14:23.43
LOOKED OVER WITH
A GLEAM IN HIS EYE,
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BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT
MEANT, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE."
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WHEN YOU SERVE JESUS, YOU CAN'T
BELIEVE THAT IT'S ALWAYS IS
GONNA BE A SWEET RIDE.
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YOU KNOW ?
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YOU CAN'T THINK THAT IF YOU
SERVE THE LORD THERE WILL BE NO
00:14:43.30\00:14:48.13
MORE TRIALS. IF GOD WOULD ALLOW
THAT WHEN YOU CAME TO JESUS,
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THERE WOULD BE NO MORE TRIALS,
EVERYBODY WOULD BE A CHRISTIAN.
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WE'D HAVE MORE HYPOCRITES IN
THE CHURCH THAN WE COULD SHAKE A
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STICK AT, BECAUSE THE WORD WOULD
GO OUT, "IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS, BE A
00:15:03.23\00:15:08.00
CHRISTIAN." SO EVERYBODY WHO
DIDN'T WANT ANY MORE TRIALS,
EVERYBODY WHO DIDN'T WANT ANY
00:15:08.00\00:15:12.33
MORE TESTS, ALL THE LAZY, ALL
THE GOOD-FOR-NOTHIN' FOLKS,
WOULD COME PILING INTO CHURCHES,
00:15:12.33\00:15:17.80
'CAUSE THEY WOULD KNOW THAT IF
YOU WANT TO GET OVER AND GET BY,
00:15:17.80\00:15:23.06
BE A CHRISTIAN. BUT YOU SEE, THE
DEVIL COULDN'T HANDLE THAT KIND
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OF THING. YOU REMEMBER IN THE
TRIAL OF JOB, THE DEVIL SAYS,
00:15:25.83\00:15:28.76
"I GUESS HE DOES SERVE
YA, YOU TAKE CARE OF HIM."
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THE LORD SAID, "IF YOU WANT
TO SEE THAT IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF
00:15:32.46\00:15:36.50
WHAT I GIVE HIM, BUT BECAUSE
OF THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN
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US, GO DOWN THERE AND
TAKE THE STUFF THAT HE'S GOT,
00:15:39.50\00:15:41.96
AND SEE IF HE
WON'T STILL LOVE ME."
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SOMETIMES MY FRIEND, SOMETIMES
GOD HAS TO ALLOW TROUBLE TO COME
TO YOU SO THAT THE DEVIL
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CAN SEE THAT THIS IS NOT
ABOUT STUFF, THIS IS ABOUT LOVE.
00:15:52.10\00:16:02.53
SO, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU
GET IN A TEST, DON'T GET MAD;
00:16:02.53\00:16:06.80
MAYBE GOD'S BEEN BRAGGIN ON YA !
00:16:06.80\00:16:11.50
OH, I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO
SAY, "SHHHHHHH" PLEASE LORD.
00:16:11.50\00:16:16.36
BUT EVERY NOW AND
THEN, GOD HAS TO BRAG.
00:16:16.36\00:16:18.66
CAN I HEAR YOU SAY AMEN ?
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SO THEY WHISPER IN LAZARUS' EAR,
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LAZARUS THINKS HE'S GONNA
BE FINE, AND THEY WATCH HIM,
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AND THEY WATCH HIM WITH COURAGE,
00:16:26.56\00:16:29.40
BUT FINALLY, THAT HOUR
COMES WHEN LAZARUS BREATHES IN A
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BREATH, AND LETS IT
OUT, AND IT IS HIS LAST.
00:16:39.66\00:16:45.80
MARTHA LOOKS IN
THE EYES OF MARY,
00:16:45.80\00:16:50.30
MARY INTO THE EYES OF MARTHA,
00:16:50.30\00:16:53.16
AND THEY DON'T
HAVE TO SPEAK NOW.
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WHERE WAS HE ?
00:16:56.13\00:16:59.43
WHERE WAS HE ?
00:16:59.43\00:17:01.33
WHEN HE NEEDED SOMEBODY
TO TALK TO, HE WAS HERE.
00:17:01.33\00:17:05.76
WHEN HE NEEDED A
PLACE TO EAT, HE WAS HERE,
00:17:05.76\00:17:10.53
BUT WHEN WE NEED
HIM, WHERE IS HE ?
00:17:10.53\00:17:15.40
YOU GOTTA BE CAREFUL HOW
YOU LET YOUR MIND WANDER.
00:17:15.40\00:17:23.26
WHERE IS HE NOW ?
00:17:23.26\00:17:25.23
IF HE HAD BEEN HERE, OUR
BROTHER WOULDN'T HAVE DIED,
00:17:25.23\00:17:29.83
AND THEY CHERISHED
THIS NEGATIVE THOUGHT.
00:17:29.83\00:17:32.46
FRIEND OF MINE, YOU AND I HAVE
ONE DAY GOT TO COME TO THE PLACE
00:17:32.46\00:17:38.23
TO KNOW THAT CHRIST IS ALL
POWERFUL, BUT THAT WHAT HE DOES
IS FOR THE GLORY OF HIS NAME.
00:17:38.23\00:17:48.10
AND IF TO HEAL YOU WOULD
BRING GLORY, YOU'D BE HEALED.
00:17:48.10\00:17:53.70
BUT IF TO ALLOW YOU TO SUFFER
WILL BRING GLORY, THEN YOU'LL
00:17:53.70\00:17:58.60
SUFFER. IF TO LET YOU LIVE
WILL BRING GLORY, YOU'LL LIVE,
00:17:58.60\00:18:01.30
BUT IF TO LET YOU
DRIFT INTO THE SLEEP,
00:18:01.30\00:18:03.96
A SLEEP FROM WHICH HE CAN
BRING YOU BACK, CAN BRING GLORY,
00:18:03.96\00:18:08.03
THEN YOU'LL SLEEP.
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IT'S NOT ABOUT US;
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IT'S ABOUT THE
GLORY OF HIS NAME.
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LAZARUS IS DEAD.
00:18:16.53\00:18:19.26
JESUS HAS NOT ARRIVED.
00:18:19.26\00:18:21.26
THE DISCIPLES ARE
NOT ALL TOGETHER EXCITED;
00:18:21.26\00:18:24.50
THEY'VE ALREADY DONE AN ANATOMY
OF THE PROBLEMS WITH JOHN THE
BAPTIST, A KINSMAN.
00:18:24.50\00:18:32.33
YOU KNOW, THIS THING IS
GETTIN' KIND OF STRANGE HERE.
00:18:32.33\00:18:36.36
JOHN THE BAPTIST, DEAD;
00:18:36.36\00:18:39.63
LAZARUS GONE;
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IT'S GETTING'
KIND OF ROUGH HERE.
00:18:44.26\00:18:47.80
KNOW IT COULD BE ME NEXT;
00:18:47.80\00:18:52.23
I THOUGHT WHEN WE WAS WITH THE
MASTER, EVERYTHING WAS GONNA BE
00:18:52.23\00:18:58.50
ALL RIGHT. LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU
CAN STICK AROUND HIM AND YOU
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
00:18:58.50\00:19:05.13
SOUNDS LIKE SOME
CHURCH MEMBERS, DOESN'T IT ?
00:19:05.13\00:19:08.33
I DON'T KNOW MYSELF, YOU KNOW
I'M GONNA KEEP ON GOIN' BUT I
00:19:08.33\00:19:15.90
AIN'T SURE. THE ATMOSPHERE
WAS CHARGED WITH DOUBT AS JESUS
00:19:15.90\00:19:20.50
STAYED FOR TWO MORE
DAYS AFTER THE MESSAGE CAME.
00:19:20.50\00:19:23.43
AND THEN TOOK A TRIP THAT COULD
HAVE BEEN FASTER, BUT TOOK HIS
00:19:23.43\00:19:29.80
TIME. SO ON THE FOURTH DAY
AFTER THE DEATH, JESUS ARRIVES.
00:19:29.80\00:19:38.53
NOW, SOMEBODY WILL SAY,
"WHY WOULD JESUS DO THAT ?"
00:19:38.53\00:19:42.40
REMEMBER THAT GLORY THING ?
00:19:42.40\00:19:44.46
DON'T EVER LET
THAT SLIP AWAY FROM YOU.
00:19:44.46\00:19:46.73
YOU SEE, JESUS NEEDED
TO BE KNOWN FOR WHO HE WAS,
00:19:46.73\00:19:51.63
BECAUSE SOMEBODY
IN THIS DAY AND TIME
00:19:51.63\00:19:55.83
WOULD NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT JESUS HAS POWER.
00:19:55.83\00:19:59.40
AND ONE DAY, SOMEBODY WAS
BOUND TO ASK THE QUESTION,
00:19:59.40\00:20:03.46
"OH YES, HE'S GOT POWER OVER
WIND, AND HE'S GOT POWER OVER
00:20:03.46\00:20:09.46
DISEASE, HE'S GOT POWER OVER
SOME LIMITED THINGS BUT WHAT
00:20:09.46\00:20:18.26
ABOUT DEATH ?
CAN HE HANDLE THAT ?
00:20:18.26\00:20:20.63
IF HE'S SO POWERFUL, CAN HE DEAL
WITH THE ULTIMATE FINALITY OF
00:20:20.63\00:20:28.70
DEATH ?" OH YES, THERE HAD BEEN
THE SON OF THE WIDOW AT NAIN,
00:20:28.70\00:20:32.60
THERE HAD BEEN JAIRUS' DAUGHTER,
BUT THESE WERE IN SMALL PLACES
00:20:32.60\00:20:36.60
AND REMOTE TIMES
AND NOBODY WAS SURE.
00:20:36.60\00:20:39.66
YOU SEE, IN THOSE DAYS,
ACCORDING TO SOME HISTORIANS
00:20:39.66\00:20:43.03
WHO ARE FAIRLY RELIABLE, THE
PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT THE SOUL
00:20:43.03\00:20:47.43
STRUGGLED TO GET BACK
INTO THE BODY FOR 72 HOURS.
00:20:47.43\00:20:52.96
NOW, YOU THINK
THAT SOUNDS STRANGE,
00:20:52.96\00:20:54.66
BUT I CAN TELL YOU SOME THINGS
PEOPLE BELIEVE NOW THAT SOUND
00:20:54.66\00:21:01.53
MORE STRANGE. I COULD ASK YOU
WHY YOU ARE AFRAID TO WALK
THROUGH A CEMETERY.
00:21:01.53\00:21:10.23
DON'T GET ME STARTED !
00:21:10.23\00:21:13.76
MAYBE ONE OF THE SAFEST
PLACES ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
00:21:13.76\00:21:18.10
SOME CRIMINALS ARE
AFRAID TO GO IN THE CEMETERY.
00:21:18.10\00:21:22.00
IN FACT, THE WAY
HOME THROUGH THE CEMETERY
00:21:22.00\00:21:24.90
MAY BE SAFER THAN THE
WAY HOME ON THE STREET.
00:21:24.90\00:21:29.40
BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, NOW
DON'T -- YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND.
00:21:29.40\00:21:33.83
"DID YOU SEE SOMETHIN' MOVE ?"
00:21:44.70\00:21:53.63
GO DOWN TO A FUNERAL
HOME AND EVERYBODY'S ALL . . .
00:21:53.63\00:22:01.73
"YOU FOLK LEAVIN ?
00:22:01.73\00:22:04.23
YOU'RE NOT LEAVIN' NOW ARE YA ?"
00:22:04.23\00:22:07.86
WHAT IN THE WORLD
ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT ?
00:22:07.86\00:22:10.46
THERE IS SOME FEAR BECAUSE WHEN
WE FACE DEATH WE FACE OUR OWN
00:22:10.46\00:22:18.96
FRAILTY. WE FACE THE
FACT THAT WE TOO COULD DIE.
00:22:18.96\00:22:22.90
AND WE HAVE SOME
STRANGE THINGS IN OUR MINDS.
00:22:22.90\00:22:25.83
FULLY RATIONAL PEOPLE GET
DISTURBED ABOUT DEATH AND THE
00:22:25.83\00:22:32.03
DEAD. BUT THESE PEOPLE BELIEVED
THAT FOR 72 HOURS, WHILE THE
BODY WAS FAIRLY INTACT,
00:22:32.03\00:22:38.70
THAT THE SOUL
STRUGGLED TO GET BACK IN.
00:22:38.70\00:22:40.26
SO THEY WOULD PUT SOMEBODY AT
THE TOMB FOR 72 HOURS TO WATCH.
00:22:40.26\00:22:44.23
BUT THEN AFTER THAT, THEY
HAD DECIDED THAT THE BODY BECAME
00:22:44.23\00:22:49.80
SO MALFORMED AND THAT IT WAS
SO UNPLEASANT IN TERMS OF ODOR,
00:22:49.80\00:22:55.93
THAT THE SOUL RELENTED AND YOU
COULD LEAVE BECAUSE THE PERSON
WOULD NEVER COME BACK.
00:22:55.93\00:23:03.40
NOW WATCH THIS:
00:23:03.40\00:23:05.93
IF JESUS HAD COME BACK
ON THE FIRST DAY AND SAID,
00:23:05.93\00:23:08.93
"LAZARUS, COME FORTH."
00:23:08.93\00:23:11.50
AH, SEE, EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
THE SOUL WAS JUST STRUGGLIN' TO
00:23:11.50\00:23:19.63
GET BACK IN, JESUS JUST HAPPENED
TO GO DOWN THERE AT THE RIGHT
00:23:19.63\00:23:24.13
TIME. SO JESUS DID
NOT COME ON DAY ONE.
00:23:24.13\00:23:25.90
ON DAY TWO THEY
WOULD HAVE SAID IT STILL.
00:23:25.90\00:23:28.10
ON DAY THREE -- OH SEE
VERY, VERY GOOD MOVE I THINK,
00:23:28.10\00:23:34.33
STRATEGIC. JESUS
COMES BACK ON THE THIRD DAY.
00:23:34.33\00:23:36.00
AH, INTERESTING,
WHY DIDN'T HE WAIT ?
00:23:36.00\00:23:39.16
SO THIS TIME, HE WAITS, AND
HE WAITS UNTIL THE FOURTH DAY
00:23:39.16\00:23:45.26
WHEN THE GUARDS
HAVE LEFT THE TOMB
00:23:45.26\00:23:47.26
AND WHEN MARY AND MARTHA HAVE
GIVEN UP AND WHEN THEIR FINAL
00:23:47.26\00:23:50.43
WORDS HAVE BEEN SPOKEN
ABOUT JESUS, AND JUST MAYBE MARY
00:23:50.43\00:23:54.60
SAYS TO MARTHA
OR MARTHA TO MARY,
00:23:54.60\00:23:57.63
"DON'T SAY THAT NAME AGAIN."
00:23:57.63\00:24:05.36
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, DON'T
YOU EVER GET TO THE PLACE WHERE
00:24:05.36\00:24:08.76
YOU LOSE FAITH IN
THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:24:08.76\00:24:13.03
I HAVE SEEN TOO MANY MIRACLES
HAPPEN IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:24:13.03\00:24:17.70
MY MINISTRY IS NOT
ONE OF MIRACLE HEALING,
00:24:17.70\00:24:20.40
BUT I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE
HEALED AT THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:24:20.40\00:24:24.43
MY MINISTRY IS NOT
ONE OF PUTTING OUT DEVILS,
00:24:24.43\00:24:27.36
BUT I'VE SEEN DEMONS
LEAVE AT THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:24:27.36\00:24:31.43
I HAVE SEEN THINGS
HAPPEN WITH THESE EYES
00:24:31.43\00:24:34.50
THAT LET ME KNOW THERE'S
POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
00:24:34.50\00:24:38.66
HE'S A POWERFUL SAVIOR.
00:24:38.66\00:24:40.86
(applause)
00:24:40.86\00:24:43.23
NOW JESUS COMES, WHEN JESUS
COMES, HE DOES NOT COME INTO A
00:24:43.23\00:24:51.56
QUIET HOUSE. WE HAVE RITUALS,
SOME OF US, IN OUR CULTURES,
00:24:51.56\00:24:54.23
I MOVE NOW BETWEEN CULTURES
AND I LEARNED THAT THERE ARE
00:24:54.23\00:24:59.20
DIFFERENT RITUALS. THE ONES WITH
WHICH I AM FAMILIAR WILL PUT A
00:24:59.20\00:25:04.43
CROWD AT THE EVENT OF A DEATH.
00:25:04.43\00:25:07.66
SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR
WITH THOSE RITUALS THAT WE GO
00:25:07.66\00:25:11.73
THROUGH. IT WAS NOT
UNLIKE WHAT HAPPENED THEN.
00:25:11.73\00:25:15.13
MARY AND MARTHA WERE SADDENED,
00:25:15.13\00:25:17.00
THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF
BETHANY, WHO LOVED THEM, WERE
00:25:17.00\00:25:20.96
SINCERELY HURT. THEY
CAME TO WEEP WITH THEM.
00:25:20.96\00:25:23.50
BUT IN THAT DAY, YOU
WOULD ALSO HAVE PAID MOURNERS,
00:25:23.50\00:25:29.06
WHO WERE PAID TO WEEP.
00:25:29.06\00:25:32.16
SO THEY WOULD COME TO ADD THEIR
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00:25:32.16\00:25:38.80
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00:25:51.96\00:25:56.70
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