(MUSIC)
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>>WELCOME TO
SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR.
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WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
TUNING IN, BECAUSE WE KNOW YOU
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DO EVERY WEEK FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
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WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE
RADIO, WATCHING LIVE AT GRANITE
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BAY S - GRANITEBAYSDA.ORG - AND
WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT WE
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STOPPED, OH, ABOUT ALMOST TWO
YEARS AGO, AND THAT IS SINGING
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NEW SONGS AS WE WORK
OUR WAY THROUGH THE HYMNAL.
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SO WE DECIDED TO
START THAT UP AGAIN.
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AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU
ENJOYED DOING THAT WITH US AND
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SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO START
AGAIN AND WE'RE GOING TO START
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AT #227 - JESUS SHALL REIGN - SO
THOSE OF YOU HERE, PULL OUT YOUR
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HYMNALS AND THOSE OF YOU AT
HOME, DO THE SAME AND JOIN WITH
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US. WE'RE GOING
TO SING THE FIRST,
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SECOND, AND FOURTH
STANZAS - #227. (MUSIC)
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>>JESUS SHALL REIGN
WHERE'ER THE SUN DOES HIS
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SUCCESSIVE JOURNEYS RUN; HIS
KINGDOM STRETCH FROM SHORE TO
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SHORE, TIL MOONS
SHALL WAX AND WANE NO MORE.
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PEOPLE AND REALMS OF EV'RY
TONGUE DWELL ON HIS LOVE WITH
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SWEETEST SONG, AND INFANT VOICES
SHALL PROCLAIM THEIR EARTHLY
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BLESSINGS ON HIS NAME.
LET EVERY CREATURE RISE AND
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BRING HONORS PECULIAR TO OUR
KING; ANGELS DESCEND WITH SONGS
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AGAIN, AND EARTH
REPEAT THE LOUD AMEN!
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>>IT'S NICE TO LEARN NEW SONGS
- ONES THAT WE DON'T SING VERY
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OFTEN WE GET FAMILIAR WITH THEM
AGAIN SO WE THOUGHT YOU WOULD
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APPRECIATE THAT AND WE'RE
EXCITED TO LEARN THESE SONGS
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WITH YOU. OUR NEXT SONG IS #423
- #423 - THIS ONE ACTUALLY ISN'T
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ONE THAT WE SING VERY OFTEN
EITHER, BUT IT IS A BEAUTIFUL
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SONG - GOOD, UPBEAT - GLORIOUS
THINGS OF THEE ARE SPOKEN -
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WE'LL DO THE FIRST, SECOND,
AND FOURTH STANZAS. (MUSIC)
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>>GLORIOUS THINGS OF
THEE ARE SPOKEN, ZION, CITY OF
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OUR GOD; HE WHOSE WORD CANNOT
BE BROKEN FORMED THEE FOR HIS
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OWN ABODE; ON THE ROCK OF
AGES FOUNDED, WHAT CAN SHAKE THY
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SURE REPOSE?
WITH SALVATION'S WALL
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SURROUNDED, THOU
MAYEST SMILE AT ALL THY FOES.
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SEE THE STREAMS OF LIVING WATERS
SPRINGING FROM ETERNAL LOVE,
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WELL SUPPLY THY SONS AND
DAUGHTERS, AND ALL FEAR AND WANT
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REMOVE; WHO CAN FAINT WHEN SUCH
A RIVER EVER FLOWS THEIR THIRST
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TO ASSUAGE? GRACE,
WHICH, LIKE THE LORD, THE
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GIVER, NEVER
FAILS FROM AGE TO AGE.
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SAVIOR, IF OF ZION'S CITY I,
THROUGH GRACE, A MEMBER AM, LET
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THE WORLD DERIDE OR PITY, I WILL
GLORY IN THY NAME; FADING IS THE
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WORLDLING'S PLEASURE, ALL
HIS BOASTED POMP AND SHOW; SOLID
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JOYS AND LASTING TREASURE
NONE BUT ZION'S CHILDREN KNOW.
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>>AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON
STUDY WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY
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DR. DAVID DEROSE AND WE WILL
BE STUDYING TOGETHER LIKE WE DO
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EVERY WEEK.
THANK YOU, DR. DEROSE.
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>>WELL GOOD
MORNING TO EACH OF YOU.
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>>GOOD MORNING.
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>>IT'S GOOD TO BE LOOKING
AT ANOTHER INSTALLMENT IN OUR
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SERIES REBELLION AND REDEMPTION
- REBELLION AND REDEMPTION.
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WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE GREAT
CONTROVERSY THEME TOGETHER AND
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WE'RE MOVING TO LOOK AT A LESSON
- LESSON #8 - THAT'S ENTITLED
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COMRADES IN ARMS - COMRADES
IN ARMS - AND THE VERY LANGUAGE
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SEEMS TO SUGGEST WHAT? >>BATTLE.
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>>BATTLE - THAT'S RIGHT, BATTLE
LANGUAGE - IMAGERY OF A CONTEST
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OR A CONFLICT. AS
ALWAYS, WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL
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OFFER THAT GOES
ALONG WITH THE LESSON.
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THAT SPECIAL OFFER THIS WEEK
IS FACE TO FACE WITH THE REAL
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GOSPEL - FACE TO FACE WITH THE
REAL GOSPEL, DENNIS PRIEBE HAS
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PULLED THIS BOOK TOGETHER.
IT'S OFFER #789 - IF YOU
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WANT OFFER #789, SIMPLY
CALL 866-STUDY MORE - THAT'S
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866-788-3966 - AND
ASK FOR OFFER #789.
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YOU'VE BEEN THERE, HAVEN'T
YOU? WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
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THE PLACE I'M REFERRING TO IS
THAT VALLEY OF DISCOURAGEMENT.
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AND MAYBE THIS LAST WEEK WAS A
GOOD WEEK FOR YOU, MAYBE YOU ARE
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REJOICING THIS MORNING THAT
THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING WELL, BUT
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ALL OF US HAVE THOSE TIMES IN
OUR EXPERIENCE WHEN WE'RE FACING
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DISCOURAGEMENT, AND IN THIS
LESSON DEALING WITH COMRADES IN
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ARMS AS WE BEGIN OUR STUDY, OUR
KEY TEXT - THE MEMORY TEXT - IS
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ACTUALLY DRAWN FROM LUKE 24 -
AND WE'RE GOING TO JUMP ALL THE
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WAY, IF YOU'RE STUDYING
THROUGH THE LESSON QUARTERLY, TO
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THURSDAY'S LESSON BECAUSE THAT'S
WHERE THAT TEXT COMES FROM TO
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REALLY SET THE STAGE FOR
SOMETHING THAT REALLY PERVADES
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THE EXPERIENCE OF JESUS'
DISCIPLES. THAT'S WHAT THE FOCUS
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IS, THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS
WHILE HE WAS ON THIS EARTH.
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AND WE SEE, IN LUKE 24, AN
AMAZING STORY - IT'S ONE OF MY
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FAVORITES - AND WE TURN THERE
RIGHT NOW TO LUKE'S GOSPEL.
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NOW, AS I'M TURNING THERE, JUST
A REMINDER - LUKE HAS ONE OF THE
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MORE INTERESTING BACKGROUNDS
OF ANY OF THE GOSPEL WRITERS.
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YOU KNOW THAT MATTHEW AND JOHN
WERE ACTUALLY AMONG THE TWELVE
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DISCIPLES. MARK
WAS - HE ACTUALLY KNEW
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JESUS - MARK WAS ACTUALLY
CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH PETER
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AND MANY REFER TO MARK'S
GOSPEL, AT LEAST IN SCHOLARLY
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CIRCLES, AS PETER'S
GOSPEL. BUT WHAT ABOUT LUKE?
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DID LUKE HAVE ANY PERSONAL
ACQUAINTANCE WITH JESUS?
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HE ACTUALLY DIDN'T.
LUKE ACTUALLY JOINED PAUL'S
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MISSIONARY TEAM AND LUKE
WAS A HISTORIAN - AND HE WAS A
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PHYSICIAN - SO WE HAVE THIS
INTERESTING BACKGROUND HERE AND
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LUKE TELLS A STORY IN
LUKE 24 THAT NONE OF THE OTHER
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GOSPEL WRITERS RELATE.
I'M JUMPING INTO THE STORY IN
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VERSE 13 OF LUKE 24 - IT'S A
STORY THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER THE
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RESURRECTION OF JESUS, BUT
THE DISCIPLES, INCLUDING THE TWO
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THAT WE MEET IN THIS STORY, WERE
NOT AWARE THAT JESUS WAS RISEN.
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SO BEGINNING WITH LUKE 24, VERSE
13 IT SAYS, "NOW BEHOLD, TWO OF
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THEM WERE TRAVELING THAT SAME
DAY TO A VILLAGE CALLED EMMAUS,
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WHICH WAS SEVEN
MILES FROM JERUSALEM.
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AND THEY TALKED TOGETHER OF ALL
THESE THINGS WHICH HAD HAPPENED.
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SO IT WAS, WHILE THEY CONVERSED
AND REASONED, THAT JESUS
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HIMSELF DREW NEAR
AND WENT WITH THEM.
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BUT THEIR EYES WERE RESTRAINED,
SO THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW HIM."
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SO HERE'S THE CONTEXT:
IT'S SUNDAY - IT'S RESURRECTION
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SUNDAY - AND JESUS IS ACTUALLY
JOINING TWO DISCIPLES AS THEY'RE
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LEAVING JERUSALEM AFTER
THOSE MOMENTOUS EVENTS OF THE
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PASSOVER, WHERE JESUS HIMSELF,
AS OUR SIN BEARER, WAS CRUCIFIED
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ON THE CROSS. AND
SO, AS JESUS WALKS
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ALONGSIDE THEM, DO
THEY RECOGNIZE JESUS?
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>>NO. >>NO, THEY'RE OBLIVIOUS TO
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THE FACT THAT THE ONE THEY'RE
MOURNING IS RIGHT WITH THEM.
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LET'S READ ON - VERSE 17,
JESUS SPEAKS - "'WHAT KIND OF
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CONVERSATION IS THIS THAT
YOU HAVE WITH ONE ANOTHER AS YOU
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WALK AND ARE SAD?' THEN
ONE WHOSE NAME WAS CLEOPAS
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ANSWERED AND SAID TO HIM, 'ARE
'ARE YOU THE ONLY STRANGER IN
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JERUSALEM, AND HAVE YOU
NOT KNOWN THE THINGS WHICH
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HAPPENED THERE IN THESE DAYS?'
AND JESUS SAID TO THEM, 'WHAT
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THINGS?'" - NOW YOU WOULD SAY,
'WELL, JESUS KNOWS, OBVIOUSLY,
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WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT,
BUT WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?
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HE'S TRYING TO DRAW THEM OUT.
PICTURE THIS - PICTURE THIS: TWO
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DISCIPLES - TWO FOLLOWERS OF
JESUS - AND CATCH THEIR WORDS AS
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THEY RELATE TO WHAT THEY SAY IS
HAPPENING IN THEIR EXPERIENCE.
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THEY SAY TO JESUS,
'WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS
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CONCERNING JESUS OF NAZARETH,
WHO WAS A PROPHET MIGHTY IN DEED
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AND WORD BEFORE GOD AND ALL
THE PEOPLE, AND HOW THE CHIEF
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PRIESTS AND OUR RULERS DELIVERED
HIM TO BE CONDEMNED TO DEATH,
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AND CRUCIFIED HIM. BUT
WE WERE HOPING THAT IT WAS
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HE WHO WAS GOING
TO REDEEM ISRAEL.
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INDEED, BESIDES ALL THIS, TODAY
IS THE THIRD DAY SINCE THESE
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THINGS HAPPENED.'" DO YOU
CATCH WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
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HERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS
WHO, BASICALLY, HAD STAKED THEIR
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WHOLE FUTURE ON JESUS BEING THE
MESSIAH, AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED,
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IN THEIR EYES?
THAT'S RIGHT, THE RUG HAS
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BEEN PULLED OUT, IF YOU WILL.
I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE
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- THEY'VE LIVED FOR IS
GONE. HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?
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I MEAN, HAVE YOU BEEN
THERE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
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DEALING WITH TODAY. I
DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN
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FACING IN THE WORKPLACE - MAYBE
YOU JUST LOST YOUR JOB - A JOB
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THAT YOU'VE HAD
FOR THIRTY YEARS.
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MAYBE YOU CAN'T GET A JOB
- YOU JUST FINISHED SCHOOL.
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MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING IN THE
FAMILY - MAYBE YOU'VE JUST LOST
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A LOVED ONE. MAYBE
YOU'RE DEALING WITH SOME
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PHYSICAL ILLNESS - YOU
JUST GOT THAT DIAGNOSIS.
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BUT WE ALL ARE THERE AT
SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES, RIGHT?
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WE'RE LIKE THOSE DISCIPLES.
BUT I WANT YOU TO REALIZE
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SOMETHING ABOUT THE STORY: WHILE
THEY'RE GRIEVING, WHILE THEY'RE
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LONGING FOR THE PRESENCE
OF JESUS, WHERE IS JESUS?
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>>RIGHT THERE.
>>HE'S RIGHT THERE.
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>>AMEN. >>BUT
DO THEY REALIZE IT?
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THEY DON'T REALIZE IT. SO
HERE'S THE FIRST MESSAGE OF
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ENCOURAGEMENT THAT COMES
IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS GREAT
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CONTROVERSY TO COMRADES IN ARMS.
BY THE WAY, ALL OF US, IF WE'VE
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CHOSEN JESUS AS OUR SAVIOR, ARE
HIS COMRADES, IF YOU WILL, IF
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YOU WANT TO USE THAT LANGUAGE.
JESUS CALLED US HIS FRIENDS.
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HE CALLED US HIS CHILDREN.
WE'RE PART OF HIS FAMILY.
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AND AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE
CHALLENGES IN LIFE, SOMETIMES
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LIKE THOSE DISCIPLES, IT
SEEMS THAT JESUS IS NOT THERE.
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BUT LET'S READ ON, BECAUSE
WHAT'S AMAZING IS JESUS WAS
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TRYING TO TELL THEM ALL ALONG
THAT HE WAS THERE - THAT HE
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HADN'T FORGOTTEN THEM - THAT
THIS WAS PART OF THE PLAN - OF
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THE DIVINE PLAN, AND
THEY WERE JUST MISSING IT.
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DID YOU CATCH THEIR
LANGUAGE IN VERSE 21?
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THEY SAID, "...BESIDES...TODAY
IS THE THIRD DAY SINCE THESE
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THINGS HAPPENED."
TURN IN YOUR BIBLES REALLY
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QUICKLY, TO MATTHEW CHAPTER 27.
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING,
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BECAUSE HERE ARE THE DISCIPLES
FAILING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
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JESUS' OWN WORDS
- JESUS' OWN WORDS.
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I WANT YOU TO NOTICE, IN MATTHEW
27, THE WORDS OF THE ENEMIES OF
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JESUS, OKAY? SO WE'RE
LOOKING AT THE FRIENDS
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- THE DISCIPLES - BUT
NOW WE WANT TO CONTRAST THAT
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WITH THE ENEMIES OF JESUS.
SO I'M IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 27.
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NOW MATTHEW CHAPTER 27 IS
RECOUNTING JESUS' DEATH ON THE
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CROSS AND AFTER HE HAS DIED - HE
DIED ON FRIDAY - ON SABBATH - ON
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SATURDAY JESUS IS
RESTING IN THE TOMB.
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LOOK AT VERSE 62 OF MATTHEW 27,
"ON THE NEXT DAY, WHICH FOLLOWED
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THE DAY OF PREPARATION,
THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND PHARISEES
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GATHERED TOGETHER TO PILATE,
SAYING, 'SIR, WE REMEMBER, WHILE
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HE" - REFERRING TO JESUS - "WAS
STILL ALIVE, HOW THAT DECEIVER
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SAID," - WHAT? - "'AFTER
THREE DAYS I WILL RISE.'"
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WHO IS SAYING THIS? >>JESUS.
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>>THAT'S RIGHT, JESUS IS SAYING
IT, BUT THE ENEMIES OF JESUS ARE
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QUOTING IT. THEY
KNEW THAT JESUS SAID AFTER
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THREE DAYS HE WOULD RISE AGAIN.
BUT DID THE DISCIPLES - DID THE
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DISCIPLES
INTERNALIZE THAT? >>NO.
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>>NO. SO ON THE
EMMAUS ROAD, THEY'RE
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NOT WALKING SAYING, 'YOU
REMEMBER WHAT JESUS PROMISED?
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IN THREE DAYS HE IS GOING TO
RISE AGAIN.' JESUS REPEATEDLY
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WAS SAYING THAT DURING HIS
MINISTRY. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
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THAT MORE BECAUSE FOR SOME
REASON, SOMETIMES THOSE CLOSEST
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TO JESUS MISS WHAT HE IS
COMMUNICATING IN HIS WORD.
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THE ENEMIES REALIZED IT AND
SO THEY PUT THAT STRONG GUARD IN
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FRONT OF JESUS' TOMB, ONLY
PROVING ALL THE MORE THE MIRACLE
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OF THE RESURRECTION.
NOBODY STOLE THAT BODY.
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JESUS CAME AS THE MIGHTY
CONQUEROR FROM THE GRAVE.
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>>AMEN. >>BUT LOOK
BACK TO LUKE 24 AND
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TO OUR OWN EXPERIENCE, OFTEN
IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT JESUS IS
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ALL THAT MIGHTY IN
OUR OWN ESTIMATION.
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IT SEEMS LIKE HE HASN'T SHOWN
UP - THAT HE'S GONE - AND THAT'S
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WHAT THESE
DISCIPLES ARE DEALING WITH.
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VERSE 22 - I'M BACK IN LUKE 24 -
THE DISCIPLES STILL SHARING - IN
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FACT, THEY'VE BEEN SHARING SOME
OF THE EVIDENCES THAT JESUS GAVE
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THAT HE WAS RISEN.
IT'S BEEN THREE DAYS - OKAY,
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THEY SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN
IT THERE, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
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NOW VERSE 22, "YES, AND CERTAIN
WOMEN OF OUR COMPANY, WHO
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ARRIVED AT THE TOMB
EARLY, ASTONISHED US.
00:16:21.41\00:16:23.71
WHEN THEY DID NOT FIND HIS BODY,
THEY CAME SAYING THAT THEY HAD
00:16:23.71\00:16:27.22
ALSO SEEN A VISION OF
ANGELS WHO SAID" - WHAT?
00:16:27.22\00:16:31.12
>>HE WAS ALIVE.
>>"HE WAS ALIVE."
00:16:31.12\00:16:33.15
SO, I MEAN, HERE IS THE
TESTIMONY - NOW, BUT WAIT A
00:16:33.15\00:16:36.06
MINUTE. HAVE YOU NOTICED THIS?
00:16:36.06\00:16:39.16
WHO DOES GOD OFTEN
REVEAL HIMSELF TO? HIS CHURCH.
00:16:39.16\00:16:45.87
AND SOMETIMES THE PEOPLE THAT HE
REVEALS HIMSELF TO ARE NOT ALL
00:16:45.87\00:16:50.57
THAT PROMINENT
IN OUR ESTIMATION.
00:16:50.57\00:16:54.41
NOW SOME OF YOU REALIZE THE
CULTURE OF JESUS' DAY - WOMEN
00:16:54.41\00:17:00.58
WERE NOT HIGHLY REGARDED.
AND SO FOR WOMEN TO BE THE FIRST
00:17:00.58\00:17:05.72
ONES TO GIVE THE MESSAGE
TO THESE MALE DISCIPLES, THEY
00:17:05.72\00:17:10.03
WERE STRUGGLING
WITH THIS. REALLY!
00:17:10.03\00:17:13.23
WHO DID THE ANGELS APPEAR TO
ON THE HILLS OF BETHLEHEM WHEN
00:17:13.23\00:17:16.73
JESUS WAS BEING BORN? SHEPHERDS.
00:17:16.73\00:17:21.47
IT WAS NOT TO THE
RELIGIOUS LEADERS.
00:17:21.47\00:17:24.04
OFTEN THE MOST RECEPTIVE
ONES ARE ONES THAT ARE - MMMM -
00:17:24.04\00:17:29.08
SOMETIMES ON - WHAT THE WORLD
WOULD SAY - ARE ON THE MARGINS
00:17:29.08\00:17:33.11
OF SOCIETY. NOW
NOT IN GOD'S EYES.
00:17:33.11\00:17:35.88
SO YOU MIGHT BE SITTING HERE
TODAY OR YOU MAY BE TUNING IN
00:17:35.88\00:17:38.99
WITH US AND YOU'RE
SAYING, 'WELL, I'M NOBODY.
00:17:38.99\00:17:42.42
GOD DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME.
00:17:42.42\00:17:43.86
IF I WERE A SUPERSTAR CHRISTIAN,
MAYBE HE WOULD DO SOMETHING FOR
00:17:43.86\00:17:46.59
ME.' IT'S THE EXACT OPPOSITE
THAT WE SEE IN THE GOSPELS.
00:17:46.59\00:17:51.73
JESUS SHOWS UP FOR
THE SINCERE OF HEART.
00:17:51.73\00:17:55.50
AND SO IT IS IN THIS STORY,
THE WOMEN ARE FIRST GIVEN THE
00:17:55.50\00:18:00.28
MESSAGE BY THE ANGELS AND THE
DISCIPLES, THEY DON'T HEAR IT
00:18:00.28\00:18:04.78
BECAUSE - REMEMBER - REMEMBER
- VERSE 17 OF LUKE 24, WHAT WAS
00:18:04.78\00:18:10.59
THE ATTITUDE OF THESE
DISCIPLES THAT JESUS CORRECTLY
00:18:10.59\00:18:13.72
ASCERTAINED? THEY WERE SAD.
00:18:13.72\00:18:17.43
THEY WERE DEJECTED.
THEIR WORLD HAD FALLEN APART.
00:18:17.43\00:18:22.96
BUT JESUS IS THERE AND JESUS HAS
BEEN TELLING THEM FOR THREE AND
00:18:22.96\00:18:27.07
A HALF YEARS, JUST
EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
00:18:27.07\00:18:30.41
ANGELS HAVE ALREADY CONFIRMED
THE TRUTH OF HIS WORDS AND THEY
00:18:30.41\00:18:34.01
ARE DEJECTED.
AND THIS SPEAKS TO ME
00:18:34.01\00:18:37.25
BECAUSE WHERE AM I AT TODAY?
WHAT AM I STRUGGLING WITH?
00:18:37.25\00:18:41.85
WHAT THINGS AM
I CONCERNED ABOUT?
00:18:41.85\00:18:44.29
AND FOR EVERY ONE OF US, THERE
ARE THINGS IN OUR LIFE THAT WE
00:18:44.29\00:18:47.39
STRUGGLE WITH THAT ARE TOTALLY
UNNECESSARY BECAUSE GOD HAS
00:18:47.39\00:18:53.16
FULLY PROVIDED.
WELL, VERSE 25 - HOW DOES
00:18:53.16\00:18:58.50
JESUS DEAL WITH THEM?
NOW, SOME YEARS AGO, I REMEMBER
00:18:58.50\00:19:03.14
MEETING A FELLOW AND
HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:19:03.14\00:19:06.21
IF JESUS WOULD JUST APPEAR TO ME
- IF HE WOULD JUST SHOW ME HE'S
00:19:06.21\00:19:11.15
THERE - JUST HOLD ME - THIS
WOULD BE SO COMFORTING TO ME.'
00:19:11.15\00:19:14.88
NOW, SOME OF YOU, NO DOUBT,
HAVE HAD THAT SAME FEELING.
00:19:14.88\00:19:17.32
MAYBE EVEN RIGHT NOW YOU'RE
FEELING THAT WAY - 'I JUST WANT
00:19:17.32\00:19:19.75
TO FEEL JESUS.' JESUS WAS THERE
WITH THESE DISCIPLES AND HE
00:19:19.75\00:19:23.86
DIDN'T SAY, 'FEEL ME.'
HE DIDN'T SAY, 'I'M JESUS.
00:19:23.86\00:19:27.03
I'M HERE.' WHAT DID HE DO?
THIS WAS REALLY REMARKABLE,
00:19:27.03\00:19:30.57
I THINK, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY
REMARKABLE IN LIGHT OF THE
00:19:30.57\00:19:33.03
LESSON BECAUSE
THIS IS THE GREAT THEME.
00:19:33.03\00:19:34.80
THIS IS WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
END OF THE LESSON FIRST, BECAUSE
00:19:34.80\00:19:38.67
IN VERSE 25, WHAT JESUS DOES,
I THINK, IS TOTALLY REMARKABLE.
00:19:38.67\00:19:43.98
HE DOESN'T MEET
THEIR PERCEIVED NEED.
00:19:43.98\00:19:48.05
YOU SEE, THEIR PERCEIVED
NEED IS TO FEEL THAT JESUS IS
00:19:48.05\00:19:50.29
THERE - HE'S STILL WITH THEM -
THAT EVERYTHING THEY'VE GIVEN UP
00:19:50.29\00:19:53.49
WAS WORTHWHILE.
WHAT JESUS DOES IS HE
00:19:53.49\00:19:57.09
POINTS THEM TO THE WORD.
LOOK AT IT - VERSE 25, LUKE 24
00:19:57.09\00:20:03.33
- "THEN HE SAID TO THEM, 'O
FOOLISH ONES, AND SLOW OF HEART
00:20:03.33\00:20:08.10
TO BELIEVE IN ALL THAT
THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN!"
00:20:08.10\00:20:11.47
- AND I'M SURE I
DIDN'T READ THAT JUST RIGHT.
00:20:11.47\00:20:13.98
BECAUSE I'M SURE JESUS - JESUS
WAS NOT CRITICIZING THEM, HE WAS
00:20:13.98\00:20:17.01
WEEPING WITH THEM. I
MEAN, HOW FOOLISH CAN YOU BE?
00:20:17.01\00:20:20.98
DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND?
00:20:20.98\00:20:23.42
VERSE 26 - JESUS CONTINUES,
"'OUGHT NOT THE CHRIST TO HAVE
00:20:23.42\00:20:29.29
SUFFERED THESE THINGS
AND TO ENTER INTO HIS GLORY?'
00:20:29.29\00:20:34.73
AND BEGINNING AT MOSES AND ALL
THE PROPHETS, HE EXPOUNDED TO
00:20:34.73\00:20:40.04
THEM IN ALL THE SCRIPTURES
THE THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF."
00:20:40.04\00:20:44.94
>>AMEN. >>DO YOU
SEE WHAT JESUS DOES?
00:20:44.94\00:20:48.68
HE SEEKS TO ANCHOR
THEIR FAITH, WHERE?
00:20:48.68\00:20:50.68
>>THE WORD. >>IN THE WORD.
00:20:50.68\00:20:52.88
HE IS SAYING, IN ESSENCE,
JUST WHAT PETER SAID - YOU MIGHT
00:20:52.88\00:20:55.62
REMEMBER, AS PETER IS WRITING IN
HIS EPISTLE HE SAYS, 'WE SAW THE
00:20:55.62\00:21:00.82
TRANSFIGURATION' - BUT HE SAYS
- 'WE HAVE THE WORD OF PROPHECY
00:21:00.82\00:21:04.59
MADE MORE SURE - WE HAVE
THE MORE SURE WORD OF PROPHECY.'
00:21:04.59\00:21:08.43
HE'S SAYING THAT GOD'S WORD -
HIS REVEALED WORD - IS THE MOST
00:21:08.43\00:21:11.40
POWERFUL THING IN THE WORLD - AT
LEAST AS FAR AS OUR INDIVIDUAL
00:21:11.40\00:21:15.10
EXPERIENCE IN THE REVELATION
OF GOD. THINK ABOUT IT.
00:21:15.10\00:21:18.67
SOME OF YOU SAY, 'IF JESUS HAD
ONLY DONE THIS FOR ME - IF HE'D
00:21:18.67\00:21:22.51
ONLY SHOWED UP IN THIS WAY - IF
JUST WHEN I WAS IN MY CHILDHOOD,
00:21:22.51\00:21:26.08
LIKE THAT PERSON ACROSS THE PEW,
IF HE HAD JUST APPEARED IN A
00:21:26.08\00:21:28.32
VISION TO ME' - HERE'S
THE POINT: OUR MEMORIES - OUR
00:21:28.32\00:21:33.12
MEMORIES ARE
FALLIBLE, OKAY? OUR MEMORIES CAN
00:21:33.12\00:21:36.89
ERODE OVER TIME. BUT
YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE NOTICED?
00:21:36.89\00:21:39.73
NO MATTER WHAT MY MEMORY TELLS
ME, I HAVE A BOOK IN FRONT OF ME
00:21:39.73\00:21:44.67
- IT'S THE BIBLE
AND IT HASN'T CHANGED.
00:21:44.67\00:21:47.74
>>AMEN. >>HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?
00:21:47.74\00:21:49.30
I MEAN, THIS IS - WHEN I READ
THESE WORDS - THE SAME WORDS I
00:21:49.30\00:21:52.97
READ TEN YEARS
AGO ARE STILL THERE.
00:21:52.97\00:21:54.74
NOW I MAY - I MAY THINK WE MAY
BE TALKING TOGETHER - AND YOU'VE
00:21:54.74\00:21:58.95
BEEN THERE. YOU'VE
BEEN AT A REUNION WHEN
00:21:58.95\00:22:02.02
YOU'RE RELIVING SOME EXPERIENCE
AND SAY, 'WASN'T THAT GREAT?
00:22:02.02\00:22:04.72
YOU REMEMBER WHEN
THE TEACHER DID...?'
00:22:04.72\00:22:06.69
'THE TEACHER DIDN'T DO
THAT.' 'NO, NO, YOU REMEMBER?'
00:22:06.69\00:22:09.79
'NO, THE TEACHER DID
THIS.' HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE?
00:22:09.79\00:22:12.86
I'M TRYING TO
HELP YOU SEE SOMETHING.
00:22:12.86\00:22:14.83
WHAT WE THINK IS SO IMPORTANT IN
LIFE IS OFTEN NOT THAT IMPORTANT
00:22:14.83\00:22:18.80
AT ALL. AND IN THIS
LESSON, WHAT WE KEEP
00:22:18.80\00:22:21.84
COMING BACK TO TIME AND TIME
AGAIN - ON THE EMMAUS ROAD WE
00:22:21.84\00:22:25.37
FIRST SEE IT - JESUS IS SAYING,
'ANCHOR YOUR EXPERIENCE NOT
00:22:25.37\00:22:30.25
IN SOME MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE.
DON'T ANCHOR YOUR EXPERIENCE
00:22:30.25\00:22:35.15
WITH ME IN SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE
LOOKING TO HAPPEN - FOLLOWING A
00:22:35.15\00:22:39.95
CERTAIN SCRIPT' -
ANCHOR YOUR FAITH IN WHAT?
00:22:39.95\00:22:43.73
IN THE WORD - IN THE WORD.
WELL, IF WE'RE IN A CONTROVERSY
00:22:43.73\00:22:49.40
- IF WE'RE IN A BATTLE, AND
WE ARE - IF WE'RE IN THE MIDST
00:22:49.40\00:22:51.93
OF A REBELLION, WE NEED
FIRM INSTRUCTION - WE NEED A
00:22:51.93\00:22:57.34
CONNECTION TOO WITH THE ONE
WHO GAVE THOSE WORDS, RIGHT?
00:22:57.34\00:23:01.81
LET'S GO BACK NOW TO
WHERE THE LESSON STARTED.
00:23:01.81\00:23:05.65
I'M TURNING IN MY BIBLE,
ULTIMATELY, BUT FIRST I'M
00:23:05.65\00:23:09.58
TURNING IN MY LESSON QUARTERLY
TO LESSON #8 - THIS LESSON ON
00:23:09.58\00:23:13.56
COMRADES IN ARMS - AND TO
SUNDAY'S LESSON - THE CALL OF
00:23:13.56\00:23:16.66
PETER - AND YOU MIGHT HAVE
MISSED SOMETHING AS YOU WERE
00:23:16.66\00:23:20.50
READING THIS, I THINK THE AUTHOR
OF THE LESSON - THE AUTHORS -
00:23:20.50\00:23:23.70
DID A GOOD JOB IN HIGHLIGHTING
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CALL OF
00:23:23.70\00:23:27.87
PETER. WE'RE GOING TO
LOOK AT IT FROM LUKE 5.
00:23:27.87\00:23:30.64
AND THE IMPORTANT POINT THAT
THEY FIRST MAKE IS THAT LUKE 5,
00:23:30.64\00:23:34.41
ALTHOUGH IT MAY SEEM AS JESUS
IS ON THE SHORE OF GALILEE, THAT
00:23:34.41\00:23:39.35
THIS IS A VERY EARLY ENCOUNTER
THAT PETER HAD WITH JESUS -
00:23:39.35\00:23:44.12
MAYBE EVEN A FIRST ENCOUNTER.
IT'S NOT THAT WAY AT ALL.
00:23:44.12\00:23:47.36
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH
A CHRONOLOGY OF THE GOSPELS.
00:23:47.36\00:23:50.19
WHETHER YOU USE LUKE'S
CHRONOLOGY OR MARK'S OR JOHN'S,
00:23:50.19\00:23:53.83
THE POINT IS SIMPLY THIS.
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.30
WHEN LUKE 5 COMES
UP, A LOT HAS HAPPENED.
00:23:56.30\00:23:59.47
NOW, I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE
GOING THROUGH A LESSON STUDY WE
00:23:59.47\00:24:03.71
CAN TOUCH ON SOME SUBJECTS THAT
LEAVE YOU SCRATCHING YOUR HEADS,
00:24:03.71\00:24:07.21
AND I MENTIONED SOMETHING
ABOUT CHRONOLOGY - TIME FRAME.
00:24:07.21\00:24:11.98
YOU ALL REALIZE THAT IF YOU GO
THROUGH THE DIFFERENT GOSPELS,
00:24:11.98\00:24:16.15
THEY GIVE YOU A LITTLE DIFFERENT
FEEL OF THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH
00:24:16.15\00:24:19.29
THINGS HAPPENED. ARE YOU AWARE
OF THAT? IN FACT, IN SUNDAY'S
00:24:19.29\00:24:22.16
LESSON, THE AUTHORS ARE WALKING
US THROUGH LUKE'S CHRONOLOGY.
00:24:22.16\00:24:27.83
IF WE WERE IN A SEMINARY CLASS,
I'M SURE WE WOULD HAVE A LIVELY
00:24:27.83\00:24:31.40
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER
LUKE'S CHRONOLOGY IS THE BEST
00:24:31.40\00:24:35.00
CHRONOLOGY TO USE
AS FAR AS THE GOSPELS.
00:24:35.00\00:24:37.91
I WILL JUST PLAY MY HAND AND
TELL YOU I THINK LUKE'S IS ONE
00:24:37.91\00:24:41.04
OF THE WORST, AND IT'S PROBABLY
PARTLY BECAUSE HE'S A PHYSICIAN.
00:24:41.04\00:24:44.81
(LAUGHTER) AND I CAN SAY THAT
WITH SOME AUTHORITY, YOU KNOW,
00:24:44.81\00:24:49.05
BEING A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.
LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY.
00:24:49.05\00:24:51.95
I'LL TELL YOU A COUPLE OF
PATIENTS I HAD JUST THIS LAST
00:24:51.95\00:24:53.69
WEEK AND ILLUSTRATE THIS.
ONE OF THE PATIENTS I SAW HAD
00:24:53.69\00:24:57.09
FALLEN AND ALSO WAS HAVING
PROBLEMS WITH HER RIGHT LEG.
00:24:57.09\00:25:02.60
NOW IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR
ME TO GET THE CHRONOLOGY ABOUT
00:25:02.60\00:25:06.40
THOSE TWO PROBLEMS. I
WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER THE
00:25:06.40\00:25:11.27
PROBLEM WITH THE LEG STARTED
FIRST - IT WAS A NEUROLOGICAL
00:25:11.27\00:25:14.38
PROBLEM - BEFORE THE FALL,
BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR
00:25:14.38\00:25:17.91
US AS PHYSICIANS TO
DEFINE WHY A PERSON FELL.
00:25:17.91\00:25:21.48
YOU KNOW, SO DID THE -
WAS SHE HAVING A STROKE?
00:25:21.48\00:25:23.79
DID THE LEG SUDDENLY GO NUMB
OR DID SHE FALL FIRST, TRIP OVER
00:25:23.79\00:25:26.59
HER RUG, AND
THEN INJURE HER LEG?
00:25:26.59\00:25:29.09
DO YOU SEE WHY
THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT?
00:25:29.09\00:25:30.46
SO, SOMETIMES FOR PHYSICIANS,
CHRONOLOGY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:25:30.46\00:25:32.86
SOMETIMES, FOR LUKE, HE'S VERY,
VERY PRECISE ABOUT CHRONOLOGY.
00:25:32.86\00:25:37.03
BUT OTHER TIMES THE CHRONOLOGY
REALLY DOESN'T MAKE MUCH
00:25:37.03\00:25:39.53
DIFFERENCE. I HAD
ANOTHER PATIENT IN THE
00:25:39.53\00:25:40.90
OFFICE AND THEY WERE HAVING
RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND I WAS
00:25:40.90\00:25:45.34
TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT PRECEDED
00:25:45.34\00:25:49.78
THE RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND
IT TURNED OUT THAT THEY HAD EYE
00:25:49.78\00:25:53.62
IRRITATION AND A SORE THROAT
AND A RUNNY NOSE. I DIDN'T CARE
00:25:53.62\00:25:56.85
WHETHER THE RUNNY NOSE
CAME FIRST OR THE WATERY EYES, I
00:25:56.85\00:26:00.62
DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T CARE
IF IT WAS THURSDAY NIGHT AT 5:00
00:26:00.62\00:26:03.19
PM THAT THIS - I JUST WAS TRYING
TO PUT ALL THOSE THINGS TOGETHER
00:26:03.19\00:26:06.36
AND SAY IS THIS MAYBE PNEUMONIA
THAT THEY HAD OR IS IT PART OF A
00:26:06.36\00:26:10.33
VIRAL ILLNESS THAT'S ALSO
AFFECTING THEIR LUNGS? SO THE
00:26:10.33\00:26:14.04
POINT I'M SIMPLY MAKING IS
SOMETIMES CHRONOLOGY IS VERY
00:26:14.04\00:26:17.44
IMPORTANT - THE EXACT SEQUENCE
OF THINGS - BUT AS I READ
00:26:17.44\00:26:20.38
THROUGH LUKE'S GOSPEL,
OFTENTIMES LUKE IS PUTTING SOME
00:26:20.38\00:26:23.65
INCIDENTS TOGETHER, NOT
NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY
00:26:23.65\00:26:26.95
FOLLOWED IN THAT
PRECISE SEQUENCE.
00:26:26.95\00:26:29.95
NOW I REALIZE, FOR SOME OF YOU
THIS IS - YOU SAY, 'WELL, HOW
00:26:29.95\00:26:34.49
COULD THIS BE? I
THOUGHT THE BIBLE - EVERYTHING
00:26:34.49\00:26:37.99
WAS DIRECTLY THE
WAY IT HAPPENED?'
00:26:37.99\00:26:40.46
REALIZE THESE ARE EYE-WITNESS
ACCOUNTS - MOST OF THEM - EXCEPT
00:26:40.46\00:26:44.53
FOR WHO? LUKE
AND, SOMEWHAT, MARK.
00:26:44.53\00:26:48.17
MARK, YOU KNOW,
SEEING THROUGH PETER'S EYES.
00:26:48.17\00:26:50.81
HERE'S WHY I'M TAKING A LITTLE
BIT OF TIME WITH THIS: DON'T
00:26:50.81\00:26:53.58
READ INTO THE BIBLE
MORE THAN GOD HAS GIVEN US.
00:26:53.58\00:26:57.11
LOOK IN YOUR BIBLE AT
SOMETHING THAT PAUL SAYS.
00:26:57.11\00:27:00.55
I'M TURNING TO HIS
SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY.
00:27:00.55\00:27:04.12
TURN IN 2 TIMOTHY WITH YOU
- WITH ME, IF YOU WILL, IN 2
00:27:04.12\00:27:08.19
TIMOTHY - IN 2 TIMOTHY PETER IS
- EXCUSE ME, PAUL, OF COURSE -
00:27:08.19\00:27:16.63
PAUL IS SPEAKING IN 2 TIMOTHY
ABOUT WHY SCRIPTURE WAS GIVEN.
00:27:16.63\00:27:21.44
WHY HAS GOD
GIVEN THIS REVELATION?
00:27:21.44\00:27:23.51
2 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 3, VERSE 16
- 2 TIMOTHY 3:16, "ALL SCRIPTURE
00:27:23.51\00:27:30.55
IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD,
AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE,
00:27:30.55\00:27:36.25
FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR
INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS,
00:27:36.25\00:27:41.92
THAT THE MAN (OR WOMAN) OF
GOD MAY BE COMPLETE, THOROUGHLY
00:27:41.92\00:27:45.49
EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK."
THE BIBLE WAS NOT GIVEN SO
00:27:45.49\00:27:50.70
THAT WE WOULD HAVE A
PRECISE CHRONOLOGY OF EXACTLY
00:27:50.70\00:27:53.84
WHEN EVERYTHING
HAPPENED. IT'S GIVEN TO DO WHAT?
00:27:53.84\00:27:58.04
TO TEACH US THE TRUTHS OF GOD
- HIS WAYS - HIS WORD - AND SO
00:27:58.04\00:28:02.64
WE HAVE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT SEQUENCE.
00:28:02.64\00:28:05.38
NOW I'VE TAKEN SOME TIME WITH
THAT BECAUSE THE CHRONOLOGY -
00:28:05.38\00:28:08.32
ONE PART OF THE CHRONOLOGY
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, THAT YOU
00:28:08.32\00:28:10.62
MAY MISS JUST LOOKING AT LUKE'S
GOSPEL, OR JUST LOOKING AT
00:28:10.62\00:28:14.59
MARK'S GOSPEL, WOULD BE MORE
PRECISE, BECAUSE MARK DOESN'T
00:28:14.59\00:28:16.96
GIVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF DETAIL
BEFORE SOME OF THESE EVENTS, IS
00:28:16.96\00:28:21.00
JUST HOW MUCH
HAPPENED BEFORE LUKE 5.
00:28:21.00\00:28:24.70
JOHN CHAPTER 2, JOHN CHAPTER
3 - THE WOMAN AT THE WELL;
00:28:24.70\00:28:32.14
NICODEMUS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
JERUSALEM; JESUS CLEANSING THE
00:28:32.14\00:28:35.38
TEMPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME -
ALL THESE THINGS HAPPENED - THE
00:28:35.38\00:28:38.28
WEDDING AT CANA AND
GALILEE IN JOHN CHAPTER 2.
00:28:38.28\00:28:41.75
JOHN TELLS US THAT WAS
JESUS' FIRST MIRACLE, OKAY?
00:28:41.75\00:28:47.29
THAT WAS THE FIRST MIRACLE.
00:28:47.29\00:28:48.52
YOU DON'T READ ANYTHING
ABOUT IT IN THE OTHER GOSPELS.
00:28:48.52\00:28:52.79
LOOK NOW AT LUKE 5 - AND I'M
TRYING TO HELP YOU JUST PICTURE
00:28:52.79\00:28:56.87
THIS - I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET
BOGGED DOWN IN THE CHRONOLOGY,
00:28:56.87\00:28:59.43
BUT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE
THAT A LOT HAS HAPPENED.
00:28:59.43\00:29:02.60
JESUS' MINISTRY HAS
BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME.
00:29:02.60\00:29:05.44
PETER HAS BEEN
CONNECTED WITH JESUS.
00:29:05.44\00:29:07.61
HE'S MET JESUS. JOHN'S
GOSPEL REVEALS HOW JOHN
00:29:07.61\00:29:11.81
THE BAPTIST HAD POINTED
TO JESUS AND CALLED HIM WHAT?
00:29:11.81\00:29:16.89
THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY
THE SIN OF THE WORLD, RIGHT?
00:29:16.89\00:29:19.79
AND PETER IS IN THAT CONTEXT.
SO PETER HAS BEEN INTIMATELY
00:29:19.79\00:29:25.13
ASSOCIATED WITH JESUS FOR
SOME TIME BEFORE LUKE 5 STARTS.
00:29:25.13\00:29:31.10
SO NOW, LET'S PICK
UP THE STORY IN LUKE 5.
00:29:31.10\00:29:34.27
IT SAYS THE MULTITUDE IS
PRESSING ABOUT JESUS AS HE'S ON
00:29:34.27\00:29:37.87
THE SHORE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE,
ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAKE OF
00:29:37.87\00:29:42.14
GENNESARAT, AND IT SAYS, BECAUSE
THAT CROWD IS - IS AROUND HIM,
00:29:42.14\00:29:47.08
HE'S GOT TO GET A LITTLE WAYS
AWAY FROM THE CROWD AND SO THE
00:29:47.08\00:29:49.58
FISHERMEN ARE RECRUITED - VERSE
3 - HE GETS INTO ONE OF THE
00:29:49.58\00:29:53.99
BOATS, WHICH WAS SIMON'S, AND
ASKED HIM TO PUT OUT A LITTLE
00:29:53.99\00:29:57.56
FROM THE LAND AND JESUS SITS
DOWN AND HE BEGINS TO TEACH THE
00:29:57.56\00:30:02.36
MULTITUDE FROM THE BOAT.
AND AFTER THE SERMON IS FINISHED
00:30:02.36\00:30:08.34
AND PEOPLE, APPARENTLY ARE
SCATTERING, HE SAYS IN VERSE 4,
00:30:08.34\00:30:13.54
"LAUNCH OUT INTO THE DEEP AND
LET DOWN YOUR NETS FOR A CATCH."
00:30:13.54\00:30:19.88
NOW WHEN IS JESUS
SPEAKING TO THE CROWD?
00:30:19.88\00:30:22.98
HE'S SPEAKING DURING THE DAY.
00:30:22.98\00:30:27.92
SOME OF YOU HAVE READ THE BOOK
THE DESIRE OF AGES - AN AMAZING
00:30:27.92\00:30:30.53
BOOK - AND, BY THE WAY,
IT'S A BOOK THAT LARGELY GOES
00:30:30.53\00:30:32.93
CHRONOLOGICALLY
THROUGH JESUS' LIFE.
00:30:32.93\00:30:35.33
IT'S A LONG BOOK -
WHAT, ABOUT 700 - 800 PAGES?
00:30:35.33\00:30:40.40
THIS STORY - PAGE 245 IN THE
BOOK DESIRE OF AGES - SO A LOT'S
00:30:40.40\00:30:45.57
HAPPENED IN JESUS'
LIFE. LET'S LISTEN TO THIS.
00:30:45.57\00:30:49.18
THE CONTEXT OF JESUS ASKING
PETER TO THROW HIS NET INTO THE
00:30:49.18\00:30:54.55
LAKE. LISTEN,
"PETER WAS DISHEARTENED.
00:30:54.55\00:30:58.82
ALL NIGHT HE HAD TAKEN NOTHING.
00:30:58.82\00:31:03.76
DURING THE LONELY HOURS HE HAD
THOUGHT OF THE FATE OF JOHN THE
00:31:03.76\00:31:07.00
BAPTIST, WHO WAS LANGUISHING
ALONE IN HIS DUNGEON.
00:31:07.00\00:31:12.43
HE THOUGHT OF THE ILL SUCCESS OF
THE MISSION TO JUDEA," - SO THAT
00:31:12.43\00:31:17.01
WAS WHEN JESUS WAS DOWN
THERE MEETING WITH NICODEMUS,
00:31:17.01\00:31:19.97
WHEN HE CLEANSED THE TEMPLE -
00:31:19.97\00:31:21.71
"HE THOUGHT OF THE ILL SUCCESS
OF THE MISSION TO JUDEA AND THE
00:31:21.71\00:31:24.51
MALICE OF THE PRIESTS AND
RABBIS, EVEN HIS OWN OCCUPATION
00:31:24.51\00:31:29.75
HAD FAILED HIM, AND AS HE
WATCHED THE EMPTY NETS, THE
00:31:29.75\00:31:34.89
FUTURE HAD SEEMED
DARK WITH DISCOURAGEMENT.
00:31:34.89\00:31:40.43
WE BEGAN BY LOOKING AT THE
END OF JESUS' EARTHLY MINISTRY.
00:31:40.43\00:31:45.93
THE DISCIPLES ARE IN
WHAT POSITION? THEY'RE SAD.
00:31:45.93\00:31:50.14
THEY'RE DISCOURAGED.
THEY'RE DISHEARTENED.
00:31:50.14\00:31:52.44
AND IT SEEMS LIKE
JESUS HAS LET THEM DOWN.
00:31:52.44\00:31:54.68
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE DISCIPLES'
00:31:54.68\00:31:57.51
MINISTRY. WE'RE
LOOKING AT PETER - PETER
00:31:57.51\00:31:59.81
WAS A FISHERMAN AND IN
THOSE CLEAR WATERS OF THE SEA OF
00:31:59.81\00:32:03.39
GALILEE, WHEN WAS THE TIME YOU
COULD FISH RELIABLY WITH A NET?
00:32:03.39\00:32:07.32
>>AT NIGHT. >>AT NIGHT.
00:32:07.32\00:32:09.29
YOU COULD NOT FISH DURING THE
DAY, I MEAN, EVERYONE KNEW THAT.
00:32:09.29\00:32:12.49
IF I WAS GOING TO THE SEA OF
GALILEE WITH A NET DURING THE
00:32:12.49\00:32:16.26
DAY, AND I WAS WALKING THROUGH
ONE OF THOSE VILLAGES TOWARD THE
00:32:16.26\00:32:20.50
SEA, WHAT WOULD
PEOPLE BE SAYING?
00:32:20.50\00:32:23.64
'LOOK, A TOURIST FROM AMERICA
- (LAUGHTER) - GOT A NET - GOING
00:32:23.64\00:32:27.74
TO THE LAKE TO TRY TO
FISH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY.'
00:32:27.74\00:32:30.68
PETER KNEW THIS. AND SO WHEN
JESUS TELLS PETER, IN VERSE 4 OF
00:32:30.68\00:32:35.22
LUKE 5, TO PUT YOUR NET INTO
THE LAKE, WHAT IS HE THINKING?
00:32:35.22\00:32:41.02
>>CRAZY. >>CRAZY.
00:32:41.02\00:32:44.43
VERSE 5, "MASTER, WE HAVE TOILED
ALL NIGHT AND CAUGHT NOTHING;" -
00:32:44.43\00:32:52.10
NOW SOME OF US, IF JESUS ASKS
US TO DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T
00:32:52.10\00:32:56.44
MAKE SENSE TO US, WE WOULD SAY,
'THERE'S NO WAY I'M DOING THAT.
00:32:56.44\00:33:00.54
THEY'LL ALL THINK I'M AN
IDIOT. I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT.
00:33:00.54\00:33:03.91
I MEAN, THEY WANT ME TO, YOU
KNOW, TO TEACH IN THE CHILDREN'S
00:33:03.91\00:33:07.35
CLASS? I'M NOT
GOING TO - THE KIDS'LL
00:33:07.35\00:33:10.19
ALL LAUGH AT ME. I'LL
FORGET WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY.
00:33:10.19\00:33:13.32
I GET NERVOUS JUST STANDING
UP IN FRONT.' ONE OF YOU SAYS.
00:33:13.32\00:33:18.36
BUT SOMETIMES, MAYBE OFTENTIMES,
JESUS ASKS US TO DO WHAT?
00:33:18.36\00:33:25.07
YEAH, THINGS THAT PUSH
US OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONE.
00:33:25.07\00:33:28.94
THINGS THAT WE WOULDN'T DO -
THINGS THAT WE KNOW BETTER THAN
00:33:28.94\00:33:32.07
TO DO. AND WHAT DOES PETER DO
00:33:32.07\00:33:33.71
HERE, TO HIS
CREDIT? >>HE DID IT.
00:33:33.71\00:33:35.81
>>THAT'S RIGHT, LISTEN TO HIS
WORDS, "MASTER, WE HAVE TOILED
00:33:35.81\00:33:38.15
ALL NIGHT AND CAUGHT NOTHING;" -
BUT HE DOESN'T ARGUE WITH JESUS,
00:33:38.15\00:33:41.02
HE SAYS, "NEVERTHELESS AT YOUR
WORD I WILL LET DOWN THE NET."
00:33:41.02\00:33:49.06
DO YOU CATCH
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
00:33:49.06\00:33:51.49
IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
DISCOURAGEMENT, IN THE MIDDLE OF
00:33:51.49\00:33:54.23
YOUR LOSS, IN THE MIDST OF
YOUR HEALTH STRUGGLE, IN THE
00:33:54.23\00:33:59.30
CHALLENGES YOU'RE HAVING IN YOUR
FAMILY, WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
00:33:59.30\00:34:04.11
HE SAYS, 'I'M WITH YOU.
LISTEN TO MY WORD.' AND SO PETER
00:34:04.11\00:34:09.98
DOES IT AND IT SAYS IN VERSE 6,
"AND WHEN THEY HAD DONE THIS," -
00:34:09.98\00:34:14.75
WHEN THEY TOOK JESUS AT HIS
WORD, EVEN WHEN IT DIDN'T SEEM
00:34:14.75\00:34:17.45
TO MAKE SENSE, WHAT HAPPENED?
IT SAID THEY CAUGHT A GREAT
00:34:17.45\00:34:22.09
NUMBER OF FISH AND THEIR NET
WAS BREAKING. I MEAN, THIS IS -
00:34:22.09\00:34:26.53
THIS IS AMAZING. AND
SO THEY'VE GOT TO CALL FOR
00:34:26.53\00:34:29.00
THEIR FRIENDS IN ANOTHER
BOAT TO COME AND HELP THEM.
00:34:29.00\00:34:32.50
THEY FILLED BOTH BOATS SO
MUCH THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING?
00:34:32.50\00:34:36.07
>>THEY'RE SINKING.
>>THAT'S RIGHT, THEY'VE GOT A
00:34:36.07\00:34:37.97
BLESSING SO BIG THAT
THEY CAN HARDLY RECEIVE IT.
00:34:37.97\00:34:40.78
>>AMEN. >>BY THE
WAY, WHAT WAS THE
00:34:40.78\00:34:42.41
CONTEXT IN WHICH BOTH
THOSE BLESSINGS WERE GIVEN?
00:34:42.41\00:34:45.61
THE EMMAUS ROAD AND NOW HERE AT
THE CALL OF PETER? THE MIDST OF
00:34:45.61\00:34:50.29
DISCOURAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE
GOT A PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW IF
00:34:50.29\00:34:54.02
YOU'VE NOTICED IT, BUT WHEN
WE THINK WE'VE GOT OUR ACT ALL
00:34:54.02\00:34:57.26
TOGETHER, THAT'S WHEN GOD CAN'T
DO ANYTHING FOR US, REALLY.
00:34:57.26\00:35:03.37
I WAS DEALING WITH SOMEONE
NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO, JUST HAD
00:35:03.37\00:35:07.20
EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER, BUT
I COULD SEE THIS PERSON HAD SOME
00:35:07.20\00:35:10.21
REAL ISSUES, BUT NO ONE COULD
HELP THEM BECAUSE THEY JUST HAD
00:35:10.21\00:35:14.38
THEIR ACT ALL TOGETHER UNTIL
THEY GOT INTO SOME REAL TROUBLE.
00:35:14.38\00:35:21.62
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU GET
INTO REAL TROUBLE BEFORE YOU LET
00:35:21.62\00:35:24.62
PEOPLE HELP YOU, OKAY?
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A CHURCH.
00:35:24.62\00:35:28.66
THAT'S WHY GOD CALLS
US INTO CHURCH FELLOWSHIP.
00:35:28.66\00:35:31.69
LET'S GO ON THOUGH. THE
NET IS PULLED IN AND THEN
00:35:31.69\00:35:35.56
WHEN PETER REALIZED WHAT'S
HAPPENED, IN VERSE 8 HE FALLS
00:35:35.56\00:35:39.43
DOWN AT JESUS' KNEES
SAYING, "DEPART FROM ME, FOR I
00:35:39.43\00:35:44.14
AM A SINFUL MAN, O
LORD!" HE REALIZES, IN A VERY
00:35:44.14\00:35:50.98
REAL WAY, WHO JESUS IS. HE
IS THE MASTER OF EVERYTHING.
00:35:50.98\00:35:58.85
GO WITH ME TO MONDAY'S LESSON,
BECAUSE HERE'S THE GREATEST -
00:35:58.85\00:36:02.92
GREATEST PART OF ALL THAT JESUS
OFFERS US - HE OFFERS US HIS
00:36:02.92\00:36:07.30
WORD. IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL
00:36:07.30\00:36:08.70
THING THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF ALL.
00:36:08.70\00:36:11.73
NOW YOU SAY, 'WELL THE WORD IS
ONLY POWERFUL BECAUSE JESUS IS
00:36:11.73\00:36:14.67
THE WORD.' RIGHT? JOHN
MAKES THAT VERY CLEAR IN
00:36:14.67\00:36:17.31
HIS GOSPEL AND SO IT'S
REALLY EMPHASIZED HERE AS, AFTER
00:36:17.31\00:36:22.51
JESUS REVEALS HIMSELF TO
THE DISCIPLES, THE TIME COMES TO
00:36:22.51\00:36:26.35
ACTUALLY CALL TWELVE TO
BE HIS INTIMATE ASSOCIATES.
00:36:26.35\00:36:31.35
SO I'M TURNING, THIS
TIME, TO ANOTHER GOSPEL.
00:36:31.35\00:36:33.76
WE'RE POINTED TO MARK'S GOSPEL
FOR THIS RECOUNTING OF JESUS'
00:36:33.76\00:36:38.16
CALL. I'M TURNING
TO MARK CHAPTER 3 -
00:36:38.16\00:36:41.70
MARK CHAPTER 3 - AND I'M
PICKING UP THE STORY IN MARK 3,
00:36:41.70\00:36:49.10
BEGINNING WITH VERSE
13 - MARK 3, VERSE 13.
00:36:49.10\00:36:52.01
IT SAYS, "AND HE WENT UP ON THE
MOUNTAIN" - REFERRING TO JESUS -
00:36:52.01\00:36:56.08
"AND HE WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN
AND CALLED TO HIM THOSE HE
00:36:56.08\00:36:57.78
HIMSELF WANTED.
AND THEY CAME TO HIM.
00:36:57.78\00:37:00.68
THEN HE APPOINTED TWELVE, THAT
THEY MIGHT BE WITH HIM AND THAT
00:37:00.68\00:37:05.12
HE MIGHT SEND THEM OUT TO
PREACH, AND TO HAVE POWER TO
00:37:05.12\00:37:08.42
HEAL SICKNESSES AND TO CAST OUT
DEMONS:" AND THEN IT LISTS THE
00:37:08.42\00:37:13.73
TWELVE WHO HE CALLED.
WHAT MARK SAYS THAT'S SO
00:37:13.73\00:37:17.63
INTERESTING IN THIS REASON FOR
THE CALL - WHAT THEY'RE BEING
00:37:17.63\00:37:22.24
CALLED TO DO IS - DID
YOU CATCH IT THERE IN MARK 3?
00:37:22.24\00:37:26.54
THEY WERE CALLED, FIRST
AND FOREMOST, TO BE WITH HIM.
00:37:26.54\00:37:32.01
DID YOU PICK UP ON
THAT? TO BE WITH HIM.
00:37:32.01\00:37:35.95
THE GREATEST PRIVILEGE WE
HAVE IS OF BEING WITH JESUS.
00:37:35.95\00:37:41.42
AND HE INVITES US
TO BE WITH HIM, HOW?
00:37:41.42\00:37:44.43
THROUGH HIS
WORD. THROUGH PRAYER.
00:37:44.43\00:37:47.30
THROUGH, WHAT WE WOULD SAY
TODAY, IS THE DEVOTIONAL LIFE -
00:37:47.30\00:37:50.37
IT'S THROUGH QUIET TIME -
IT'S TAKING TIME WITH JESUS.
00:37:50.37\00:37:53.67
IS JESUS WILLING TO
HAVE YOU BE WITH HIM TODAY?
00:37:53.67\00:37:57.47
>>AMEN. >>AND
THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON
00:37:57.47\00:37:59.11
WE MEET IN CHURCH FELLOWSHIP.
IT'S THE WHOLE REASON WHY
00:37:59.11\00:38:02.84
WE BROADCAST MESSAGES. WHY?
00:38:02.84\00:38:05.55
BECAUSE JESUS WANTS TO
WORK THROUGH PEOPLE AND THEY ARE
00:38:05.55\00:38:08.35
OFTEN PEOPLE WHO ARE BROKEN
PEOPLE AND DISCOURAGED PEOPLE -
00:38:08.35\00:38:12.15
PEOPLE THAT RECOGNIZE
THEIR NEED FOR A SAVIOR.
00:38:12.15\00:38:16.26
AND SO WE'RE GIVEN THIS GREAT
PRIVILEGE OF BEING WITH JESUS.
00:38:16.26\00:38:19.33
NOW I WANT TO POINT SOMETHING
OUT TO YOU BECAUSE SOMEBODY -
00:38:19.33\00:38:20.86
SOME OF YOU MAY BE DISTRESSED
AND YOU SAY, 'YOU KNOW, YOU'VE
00:38:20.86\00:38:23.26
GOT A MAN PREACHING UP THERE
AND, YOU KNOW, MEN'S MINDS AND
00:38:23.26\00:38:27.44
WOMEN'S MINDS ARE DIFFERENT.'
YOU REALIZE THAT, DON'T YOU?
00:38:27.44\00:38:30.94
AND EVERY NOW AND THEN MY WIFE
SONJA HAS TO REMIND ME OF THIS.
00:38:30.94\00:38:35.28
I THINK I'M CATCHING ON AFTER -
OH, OKAY, I SEE YOU - I SEE 'YOU
00:38:35.28\00:38:40.28
DON'T GOT IT DOC - YOU DON'T
GET IT DR. DEROSE.' WELL, LET ME
00:38:40.28\00:38:43.02
JUST TELL YOU.
I'LL JUST CONFESS.
00:38:43.02\00:38:45.02
ONE OF THE THINGS I TEND TO
DO WHEN THERE IS SOME ISSUE.
00:38:45.02\00:38:48.99
MAYBE MY WIFE IS
GRIEVING OVER SOMETHING.
00:38:48.99\00:38:51.86
I, BEING THE GOOD MAN THAT I AM,
WANT TO FIX ALL HER PROBLEMS,
00:38:51.86\00:38:55.26
OKAY? AND OFTEN
IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M
00:38:55.26\00:38:58.87
JUST GOING EXPLAIN THINGS,
SONJA, AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW IT
00:38:58.87\00:39:01.40
ALL IS, BUT MY WIFE REALLY JUST
WANTS ME TO DO WHAT THE BIBLE
00:39:01.40\00:39:05.64
SAID AND WEEP WITH THOSE WHO
WEEP AND REJOICE WITH THOSE WHO
00:39:05.64\00:39:08.81
REJOICE. ARE YOU FOLLOWING ALONG
WITH ME? SOME OF YOU ARE NODDING
00:39:08.81\00:39:12.68
YOUR HEADS - MORE OF THE
LADIES ARE NODDING THEIR HEADS.
00:39:12.68\00:39:14.78
SOME OF THE MEN ARE LOOKING
BEWILDERED, BUT THE POINT IS
00:39:14.78\00:39:18.75
SIMPLY THIS: WOMEN TEND TO BE
MORE RELATIONAL AND MEN TEND TO
00:39:18.75\00:39:23.83
OFTEN, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE
GENERALITIES, BUT TEND TO WANT
00:39:23.83\00:39:28.30
TO FIX THINGS AND
WE SEE THE PROBLEMS.
00:39:28.30\00:39:31.07
WE SEE THINGS MECHANISTICALLY.
AND SO JESUS, ON THE EMMAUS
00:39:31.07\00:39:33.84
ROAD, WHAT DOES
HE DO FOR THESE MEN?
00:39:33.84\00:39:36.17
HE GIVES THEM THE BIG
PICTURE. HE KIND OF WALKS THEM,
00:39:36.17\00:39:38.54
MECHANISTICALLY,
THROUGH SOMETHING.
00:39:38.54\00:39:40.71
BUT THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE, AS
WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THESE TWO
00:39:40.71\00:39:43.28
DIMENSIONS - JESUS' WORD -
AND NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
00:39:43.28\00:39:46.41
RELATIONSHIP - BEING WITH HIM
- THERE'S ANOTHER CHARACTER THAT
00:39:46.41\00:39:49.35
WAS NOT ONE OF THE TWELVE BUT
WAS INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH
00:39:49.35\00:39:53.39
JESUS AND I WANT TO - YOU
TO READ SOMETHING WITH ME FROM
00:39:53.39\00:39:57.59
LUKE'S GOSPEL, AS
WELL, IN LUKE CHAPTER 10.
00:39:57.59\00:40:00.50
I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THIS
PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL, MARY
00:40:00.50\00:40:07.04
MAGDALENE, AND IN LUKE CHAPTER
10 WE HAVE A PICTURE OF MARY AND
00:40:07.04\00:40:15.14
SHE'S ILLUSTRATING THIS
PRINCIPLE IN MONDAY'S LESSON OF
00:40:15.14\00:40:17.95
BEING WITH JESUS - THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING WITH HIM AND
00:40:17.95\00:40:21.32
THAT FELLOWSHIP WITH
HIM IS FOUNDED ON HIS WORD.
00:40:21.32\00:40:25.92
AND SO, IN LUKE 10, AS LUKE
IS CLOSING OUT THIS CHAPTER, HE
00:40:25.92\00:40:29.32
SHARES THIS VIGNETTE WITH US
- LUKE 10, BEGINNING WITH VERSE
00:40:29.32\00:40:32.69
38, "NOW IT HAPPENED AS THEY
WENT THAT HE ENTERED A CERTAIN
00:40:32.69\00:40:37.97
VILLAGE; AND A CERTAIN WOMAN
NAMED MARTHA WELCOMED HIM INTO
00:40:37.97\00:40:42.34
HER HOUSE. AND SHE
HAD A SISTER CALLED
00:40:42.34\00:40:44.74
MARY, WHO ALSO SAT AT
JESUS' FEET AND HEARD HIS WORD."
00:40:44.74\00:40:51.05
SO WHAT WAS MARY
DOING? >>BEING WITH HIM.
00:40:51.05\00:40:53.72
>>SHE'S BEING WITH JESUS
AND SHE'S LISTENING TO WHAT?
00:40:53.72\00:40:56.52
SHE'S LISTENING TO HIS WORD.
00:40:56.52\00:40:58.15
SO IF WE WANT TO SEE SOME OF
THE GREAT ISSUES IN THE GREAT
00:40:58.15\00:41:00.96
CONTROVERSY, IT DOESN'T
SEEM THAT'S WHERE THE BATTLE IS.
00:41:00.96\00:41:04.99
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE DEALING WITH
ALL THESE THINGS - ALL THESE
00:41:04.99\00:41:07.13
EXPERIENCES - ALL THESE DEMANDS,
BUT THIS STORY IS FOCUSING ON US
00:41:07.13\00:41:12.93
- FOCUSING US ON WHAT
THE LESSON IS FOCUSING ON.
00:41:12.93\00:41:15.97
THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CHRISTIAN
EXPERIENCE IS GOD'S WORD AND
00:41:15.97\00:41:19.01
SPENDING TIME WITH HIM -
AND HE OFFERS THAT TO ALL OF US.
00:41:19.01\00:41:22.08
SO MARTHA IS THERE
AND SHE'S DOING WHAT?
00:41:22.08\00:41:24.98
>>SERVING. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
00:41:24.98\00:41:27.48
WE READ THAT IN VERSE 40, "BUT
MARTHA WAS DISTRACTED WITH MUCH
00:41:27.48\00:41:31.65
SERVING, AND SHE APPROACHED HIM
AND SAID, 'LORD, DO YOU NOT CARE
00:41:31.65\00:41:38.46
THAT MY SISTER HAS
LEFT ME TO SERVE ALONE?
00:41:38.46\00:41:42.16
THEREFORE TELL HER TO HELP ME.'"
NOW, BY THE WAY, WAS MARTHA
00:41:42.16\00:41:46.33
DOING SOMETHING
IMPORTANT? >>YES.
00:41:46.33\00:41:48.70
>>BY THE WAY, I WANT TO SHARE MY
APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF YOU IN
00:41:48.70\00:41:52.94
THIS CONGREGATION, WHO
ARE FOCUSED ON SERVING.
00:41:52.94\00:41:56.44
I MEAN THERE'S LOTS OF YOU THAT
SERVE IN MANY WAYS, WHETHER IT'S
00:41:56.44\00:41:58.48
BEHIND CAMERAS, OR WHETHER IT'S
IN DEACON MINISTRIES, WHETHER
00:41:58.48\00:42:02.52
IT'S KEEPING THE PLACE CLEAN,
WHETHER IT'S OPENING THE DOORS
00:42:02.52\00:42:05.82
AND SHUTTING THE DOORS, WHETHER
IT'S PREPARING FOR A COMMUNION
00:42:05.82\00:42:09.62
SERVICE - WHATEVER IT IS, MANY
OF YOU SERVE IN VARIOUS WAYS.
00:42:09.62\00:42:14.56
SOME OF YOU ARE
PRINTING THE BULLETIN.
00:42:14.56\00:42:16.90
SOME OF YOU ARE SENDING
OUT NEWS LETTERS TO US, OKAY?
00:42:16.90\00:42:20.24
SO WE APPRECIATE ALL
THOSE MINISTRIES OF SERVICE.
00:42:20.24\00:42:22.57
THEY MAY NOT BE UP FRONT.
AND THEN HOW ABOUT WHEN WE
00:42:22.57\00:42:24.67
HAVE A FELLOWSHIP MEAL HERE?
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE GLAD THAT
00:42:24.67\00:42:27.34
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT LIKE
TO SERVE AND PREPARING FOOD?
00:42:27.34\00:42:30.01
>>AMEN. >>YEAH, I'M VERY
00:42:30.01\00:42:31.05
THANKFUL FOR THAT. SO
HERE'S MY POINT: MARTHA WAS
00:42:31.05\00:42:35.18
DOING SOMETHING GOOD, BUT
WHAT DOES JESUS SAY TO HER?
00:42:35.18\00:42:40.16
VERSE 41, "AND JESUS ANSWERED
AND SAID TO HER, 'MARTHA,
00:42:40.16\00:42:43.63
MARTHA, YOU ARE WORRIED
AND TROUBLED ABOUT MANY THINGS.
00:42:43.63\00:42:49.40
BUT ONE THING IS NEEDED, AND
MARY HAS CHOSEN THAT GOOD PART,
00:42:49.40\00:42:55.27
WHICH WILL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY
FROM HER.'" SO YES, WE NEED ALL
00:42:55.27\00:42:59.64
YOUR SERVICE. GOD
CALLS US TO SERVE.
00:42:59.64\00:43:02.68
IN FACT, DO YOU KNOW WHAT
THE WORD APOSTLE REFERS TO?
00:43:02.68\00:43:08.58
IT ACTUALLY, IN THE GREEK, YOU
KNOW WHAT THAT TERM COMES FROM?
00:43:08.58\00:43:12.39
IT COMES FROM 'SENT OUT'.
SO YOU CAN'T BE SENT OUT UNLESS
00:43:12.39\00:43:20.03
YOU'RE THERE TO BE
SENT. YOU UNDERSTAND?
00:43:20.03\00:43:23.13
I MEAN IT MAY
SOUND KIND OF BASIC.
00:43:23.13\00:43:24.87
SO WE HAVE TO FIRST COME TO
JESUS, THEN HE CAN SEND US OUT.
00:43:24.87\00:43:29.47
SO WE'RE ALL CALLED TO DO
THAT GREAT COMMISSION WORK OF
00:43:29.47\00:43:33.24
PREACHING AND TEACHING - SHARING
WHAT GOD'S DOING IN OUR LIVES.
00:43:33.24\00:43:36.44
WE'RE ALL CALLED TO SERVE,
BUT WE FIRST HAVE TO DO WHAT?
00:43:36.44\00:43:40.18
>>BE WITH
JESUS. >>BE WITH JESUS.
00:43:40.18\00:43:42.18
HEAR HIS WORD. NOW
HOW DO YOU DO THAT TODAY?
00:43:42.18\00:43:44.55
YOU KNOW, THIS IS SPOKEN OF SO
MUCH, YOU WOULD THINK THAT EVERY
00:43:44.55\00:43:47.12
CHRISTIAN WOULD HAVE
THIS DOWN BUT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:43:47.12\00:43:51.03
IT'S SO EASY IN OUR LIFE TO
SQUEEZE OUT TIME WITH JESUS.
00:43:51.03\00:43:55.93
I LOOK FORWARD TO MY TIME
EVERY MORNING TO MEET WITH JESUS
00:43:55.93\00:44:00.57
THROUGH HIS WORD
AND THROUGH PRAYER.
00:44:00.57\00:44:03.24
AND, IF THAT'S NOT ALREADY
A REGULAR HABIT OF YOURS - YOU
00:44:03.24\00:44:06.11
MIGHT THINK THAT PREACHERS JUST
BELABOR THAT POINT, BUT I NEED
00:44:06.11\00:44:10.08
IT. AS A PHYSICIAN, I NEED IT.
00:44:10.08\00:44:11.91
WHEN I'M TEACHING
IN CHURCH I NEED IT.
00:44:11.91\00:44:14.88
WHEN I'M TEACHING IN A
HEALTH SETTING I NEED IT.
00:44:14.88\00:44:17.72
WE NEED JESUS' PRESENCE WITH US
AND HE'S WILLING TO BE THERE AND
00:44:17.72\00:44:21.76
HELP US, NO MATTER HOW BAD YOU
FEEL, EVEN IF IT FEELS LIKE HE'S
00:44:21.76\00:44:24.49
NOT THERE. WELL,
LET'S GOT TO TUESDAY'S
00:44:24.49\00:44:27.23
LESSON AND JUST FOCUS A
LITTLE BIT MORE ON JESUS' POWER.
00:44:27.23\00:44:30.70
THAT'S WHAT THE
FOCUS IS ON HERE.
00:44:30.70\00:44:33.20
IT COMES TO US FROM A SECTION IN
MATTHEW'S GOSPEL THAT IS REALLY
00:44:33.20\00:44:38.11
FOCUSED ON THE
AMAZING POWER OF JESUS.
00:44:38.11\00:44:41.41
MATTHEW CHAPTERS 8
AND 9 ARE REMARKABLE.
00:44:41.41\00:44:44.55
YOU READ ABOUT THE ABSOLUTE
AUTHORITY OF GOD'S WORD - GOD'S
00:44:44.55\00:44:48.62
WORD, IF YOU READ THROUGH
MATTHEW 8 - MAYBE IF YOU'RE
00:44:48.62\00:44:51.49
TURNING THERE WE CAN JUST
QUICKLY FLY THROUGH MATTHEW 8
00:44:51.49\00:44:54.96
AND JUST CATCH
SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS.
00:44:54.96\00:44:56.69
MAYBE YOU'RE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
HAVE A BIBLE LIKE MINE THAT HAS
00:44:56.69\00:44:59.56
SOME HEADINGS IN IT, BUT
IN MATTHEW 8 JESUS DOES WHAT?
00:44:59.56\00:45:04.30
IT BEGINS HE CLEANSES A LEPER
WITH HIS WORD, THEN HE HEALS
00:45:04.30\00:45:08.37
THAT CENTURION SERVANT WITH
HIS WORD, THEN HE HEALS PETER'S
00:45:08.37\00:45:12.37
MOTHER-IN-LAW WITH HIS
WORD. ARE YOU CATCHING THIS?
00:45:12.37\00:45:15.74
THE POWER OF JESUS' WORD.
AS YOU GO ON IN MATTHEW CHAPTER
00:45:15.74\00:45:19.91
8 YOU SEE HIM CASTING
OUT TWO DEMONS OUT OF TWO
00:45:19.91\00:45:24.55
DEMON-POSSESSED MEN -
THAT'S MATTHEW 8:28 AND ON
00:45:24.55\00:45:28.32
IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 9 JESUS HEALS
A PARALYTIC, BUT IN THESE TWO
00:45:28.32\00:45:33.93
CHAPTERS, THERE'S ONE THING THAT
JESUS DOES NOT HAVE POWER OVER.
00:45:33.93\00:45:37.93
THERE'S ONE THING HE DOES NOT
HAVE POWER OVER AND THIS BRINGS
00:45:37.93\00:45:40.30
US BACK TO THE THEME OF OUR
WHOLE LESSON: WHAT DOES JESUS'
00:45:40.30\00:45:43.44
WORD NOT HAVE POWER
OVER? >>INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.
00:45:43.44\00:45:46.54
>>THAT'S RIGHT,
OUR INDIVIDUAL CHOICE.
00:45:46.54\00:45:48.74
SO IN MATTHEW 8, VERSE 18 -
MULTITUDES FLOCKING AROUND JESUS
00:45:48.74\00:45:56.65
- A CERTAIN SCRIBE COMES
TO HIM AND SAYS, "TEACHER,
00:45:56.65\00:45:59.92
I WILL FOLLOW
YOU WHEREVER YOU GO."
00:45:59.92\00:46:05.09
VERSE 20 - "AND JESUS SAYS
TO HIM, 'FOXES HAVE HOLES AND
00:46:05.09\00:46:08.83
BIRDS OF THE AIR HAVE NESTS,
BUT THE SON OF MAN HAS NOWHERE
00:46:08.83\00:46:13.17
TO LAY HIS HEAD.'" IT
SEEMS THAT THIS MAN LEAVES.
00:46:13.17\00:46:17.97
ANOTHER MAN COMES - VERSE 21 -
"'LORD, LET ME GO FIRST AND BURY
00:46:17.97\00:46:22.21
MY FATHER.' BUT JESUS SAID
TO HIM, 'FOLLOW ME, AND LET THE
00:46:22.21\00:46:27.52
DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD.'" NOW
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE STRUGGLED
00:46:27.52\00:46:30.32
WITH THAT AND, SINCE WE
MENTIONED IT, THERE'S A NUMBER
00:46:30.32\00:46:32.65
OF POSSIBILITIES HERE.
MAYBE HIS FATHER WAS OLDER AND
00:46:32.65\00:46:36.09
HE'S SAYING, 'LET ME WAIT UNTIL
MY FATHER DIES AND THEN I'LL
00:46:36.09\00:46:40.13
FOLLOW YOU.' PERHAPS HIS FATHER
HAD DIED AND THE FUNERAL WAS
00:46:40.13\00:46:45.33
PENDING AND JESUS IS SAYING,
LET THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD ATTEND
00:46:45.33\00:46:50.24
TO THE THINGS OF THIS EARTH.
I'M CALLING YOU TO FOLLOW ME.'
00:46:50.24\00:46:53.14
I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU I
COMPLETELY FATHOM ALL JESUS IS
00:46:53.14\00:46:55.68
SAYING HERE, BUT THE POINT IS,
HE'S CALLING PEOPLE TO MAKE A
00:46:55.68\00:46:59.21
RADICAL CHANGE IN DIRECTION AND
THE CHALLENGE IS, IN MY LIFE,
00:46:59.21\00:47:05.85
GOD HAS OFTEN DONE
THAT. HAS HE DONE IT FOR YOU?
00:47:05.85\00:47:09.02
HAS HE CALLED YOU
OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE?
00:47:09.02\00:47:11.69
MAYBE HE'S
CALLING YOU OUT RIGHT NOW.
00:47:11.69\00:47:13.56
IN FACT, I WAS JUST DOING A
RADIO INTERVIEW YESTERDAY TO BE
00:47:13.56\00:47:16.67
AIRING IN A MONTH OR SO,
AND THIS WAS A COUPLE, QUITE
00:47:16.67\00:47:21.00
SUCCESSFUL, OUT ON THE EASTERN
SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES AND
00:47:21.00\00:47:24.41
THE LORD WAS
SPEAKING TO THEIR HEARTS.
00:47:24.41\00:47:25.87
THEY NEEDED TO LEAVE THEIR GOOD
JOBS AND GO AND DO MINISTRY IN
00:47:25.87\00:47:30.61
KIND OF A MORE ARID PART OF
THE COUNTRY THAN WHERE THEY WERE
00:47:30.61\00:47:35.55
LIVING. NOW THINGS
WERE GOING GOOD FOR THEM.
00:47:35.55\00:47:38.49
THEY HAD A GOOD - THEY HAD BEEN
LIVING IN THE SAME PLACE FOR
00:47:38.49\00:47:40.92
MANY YEARS, THEY WERE CLOSE TO
THEIR CHILDREN, BUT THE LORD'S
00:47:40.92\00:47:45.69
CALLING THEM TO PACK EVERYTHING
UP AND LEAVE. THEY DID IT.
00:47:45.69\00:47:49.83
AND THEY WERE TELLING ME AND
THEY TOLD OUR AUDIENCE - THEY
00:47:49.83\00:47:52.43
WERE TELLING THEIR STORY - HOW
THEY WERE SO THANKFUL THAT GOD
00:47:52.43\00:47:56.04
LED THEM - THAT THEY'RE -
FINANCIALLY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE
00:47:56.04\00:47:59.64
TAKEN LESS - THEY'VE TAKEN JOBS
THAT HAVE REDUCED THEIR INCOME,
00:47:59.64\00:48:03.31
THEY'RE FINANCIALLY
BETTER OFF. HOW CAN THAT BE?
00:48:03.31\00:48:06.65
HOW COULD YOU REDUCE
YOUR SALARY AND BE BETTER OFF?
00:48:06.65\00:48:09.15
THEY SAID, 'WELL, WE MOVED OUT
HERE, YOU KNOW, WE DOWN-SIZED,
00:48:09.15\00:48:11.69
OUR EXPENSES ARE LESS, AND WE'RE
DOING WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO.'
00:48:11.69\00:48:16.12
SO HERE WE'RE READING ABOUT IT.
WE'RE READING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT
00:48:16.12\00:48:19.33
DIDN'T SEEM TO WANT TO FOLLOW
AND THEN THE LESSON POINTS US TO
00:48:19.33\00:48:22.53
THIS AMAZING STORY IN
MATTHEW 8 THAT WE SKIPPED OVER.
00:48:22.53\00:48:27.90
MATTHEW 8, VERSE
23, LET'S LOOK AT IT.
00:48:27.90\00:48:30.67
NOW WHEN HE, REFERRING TO JESUS,
GOT INTO THE BOAT AND CROSSED
00:48:30.67\00:48:36.28
OVER, HE CAME TO HIS OWN
CITY - AM I READING IT RIGHT?
00:48:36.28\00:48:42.02
NO, "...HE GOT INTO A BOAT,
HIS DISCIPLES FOLLOWED HIM.
00:48:42.02\00:48:46.15
AND SUDDENLY A GREAT TEMPEST
AROSE ON THE SEA, SO THAT THE
00:48:46.15\00:48:50.29
BOAT WAS COVERED WITH THE
WAVES. BUT HE (JESUS) WAS"?
00:48:50.29\00:48:53.19
>>ASLEEP. >>ASLEEP.
00:48:53.19\00:48:55.33
HERE'S ANOTHER
ONE OF THESE STORIES.
00:48:55.33\00:48:57.50
RIGHT WHEN YOU
NEED JESUS, WHERE IS HE?
00:48:57.50\00:48:59.83
NOW HE'S SLEEPING. 13
PEOPLE ON A BOAT, LET'S
00:48:59.83\00:49:06.17
READ ABOUT TWELVE OF THEM -
OR THEIR REACTION - VERSE 25 -
00:49:06.17\00:49:10.75
THEY'RE CRYING OUT,
ULTIMATELY, "LORD, SAVE US!"
00:49:10.75\00:49:15.12
WHAT? "WE ARE PERISHING!"
00:49:15.12\00:49:16.72
IT'S OVER. THIS IS THE END. AND
WHAT'S JESUS DOING? SLEEPING.
00:49:16.72\00:49:22.36
HOW COULD JESUS BE
SLEEPING ON THE BOAT?
00:49:22.36\00:49:24.66
HOW COULD HE BE SLEEPING WHEN 13
- 12 OTHER MEN ARE FEARING FOR
00:49:24.66\00:49:29.36
THEIR LIVES? BY THE
WAY, A NUMBER OF THESE
00:49:29.36\00:49:33.13
MEN HAD SPENT THEIR LIVES ON
THAT LAKE - THEY'RE FISHERMEN
00:49:33.13\00:49:37.21
- THEY'VE SEEN STORMS BEFORE.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE STORM.
00:49:37.21\00:49:42.44
BY THE WAY, AS YOU READ THROUGH
THE STORY, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.91
SATAN, HIMSELF, HAS
BROUGHT UP THIS STORM.
00:49:44.91\00:49:48.42
WHY IS JESUS
RESTING IN THE BOAT?
00:49:48.42\00:49:51.72
>>THE LORD WAS TIRED.
>>OKAY, I - SOME OF YOU SAY HE
00:49:51.72\00:49:54.69
WAS TIRED. OTHERS
OF YOU - NO DOUBT HE
00:49:54.69\00:49:57.36
PROBABLY WAS - OTHERS OF
YOU ARE SAYING HE'S TRUSTING.
00:49:57.36\00:50:01.10
JESUS SAID, 'I ALWAYS DO THE
THINGS THAT PLEASE MY FATHER.'
00:50:01.10\00:50:04.70
HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ON
HIS OWN. HE WAS ALWAYS WHAT?
00:50:04.70\00:50:07.87
SPENDING TIME WITH THE FATHER.
HE WAS REFLECTING ON GOD'S WORD.
00:50:07.87\00:50:11.54
SO IN THE WILDERNESS OF
TEMPTATION, WHEN THAT WAS
00:50:11.54\00:50:13.38
STUDIED IN THIS
LESSON, WHAT DID HE DO?
00:50:13.38\00:50:15.54
HE'S QUOTING THE WORD.
JESUS IS FINDING - FOUNDING - IS
00:50:15.54\00:50:19.01
ESTABLISHING HIS RELATIONSHIP
ON THE FATHER AND IN A TRUSTING
00:50:19.01\00:50:23.08
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. I
THINK THERE'S MORE TO IT.
00:50:23.08\00:50:25.92
SOME HAVE POINTED OUT THAT
JESUS, PERHAPS, KNEW THAT HIS
00:50:25.92\00:50:28.89
TIME HAD NOT YET COME.
JESUS WAS A BIBLE STUDENT.
00:50:28.89\00:50:31.66
HE KNEW THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL
CHAPTER 9 - IF YOU HAVEN'T
00:50:31.66\00:50:35.00
STUDIED THAT, BOY,
THAT'S ONE TO STUDY.
00:50:35.00\00:50:37.30
HIS TIME HAD NOT YET COME.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY HE WAS RESTING.
00:50:37.30\00:50:40.44
HE KNEW HE WASN'T
GOING TO DIE RIGHT THEN.
00:50:40.44\00:50:42.80
WHATEVER THE
REASONS WERE, IT WAS TRUST.
00:50:42.80\00:50:46.34
AND THEN, AS THE STORY PLAYS
OUT, VERSE 26, JESUS CRITICIZES
00:50:46.34\00:50:51.21
THEM VERY GENTLY
FOR THEIR LACK OF WHAT?
00:50:51.21\00:50:55.02
FAITH. AND THEN
IT SAYS HE ARISES, HE
00:50:55.02\00:50:59.25
REBUKES THE WIND AND
THE SEA, AND WHAT HAPPENS?
00:50:59.25\00:51:02.42
>>THERE IS A GREAT
CALM. >>THERE'S A GREAT CALM.
00:51:02.42\00:51:04.86
JESUS IS WITH US IN
ALL OUR DISCOURAGEMENTS.
00:51:04.86\00:51:09.13
>>AMEN. >>HE'S WITH
US IN ALL OUR LIFE'S
00:51:09.13\00:51:12.13
CHALLENGES, EVEN IF WE
DON'T FEEL HIM, HE'S THERE.
00:51:12.13\00:51:17.64
IT MAY SEEM LIKE HE'S ASLEEP
- HE'S NOT HEARING OUR PRAYERS -
00:51:17.64\00:51:20.91
IT MAY SEEM LIKE HE'S NOT
THERE WHEN HE'S WALKING WITH US.
00:51:20.91\00:51:24.31
IT MAY SEEM LIKE HE'S
ASKING US TO DO THINGS THAT ARE
00:51:24.31\00:51:27.95
UNREASONABLE, BUT THE LAST PART
OF OUR LESSON, AS FAR AS WE WILL
00:51:27.95\00:51:31.39
COVER, IS WEDNESDAY'S LESSON AND
WEDNESDAY'S LESSON IS ABOUT WHAT
00:51:31.39\00:51:37.49
JESUS CALLED ALL HIS DISCIPLES
TO - IT'S WHAT HE CALLS US TO -
00:51:37.49\00:51:41.30
AND THAT'S TAKING UP
OUR CROSS AND FOLLOWING HIM.
00:51:41.30\00:51:45.63
BUT WHAT WAS THE
DISCIPLES' PROBLEM?
00:51:45.63\00:51:48.17
YEAH, IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM
WE HAVE, THEY WERE BASICALLY
00:51:48.17\00:51:52.21
ASKING, WHAT'S IN IT
FOR US? WHAT'S IN IT FOR US?
00:51:52.21\00:51:55.21
LISTEN, IF I'VE LEFT ALL THIS,
YOU KNOW, AM I GOING TO HAVE A
00:51:55.21\00:51:57.81
REALLY GOOD PLACE?
AM I GOING TO HAVE THE
00:51:57.81\00:51:59.71
BEST PLACE IN THE KINGDOM?
AND HOW DID JESUS CORRECT THEM?
00:51:59.71\00:52:04.82
HE CORRECTED THEM
IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.
00:52:04.82\00:52:07.02
HE'D CALL A LITTLE CHILD AND
SAY, 'YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO
00:52:07.02\00:52:10.23
BE GREAT, YOU'VE GOT TO BE LIKE
A LITTLE CHILD.' JESUS WOULD
00:52:10.23\00:52:13.40
SERVE THEM. HE'D MINISTER
TO THEM. HE'D WASH THEIR FEET.
00:52:13.40\00:52:16.73
HE SAID, 'YOU
SEE WHAT I'VE DONE?
00:52:16.73\00:52:18.10
I'M NOT HERE - I'M YOUR LORD AND
MASTER, BUT I'M HERE TO DO WHAT?
00:52:18.10\00:52:23.04
I'M HERE TO SERVE YOU.' WE'RE
CALLED, AS COMRADES IN ARMS -
00:52:23.04\00:52:28.28
WE'RE CALLED TO BE PARTNERS WITH
JESUS IN THE GREATEST WORK THAT
00:52:28.28\00:52:32.88
HAS EVER BEEN COMMISSIONED
TO MORTALS AND THAT WORK IS
00:52:32.88\00:52:38.52
EXTENDING THE GOSPEL CALL.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT IS BY
00:52:38.52\00:52:43.53
GETTING INSTRUCTIONS
FROM THE MASTER - FROM OUR
00:52:43.53\00:52:46.49
GENERAL, JESUS. THE
ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IT IS
00:52:46.49\00:52:49.30
BY SPENDING TIME WITH HIM.
WE HAVE THE WORD, WE HAVE HIS
00:52:49.30\00:52:53.23
PRESENCE, AND THE GREATEST
PROBLEM - THE ONLY THING THAT
00:52:53.23\00:52:56.54
GOD DOESN'T HAVE
CONTROL OVER IS THE HUMAN HEART.
00:52:56.54\00:52:59.81
HE ALLOWS US TO HAVE OUR
FREE WILL TO CHOOSE FOR HIM.
00:52:59.81\00:53:03.35
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THIS UNIQUE PROPHECY PROGRAM
WILL PRESENT THE SABBATH TRUTH
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AND THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES
IN A WINSOME WAY THAT YOUR
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FRIENDS AND FAMILY
WILL REALLY APPRECIATE.
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IT'S THE IDEAL OCCASION
TO INVITE YOUR COMMUNITY AND
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INTRODUCE THEM TO THE
BEAUTY OF THE SABBATH.
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THIS IS ALSO THE PERFECT TIME IN
HISTORY FOR A NET EVANGELISTIC
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PROGRAM LIKE
THIS. IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
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PLAN NOW TO GET YOUR CHURCH
OR HOME GROUP INVOLVED IN THIS
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SOUL-WINNING PROGRAM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO
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LASTDAYOFPROPHECY.COM AND, OF
COURSE, PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY
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FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROGRAM.
THE LAST DAY OF PROPHECY
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MARCH 21, 7:00 PM
EASTERN TIME. (MUSIC)
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>>TODAY'S SMART PHONES
ARE A VIRTUAL UNIVERSE OF
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INFORMATION THAT FITS
IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
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IT'S A GOOD THING WE
HAVE OPPOSABLE THUMBS!
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WITH IT YOU CAN BUY YOUR
GROCERIES, TAKE CARE OF YOUR
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EXERCISE REGIME, WATCH A VIDEO,
LISTEN TO MUSIC, YOU CAN SURF
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THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD-WIDE
WEB, WHICH MAY NOT ALWAYS BE A
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GOOD THING. AND,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS MORE
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COMPUTER PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY
AND POWER IN A LITTLE SMART
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PHONE TODAY THAN WAS USED BY
NASA TO PUT A MAN ON THE MOON.
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AND I ALMOST FORGOT, YOU CAN
ALSO USE THESE TO MAKE A PHONE
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CALL, BUT WHO DOES THAT ANYMORE?
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TODAY COMMUNICATION IS
NOT IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.
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IT'S ALL ABOUT SHORT MESSAGE
SERVICING OR SMS TEXTING.
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THAT'S RIGHT, THERE ARE ABOUT
2.5 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
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TODAY THAT ARE COMMUNICATING
WITH THEIR FELLOW HUMANS IN
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SHORT BYTES CALLED TEXTING.
THAT'S MORE DATA THAT IS BEING
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USED THAN THOSE WHO ARE SURFING
THE WEB OR EVEN PLAYING VIDEO
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GAMES. AND,
FRIENDS, NOWHERE IS THIS
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MORE TRUE THAN RIGHT
HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
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EVEN THOUGH THE PHILIPPINES HAS
ABOUT 100 MILLION PEOPLE, THEY
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ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LARGEST
NUMBER OF TEXT MESSAGES OF
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ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
THEY'RE THE TWELFTH-LARGEST
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COUNTRY, BUT THEY SEND 400
MILLION TEXT MESSAGES EVERY DAY.
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WOW, THAT'S A LOT
OF FINGER FATIGUE.
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EVEN THOUGH THE GREATEST
NUMBER OF TEXTERS IS HERE IN THE
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PHILIPPINES, THE RECORD FOR THE
FASTEST TEXTER IN THE WORLD IS
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FROM BRAZIL. A
YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF
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MARCEL FERNANDES FILHO - HE WAS
ABLE TO TEXT 25 VERY COMPLICATED
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WORDS IN A LITTLE
MORE THAN 18 SECONDS.
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WOW, IT TAKES ME LONGER THAN
THAT TO JUST SAY 'I LOVE YOU' TO
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MY WIFE AND
PRESS SEND. ALL THUMBS.
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ONE OF THE NEAT THINGS ABOUT
TEXTING IS YOU CAN TEXT JUST
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ABOUT ANYWHERE. IF
YOU'RE SURROUNDED WITH PEOPLE
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AND YOU WANT TO SEND A
PERSONAL MESSAGE, YOU TEXT.
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YOU'RE IN A CROWDED SUBWAY
OR AN AIRPORT, YOU CAN TEXT.
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IF YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY NOISE
OR NOSEY PEOPLE, YOU CAN TEXT -
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JUST DON'T TEXT
WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING.
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THAT'S WHAT'S SO WONDERFUL,
FRIENDS, YOU CAN ALWAYS TEXT GOD
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A MESSAGE OF
PRAYER FROM YOUR HEART.
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WHEN YOU'RE WONDERING
'WHAT SCHOOL DO I GO TO?'
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'WHAT JOB DO I TAKE?'
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'WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO DATE THAT
MAY BE A FUTURE LIFE PARTNER?'
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YOUR PRAYERS
DON'T HAVE TO BE LONG.
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THE SHORTEST PRAYER IN THE BIBLE
IS THREE WORDS - WHEN PETER
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PRAYED, 'LORD SAVE ME.'
AND JESUS ANSWERED HIS PRAYER.
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IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST YOU
CAN TEXT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO
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GOD, HE'LL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
ASKING FOR AND HEAR YOUR PRAYER
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BEFORE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO
SAY 'AMEN' AND PRESS THE SEND
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BUTTON. IN FACT,
FRIENDS, YOU'LL BRING
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JOY TO GOD WHEN YOU SEND
HIM REGULAR MESSAGES FROM
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YOUR HEART TO HIS.
SO WHY DON'T YOU TALK
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TO HIM RIGHT NOW? (MUSIC)
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>>TOGETHER WE HAVE
SPREAD THE GOSPEL MUCH FARTHER
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THAN EVER BEFORE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
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(MUSIC)
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