Welcome to
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Timeless Healing Insights.
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I'm Dr. David DeRose.
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We continue today
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a series on Healing Insights
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from the gospel of Mark.
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Let's pray together
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as we begin.
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Father in heaven,
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we thank you for the word,
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the Bible
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that sheds light on our path.
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We thank you for modern science
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that rightly understood
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is in harmony
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with your revelation.
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Father,
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please help us
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to see those two streams
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and how they guide us.
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Healing Insights
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from Mark's Gospel.
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May that be our
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experience today.
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For we ask it in
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Jesus name, Amen.
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Social connectedness is
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so powerful.
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The Bible is full of it.
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We see it in
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the Gospel writers.
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And as we're on this series
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looking at healing insights
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from the gospel of Mark,
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I want you to realize,
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just like God worked
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through Matthew's history
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to bring social connectedness
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to every reader of the Bible,
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just like
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he brought it to Matthew.
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He did it for John as well.
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Matthew and John, of course,
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were eyewitnesses of Jesus.
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And as we read
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the calling of the 12 Disciples
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as Mark records it,
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we read something
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very interesting.
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You see,
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Jesus would
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sometimes give nicknames
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to some of the disciples.
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He'd give them another name.
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And so it says here in
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Mark 3:16,
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Jesus appointed the 12, Simon
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to whom he gave the name Peter;
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James, the son of Zebedee,
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and John,
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the brother of James,
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to whom
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he gave the name Boanerges.
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That is Sons of Thunder.
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How would you like
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to be called a son
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or daughter of thunder?
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Now, maybe to you today.
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That sounds kind of cool.
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Okay, You say,
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I wish the kids would call me
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that at school.
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Call me Son of Thunder.
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It sounds kind of powerful,
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doesn't it?
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I don't know.
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Yeah, I think so.
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But back then,
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I mean, Jesus called them
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Sons of Thunder,
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it seems, because.
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Well, of some less than
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desirable traits of character.
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Let's take a look
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at what the account tells us.
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In Luke chapter nine,
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we read about John's
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fiery temper.
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Let's take a listen.
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John says, Master,
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we saw someone casting out
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demons in your name
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and we tried to stop him
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because he doesn't follow
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with us.
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And Jesus says, Don't stop him.
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For the one
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who's not against you
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is what is for you?
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Well,
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you say that's pretty mild.
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Pastor DeRose.
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No. Now keep reading.
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Keep reading through, Luke.
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Here's the next story
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right on the heels of that one.
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It came to pass
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when the time had come
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for Jesus to be received up.
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Jesus knows
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the cross is just before Him.
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He's headed back to Jerusalem
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and it says
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He is going through Samaria.
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The Samaritans pick
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up on this and
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well, it says they didn't
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receive Him
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because His face was set
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for Jerusalem.
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In other words,
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Jesus just needed a place
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to stay.
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And the Samaritans
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aren't looking kindly at Jesus
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not coming to visit them.
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Hey, if you're
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not here to see us,
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you can't stay.
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Well, the account continues,
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when James and John saw this,
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they said, Lord,
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do you want us to command
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that fire
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come down from heaven
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and consume them
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just as Elijah did?
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Now, these were Bible students.
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They remember that story
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when enemy soldiers
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tried to take God's
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prophet captive
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some fiery drama ensued.
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And they think somehow
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that they have got
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it all connected
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and they know just what to do.
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What is Jesus response?
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Says Jesus rebuked them.
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You don't know what
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manner of spirit you are of.
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For the Son of Man
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did not come to destroy
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men's lives. But to do what?
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To save them.
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Jesus is interested
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in the saving business.
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James and John,
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You might have said,
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Hey, they're disqualified
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right here.
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But no James and John.
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Jesus, rebuked them.
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I think you're seeing this.
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But what did they do
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with the rebuke?
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When Jesus rebuked them?
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Did they say, hey,
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if you're not doing it
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our way,
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then we're out of here.
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We're quoting the Bible.
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And if Jesus, Jesus,
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if you're not
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going along with it,
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we know you're
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not the true Messiah.
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Is that what they did?
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No.
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When Jesus rebuked them,
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what did they do?
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The implication is
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they humble themselves.
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They kept staying with
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the disciples.
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They didn't leave.
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They didn't
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say, Hey, Jesus, it's our way
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or we're gone.
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There was one disciple
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like that, right?
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He was going to have
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things on his term
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and it didn't turn out
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good for him.
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His name was Judas.
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Well, with
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this kind of background,
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you?think, Well,
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that's enough.
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Enough strikes against John.
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It gets worse,
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at least
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in the eyes of the disciples.
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Because if you put together
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Matthew 20 and Mark 10 side
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by side,
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you'll come
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to an interesting observation.
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You'll realize that
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James and John
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wanted to be number one
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and two in the Kingdom,
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and they were not content
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just to
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bring that request
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to Jesus on their own.
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They even put their mother
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up to it.
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I mean, can you believe that?
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I mean,
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maybe they thought
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they'd lost
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some of their political
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capital already,
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you know, trying to burn cities
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and trying to rebuke people
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so maybe mom
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can talk with Jesus
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and get them to be number
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one and two in the kingdom.
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How do you think the rest of
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the disciples looked at that?
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Oh, this is this is terrible.
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Okay.
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By the way,
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what do you think of it?
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Okay.
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If I told you, you know,
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my goal is to be the number
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two person
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or the number one person
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in the Adventist church.
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You know, let's start
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a writing campaign and say,
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What's the matter
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with this guy?
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You know,
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we're supposed to be humble
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servants, right?
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Despite all these deficiencies
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in John's character,
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despite all these ways
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that he seemed
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to let Jesus down.
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You read in John's gospel,
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turn there with me to John 21.
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I want you to see this
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with your own eyes.
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John 21
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Because John refers to himself
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repeatedly
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as the disciple
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whom Jesus loved.
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Do you see it there?
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John 21:7 That disciple
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whom Jesus loved.
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Now, a lot of people say,
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Well, he had an inflated ego.
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Jesus loved him. No, no, no.
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The Greek scholars
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tell us
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that the form
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of the word used there,
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refers to the one
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that Jesus kept on loving.
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It's like John
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is saying, Yeah, I did this,
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but Jesus kept loving me.
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Then I did this
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and Jesus kept loving me.
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Yeah.
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And I wouldn't
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I hate to say it,
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but by the way,
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let me just tell you, you know,
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all these stories we looked at
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that don't make John
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look all that good.
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None of them are found in
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John's gospel.
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Okay.
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And now, to John's credit,
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I think he just wanted it
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to shine the light on Jesus.
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But.
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But you're getting the picture
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here. What?
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What does he say?
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Jesus just kept on loving me.
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This is the God
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that we're talking about.
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This is the God that we see
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through these four
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gospel writers.
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A God of social connectedness
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who wants to come
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and connect with you
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no matter how you've messed up,
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no matter what you've said,
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no matter what
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you've done wrong
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in the church.
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Matthew
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and John can relate to you.
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What about Luke?
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Now, Luke
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actually had no
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personal experience with Jesus.
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So you say, well,
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how could you know?
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How could he have anything
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negative against him?
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Well, Luke was a Gentile.
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And you know how
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the Jews looked
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at the Gentiles.
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Luke is called the beloved
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physician after
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he was converted.
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But I don't know what you think
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about physicians today.
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I've noticed that,
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yes, some people
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have favorable impressions
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of physicians, but
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other people are happy to
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share other impressions.
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And I'm sure it was
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similar back then.
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Luke, the beloved physician,
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after his conversion.
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So I want you to turn to
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Acts 16,
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because I want you to see
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this drama
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in Acts 16.
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It's easy
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to miss
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something very important
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because we're looking at these
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different Bible writers,
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and I want you to see
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how Luke becomes connected
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with Jesus.
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We're in chapter
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16 of the Book of Acts.
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We are in the midst
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or the beginnings of Paul's,
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what we call
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second missionary journey.
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Paul is traveling,
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and as you come to verse six of
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the 16th chapter of Acts,
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we read these words.
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Now when they had gone
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through Phrygia
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and the region of Galatia,
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they were
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forbidden by the Holy Spirit
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to preach the word in Asia.
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Now, I mean,
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this is really strange,
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isn't it?
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How many of you have heard
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about a preacher
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who said to the congregation
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the Holy Spirit
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forbade him
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to preach those
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evangelistic meetings?
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Now, maybe
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you've heard of that before.
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I can't remember here
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hearing that terminology.
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You see like, well,
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you know,
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if someone wants to preach,
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God is going to bless that.
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But Paul is wanting to preach.
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He's want to tell people
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about Jesus.
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And the Holy Spirit says, what?
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No.
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So what does Paul do?
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He's got a burden
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for the cross, for Jesus.
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Verse 7 Acts 16
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After they had come to Mysia
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they tried to go into Bithynia,
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but what happened?
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The Spirit did not permit them.
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So door
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after door is closing. Now
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some of you might
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just think, well,
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these are close
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places together.
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But as you read through
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these several verses,
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you're talking about several
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hundred miles of travel.
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Best I can map it out.
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And this is not
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traveling in your sports
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car, okay?
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It's traveling how?
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Maybe by foot.
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Maybe on some equestrian.
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Okay.
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And what's going on?
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Paul is spending days,
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maybe weeks.
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And all he's hearing from
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the Holy Spirit
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is don't preach,
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don't preach, don't preach.
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How many of you think
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Paul might have wondered?
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You know, maybe.
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Maybe my preaching
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days are over.
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Maybe I've done something
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really bad.
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Maybe the Lord doesn't
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want to use me anymore.
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You think that could have
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run through his head?
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Finally, Paul ends
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up in a
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place called Troas
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in verse eight.
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It says in
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verse eight
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They came down to Troas
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and while he?n Troas
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here is what happened.
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It says a vision appears
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to Paul in the night.
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A man of Macedonia
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stood and pleaded
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with him, saying,
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Come over to Macedonia
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and help us.
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Pay very careful attention
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now in verse ten.
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Now, after
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he had seen
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the vision immediately
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we sought to go to Macedonia,
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concluding that the Lord
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had called us
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to preach the gospel to them.
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What's going on here?
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It is in Troas
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that Luke, the author
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of the Book of Acts,
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connects with Paul.
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First, he is saying they,
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they they.
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And then what does he say?
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We and us.
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Do you understand
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what's just happened here?
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God is so interested
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in connecting with people
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that He puts
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Paul on this long detour.
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That?ot really a detour.
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One of the reasons,
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yes, is to go to Macedonia.
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But another reason
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that emerges is
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He wants to connect him
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with Luke,
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who's going to end up writing
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the Gospel of Luke
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and the Book of Acts.
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Isn't this amazing?
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Why did God want
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a physician involved
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writing a Bible book?
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What?nteresting.
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If you look through
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Luke's gospel,
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you'll find some amazing things
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that you would expect
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maybe only a physician
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to write about.
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I've noticed
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when I'm
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sitting around a dinner table,
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even though my wife and I
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are both physicians,
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that people often start
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apologizing to us
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because they're talking about
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some bodily function
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or something.
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And I said, don't worry.
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I mean, we've
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you know,
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when you go through
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medical school and residency,
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I mean, you're in conferences
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where they're showing you know
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pathology and surgery
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while you're eating lunch.
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Okay?
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You know,
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we're traind
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to be kind of immune
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to that stuff.
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So I've noticed that
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some people well,
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they don't like to talk
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about all the gory stuff.
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So if you read
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John's gospel
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or Matthew's gospel
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or Mark's gospel,
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you will not read
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that when Jesus
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was in the Garden
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of Gethsemane,
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He sweat great drops of blood.
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Who do you think included
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that detail?
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Yes, Physician Luke.
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Says many medical insights
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in the Gospel of Luke,
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and I know some of you
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right now
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are probably scratching
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your head.
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Wait a minute.
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We're going to
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we're starting a series.
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You give me the background
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right now to a series
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on healing insights from what?
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The gospel of Mark.
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I mean,
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why are we studying
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the Gospel of Luke?
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Well,
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we could have studied
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the Gospel of Luke.
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But Mark is
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especially powerful.
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Mark is the shortest
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of the gospels.
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It is.
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It is filled with a vigor
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that many people say emerges,
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especially in that gospel.
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And Mark well,
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who was Mark anyway?
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Yes, we have to appreciate
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that, Mark
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very interesting character.
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It is likely that he did
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know Jesus probably
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had not traveled extensively,
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extensively with Jesus,
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but Mark was a firsthand
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witness of the early church.
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Look with me at Acts 12,
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and I want you to notice
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it's in
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an amazing context, really.
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By the time
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you get to the middle
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of Acts 12
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and you may want to turn there,
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if your Bible is still open
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to Acts, it's not a great task.
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And that's what I'm doing.
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But if you look at the
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background of Acts
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12, it is not a pretty picture
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what is happening
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to the church.
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In Acts
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12 as the account opens up.
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James, the brother of John,
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one of those two
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sons of Thunder,
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had been martyred.
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He's the first
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martyr among the 12.
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He's martyred in
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verse two,
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Herod was the one
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who perpetrated the crime,
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at least orchestrated it,
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had him executed.
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And in verse three,
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it says Acts 12:3, it
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says, Because Herod saw it,
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pleased the Jews.
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He proceeded further to seize
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Peter also.
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So here's the picture, Peter.
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Now, in jail.
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You know the story, many of you
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very well.
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If you haven't read it
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in a while, it's
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an amazing story.
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Read through Acts 12.
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Peter is put in a position
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that, humanly
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speaking, it's over.
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Okay.
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Multiple guards,
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multiple doors.
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He's in jail.
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He's going to be executed
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the next day.
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And Peter, trusting in
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Jesus, is sleeping.
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An angel awakens him
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and he is miraculously
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led out of the prison
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through multiple doors,
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past multiple guards.
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Peter thinks he's in a dream.
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Okay,
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but finally
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he comes to his senses.
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And here in chapter
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12, verse 12,
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it says,
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When he realized it's
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not a dream,
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he went to the house of Mary,
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the mother of John,
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whose other name was Mark,
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where many were
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gathered together
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and were praying.
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The early church
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was meeting in the home
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of someone
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that we refer
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to today as John Mark.
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He's called John
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his other name, Mark.
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They said, well, wait,
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wait a minute, wait a minute.
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You're reading from the English
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standard version,
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but I've got the King
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James version.
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And it says there,
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John, who's surname was Mark.
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We all know what a surname
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is, right?
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I am David DeRose.
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What is my surname?
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DeRose, you say
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so His last name
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obviously was Mark.
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Well,
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historians actually tell us
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that during Bible times
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people didn't go by last names
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like they go today.
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So the clearer translation
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actually seems to be
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whose other name was Mark.
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But I know some would say,
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but listen, I'm
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going by the King James.
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That's the Bible that I use.
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Well, hang in
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there with me for a minute.
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There's a reason we look
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at multiple translations.
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I believe the King
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James version
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is a tremendous version.
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Probably my favorite version.
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If you look at my
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history of Bible study,
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probably studied far more
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from that version
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than any other.
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But sometimes with our modern
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preconceived ideas,
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we get confused
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when we read any version.
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So it's nice
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to compare the versions.
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If you have a concordance
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or a lexicon,
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or if you know some Hebrew
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or Greek to actually go back
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to the original languages.
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Not many of us
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have that privilege.
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But the point is,
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the Holy Spirit
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wants to guide you
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as you engage with the world.
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So let me give you
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an example here
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from the Book of Acts
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11:13 we read this in the King
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James version.
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Simon whose surname was Peter.
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Now, the way the King
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James is using
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the term surname,
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is it using as a last name
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or is it using it
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as an alternate name
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who is also named.
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Other translations,
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modern translations typically
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read Acts
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11:13, Simon who is what?
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Also named Peter.
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Now, some of you
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have a good memory
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and you realize that
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not all that long ago
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in this very message,
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I read from a Bible verse,
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it was found in Mark 3.
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And if you remember what
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that Bible verse said,
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it went something like this
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Jesus appointed the 12, Simon
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to whom he what?
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Gave the name Peter.
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Simon who was surnamed Peter?
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We would say it today.
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Simon
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who was also called Peter.
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Are you following
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along with me?
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So just like,
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just like we might speak of
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Simon Peter.
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Peter is not his last name.
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Simon or Peter.
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Sometimes we call him
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Simon Peter, two first names
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referring to the same person.
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So it is with John Mark.
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So Mark,
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the writer
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of the second Gospel,
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sometimes referred to as John
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other times as Mark.
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Sometimes we call him
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John Mark.
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Does that help connect
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some of the dots for you?
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Okay, Mark, let's
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learn a little bit
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more about him.
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Not only did
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the early church
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meet in his home,
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not only was he connected
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with the apostles early on,
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but he was intimately connected
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because we read in Acts 13
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that as Paul
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and Barnabas are going on
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their first missionary journey,
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it says,
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when they arrived at Salamis,
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they proclaimed the word of God
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in the Jewish synagogue.
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John Mark
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was with them as their helper.
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So who was one of the
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first missionaries
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in the Christian church?
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It was Mark,
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the second gospel writer.
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Now, think about this.
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If you're a parent,
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how many of you
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if you had a child
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who was
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working with Paul and Barnabas,
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how many of you would
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as a mother
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would be proud of your son?
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I mean, wouldn't you?
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I mean,
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what more could you want?
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You know, your son
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following Jesus, active
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on the
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frontlines of gospel work.
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Unfortunately,
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John Mark's story
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does not end there.
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As you read
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just a little further
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into Acts 13,
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it says that
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John Mark leaves
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Paul and Barnabas.
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He bails on them.
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He leaves the missionary team.
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Now, how do you think
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you feel as John Mark's mother?
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Well,
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I mean,
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at least
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he went on the missionary trip.
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It was tough back then.
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I don't know if you remember,
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you know,
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you read Paul's accounts.
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I mean, he's
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Paul was stoned
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and left for dead.
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I mean,
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went through
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all kinds of turmoil.
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So we're not talking about you
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going on
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a nice missionary trip,
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you know, where
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everyone's paved the way
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before you, and you're going to
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maybe build a church.
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By the way, that's wonderful.
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Or maybe go
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preaching somewhere.
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That's all wonderful.
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And I believe, in short
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term mission trips.
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But this was
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this was intense
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missionary service back then.
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And it seems that Mark
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just kind of lost his nerve.
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He was fearful,
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he was frightened, and he left.
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Unfortunately, the
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story gets even worse
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because when Paul and Barnabas
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have finished
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that first missionary journey
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and at the end of Act 15,
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they're planning a second
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missionary journey.
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Here's how it plays out.
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Paul says to Barnabas,
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Let's go back.
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Let's visit
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all those churches
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that we raised up.
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Let's see how they're doing.
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And it says
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Barnabas was determined
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to take with them.
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John called Mark.
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Barnabas says,
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We got to have Mark
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give Mark another chance.
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And how
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willing is Paul to do that?
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Some of you know the story
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all too well.
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It says Paul insisted
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that they should
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not take with them
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the one who had departed
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from them in Pamphylia
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and had not
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gone with them to the work.
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But it doesn't just stop there
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because it says
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that the contention became
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so sharp
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between these two pillars,
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these two pioneer
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missionaries, that
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what happens?
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They said,
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we're not working
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together anymore.
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You go ahead.
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You take
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Mark with you, Barnabas,
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and I'm taking Silas.
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That's what happend.
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Paul and Barnabas
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no longer working
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as a missionary team.
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Now, I don't know
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how you're feeling
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at this point
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if you're John Mark's mother,
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because when John Mark walks
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into the back of the synagogue,
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what are people saying?
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What do they say?
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What are they saying at the
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at the potluck meals?
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Oh, John Mark
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messed up our best
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missionary team in the church.
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What a mess that guy was.
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Yeah, mother was saying
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how great he was.
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What a what a loser.
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I don't know.
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Can you imagine
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what was going on?
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And maybe some of
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you can relate
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because maybe some of you feel
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that you've let down
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God before.
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But here's the point.
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The story
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still does not end there.
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This God
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who connects
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socially with people
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has not given up on Mark.
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Turn your Bibles to I Peter 5.
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We're laying the foundation
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for Mark's Gospel.
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And it's a critical foundation
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because if you don't understand
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who Mark is, you're
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not going to understand
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how he brings this his story,
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the one who let God down,
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the one
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who was not felt
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to be worthwhile
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by the Apostle Paul,
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how he brings that
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into his story of Jesus life.
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I'm turning to I Peter 5:13.
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I want you to see how Peter
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refers to John Mark, verse 13.
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Peter writing from Rome,
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calling it Babylon.
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She who is in Babylon
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elect together
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with you,
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greets you, and so does
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Mark my son.
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Many believe
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that Mark
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learned of Jesus
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ministry was introduced
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to the Gospel
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by none
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other than Peter himself.
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And so as we read through
00:24:07.98\00:24:09.28
Mark's gospel,
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many believe
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that Mark was
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strongly influenced
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by the stories
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that Peter had told him.
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You'll gain insights
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into Peter's life
00:24:18.49\00:24:20.16
through Mark
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?spel that you won't get from
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any of the other
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gospel writers.
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So keep that in mind
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that there's a special,
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intimate relationship
00:24:25.69\00:24:27.60
between Peter and John Mark.
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But don't miss something else.
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I want you to jump with me to
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II Timothy 4.
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And I want you to see here
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this is Paul's last letter.
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Paul knows his
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his days are numbered.
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I don't think he knew how much
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they were numbered.
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But when he's writing
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II Timothy,
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he is clearly mindful
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that he doesn't
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have much more time
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on this earth.
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He realizes a martyr's
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death is awaiting him,
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but he still thinks
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there's a little bit of time
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because of what he writes.
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II Timothy 4:.
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He is longing right now
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for social connections.
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So as he's writing
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to Timothy in II Timothy 4:9,
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he says.
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Be diligent to come to me
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and take your time.
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Is that what you see
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in your version?
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No.
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Come to me. What?
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Quickly.
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He's longing
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for Timothy to encourage him.
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He's longing for that
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social emotional support.
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And then he explains
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the context.
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For Demas,
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one of the believers
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has forsaken me.
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Having loved this present world
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and has departed
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for Thessalonica,
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Crescens has left for Galatia,
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Titus has left for Dalmatia
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only Luke is with me,
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Luke
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?ill there,
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the beloved physician.
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And then listen
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to what he says.
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I love this verse 11.
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Mark, get Mark, get Mark.
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Not repay him
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for letting me down.
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Not get Mark
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and tell him what a bad guy
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he is.
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Get Mark and do what?
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Bring him with you
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for he is useful to me
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in ministry.
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This is amazing.
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You know what?
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God has got a ministry for you.
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He has got a ministry.
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I don't care
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what you've done in the past.
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I don't care
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if you're from the wrong race.
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Whoever decides what
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the right and wrong race is.
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Okay?
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I don't care
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if you're
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from the wrong background.
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Don't care
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if you've made
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terrible mistakes.
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The four gospel writers
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God wanted
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every one of them
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involved in telling
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Jesus story.
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And Mark
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has the amazing story of one
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who is socially redeemed
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and who's
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going to minister to us
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as we go on this journey.
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Healing Insights
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from the Gospel of Mark.
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God specializes in
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rescuing those of us
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who have dealt
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with challenges in our lives.
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He calls us into fellowship,
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Christian Fellowship.
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Let's pray with that in mind.
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Father in Heaven, each one
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who's viewed today,
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please give them a sense of
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your love for them,
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your plan for their life,
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that they are
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a part of your family,
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and may they extend that love
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and that grace to others.
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I ask In Jesus name, Amen.
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and for your whole person
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