Welcome to
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Timeless Healing Insights.
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In our ongoing
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current series,
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Healing Insights
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from the Gospel of Mark.
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I'm Dr. David DeRose.
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And as always,
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we long for the Lord Himself
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to be our guide
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as we study together.
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Let's pray together.
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Father in Heaven,
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I want to thank you so much
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that we can come together
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and seek you
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and seek your guidance.
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Please speak to our hearts
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as we open your word.
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Please help us to learn
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practical things
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that can help our health
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and the health
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of those that we love.
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We thank you.
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In Jesus name, Amen.
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Now join me
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as we go to Fort Wayne,
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Indiana, where I presented
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this message live.
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May the Lord bless you
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as you engage
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with healing insights
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from the Gospel of Mark.
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For Mark,
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what is the beginning
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of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
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Just what is the beginning?
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Turn with me to Mark 1.
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Because his beginning,
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as we've observed
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already, is different
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than Matthew's
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beginning and Luke's
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beginning and John's beginning.
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Mark begins just simply,
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This is the beginning
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of the good news, the gospel.
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That's what gospel means.
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It means good news.
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And as Mark is painting
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this picture,
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he immediately
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brings us in contact
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with the Old Testament.
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As you read from
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Mark 1, we read this.
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The beginning of the gospel
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of Jesus Christ,
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the Son of God.
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As it is
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written in the Prophets:
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Behold, I send My Messenger
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before Your face,
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Who will prepare Your way
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before You.
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The voice of one
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crying in the wilderness:
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Prepare the way of the Lord,
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make His paths straight.
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So Mark at the outset is saying
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this is not something
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that just happened in a vacuum.
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It looks like it.
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Jesus just appears
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in the wilderness.
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John just appears
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in the wilderness.
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That's how the Gentiles saw it.
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But this is part
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of a divine plan that connects
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with God's prophetic Word
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going back hundreds of years.
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The reference is
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not only to the
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Prophet Isaiah,
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but also to the Prophet
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Malachi.
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Notice the words of Malachi.
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By the way,
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these words of Malachi
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formed the closing pages
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of the only Bible
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that the New Testament
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Church originally had.
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You all realize
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when Jesus
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was walking on this earth,
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the only Bible was
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what we call the Old Testament.
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Right?
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So how does the Old
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Testament end?
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It ends
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with the Book of Malachi.
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And here is the second
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to the last chapter of Malachi,
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how it begins.
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Behold, I do what?
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I send my messenger
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and he will prepare the way
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before me.
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What is this a reference to?
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Well, if you don't pick it
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up, in Malachi
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3, just read
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one chapter further.
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As Malachi is closing
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the Old Testament,
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he says, Behold,
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I will send you Elijah
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the Prophet
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before the great
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and awesome
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day of the Lord comes
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and He will turn the hearts
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of the fathers
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to their children
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and the hearts of the children
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to their fathers,
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lest I come
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and strike the land
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with a decree
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of utter destruction.
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So what is this pointing us to?
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It?ointing us
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to the return of Elijah.
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Now, some
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no doubt thought that Elijah
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would physically return.
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After all,
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Elijah was one of
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the few people, few people
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in history
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that did not see death.
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Some of you say,
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you're scratching
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your head, you're saying,
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I don't know even few
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is taking some liberty with it
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Pastor DeRose.
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Because I know Elijah was taken
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to heaven in a fiery chariot,
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and I know that Enoch
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was taken to heaven.
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That's what
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the record indicates.
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But I don't know of any others
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before Jesus ministry
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that found themselves in heaven
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after walking on this earth.
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And I would agree with you.
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It's a good point
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of study, though,
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because many are confused
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on that question.
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Anyway, even in Jesus day,
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those who understood
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what the Bible taught about
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what happens
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when a person dies, that
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they're sleeping in the grave
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and just read Ecclesiastes 9
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if you haven't read it lately.
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But even those
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that understood that,
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they said, Well,
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Elijah is still alive,
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he could come back.
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By the way, many of
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you know
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that Moses
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was resurrected as well.
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So there were individuals
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who had walked on planet Earth
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who were in heaven
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during Jesus ministry.
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And that may provide a clue
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when we come to the Mount
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of Transfiguration
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why it was
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Elijah and Moses
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who met Jesus there.
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But don't miss the connection.
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Don't miss the connection
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with where we're going,
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because it is
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in the very context
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of the transfiguration
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that these dots are connected
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about just who Elijah was.
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You see, the disciples
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ask Jesus.
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We thought
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the teacher said that
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Elijah would come first,
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and then Jesus says this
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to be sure.
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And I'm reading from Mark
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9:11 - 13.
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To be sure,
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Elijah does come first
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and restores all things.
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But I tell you,
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Elijah has come,
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and they have done to him
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everything they wished,
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just as it is
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written about him.
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Now, if you just read
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Mark's account,
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you may not get the
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full significance
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of what Jesus is saying.
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So Matthew,
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when he wrote his gospel,
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clarified it just a little bit
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and he made it
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very plain,
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Then the disciples understood
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that Jesus
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was speaking to them of who?
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John the Baptist.
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When John came back,
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he was fulfilling
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that Elijah message
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He was giving the
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Elijah message.
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And what was that message?
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What was it?
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Well,
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that message
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is basically
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what we're reading about
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in Mark 1.
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And everything in
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that chapter is saying
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this is a faithful message.
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It's the same message
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God gave in the Old Testament.
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It is a message
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that you can trust.
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Now, why am I belaboring
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this concept of trust
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when we're speaking
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about a book
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that I believe has powerful
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healing insights?
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I would like to suggest to you
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as a physician
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that there are some powerful
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things
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that happen in your brain
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when you are more trusting.
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There's an amazing hormone.
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It is known as oxytocin.
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Some of us who are older,
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when we went through
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medical school,
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they mainly told us
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about oxytocin in relation to?
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That's right,
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some of you said it,
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nursing mothers. Okay.
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And bonding
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with their children.
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Oxytocin actually
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has some profound implications.
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If we were to give you
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a nasal spray
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with oxytocin,
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it would make you
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more trusting.
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Now, some of you could
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say, well,
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this would be unfair
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if you were being interrogated,
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right?
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Make you more trusting.
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Oxytocin.
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But oxytocin does
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some other things.
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If you look at oxytocin
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levels, people
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that are more trusting
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are more outgoing,
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they have higher oxytocin
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levels.
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Individuals
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who are more withdrawn,
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they have lower
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oxytocin levels.
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If you look at couples,
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if you find couples
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that are very close
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to each other,
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they'll tend to have
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higher oxytocin levels
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when they're around each other.
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If you look at couples
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who are not so connected,
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their oxytocin
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levels will be lower.
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Now, some of
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you might say, well,
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I don't know,
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is this good or bad?
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Well,
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just let me tell you
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a little bit
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more about the story.
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There's this what we call
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feed-forward relationship.
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That means as you're trusting,
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as you engage in
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trusting relationships.
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Oxytocin levels
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go up and helps you
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to be more trusting.
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By the way,
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how many of you think
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this would be useful
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in family relationships?
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Definitely.
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How many of you think
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it would be really
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useful in churches?
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Yeah.
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When you cultivate distrust,
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it undermines
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these relationships.
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And so what Mark is doing
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is he's cultivating trust.
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He's showing these things
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that show Jesus in the Bible
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are trustworthy.
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It's actually
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helping oxytocin levels.
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And here's the really good news
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for some of you,
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because some of you
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are concerned
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about things
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like stress and anxiety.
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And if you look at
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the list of things
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that oxytocin impacts,
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it impacts everything
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from social relationships
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to trust,
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to attachment to cooperation.
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But it does more than that.
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It reduces fear.
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It reduces anxiety.
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It reduces stress responses.
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So when we're reading something
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that's connecting us
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with the God of heaven
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and showing
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that He's trustworthy,
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that what God said in the past
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happens in the future
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and happens today.
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What is this doing for us?
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You say,
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But I don't see
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God asking today.
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It sounds like He's
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not answering my prayers.
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The Bible is saying
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Keep trusting Jesus,
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keep trusting Him.
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Mark is saying
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that in his gospel.
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So back to the narrative.
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I want you to see this
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because John is preaching
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a message that fulfills
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the Old Testament prophecies.
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Listen what he's saying.
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John comes baptizing,
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Mark records in his gospel.
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He's baptizing where?
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In the wilderness.
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This is really interesting
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because one of the recurring
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themes in Mark 1
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is the wilderness.
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Now, the reason I emphasize
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that is because a lot of times
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we think in society today,
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if something's
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going to happen, it's
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going to happen
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in the big city.
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You know, it's going to happen
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where everyone
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is going to happen.
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Very interesting.
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Yes.
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Jesus ministered in Jerusalem,
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but Mark starts his gospel
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where he's
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speaking to Gentiles,
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a people
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that may have felt disconnected
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from God
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by reminding us
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that God speaks
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in the wilderness.
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You might be feeling
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that you're going through
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a wilderness experience
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right now.
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You might feel that
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God's forgotten you.
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You might feel disconnected.
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But Mark's
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gospel is saying you're not,
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okay?
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God speaks in the wilderness.
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And what does he speak?
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John the Baptist
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is calling people To what?
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To repentance
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so that their sins
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will be forgiven.
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And it says
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that all Judea and Jerusalem,
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they're all flocking to him
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to be baptized in the Jordan.
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I will point out to you
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just a little while later
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in Mark
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1, the first words that Mark
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records, the first words
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that Mark records coming from
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the lips of Jesus are these.
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Jesus is preaching,
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it says,
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the gospel of the kingdom,
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the good news
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about His kingdom.
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And he says
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the time is fulfilled,
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and the Kingdom of God
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is at hand.
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Repent,
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and believe in the gospel.
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You're going to see
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something remarkable
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as we go
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through the gospel of Mark.
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The Gospel of Mark
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especially connects us
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with Bible time prophecies,
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and we see the first glimpse
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here in Mark 1.
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The time is fulfilled.
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What time is Jesus
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referring to?
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Bible students have said
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this could refer to
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nothing else but but
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Daniel 9 for in Daniel 9
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it actually pinpoints
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the very time of Jesus baptism.
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And so John preaching,
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Jesus preaching,
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the time is fulfilled.
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And then Jesus says, what?
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Repent.
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Just like John said
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and believe in the Gospel.
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Now, some of you
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might think, well,
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you know,
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you're talking about trusting,
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you're talking about
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God coming close to us.
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But this kind of a
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this sounds
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pretty austere
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when you start talking
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about repenting.
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Right.
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Well,
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some of you notice
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the title of this message.
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What is the
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title of this message?
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The first step in treatment.
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What is the first step
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in treatment?
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Well, one of my
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mentors in residency
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engrained this
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in his mentees.
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Never forget
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the first step in treatment
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is diagnosis.
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Diagnosis.
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Now, I will tell you,
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as a physician,
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I've met many patients
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who felt
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they were fully competent
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to treat themselves.
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And by the way,
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I have nothing against
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self treatment.
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I try to educate people
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on appropriate self treatment.
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We want
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people to be caring
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for their own health.
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But the problem is
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there's a lot of people
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that I've met over the years
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who thought they were competent
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to diagnose themselves as well
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when they didn't
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have the ability
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to do that effectively.
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I can think of people I've met.
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One of them
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comes to mind
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where he diagnosed himself
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as having heartburn.
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And he was using the perhaps
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even the appropriate
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natural remedies for heartburn.
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But he did not have heartburn.
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He had misdiagnosed himself.
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You may have guessed,
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he was having a heart attack.
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How well do you think
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that treatment worked
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for his heart attack?
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No, this was not
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a good scenario.
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You're following along, right?
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So the first step in treatment
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is what? Is diagnosis.
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So what does God
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the great physician, Jesus,
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the Divine Physician,
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what does He want
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to do for you?
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He wants to heal you.
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He wants to give you,
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we're talking
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about healing insights
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from the gospel of Mark.
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And we're going to see
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how Jesus
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and this gospel
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that tells His story tells us
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good news is designed
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for your healing.
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So with that in mind,
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don't
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you think it would be important
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then, that
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from the beginning
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of the gospel
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you would know what you need
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to treat?
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Part of what we need to treat
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is the fact that the Bible says
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all have sinned
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and come short
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of the glory of God.
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And so Mark gives us
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a clear diagnosis
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from the very beginning.
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We need to come to Jesus
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for healing. We need to repent.
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We need to turn around.
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It's interesting,
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in Luke's gospel,
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Mary is speaking.
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She's rejoicing in God,
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and she says something
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very telling.
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She says He referring to God,
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has filled the hungry
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with good things and the rich
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He has sent empty away.
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Now, do you think God is
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just being mean to the rich?
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No, just read
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Revelation 3,
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the Laodicean church.
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They really weren't rich,
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but they thought they were.
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So can you give
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a person
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who thinks they're rich?
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Can you help them financially?
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It's pretty difficult, right?
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If they think they've got
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all they need.
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You know what?
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How are you going to help them?
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That's the problem.
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God wants us
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to recognize their need.
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So here's my challenge for you.
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As we're going
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through the gospel of Mark,
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I want to challenge you
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to do this.
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As we're reading
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through the account,
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as you're reading through it,
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and I challenge you to do that,
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ask God
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to show you
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the disease
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areas in your own life.
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You know what needs to change?
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What needs to be different?
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Where am I hungry?
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Where am I needy?
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And I don't recognize it.
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And if you pray that prayer,
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I believe
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God will open your eyes
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and then
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you'll be able to accept
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God's remedies.
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What do you think?
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Well, there's more
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healing insights from chapter
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one of the Gospel of Mark.
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In Mark 1:6,
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we read this of John.
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Very short description,
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but very telling.
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John was clothed
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with camel's
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hair and a leather
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belt around his waist,
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and he ate locusts
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and wild honey.
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How many of you would say that
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in the vernacular
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John was living
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high on the hog?
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How many of you would say that?
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Now you would say he's a pretty
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austere life, right?
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How many of you think
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this sounds like a good diet?
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Locusts and wild honey.
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But there's a more
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probing question
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I have for you.
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You may have never
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asked this one.
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How does it relate to us today?
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John's example?
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Because
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Paul made it really clear in
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1 Corinthians 10,
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he said,
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whether you eat or drink,
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or whatever
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you do,
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do all to the glory of God.
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Do you think John
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had that in mind?
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Is that why
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his diet was so simple?
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I think it's a pretty
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good conjecture that that's
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why he was found,
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that the Holy Spirit had said,
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You need to be on this
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very simple diet.
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And it's an example to
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us, especially in this day
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and age, isn't it?
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And you could tell me story
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after story
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about people you've met.
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As a physician
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I've heard so many stories.
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It seems like whenever
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I deal with patients,
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I'm hearing someone's
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telling me about their diet.
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Someone just the other day
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was telling me
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how good they were doing in
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so many areas
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of their lifestyle.
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But they said,
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But I just love
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my sugar doctor.
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And they were telling me
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about all these things
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and then
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I think they had diabetes,
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if I'm remembering
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the patient right.
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So they were
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this was not doing themselves
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favors.
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Whatever you do,
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whether you eat or drink,
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do all to the glory of God.
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But here's one other question
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you probably haven't asked
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about John's example,
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and it's this one.
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Was John the Baptist a
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vegetarian?
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A vegetarian?
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Now, some of you are thinking,
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come on, a vegetarian.
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Why would you ask
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such a silly question?
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We just read what
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he was eating.
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Well,
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very interesting book.
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If you've never read it,
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it is definitely worth a read.
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It will change your life.
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If you read this book
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and start putting into practice
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the things that it recommends.
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It's a little book
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called Counsels on Diet
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and Foods.
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It? little book is pretty
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extensive actually,
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if I'm going to be honest
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with you.
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On page 71, we read this.
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John separated himself
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from friends
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and from the luxuries of life.
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His diet,
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purely vegetable of locusts
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and wild
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honey, was a rebuke
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to the indulgence of appetite
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and the gluttony
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that everywhere prevailed.
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Now, some of you are saying,
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well, a lot of this
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is straightforward,
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but I'm confused.
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I see this
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phrase purely vegetable,
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and the next word
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I read is, well,
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but then it's locusts.
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How could that
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be considered vegetarian?
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Well,
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if you study this out
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in commentaries,
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you'll read things like this
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that I actually have read
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in the Andrews
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University study Bible.
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Locusts.
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There is a long history
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of scholarly
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debate over
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whether this term
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refers to an insect
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listed as a clean insect
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in the Book of Leviticus,
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or whether it refers to what?
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The carob bean.
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Even in our
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language today,
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don't we have locusts trees?
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And have you ever seen
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a locust tree?
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We've got them here
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in Fort Wayne.
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And how many of you know that
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we call them locust trees
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because they're covered
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with insects called locust?
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Is that why?
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No, no.
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They have these pods, right.
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And these beans.
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And apparently
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some of the locust trees have
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those beans.
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They're called carob beans.
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And they're made into what
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some of you have used
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as a chocolate substitute.
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So chocolate without the,
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if I were to give you
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the chemical term,
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without the methylxanthines.
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Okay.
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Without the caffeine family
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compounds in it. Okay.
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And so you say, well, that's
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why I love carob beans Dr.
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DeRose.
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Well, I can understand that.
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Was that,
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was that what John was eating
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or was it the grasshoppers?
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It's just an
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interesting question.
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Bottom line
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is his food and beverage
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choices were simple.
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However you decide
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that question,
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and I would encourage you,
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as you're reading through
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not just the gospel of Mark,
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but as you're living your life,
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one of the keys to healing
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we see from the very beginning,
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one of the healing insights
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is live a simple lifestyle.
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You know, right now
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I could give you a whole hour,
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two hour, three hour
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medical lecture.
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Some of you're getting
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really worried.
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But I'm just going to show you
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one study, okay?
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I could have chosen
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many studies.
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I'm just going to give you one
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right here.
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This is a Canadian study.
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I know we have folks
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in our midst
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who have connections with
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with that nation
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to the north of us.
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And this was a study
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of nearly 300,000 Canadians,
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a huge study.
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And they looked
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at how frequently they ate
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fruits and vegetables.
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So here's
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the application question
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before I tell you
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the results of the study.
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Where should you spend
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most of your time in
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the grocery store?
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That's right.
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The produce aisles.
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Okay, you're
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connecting the dots.
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But they looked at fruit
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and vegetable intake
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and they were looking here
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at mental health factors,
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we?been speaking
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a lot about social
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and mental health
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in this series so far.
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You'll get more
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about physical health
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as we go along.
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But as they looked,
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the more fruits,
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the more vegetables you ate,
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the less depression,
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the less anxiety,
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the better you did
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when you were facing stress.
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So you would say, Oh,
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instead of going to my doctor
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and getting more Valium
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or Klonopin,
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I'm going to go to the produce
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section and eat more fruits
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and vegetables.
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No, I'm not saying
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there isn't a place
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in certain situations
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for medications
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and severe anxiety.
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I'm not trying to make
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any of you feel ashamed.
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But I'm just saying
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we underestimate the power
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of the things
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that God has provided.
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Let us hasten on
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because there's another health
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giving key
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in the first chapter of Mark
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that I don't want you to miss.
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Jesus, it says in Mark 1:9,
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it says,
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It came to pass in those days
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that Jesus came
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from Nazareth of Galilee,
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He's baptized
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by John in the Jordan.
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This is the context
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we've been talking about.
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But I want to remind you
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what happens.
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It says immediately.
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Some version
00:22:01.05\00:22:01.75
say the
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heavens were torn asunder.
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The heavens part
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and the Spirit, remember
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I said, You're going
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to see the Holy Spirit
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prominently in chapter one.
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The Holy Spirit
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descends upon Jesus,
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and what happens?
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A voice is heard.
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You are my beloved Son
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in whom I am well pleased.
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What do we see here
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at the very
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outset of Mark's Gospel?
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That when someone, in this case
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Jesus, when Jesus follows God's
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guiding in His life,
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God places
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His seal of approval on Him.
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You are My Son,
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in whom I am well pleased.
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When you make that decision
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to be baptized. Okay?
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If you've not made
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that decision,
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that opportunity is available.
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When you make that decision
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to be baptized,
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when you say, I'm
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going to follow you,
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Jesus, I'm
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going to follow your example,
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Jesus, and be baptized, God,
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the Bible says, you are sealed
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with the Holy
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Spirit of promise.
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So God puts His spirit on you.
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So what do we see
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happening here?
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God is affirming Jesus.
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Now you say, Well, you know,
00:23:05.85\00:23:06.51
I thought I was affirmed, Dr.
00:23:06.51\00:23:07.85
DeRose. I thought God loved me.
00:23:07.85\00:23:09.58
I thought God cared for me.
00:23:09.58\00:23:10.65
I thought all those things
00:23:10.65\00:23:11.55
about God being trustworthy,
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but it just hasn't played out
00:23:12.75\00:23:13.86
that way in my life.
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Look where I'm at right now.
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Well, let me remind you
00:23:17.59\00:23:18.56
of something.
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First, I want to remind you
00:23:20.40\00:23:21.33
of the power of affirmation
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and then I want to remind you
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that it is not a guarantee
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that you'll never
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have difficulties.
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Now, some of you are looking
00:23:28.37\00:23:29.64
at this graphic that I have,
00:23:29.64\00:23:31.07
and you see stacks of money.
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I've noticed in some places
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where I
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sometimes frequent,
00:23:36.28\00:23:37.68
such as hotels
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and restaurants, places
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like that,
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that you can tell your server
00:23:41.08\00:23:43.92
what a wonderful job they did.
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But if you don't leave any
00:23:45.32\00:23:47.16
tangible expression
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of affirmation,
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they take your words
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as being very shallow.
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Have you noticed that? Yeah.
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.33
I don't recommend you do it.
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Same with hotel staff.
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You're understanding
00:23:57.50\00:23:58.37
where I'm going with this.
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But the most
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powerful affirmation is not
00:24:00.57\00:24:03.00
things that you can
00:24:04.77\00:24:05.61
measure tangibly.
00:24:05.61\00:24:06.71
And I'm telling you that
00:24:06.71\00:24:07.48
because sometimes
00:24:07.48\00:24:08.24
even in the Christian life
00:24:08.24\00:24:09.34
we say, Well, God
00:24:09.34\00:24:09.84
didn't give me this,
00:24:09.84\00:24:10.81
He didn't give me that.
00:24:10.81\00:24:11.85
He gave this person that car
00:24:11.85\00:24:13.28
and he gave him that job,
00:24:13.28\00:24:14.32
but I don't,
00:24:14.32\00:24:15.18
no, the most
00:24:15.18\00:24:15.68
powerful affirmation
00:24:15.68\00:24:16.82
God gives is actually Him
00:24:16.82\00:24:19.02
affirming you as His son
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and His daughter.
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And you can have
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that assurance today.
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Medical research shows
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something interesting happens
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when you affirm.
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This is just one example of it.
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When people are affirmed.
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This is an interesting study.
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I'll just mention
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the context of it.
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What we know is
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if you are from a family
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where no one ever
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went to college,
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they never completed college,
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and you're the first person
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to go to college,
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you will experience more stress
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and be more likely
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to do poorly academically
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than someone who comes
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from a family
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where people have
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university training.
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And so researchers
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looked at this
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and they said, you know what?
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We can change this equation
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by affirming these students.
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And some of that affirmation
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can come from
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self affirmation,
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from recognizing your values,
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encouraging yourself,
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but it can also
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come externally.
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And when they study this,
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they actually found
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that it decreased anxiety,
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it decreased stress.
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So what I'm trying to help
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you see is
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whether we look at diet,
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whether we look
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at the trustworthiness of
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the Bible, whether we look at
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the affirmations that we see
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in the very first chapter
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of the gospel of Mark,
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Mark is laying a foundation
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where he's telling us
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that this gospel is
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something that speaks to you
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right where you're at.
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It speaks to me
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right where I'm at.
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And on that note,
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I want to really help
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you see
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just one more
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one more window
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on Mark's gospel
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that I think is
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especially powerful.
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And that is,
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Jesus, as He experienced
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that affirmation from heaven.
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He goes from there
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following the Spirit,
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and He ends up where?
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He ends up, you're right,
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in the wilderness.
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The Spirit,
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it says, drives Him
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to the wilderness.
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And He's there for how long?
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40 days.
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We don't have
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all the description
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of the temptations
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in Mark that we have in Matthew
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and Luke.
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But what's going on?
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Jesus affirmed by the Father,
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now the Spirit leads Him where?
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Into an area
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where He's tempted.
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You catch the significance
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of this
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Don't judge
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God's leading in your life
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by your circumstances.
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Realize
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what the Gospel of Mark
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is telling us
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that we have a loving Father, a
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Father who is trustworthy,
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a Bible that's trustworthy,
00:26:37.13\00:26:38.89
Jesus who is trustworthy,
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who demonstrates
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His loving activity,
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His intelligent,
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loving activity in this gospel.
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And as you engage with that,
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even if you find yourself
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in a place where you say,
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I think God's forgotten me.
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No, God may have led
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you just where you're
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at through His Spirit,
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and He's trying to help
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sustain you right now.
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Connect with Mark's
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healing words,
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glean these healing insights
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from the Gospel of Mark.
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And I know you
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too, will be blessed.
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The first step in treatment
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is indeed diagnosis.
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We need the great
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diagnostician Jesus himself,
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to point out
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what needs to be different
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in our lives
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because He's committed
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to changing it.
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Let's pray together
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with that in mind.
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Father in Heaven,
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thank you
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for allowing us to engage
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with your word again today
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on Timeless Healing Insights.
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Father, we all stand in
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need of your Holy Spirit
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to guide us, to show us
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what needs to be different
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in our lives.
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Bless each one
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who is tuned in today.
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Help them to see with clarity
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what things
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you want to heal
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in their lives.
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Help me and help each of us
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to come to you,
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to be cleansed,
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to be healed,
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to be equipped
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to be partners
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with you in healing ministry.
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We thank you
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that we can trust you
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to do that for
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we ask it in Jesus name, Amen.
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