Welcome to
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Timeless Healing Insights.
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I'm Dr. David DeRose.
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As always, let's seek
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the Lord in prayer
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before our study.
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Father in heaven, please
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open our minds to Your Word
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that we may see
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wonderful things that change us
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and change the ones around us.
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We ask, in Jesus name, Amen.
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We are
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looking at the fourth conflict.
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The fourth conflict
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that Jesus had.
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Jesus?sciples
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walking through
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the grain fields
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have been threshing
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and harvesting.
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That's what
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the Pharisees are
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accusing them of,
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the religious leaders.
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And Jesus gives them
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this illustration.
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He says, Wait a minute,
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you're criticizing me.
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Think about what David did
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in the days
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of Ahimelech
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and Abiathar, Abiathar
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specifically mentioned.
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Think about what David did.
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Why is he giving this example?
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I would suggest to you
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that Jesus is saying,
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look,
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you're setting yourself up
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as the arbiters of the law.
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You're thinking
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that you can draw lines
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and say what's acceptable
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and what's not.
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However,
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you can't even judge the law
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rightly yourself.
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I would suggest to you
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the evidence suggests to me
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that these Pharisees,
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these scribes,
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these religious leaders,
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if you read accounts
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of what was going on in
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Jesus?y,
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they were constantly arguing,
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you know,
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about all these
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nuances of the law.
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And so it is very likely
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that they argued about, well,
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how could David do this?
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I mean, how is it right?
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And it's likely
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that this was
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a contentious point
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in Jesus?y.
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And he says,
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you don't even know.
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You can say David was okay
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when he did this, but you
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don't even know why.
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And you say, well, why am
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I making a case like that?
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Because like I said,
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read about,
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well, actually, just read
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Mark's gospel.
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I invite you to turn there.
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This is a review text for you.
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Go back to the first chapter
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of the gospel of Mark.
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And I want you to notice
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something interesting.
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As Jesus
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is ministering in Mark 1
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and in Mark 2, something very,
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very interesting is happening.
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Look at Mark 1.
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Jesus, there in verse
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39, is going
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throughout Galilee.
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He's preaching
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in their synagogues.
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He's casting out demons.
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People are flocking to Jesus.
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And as you read
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through these accounts,
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there's an initial reaction
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that people have.
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Jump down to chapter 2
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and I want you to see this.
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This is in
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verse 12 of chapter 2.
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They say, we never saw
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anything like this.
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We never saw anything
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like this.
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And as you read
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through the gospels,
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you'll see that
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people often say
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Jesus is preaching
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with authority,
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not like the religious teachers
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of His day.
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Why? Why?
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Why are they saying that?
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Because the religious teachers
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were always
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debating these issues.
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Are you getting the picture?
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So let's come to verse
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22 in chapter 1 of Mark.
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I just want you to see this,
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okay?
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What was
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so astonishing
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about Jesus?aching?
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Mark 1:22,
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they were astonished
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His teaching for
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He taught them as what?
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As one having authority
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and not as the scribes.
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So come back to this story now
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at the end of chapter 2.
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And what is Jesus doing
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that's so remarkable?
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He is speaking assertively
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and He's speaking to people
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who were always quibbling
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about all the details.
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If you look historically,
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you'll find that
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the Jews were
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so determined
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not to break the Sabbath
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that in one of their accounts
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they have
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a list of 39 prohibited acts.
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There's other lists, okay?
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They kept drawing lines
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and they would debate over
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which lines should be drawn.
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And now Jesus has crossed
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one of the lines
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that they drew.
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Here's Jesus reply
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after He shares
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that story, basically saying,
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You're not even straight
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on Bible history.
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You're quoting
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the Bible says this, this
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the Sabbath was made for man
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and not man for the Sabbath.
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What is Jesus saying here?
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The Sabbath was made for man
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and not man for the Sabbath.
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Let me illustrate it
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with another medical
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research study.
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This is one of my favorite
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studies on the Sabbath.
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You may have heard me quote
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it before, the Anson's.
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Team of researchers
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in the southern part of Israel
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back in 2001 published a study
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looking at data
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that went all the way back
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to the 1980s.
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Between 1983 and 1992,
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they looked at a full decade
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and they were trying to answer
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a question.
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They said, Look,
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we have all these
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different festivals in Israel.
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You know,
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you've heard of some of them,
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you know,
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whether it's
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the Feast of Lights or Hanukkah
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or whether it's
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Yom Kippur,
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you know,
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whether it's
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the weekly Sabbath.
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I mean,
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so they looked at all these,
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you know, Rosh Hashanah,
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they looked at these
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Jewish festivals.
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They wanted to see
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as epidemiologists.
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Does it matter
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when these
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feasts are occurring?
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Does it impact mortality
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because they're looking
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at daily death rates
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to see if it made
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any difference
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to the time of the year?
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And it was fascinating.
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It was so fascinating to us
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when we wrote the book 30 Days
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to Natural Blood
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Pressure Control.
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We have a whole chapter
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on spiritual health.
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We said we got to put
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this study in there
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because
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because this is dealing
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with stress.
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It's dealing
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with optimal health.
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And so we quoted
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that study there.
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And why what was in it
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that was so powerful?
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Here's what the Ansons found.
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They found that death rates
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dropped significantly
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during the hours
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of the Bible Sabbath,
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from sundown Friday
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to sundown
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Saturday death rates plummeted.
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Now, some of you, if you know
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the history
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of that part of the world,
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you say, well, I mean, come on,
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that's no surprise,
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because back in that timeframe,
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the Sabbath
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from sundown Friday to sundown
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Saturday was a civil holiday
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as well.
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Everyone was not working.
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So you'd expect
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death rates to go down
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working, right?
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They're not
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stressing themselves at work.
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They're relaxing at home.
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So that's
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what you'd expect to find.
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Well,
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the Anson's looked at that.
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Was that the reason?
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Did it have to do with it
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just being a day off?
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And they found
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there was no such benefit
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with other days off
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other religious holidays
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just with the Sabbath.
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Even more remarkably,
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they found
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that when you looked at
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non-Jews living in Israel,
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who also had the day off,
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they had no decrease
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in their death rate.
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It was just for those
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who seem to be
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observing the Sabbath.
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By the way,
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for little children
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who presumably couldn't
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differentiate, you know, from,
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you know, a four year old,
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do they know
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maybe they
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appreciate the Sabbath
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on some level,
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but they didn't
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find any benefit
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in really little
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children either.
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So it seemed that
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there was something
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about the significance
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of the Sabbath
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that was improving
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their health.
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What was it?
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Here's their explanation.
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They put it this way.
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The sacred
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nature of the Sabbath.
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Now,
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I got to tell you, this again
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is a secular research journal.
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This is not a,
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this is
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not like a religious paper,
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okay?
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So they're trying to explain
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why there's this benefit.
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The sacred
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nature of the Sabbath.
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It's being set apart
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from all the mundane work
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days of the week,
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creates a special situation
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in which
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the probability of death
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is reduced.
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We have argued
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that this
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special nature
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derives not from
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what the Sabbath is not -
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a workday -
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but from what it is.
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Now, let's just
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stop right here.
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Look at your Bibles again.
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Mark 2.
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I want you to catch this.
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What the Ansons are saying.
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They're not making
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any profession of Christianity.
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They're not quoting Mark 2.
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But what does
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Jesus say as He's summarizing
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His approach
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to their criticism?
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Look at Mark 2.
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The Sabbath was made for man
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and not man for the Sabbath.
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When you focus on
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what the Sabbath is
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not, a work day,
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what is that focusing on?
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That's focusing on
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putting man
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into the mold
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of the Sabbath, right?
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You know, you can't do this.
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You better not do this.
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It's this hour. You better not.
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You following along with me?
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If you focus on
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what the Sabbath is,
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it was made for man.
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It was made to be a blessing.
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That is a totally
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different perspective.
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Do you see this?
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If it's not clear,
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let me have the
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Ansons continue,
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see if they can help us out.
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If the essence of a holy day
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is that it is differentiated
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from the mundane
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rest of the week,
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then Saturday in Israel
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is a holy day par excellence.
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Indeed, by Jewish tradition,
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the Sabbath
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is the most important festivity
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in the Jewish year.
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Is that not remarkable?
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You know, some people
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say, well,
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why aren?ou
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keeping this holiday?
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Why aren
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?u keeping the most important
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festivity of the whole year,
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the weekly Sabbath?
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Isn't that nice?
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Some people say I'm really glad
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when a certain day
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comes in the year.
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I really love that day.
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Well,
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I love certain days
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in the year, too. Okay.
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But think about God.
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He didn't
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just give us a celebration
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for creation and redemption
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once a year.
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How often did he give it to us?
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Once a week.
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This is remarkable.
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It?emarkable.
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So the medical
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research confirms
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the blessing of the Sabbath.
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Even from a
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physical perspective.
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It?hat Jesus is saying.
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Man wasn
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?de to fit
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in the mold of the Sabbath,
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39 rules and regulations
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what you can and can't do.
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The Sabbath was made
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for man to be a blessing.
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It is one of those tools
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we have on our journey to post
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traumatic growth.
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Now, don't miss this.
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Because
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we have many friends
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in other faith traditions,
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and they would say,
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But you guys are missing it.
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You know, Jesus freed us.
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He redeemed us.
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We don't have to do anything
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to be saved.
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The Sabbath is not something
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that saves us.
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It's the whole point
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of Jesus argument.
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The Sabbath is a blessing.
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Listen here,
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even in the Old Testament,
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Exodus 31,
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the Lord spake
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unto Moses saying,
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Speak thou also
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unto the children
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of Israel, saying,
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Verily, my Sabbath
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ye shall keep: for
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it is a sign between me
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and you
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throughout your generations;
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that ye may know
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that I am the Lord that doth
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sanctify you.
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God doesn't say,
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Keep the Sabbath
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so you'll be holy.
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It's just the opposite.
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He said, By
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resting on the Sabbath,
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that's
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how you keep the Sabbath.
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You rest.
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I mean, to me it's
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really crazy mentality
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where people would criticize
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someone
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for resting on the Sabbath
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saying they're doing a work.
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I mean, doesn't
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it seem kind of weird?
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I mean, think about it.
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You're resting
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and someone says,
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why are you trying to work
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your way to heaven?
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You say, No,
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I'm resting in Jesus
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?lvation. He's save me.
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He's making me holy.
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He's pure.
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He's working in my life.
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I'm praising Him.
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Well, you're
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trying to work
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your way to heaven.
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I mean,
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it just makes
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no sense, does it?
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And so this is what
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Jesus is saying.
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The Sabbath wasn't
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meant to be a burden.
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It wasn't about something
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that you did.
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It was about
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something that
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God does for you.
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But Jesus isn't done.
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Mark 2 doesn't end
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with verse 27.
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There's verse 28.
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And Jesus?ncluding words
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in this pericope,
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this vignette,
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this short story,
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are these,
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Therefore
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the Son of Man
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is also Lord of the Sabbath.
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Now we can't hasten over this
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because this has keys
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to healing in it.
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If we understand
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just this one phrase.
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You see
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some of our friends
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in other faith traditions
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tell us, Well, wait a minute.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait.
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The Lord's Day, that's Sunday.
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Have you heard this one?
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Lord's Day is Sunday.
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And if you meet with a
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good Bible student
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of another faith,
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another Christian faith,
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they might take you
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to Revelation 1.
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Go ahead
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and turn their to Revelation 1.
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I want you to see this.
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Revelation 1.
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And they might say, Well,
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the Lord's Day, that's
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Sunday
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and we?
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prove it to you, they say.
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Go right here
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to Revelation 1:9 and 10.
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Let's just read it.
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I, John,
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both your brother and companion
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in the
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tribulation and kingdom
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and patience of Jesus
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Christ was on the island
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that is called Patmos
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for the Word of God
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and for the testimony
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of Jesus Christ.
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John is exiled,
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he?n this barren,
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rocky island
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in the Mediterranean there.
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And
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verse 10 says this,
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I was in the spirit
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on the Lord's day.
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They say, there you have it.
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Jesus, received
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the Book of Revelation
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on what day?
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Sunday,
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they say, the Lord's Day.
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Wait a minute.
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Wait a minute.
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Wait, wait, wait.
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Just hold on.
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Where does it say
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what day of the week it was?
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All it identifies
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it is the Lord's day, right?
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It doesn't say
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the seventh day of the week.
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It doesn't say
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the first day of the week.
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So what is the Lord's day?
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What is the day of the Lord?
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What is the day
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that especially belongs to God?
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Well, I would suggest to you
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that the best explanation
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is found in Mark 2,
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because we just read
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that Jesus said
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the Son of Man is what?
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Lord of the Sabbath.
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I would suggest
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the most straightforward
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reading of Revelation 1:10
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is that John received
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the revelation
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on the Sabbath day.
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That God
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especially identified
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as His day.
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But don't miss this either.
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This phrase, the Son of Man.
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You see it there,
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right in verse 28 of Mark,
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if your Bibles are opened.
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If they're not opened,
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it is there. Trust me. Okay.
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And, you know,
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I don't like to say trust me
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unless, you know, my
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my memory is not 100%,
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no matter how good
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I might think it is
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for something,
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no matter how sure I am
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that it says Son of Man
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in Mark 2:28,
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I am just going to make sure
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that it's right there.
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It's still in my Bible
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that it didn't disappear.
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There it is.
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The Son of Man is also Lord of
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the Sabbath.
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Now I am pausing on this phrase
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Son of Man,
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because we're trying
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to look at things
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that are important for
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you and me
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as we go through
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life's journey.
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What does this mean
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when Jesus identifies himself
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as the Son of Man?
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I've read many commentators
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who say when Jesus says
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Son of Man,
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He's referring to Himself
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as like a child of humanity.
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He's a human being.
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He's showing He's a man
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just like He's also God.
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I would say
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this is actually the opposite
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of what Jesus is illustrating
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in chapter 2 of Mark.
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By the way,
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chapter 2 of Mark
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is the first place
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in Mark's gospel
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where this phrase
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Son of Man appears,
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and it appears in two places.
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It first appears in verse
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ten, Let's look at this.
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I want you to see,
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because neither one
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of these contexts
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where Jesus identifies Himself
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as the Son of Man
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has anything to do with Him
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saying I'm
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an ordinary human being
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or I'm a human being at all.
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The focus is something
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totally different.
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It is on Jesus?thority
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as God.
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Listen verse 10,
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But that you may know
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that the Son of Man
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has power on earth
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to forgive sins.
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What is Jesus asserting here?
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He is asserting His divinity
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and His power.
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It's not that He's
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a human being.
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And then look here at
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Mark 2:27 and 28.
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The Sabbath was made for man
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and not man for the Sabbath.
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Therefore
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the Son of Man is also
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Lord of the Sabbath.
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Lord of the Sabbath,
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the Son of Man.
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Is this just saying, you know,
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human being, you know?
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Well,
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the Sabbath was made
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for humans,
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and I'm a human being,
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so I am lord of it.
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No, no.
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Let me tell you why
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that doesn't hold water.
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When Jesus
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is using this phrase,
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the Son of Man,
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He is connecting Himself
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with a greater reality.
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And that reality,
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if you are wondering
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why we looked
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at the Book of Daniel,
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we are going right back
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to the Book of Daniel,
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because Jesus saw His ministry
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very clearly.
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I would suggest to you
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in the context
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of the Book of Daniel.
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Later in His book,
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Mark's Gospel,
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Jesus specifically mentions
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the Book of Daniel.
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We saw earlier when Jesus was
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speaking of His time
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having come.
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Okay?
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The time, the fullness of time,
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the time has come.
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What is He speaking about?
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He's speaking
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in the context of Daniel 9.
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Now, when He calls Himself
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the Son of Man, He's
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putting Himself
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in the context of Daniel 7.
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Listen to the passage.
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Daniel has this vision.
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I was
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watching in the night
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visions, and behold,
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One like the Son of Man, coming
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with the clouds of heaven!
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He came to the Ancient of Days,
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that's God
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the Father,
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and they brought Him near
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before Him.
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Then to Him, Jesus,
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the Son of Man, was given
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dominion and glory
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and a kingdom
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that all peoples, nations,
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and what?
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Languages, should serve Him.
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Have you heard that
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phrase before?
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So just like Darius spoke
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to all the then known world
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when he gave that decree
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elevating Daniel.
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Now we see
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in this vision of heaven
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the same words being used
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with respect to Jesus.
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All peoples, all nations,
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all languages should serve Him.
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His dominion is an
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everlasting dominion
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which shall not pass away.
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And His kingdom,
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the one which will
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shall not be destroyed.
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What are we seeing here?
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Is this talking about someone
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who is just a human being?
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No.
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This is the Divine Son of God.
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And so Jesus,
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when He speaks about Himself
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being Lord of the Sabbath,
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I don't want you to miss this.
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There's a word there
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that we often gloss over,
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and the word is therefore,
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why is the word
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Therefore there?
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Why?
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Why is it there?
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The Sabbath was made for man
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and not man for the Sabbath.
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Therefore,
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the Son of Man
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is also Lord of the Sabbath.
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The focus in verse 27
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is that the Sabbath was made.
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The word
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therefore implies
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that Jesus is saying
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that He
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is the one
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who made the Sabbath.
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Are you seeing that there?
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Therefore, why?
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Why is it that?
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The Sabbath was made for man?
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Therefore,
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the Son of Man is Lord.
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He's the master.
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He's the ruler of the Sabbath.
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Jesus is declaring himself.
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Not only is he
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the Divine Son of God,
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He is the creator.
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I mean, it's amazing.
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So they're attacking Jesus.
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They're trying
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to undermine His ministry.
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And what does Jesus keep doing?
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Every time they attack Him,
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He shares greater truth.
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He sheds light on the Sabbath,
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the true understanding
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of the Sabbath.
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It's a gift from heaven.
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And if you understand
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that Jesus is the Creator,
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what should that do
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when it comes to our health?
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Let me give you an analogy,
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and it comes right here
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from Fort Wayne.
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I know some of you
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have very close ties
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to the GM factory
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that we have right here
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in our city.
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Let me ask you a question.
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Let's say you've got a GM truck
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and you bring it
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to the mechanic.
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The mechanic says,
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you know what?
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This is this problem
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I've never seen before.
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I've looked on the manual.
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You know,
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there's some
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esoteric detail here.
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And and
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I don't know what
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the answer is.
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What is a good mechanic
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going to do if he,
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where is he going to go
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to find answers
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about the creation
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of the GM truck?
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Where's
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he going to find answers?
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Go to GM, right?
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Go to the creators.
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So it's the same for
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you and me.
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I was just talking
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to the Pastor,
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many miles from here,
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telling you
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about a church member
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who's dealing
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with a health crisis.
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And as we were
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talking together,
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the Pastor was saying,
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I've tried to share with him
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Biblical health principles,
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but he doesn't want to
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follow them.
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He's not interested
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in the Bible's
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health principles.
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Wait a minute.
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This is like saying,
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you know, I'm having problems
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with my car.
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It's not running well.
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And, you know,
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I'm trying to use the best,
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you know, purified water
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to mix with my gas.
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And somehow it doesn't
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seem to be helping. Okay.
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No, we can't just use
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use our human reasoning, right?
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We want God to the Creator
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to tell us how to care
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for our bodies.
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I found it interesting
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that there was a Review article
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written a few years ago in 2018
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by a Dr. Darren Morton.
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Some of you know Dr.
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Morton's name.
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He's a Seventh-day Adventist
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researcher in Australia.
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He's associated
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with the CHIP program
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The Complete Health
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Improvement Project.
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Some of you may
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have actually gone
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through a CHIP program.
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And he wrote this article
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in the medical literature
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entitled Combining
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Lifestyle, Medicine
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and Positive Psychology
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to Improve Mental Health
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and Emotional Well-Being.
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And what he basically did
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as I looked at that article,
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it seemed like he was looking
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at modern science and saying,
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what kind of things
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are in the Bible
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that actually God
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our Creator has shed light on.
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And included in
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that list of things
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was the research
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from the Ansons
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that we looked at earlier.
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He talks about the Sabbath
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and the blessing
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of the Sabbath,
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but he talked about all kinds
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of other positive health
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practices.
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One easy way to
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remember just one
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perspective on
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that is a phrase called
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New Start.
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Some of you may know
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Weimar Institute.
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I know some of you have close
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ties there.
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I myself was on staff
00:22:52.03\00:22:53.40
there for a period of time.
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That NEW START is an acronym.
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It actually grew out of Ellen
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White's book,
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The Ministry of Healing
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back in 1905.
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First talked about these eight
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natural remedies.
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And Weimar has popularized it
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with this mnemonic NEW START.
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Nutrition, exercise,
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water, sunshine,
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temperance, air, rest
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and trust in Divine power.
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Eight simple remedies.
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You find them
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in the first two chapters
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of the Bible.
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It's our Creator's plan.
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Elements that you can use
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to improve your health.
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We could spend a whole series
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on these elements,
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and I know we've talked
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about many of them
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in other contexts here.
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But we need to finish
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with a final controversy, okay?
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Because the
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Sabbath controversies
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don't end with that last
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when the final controversy
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brings us into chapter 3.
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And Jesus has entered
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now a synagogue.
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There's a man there
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with a withered hand.
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They're watching Jesus closely,
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the account says,
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to see whether He would heal
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this man on the Sabbath. Why?
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So that they might accuse Him.
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Instead of being concerned
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with worshiping on the Sabbath,
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they are trying to
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undermine Jesus?nistry.
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It's very interesting
00:24:04.61\00:24:05.54
how this story plays out.
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Jesus sees
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this man with the withered hand
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and He tells him
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to step forward.
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Now, some would say, well,
00:24:12.31\00:24:13.31
Jesus could have done this.
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Just had him
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step out
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of the synagogue and done this.
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Why is he doing it in public?
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I would suggest to you
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Jesus is indicating
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that you are,
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it's fine,
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it is good to come
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with your sins,
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with your weaknesses
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into the church. Okay.
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He's here.
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He's offering healing.
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The church is a place
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for healing.
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The people that He criticizes
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is not the ones
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who are coming for healing.
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It's the one who thinks
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they've come to church
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to find fault, okay?
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So that's the difference.
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Jesus asked them this question.
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Is it
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lawful on the Sabbath
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to do good or to do evil
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to save life or to kill?
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And they keep totally silent.
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And it's interesting.
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Mark's account,
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Mark's account
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says that as Jesus
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looks around at them.
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He looks with anger.
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He is grieved
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by the hardness
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of their hearts.
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And He finally says
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to that man,
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Stretch out your hand.
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Now, I can imagine that man,
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you know,
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if you have a deformity,
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it's not something
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you want to make public.
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And now you're in the church
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is asking you to stretch out
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your hand.
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His initial impulse
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might have been, well,
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you know, you know,
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I keep it under my, you know,
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kind of my coat and everything.
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But when Jesus spoke,
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what did he do?
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He obeyed
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and he reaches out his hand
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and it says
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his hand is restored whole
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as the other.
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Then the Pharisees went out
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and immediately plotted
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with the Herodians.
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enemies politically.
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Now they're joining together.
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They're banding together
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to do what?
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To destroy Jesus.
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By the way, what day is this?
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It's the Sabbath.
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And they're
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planning to kill Jesus.
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Do you catch the contrast?
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Jesus,
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through all these conflicts,
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is showing His power to heal.
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He's showing his power
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to minister.
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He's showing the keys to post
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traumatic growth.
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He's showing
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that He's the Creator.
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And we can trust Him
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with the happiest
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and the best way to live.
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I am thankful
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that Jesus didn't
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give up
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in the face of controversy.
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I want to encourage you
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to catch a vision
00:26:19.31\00:26:20.81
from Jesus?ample,
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whatever you're going
00:26:21.88\00:26:22.58
through today,
00:26:22.58\00:26:23.51
Jesus is there to meet you,
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to help you, to forgive you,
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to strengthen you,
00:26:27.52\00:26:28.92
and to give you
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post-traumatic growth
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encouragement
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through the Sabbath
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and through the other things
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that He's provided.
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May God bless you to that end.
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Healing power
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is in the
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Lord's Word
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and in the things
00:26:46.30\00:26:46.94
the Lord has appointed for us.
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Let's pray with that in mind.
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Father in Heaven,
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thank you so much for
00:26:52.17\00:26:53.48
healing insights
00:26:53.48\00:26:54.78
that you've provided
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in your Word
00:26:55.44\00:26:56.48
and in the Gospel of Mark.
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As we continue on this series,
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as we continue in our lives
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to press close to You,
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may we be transformed
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into the image of Jesus.
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We ask in His name.
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Amen.
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