Welcome to
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Timeless Healing Insights.
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I'm Dr. David DeRose.
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We are
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engaging with Mark's gospel
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and perhaps a different way
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than you've ever engaged
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with it.
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We're looking for things
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that have special relevance
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for healing us as whole
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people,
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physically, mentally,
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emotionally and spiritually.
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The only one who can do that
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is Jesus Himself.
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So let us pray to Him
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as we begin.
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Father in Heaven,
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we pray that the healing power
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that was manifested in Jesus
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and is manifested in your Word
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would indeed be present.
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As we open the Bible together
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today.
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Please show us healing insights
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that we need
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that the world is longing for
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so that we would be changed
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and that we can help others
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on their own journey
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to better health.
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We ask it all
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in Jesus name, Amen.
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Well, can the devil
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derail
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God's plans for your life?
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Can the devil just get in there
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and you think you know
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how God is leading
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you and the devil
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just totally mess
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everything up?
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Well, it may seem that way,
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but I'd like to suggest to you
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that the devil
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cannot undermine
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God's plans for your life.
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And we have evidence
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of that multiple times
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in the Bible.
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One of the,
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well, crowning
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lives that illustrates
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this is the life of Moses.
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Think about it.
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God is preparing
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for a deliverer
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and Satan knows it.
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And so he moves on Pharaoh,
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the king of Egypt.
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And we read in Exodus 1:22,
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Pharaoh commanded
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all his people saying,
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Every Hebrew son who is born,
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you shall cast into the river
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and every daughter
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you shall save alive.
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What does this
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upcoming birth?
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It doesn't look good.
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It looks like
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Satan is going to overthrow
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God's plans. But what happens?
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The very plans
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that Satan puts in place
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to try to undermine
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God's plans actually
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further God's plans, right?
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As a result of that
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decree Moses
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ends up in Pharaoh's
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court, adopted
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by Pharaoh's daughter.
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It has been said that
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man rules, but God does what?
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He overrules.
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God overrules.
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And we see it
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in the story of Moses.
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We see it
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also in the story of Joseph,
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don't we?
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Joseph, his future
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revealed to him in dreams
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and Satan intervenes, it seems.
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Tries to
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to really just take
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those plans of God
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and throw them off
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into the gutter.
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But what happens?
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God intervenes.
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Yes, Joseph is sold as a slave,
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but it brings him
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right into Pharaoh's court.
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The same is true of Daniel.
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Right?
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Daniel's taken captive
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by Nebuchadnezzar.
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He's a slave.
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I don't know.
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Put yourself in
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some of these stories.
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I mean,
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if you're living
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in Daniel's day,
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I mean, you're a young person.
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You got your whole future
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ahead of you.
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Now you're a slave
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marching hundreds of miles
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to a foreign nation.
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What does the future look like?
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So I don't know
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where you're sitting
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in life today,
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but if Satan is telling you,
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forget about it.
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You've messed up.
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Your life's over.
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Doesn't matter
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what age you are.
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But God is telling you
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in these stories don't give up.
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Don't give up
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because Satan can't undermine
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God's plans for your life.
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Now,
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if you're picking up on a theme
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here, it's
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the same theme
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we've been seeing
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in the Gospel of Mark.
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Jesus?nistry
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starts out
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with so much promise,
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doesn't it?
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He's declaring that
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His kingdom has come.
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He's showing powerful evidence
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that God's kingdom is here
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on the Earth. Right?
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He's healing.
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He's teaching.
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He's casting out demons.
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Mark 1:32-34.
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I love this summary
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at the very beginning
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of Mark's gospel.
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If you want to see
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what's happening,
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everyone's coming to Jesus.
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He's in Capernaum at the time.
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The demon possessed
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the sick,
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the suffering,
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and Jesus is healing.
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He's working miracles.
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His kingdom has come.
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But we saw,
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as you go from Chapter
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1 of Mark's Gospel
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to Chapter 2,
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then Satan's assaults
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start to come, right?
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Jesus is being criticized.
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His ministry is
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being undermined.
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Who is this,
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say the religious leaders
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who can forgive sins?
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Who does He think He is?
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He's criticized for ministering
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to the unrighteous
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like the tax collectors
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and the sinners.
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He's criticized
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for not being holy enough.
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Think about that.
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Jesus, not holy enough?
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Oh, no.
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He's not keeping
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the Sabbath right.
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Why aren't Your disciples
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fasting?
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And then,
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as we saw in chapter
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3 of Mark, as that
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chapter opens up
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Jesus healing
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that man in the synagogue
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on the Sabbath
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and the
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religious leaders decide
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that's enough.
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They're going to wipe out
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Jesus, they're going
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to kill Him.
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You catch the irony, right?
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They're complaining about Jesus
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doing what on the Sabbath?
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Healing,
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and they're
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planning to kill
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the Messiah on the Sabbath.
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Well, is that enough
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to undermine Jesus?nistry?
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Well, if you had any question,
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just go to the very next verse.
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Mark 3:7 begins this way.
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But Jesus withdrew. Yes.
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He leaves that synagogue.
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He leaves
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that place of confrontation.
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But as they go to
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the Sea of Galilee right
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there in Capernaum
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it?ight on the sea.
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It says, what happens?
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A great multitude
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from Galilee
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followed Him,
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and from Judea
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and Jerusalem
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and Idemia,
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or Edam
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and beyond the Jordan
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and from Tire and Sidon.
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They're coming
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from all directions
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from the south,
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from the east, from the
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north, from the west.
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They're all coming
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to be with Jesus.
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And what does He do?
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Verse 10 ends with these words
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He healed many.
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So Jesus
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?nistry is not contracting.
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It's expanding, if anything.
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Now, just like we saw Moses
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and Joseph
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and Daniel
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as examples of how God
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can overrule Satan's attempts,
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we see that
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God had plans for Jesus.
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How do we know what
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those plans were? In fact,
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how did Jesus know
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what those plans were?
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We've seen so far,
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if you've been with us
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from the beginning
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of our series
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on the Gospel of Mark,
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that there is a very
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tight connection
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between the Gospel of Mark
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and the Book of Daniel.
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When Jesus begins
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His ministry,
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His very first words
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out of His mouth.
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Turn in your Bibles
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if you'd like.
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I challenge you
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to find something
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before Mark 1:15 where Jesus
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is speaking.
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Mark one verse 15.
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The very first words
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out of Jesus
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?uth is the time is fulfilled.
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And we saw
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when we looked at that,
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it seems
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the clearest explanation
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for this is
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that Jesus was being mindful
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of that amazing time prophecy
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in the book of Daniel.
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Found in Daniel
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Chapters 8 and 9.
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Daniel 9
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as it's going through this
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expansive prophecy,
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focusing on a special period
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of time,
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a 70 week of year time frame.
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It literally
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brings us down to the year
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27 A.D.
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Now we don't have time to dive
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into all that.
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We've touched on that
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some in this series.
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But I want you to
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look at the prophecy
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that was being fulfilled
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by Jesus?nistry.
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It's found in Daniel 9:24.
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Some of the key verses
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70 weeks are determined
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for your people
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and for your holy city
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to finish the transgression,
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to make an end of sins,
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to make reconciliation
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for iniquity,
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to bring in everlasting
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righteousness,
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to seal up the vision
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and prophecy
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and to anoint the Most Holy.
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Now, here's the simple point.
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There's no way
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God's people
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could fulfill
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this on their own.
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But Jesus comes down
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and Jesus,
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the most
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Holy one, comes down,
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and He is the One
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who is anointed
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and He is the one
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who wants
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to bring this prophecy
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to fulfillment.
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Jesus was anointed in 27 A.D.
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If you actually work
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through the Bible
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prophecy in Daniel 8
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and 9,
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you'll find that it brings
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you right to 27 A.D.
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The very year
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when Jesus was baptized.
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baptism was a
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form of anointing.
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Now some people say, well,
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that's kind of a stretch.
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How is baptism an anointing?
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Those are my words.
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Those aren?he Bible's words.
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The words of Peter himself.
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By the way, don't forget this
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scholars and Bible students
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alike, historians,
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as well as those
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looking at the Bible text,
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have come to the conclusion
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that Mark's Gospel
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is largely influenced
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by the story of Peter.
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Peter and Mark,
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as we saw earlier,
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intimately associated.
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And we're getting
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especially a view
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through Peter's eyes
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as we read Mark's words.
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But with that in mind,
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this is actually Peter
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giving the gospel
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to Cornelius
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and his family in Acts 10.
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The word
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which God sent
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to the children of Israel.
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Peter is speaking here,
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preaching peace through
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Jesus Christ was proclaimed
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throughout all Judea
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and began from Galilee
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after the baptism
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which John preached.
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So the starting point
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for Jesus?nistry
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in this summary statement
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of the gospel
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that Peter's giving begins
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with the baptism.
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Listen further.
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How God anointed
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Jesus of Nazareth
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with the Holy Spirit
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and power is a clear
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reference to Jesus?ptism.
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And then
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Jesus goes about doing good
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and healing
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all who were oppressed by
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the devil for God was with Him.
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So I want you to make
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that connection.
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Jesus sees this connection
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with the Book of Daniel.
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And I'm not just dreaming this.
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It is overt in Jesus?nguage.
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We saw earlier in this series
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that Jesus resorts
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to the language
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of the Book of Daniel
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when He's
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speaking about His
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divine authority.
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In Mark 2,
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when Jesus is being questioned,
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How can this man forgive sins?
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Jesus says this,
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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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We've looked.
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We saw how this is
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a divine statement.
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Jesus is saying,
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I am God in the flesh.
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What is He referring to?
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He's referring to Daniel 7.
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In Daniel 7
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this phrase is used
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the Son of Man
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for the Divine Personage,
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the Son of God
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who comes
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to the Ancient of Days
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the Father
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in Heaven's
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throne room
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at the time of judgment.
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So make this connection.
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But you say,
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oh, well,
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these things are, you know,
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the time fulfilled, Son of Man.
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How do we really know that
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Jesus, even
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how do we even know
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that Jesus knew anything
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about the Book of Daniel?
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Well, we'll get there, too.
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But just as a preview,
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Jesus specificly mentions
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the book of Daniel.
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In Mark 13 as Jesus is giving
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that great prophetic discourse
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on the Mount of Olives.
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He points to the Book
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of Daniel specifically.
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You can check it out there.
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And not only does
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He point to the Book of Daniel,
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Mark encourages
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all of us as readers
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to pay special attention
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to the Book of Daniel.
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What I'm trying to help
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you see is in Jesus?nd,
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it's very apparent
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the Book of Daniel
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is front and center.
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So with all that in mind,
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think about this for a minute.
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Think about this.
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If Jesus realize He's called
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to fulfill
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this prophecy in Daniel 9
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and as we look at the beginning
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of Jesus?nistry,
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we see Him doing this.
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Look at this list of things.
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Do you see Jesus doing that?
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And what we've
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just read together
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over the last several weeks,
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we've seen that
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Jesus is doing just this.
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He's making an end
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to transgression
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and sins. He's
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offering forgiveness.
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Yes, He is going to
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give His life
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as a complete sacrifice later
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in the gospel of Mark.
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But He's laying the foundation
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for this complete
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reconciliation
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and bringing in
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everlasting righteousness
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as Jesus,
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the Lord, our righteousness.
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So with that perspective,
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then it seems
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from the beginning
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of the Gospel of Mark
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that if we just
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looked at Mark 1
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things were looking
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pretty good.
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But the problem was
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we got to Mark 2
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and now we're in Mark 3
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and something has become
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very clear.
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I hope you're seeing it.
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That prophecy in Daniel 9
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was especially to apply
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to God's people,
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including the holy
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city of Jerusalem.
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The greatest extent
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of the Old Testament
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Kingdom was under
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the reign of Solomon.
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And what you see happening in
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Mark 3:7&8
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is Jesus?nistry is extending
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to that whole realm.
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Who was Solomon anyway?
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He was the son of David.
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Who else is the son of David?
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Jesus himself, Right?
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So we see this at this time
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another son of David,
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Jesus is actually
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His reign,
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His influence is extending over
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that same realm
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that Solomon reigned over.
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And it seems like
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the stage is being set for
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Daniel 9 to be fulfilled.
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But we
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saw the religious
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leaders are undermining
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that plan.
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So here's
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the question
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that I have for you.
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If the religious
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leaders would not repent,
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do you think that Jesus
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might have tried
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to find another way
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to fulfill
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the prophecy of Daniel 9
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Now, here's
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the problem that we have.
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We say, Well,
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God knows everything.
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Jesus is in daily
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communion and hourly, moment
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by moment, communion
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with His Father.
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Jesus can know
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what's going to happen
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in the future.
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But as I read
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through the Scriptures,
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I see that even though
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God has foreknowledge,
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perfect foreknowledge,
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it does not influence
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His loving actions.
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Okay?
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You sometimes look
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and you say, well,
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why is God loving that person?
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Why did He love Judas so much?
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He knew what
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Judas was going to do
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because His foreknowledge
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doesn't constrain
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what He's going to do to try
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to save as many as possible.
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So I have to ask the question
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if Jesus knew He was destined
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to bring in
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everlasting righteousness
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for the Jewish nation
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to accept Him,
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do you think somewhere
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in Jesus?nd
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He may have been thinking,
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I have to reestablish
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a new 12 tribes of Israel?
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These current 12 tribes
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are not accepting Me.
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I think it's
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an interesting question.
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I'm not saying
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that is the exclusive
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or even the explanation
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for what
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follows in Mark 3,
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but I think it is
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something worth thinking about.
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Because as Mark 3 continues,
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here is what we read.
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It says verse 13
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The Bible says,
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He went up on the mountain
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and called to Him
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those He Himself wanted.
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And they came to Him.
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Then He appointed 12.
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Why 12?
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Why, If Jesus
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isn't thinking something
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about reconstituting
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the church,
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why does he pick
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that specific number?
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Jesus. Yes.
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He's already called
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these individuals.
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Some of them,
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we've seen their calls. Right?
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We saw James and John called.
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We saw Peter and Andrew called.
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We saw Matthew or Levi,
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the tax collector called.
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But now He's doing
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something different.
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He's not just
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calling individuals.
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He is calling to Himself
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a body of believers,
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12 in number.
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He is calling
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the New Testament
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church together, if you will.
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What does Jesus call the 12 to?
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What is the purpose?
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The passage continues.
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Then He appointed 12
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that they might be with Him
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and that He might
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send them out to preach
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and to have power
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to heal sickness
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and to cast out demons.
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What is Jesus been doing?
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He's been doing just this.
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Right?
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He's been preaching.
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He's been teaching.
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He's been healing.
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He's been healing
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the demon possessed.
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The disciples are being called
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to the same purpose.
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But don't miss this, okay?
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Some of you noticed
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we have entitled
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this installment
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in our series
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on the Gospel of Mark
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requirements for healing.
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Now, there's a bit of
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play on words there
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because we're going to look
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in our time together
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at two sets of requirements
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for healing.
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One set of requirements
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are requirements
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that we need
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to be healed ourselves.
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So if you have a malady
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that you're dealing
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with spiritual or physical,
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there are certain requirements
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that you need to meet in
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order to be healed.
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Now, I know you could
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say, well,
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God could just
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miraculously heal anybody
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but normally
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we need to cooperate
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with God in that process.
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There?ertain
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requirements typically,
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that are needed to be in place
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before we're healed,
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but then there's
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also requirements
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if we're going to be involved
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in healing others.
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So it's requirements
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for healing, experiencing,
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healing ourselves,
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and the requirements
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for being involved
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in healing ministry to others.
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We want to look at the second
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of the two, first of all,
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and I think already, hopefully
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you're seeing
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some implications here,
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and that is
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if God's kingdom is prospering
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like we see in Jesus?nistry,
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like we saw with God's plans
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for Israel
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during the time of Pharaoh.
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Like we saw with Joseph
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and with Daniel.
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If God?ingdom is prospering
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or God
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is planning
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a special work,
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expect opposition.
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Expect that there's
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going to be problems
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and also expect
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that Jesus is going to call
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those who are loyal to Him
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to take a collective stand
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in the face of opposition.
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That's what He's calling
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these disciples to do.
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It's not just
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calling individuals.
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It's calling
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a body of believers.
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Now, here's
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what I want you to notice.
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As you look at this list.
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Go on your Bibles to Matthew 3,
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there is a list
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of the disciples
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there that are given,
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the disciples,
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the 12 are given by name.
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And I want you to notice
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something very interesting.
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By the way,
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if you compare other
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lists of the disciples
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throughout the Bible,
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you will find something
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noteworthy.
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There are three disciples
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that are always
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mentioned first.
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They are Peter, James and John.
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Now, this would tend
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to make us think
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that in some way
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these disciples
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stood above the others.
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And it's true.
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They are Jesus
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?st inner circle,
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His innermost circle, right?
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So when Jesus is transfigured
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and He appears
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there with Moses and Elijah,
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they're the ones actually
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appearing with Him there.
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But when you see that setting,
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who is there with Jesus?
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Peter, James and John.
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When Jesus goes
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into Gethsemani,
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who are the three disciples
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who He takes closest with Him?
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Peter, James And John,
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I want you to notice
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though, in Mark,
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there's something interesting
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about these three.
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Unlike the other nine,
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these three are given names
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by Jesus Himself.
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They're all given names.
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Now there's a lot of thoughts
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into perhaps
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why these names were given.
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But I would like
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to suggest to you
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that instead of these names
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being names of commendation,
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they are names that implicitly
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recognize the weakness
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or the weaknesses
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of these three
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leading disciples.
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Are you following
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along with me?
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Let's just let's just make sure
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I'm telling you the truth here.
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Check me out.
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Okay.
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So first of all, we're going to
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look at the ones
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that are mentioned second.
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So first Peter's mentioned,
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then James and John
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How are James and John
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named by Jesus?
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Do you see it there
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in chapter three?
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Verse 17, Jesus
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gives them the name Boanerges,
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that means sons of thunder.
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How many of you think
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that was a commendation?
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That they were
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the sons of thunder?
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If someone said, Boy,
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you're a real son of thunder,
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you're a real
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daughter of thunder.
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Do you think that would be
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a commendation?
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Well, as we have looked
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some at this background,
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we saw
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that these guys
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had a pretty hot temper,
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so hot
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at times that they thought, God
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to just destroy whole cities.
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Okay,
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this is not a commendation.
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Then what about the name Peter?
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It means rock.
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Now they're actually
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different words
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for rock in Greek.
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We'll get there in a minute.
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I don't know about you.
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Have you ever met anyone
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who was named Rock?
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Okay, so some
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of you are a rock.
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I never met anyone growing up
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that had a given name of Rock.
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But when I was in grade school,
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I met a guy
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and he let me know
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that he wanted
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to be called Rock.
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Later,
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probably about
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five, six years later,
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I met another guy
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where I was working
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and he wanted to be known
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as Rock. Okay?
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Now, both of these guys
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had a high opinion
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of their own abilities
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and their own physical stature
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and that's why they wanted
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to be called that.
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So this was a name of
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distinction, right?
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They wanted me
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to call them something
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that gave them further stature.
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Was that what Jesus was doing?
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I mean, a lot of
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people think this,
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but if you actually look
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at the Greek scholars,
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for example,
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Thayer?reek lexicon,
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this word, petros,
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that Jesus uses
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to refer to Peter by,
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it actually means a stone
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or a rock, a ledge or a cliff.
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It metaphorically can mean
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a soul, hard and unyielding,
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so resembling a rock.
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Is that good or bad?
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Now, I told you
00:22:36.65\00:22:37.29
there's some other Greek words
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for rocks.
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I was dealing with
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someone not long ago
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who had just
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been diagnosed
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with nephrolithiasis.
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Don't even know
00:22:47.93\00:22:48.40
what nephrolithiasis.
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I see
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some of the
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medical professionals
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professional smiling.
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Yes, those are kidney stones.
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You're saying yes,
00:22:54.50\00:22:55.74
I know what those are.
00:22:55.74\00:22:56.54
I'm not a medical professional,
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but I've seen it
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on my diagnosis.
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Nephrolithiasis.
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So Nephro refers
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to the kidney.
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lith is a stone.
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It's a small stone
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which is fitting
00:23:06.11\00:23:07.45
for kidney stones.
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They can be very painful,
00:23:08.35\00:23:09.28
but they're always quite small,
00:23:09.28\00:23:10.85
relatively speaking.
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Okay?
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Compared to big boulders,
00:23:12.55\00:23:13.59
nothing like that in your body.
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But there is another Greek word
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for rock,
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and that is petra,
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as opposed to petros.
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And this word is employed
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in Matthew chapter 16.
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Jesus, there is speaking.
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You know this setting.
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Jesus is at Caesarea Philippi,
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and He asks
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the disciples who He is.
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Peter says,
00:23:35.34\00:23:36.48
You know, He confesses
00:23:36.48\00:23:37.51
that He's the Christ.
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And Jesus said,
00:23:38.31\00:23:39.21
Blessed are you.
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Simon Bar- Jonah,
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son of Jonah
00:23:41.12\00:23:42.15
for flesh
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and blood,
00:23:42.72\00:23:43.15
has not revealed this to you,
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but my Father,
00:23:45.12\00:23:46.02
who is in heaven,
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and I tell you, you are petros,
00:23:46.72\00:23:48.96
and on this rock, petra,
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I will build my church.
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Is Jesus making a
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comparison of similarity
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or a comparison of difference?
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And most scholars
00:24:01.70\00:24:02.77
that I've read believe it's
00:24:02.77\00:24:04.04
a comparison of difference.
00:24:04.04\00:24:07.44
Lexicon says
00:24:07.44\00:24:08.38
some interpretations
00:24:08.38\00:24:10.18
regard the distinction
00:24:10.18\00:24:11.61
generally observed
00:24:11.61\00:24:12.31
in the classic Greek
00:24:12.31\00:24:13.45
between petra,
00:24:13.45\00:24:14.88
it's a Greek spelling there,
00:24:14.88\00:24:16.22
the massive living rock
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and petros,
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a detached but large fragment.
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In other words,
00:24:22.16\00:24:22.86
Jesus is the petra.
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Peter's confession of
00:24:25.29\00:24:26.49
Jesus is the Petra.
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That's the rock
00:24:28.26\00:24:29.16
that you can base
00:24:29.16\00:24:30.60
your faith on.
00:24:30.60\00:24:31.50
Yes, Peter is a rock,
00:24:31.50\00:24:33.77
but he's not the kind of rock
00:24:33.77\00:24:35.37
you want to base your faith on.
00:24:35.37\00:24:37.64
The rock
00:24:37.64\00:24:38.14
that Peter is,
00:24:38.14\00:24:39.24
I think is better explained.
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Not by Matthew 16.
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And here
00:24:43.98\00:24:44.28
I should just point out,
00:24:44.58\00:24:45.01
remember, Mark's
00:24:45.01\00:24:46.18
gospel is informed by Peter.
00:24:46.18\00:24:48.15
Mark says
00:24:48.15\00:24:48.98
nothing about this comparison
00:24:48.98\00:24:51.35
between petra and petros.
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It's not mentioned
00:24:54.26\00:24:55.12
in Mark's gospel.
00:24:55.12\00:24:56.22
And the reason I mention this,
00:24:56.22\00:24:57.43
if Peter thought
00:24:57.43\00:24:58.29
this was so important
00:24:58.29\00:24:59.36
to understand his identity,
00:24:59.36\00:25:01.20
I think there'd be
00:25:01.20\00:25:02.20
a good likelihood
00:25:02.20\00:25:03.06
that it would be in
00:25:03.06\00:25:03.60
Mark's gospel.
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This is not
00:25:04.77\00:25:05.47
what Peter is seeing
00:25:05.47\00:25:06.53
his identity
00:25:06.53\00:25:07.74
defined by his confession
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.54
of Jesus being
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and him being the rock.
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No, quite to the contrary.
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Look at
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Peter's example
00:25:17.45\00:25:18.58
in Mark's Gospel.
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Mark Chapter 14 records
00:25:19.85\00:25:21.55
this Jesus has just said
00:25:21.55\00:25:23.45
to all the disciples,
00:25:23.45\00:25:25.09
You're going to all fall away.
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I'm going to strike
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the shepherd.
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That's Jesus.
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The sheep
00:25:28.96\00:25:29.42
are going to be scattered.
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And then here's
00:25:30.66\00:25:31.29
what Peter says.
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Jesus is just told
00:25:32.29\00:25:33.46
what's going to happen.
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Peter says,
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Oh, even if
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Jesus acts like, Peter,
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did you hear me? Tonight,
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before the rooster crows twice,
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you are going to disown me
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three times.
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What does Peter do?
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He's having an argument
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with Jesus. Okay?
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Jesus is telling him
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what's going to happen.
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This I don't know
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what this looks like to you,
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but this is someone
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with a pretty hard
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heart, right?
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Jesus is telling him
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what's going to happen.
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No, no, no, Lord,
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I'm going to never
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if I even have to die, I'm
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never going to disown you.
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Peter, Peter, Peter.
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You know what?
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These designations,
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although they have an element
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of warning
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in the very names
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Jesus gives them,
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they also
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those characteristics
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could be employed for good.
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Yes.
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Peter would stand firm
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after Pentecost.
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Yes, James
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and John
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would use their force
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of character for Jesus.
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Being with Jesus
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is what these disciples
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were called to be.
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And I want to challenge you.
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I want to challenge you
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to realize that God is calling
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you too.
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To be with Jesus
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and to be part
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of a body of believers.
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That is one of the secrets
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to healing ministry.
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Jesus indeed
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wants us to experience
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His healing power,
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that healing power
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that we see
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in the Gospel of Mark.
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He also longs for you
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to be an agent of healing.
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With that in mind,
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I invite you to take advantage
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of our website
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TimelessHealingInsights.org.
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We've got a whole host
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of resources,
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different types
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of programs, things
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that can help
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your physical health
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and your emotional health,
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things that you can share
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with others.
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And why don't you pray about
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praying for this ministry?
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We really depend on you
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to keep us going, to encourage
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us to help us be relevant.
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And we also value
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your financial support.
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Your donations are
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things that help
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keep this show on the air.
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Keep it in production.
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Let's pray together.
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Father in Heaven.
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Thank you
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that you are the
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great physician
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and that you want us to be
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the under physicians.
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The assistants
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in that grand work
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of healing on planet Earth.
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Help us to continue
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to press close to You
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and to experience
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that healing power in us
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and through us,
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We ask, in Jesus name, Amen.
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