Welcome to
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Timeless Healing Insights.
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I'm Dr. David DeRose.
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We are on a journey
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through the gospel of Mark,
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and I know
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you could pick up that gospel
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and read through it
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very quickly.
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But there's a depth,
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there's a power there
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that I believe
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God wants to continue
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to use to heal us
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as we go on this journey.
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Let's pray together.
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Father in Heaven,
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we long for Your healing power
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to be poured out
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through Your Holy Spirit.
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Please, as we open Your word,
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honor
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Your promise
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that Your word
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never returns to You void.
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But it always accomplishes
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Your purpose.
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May it do that in our lives.
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As we engage
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with the Scriptures today
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we ask, In Jesus name, Amen.
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We're walking
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through the Gospel of Mark
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and we're looking at
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an amazing setting.
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Jesus is reestablishing
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His church.
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He's building it on 12 fallible
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creatures.
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In fact,
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if you looked at these 12
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and you read through the list,
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and that's where
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I'm turning in my Bible to Mark
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3, and you look at this
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list of 12 disciples,
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you would realize that there's
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some real problems
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with this group. Okay?
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As you read
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through the Gospels,
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you see that
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one of the problems they had
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is they were arguing
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about who was greatest.
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Mark records it in his gospel,
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and he speaks about it
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in terms of all of them
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being involved.
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So we could say
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it seems that
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on a certain level
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they were all ambitious.
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They're all arguing about who's
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going to be the greatest,
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but it's worse than that.
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Look at this list.
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I know
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this is not a new observation
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for many of you,
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but every time I read
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this list of disciples,
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my mind is kind of swimming.
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Look at this.
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On this list,
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let me just highlight
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two of them.
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Verse 18 of Mark
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3 mentions Matthew by name.
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We know
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Matthew or Levi was a what?
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He was a former tax
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collector, a publican.
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And then you see there's
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a Simon identified there,
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not Simon Peter,
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but at the end of verse 18.
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Simon
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some translations say
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the Canaanite, others
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render it Simon
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more accurately many believe,
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the zealot.
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What was a zealot?
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They were individuals
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that were pledged
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to overthrow
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the occupying Roman power.
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They were killing people like
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soldiers of Rome and publicans.
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How well do you think
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this is sounding like a fit
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in this group of 12?
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I mean, if you just
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look at the,
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we're not going to
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take time to do it.
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But this is a prescription,
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not for unity,
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but for division, it seems.
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But look, look at what
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Jesus is calling them
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to notice the progression
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in Mark 3:14.
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He first calls them
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to be with Him.
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If they're going to all be
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with Jesus,
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they're going to
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all be together.
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And only then
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will they go out healing.
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They must first spend time
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with Jesus
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and spend time together.
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We're talking
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about requirements for healing.
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One of those requirements
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is to come close to Jesus
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to respond to His call.
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But no one responds
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to that call
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unless they recognize
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their own need. Right?
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Lest we realize there's a
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there's a place in our heart
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for Jesus.
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Jesus is inviting us all
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to come to Him.
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And then as we see
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with the disciples,
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He gives them an education
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by being with Him.
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And we'll see later
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as we go through Mark's gospel.
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Then they get an experience
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as guided by Jesus.
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So let's apply this
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now to our personal healing.
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We've talked about
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healing ministry.
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How does this apply to us?
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You're dealing
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with a physical problem.
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You're dealing
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with a spiritual problem.
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It starts the same way.
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First, you have to
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recognize your need.
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I've shared this principle
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with you before,
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but one of the things
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that was drilled into me
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as a young physician
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is when it comes to treatment,
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there is one step
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that has to precede treatment.
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And that step is diagnosis.
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Diagnosis always has to occur
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before treatment.
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Now you might have
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a working diagnosis
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and we say we're treating
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empirically thinking
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maybe that's the problem,
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but you have to
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have a diagnosis
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before you treat.
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If you don't have that,
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you're liable
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to make some terrible mistakes.
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And I've seen it
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as a physician.
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They're often the patients
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that diagnose themselves.
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Okay?
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You know,
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they're having a sense
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of heaviness in their chest
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and they say,
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well this must
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have been something I ate.
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And so they look up heartburn,
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you know, online.
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But they're not
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having heartburn.
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They're having what?
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A heart attack. Okay?
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How many of you think there's
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a different treatment
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for heartburn
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than for a heart attack?
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Yeah.
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You don't need a medical degree
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to figure this out, right?
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So here's the point.
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Diagnosis comes first,
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but you say,
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wait a minute, though.
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Personal healing.
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Yes, yes, yes.
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If I've got a problem,
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I need to be diagnosed.
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But what if I don't
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have a problem yet?
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How many of you think
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it's better
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to avoid problems
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altogether than to have them
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and diagnose them early.
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Which is better,
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to avoid it completely?
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Of course.
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Right?
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By the way,
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if you don't know this
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terminology that we use
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in the preventive medicine
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community,
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I'll share it with you.
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We talk about primary versus
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secondary prevention.
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A lot of the
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preventive activities
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that we talk about
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are really secondary
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prevention.
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Let me tell you about one.
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Just this week
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I was talking with a patient
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and she was telling me,
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I always have a fear
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when I'm recommending
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secondary prevention.
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These are screening tests.
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I always have this fear
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that someone's
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not going to do it.
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And one of the screening tests
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that I often recommend
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that I would say there's
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a high rate of people
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don't follow through with
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is something called
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a colonoscopy.
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Okay?
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I see some of you smiling,
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others of you
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nodding your heads.
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You understand why
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people may not comply
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with that.
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Well, this particular woman
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who I was visiting with
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this week
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had complied
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with the recommendation,
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and I was telling her
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how excited I was
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because on that colonoscopy,
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they removed
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five adenomatous polyps,
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five pre-cancerous polyps.
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And I told her,
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if you hadn't
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had that colonoscopy
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and you just kept
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going on with your life,
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those would over time
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likely have become cancer.
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So that's secondary prevention.
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She already had a problem,
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but they took care of it
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during the screening, okay?
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Primary prevention
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is you prevent the problem
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from ever occurring.
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You never get the polyps
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even in the first place.
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So we all agree
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primary prevention is best.
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With that in mind,
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I want to tell you a story,
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and the story has to do
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with Jesus Himself,
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because this is
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the big challenge for us.
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If you don't have
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a problem already,
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why would you change anything?
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I've even had physicians
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tell me.
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Well, I know
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that's a better way to live,
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but if I have a problem,
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then I'll change my lifestyle.
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Well, sometimes
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that?oo late. Okay?
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So here's the thing.
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Jesus promises
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to show you all that
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you need to do
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to be in the happiest,
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healthiest position.
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Are you aware of that?
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There's all kinds
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of Bible promises.
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One of my favorites
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is in Jeremiah 33:3.
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And yes, it's
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not speaking directly
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about lifestyle and healing,
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but the principle is there.
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Jesus is saying there,
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call to Me and I will what?
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I will answer
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you and show
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you great and mighty things
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which you do not know.
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We could just as well
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have quoted James 1
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right where he promises
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what wisdom if we ask in faith.
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So God promises to
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give you light
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on the healthiest way to live.
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With that in mind,
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let me tell you another story.
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And this
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story was inspired
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by something else
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that took place this week.
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I had the privilege of
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interviewing a gentleman
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by the name of Doug Zegel
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for our weekly radio show.
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Doug's stepson.
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His name, Patrick Risha.
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I learned that
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Patrick was featured
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in The New York Times,
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and he was the inspiration
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behind a foundation
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that's been set up
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that bears his name.
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Patrick, as I learned about
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his story, is as Doug
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shared it on air.
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And then I read more about it
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afterward.
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Is just an amazing young man,
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warm, cheerful personality,
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was a gifted musician,
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talented writer,
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honor roll student.
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He also grew up
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in a football home.
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His biological father
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was a football coach,
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and you may have guessed it
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growing up
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in that kind of environment.
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Well,
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some of you
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can see the picture right?
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From an early age,
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what did Patrick
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have in his hands?
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A football. You got it.
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He grew up in
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the Pittsburgh area.
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They tell me
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that's called Steeler country
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and he was a successful
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athlete.
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Now, I don't know
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how to evaluate high school
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statistics well,
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that's
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not an area of expertise,
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but just reading
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it sounded impressive to me.
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He gained nearly 4000 yards
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throughout his high school
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career.
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He set school records
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for the most career
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yards, most touchdowns,
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most rushing attempts
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and a set season,
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a single season records
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in those categories as well.
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So he was this
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excellent athlete.
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But it wasn't
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just his athletic prowess,
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it was his character,
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as you read about him.
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He was a hard worker,
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he encouraged people
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to be good sports.
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He was called the horse
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by his coach.
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Listen, listen to this.
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He became known
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for never letting the first hit
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take him down.
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So you might think
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that's very admirable.
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All kinds of awards.
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I read about them online.
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Successful young man.
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He goes on
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to college playing football.
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Goes to the Ivy League.
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He's at Dartmouth, Dartmouth
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College there in New England.
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And
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quote,
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Although so much of Patrick's
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life focused on football,
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he was much more than
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a football player.
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He was a man of character.
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Here's statements
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from people about him.
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He was kind to every person
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he encountered.
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He was extremely generous
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and loyal.
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He could make anyone
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feel important.
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Are these great qualities?
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Sure.
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I wish we had more
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people around like that.
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But then something happened
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after he graduated from school,
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he went back to Pittsburgh.
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And this is how the New York
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Times wrote about him.
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A once
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gregarious guy
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was now reclusive.
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He had been a student
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who could write a lengthy paper
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with ease.
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Now he struggled
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to jot down notes.
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He started taking medications
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for attention deficit disorder,
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but nothing was helping
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his focus.
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He started gambling.
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He started spending money
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that he didn't have.
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This this was all
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totally out of character.
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As I talked with Doug,
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he said his son's personality
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completely changed.
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He had fits of anger,
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and most
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of all, he was
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just overwhelmed
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by little things.
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What was going on?
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The new York Times story
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actually chronicled his last
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phone call to his mother.
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Patrick is 32 at the time,
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and as his mother
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hears him
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talking, his his affect,
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his communication
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is totally flat.
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There's no emotion there.
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And he says, I'm
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standing on a ladder
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with his dog's
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leash around his neck
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and his mother's, you know,
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pleading with him.
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You know,
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think about all the
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good things in life.
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I mean, she was I mean, what is
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is he really
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I mean, he just
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kind of like
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matter of fact saying
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this is he really talking about
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taking his life?
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Is this is he just bluffing?
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Is he just saying
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a bunch of nonsense?
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And that was the last
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she heard from him.
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Patrick had taken his own life,
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and when they
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did autopsy
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studies on his brain,
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they found he had chronic
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traumatic encephalopathy.
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Many of you've heard of
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it, CTE.
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It's a degenerative disease
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caused by repeated
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blows to the head.
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You've heard this covered a lot
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among certain athletes.
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But it's true in other realms
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where people are taking
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a lot of head trauma.
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It's been linked to depression,
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impulsive actions, short
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short term memory loss
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and other symptoms.
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Now, here's
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the question for you.
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Would Patrick
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Risha ever have played football
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if he knew he
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would develop CTE?
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Now, now, before you jump to
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do an answer,
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I will tell you,
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I've read a lot of
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medical studies on this
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looking at athletes.
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And years ago, they asked elite
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athletes, would you take a drug
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if you knew
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it would not be detected
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and it would help
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you win the Olympics
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even if it killed you
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in like five years?
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And a shocking,
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shockingly high
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percentage of athletes
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said they would do it.
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Okay?
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I'm just letting you know
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some of your athletes
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who say, I can relate to that.
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I'm just telling you
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so.
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So and this is not to pass
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judgment on Patrick
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or on his family.
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Okay?
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But I'm just saying,
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prevention is better than cure.
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But once
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Patrick has the condition, it's
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not something that's
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felt to be reversible.
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Now, let me ask the
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question another way.
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There are literally millions
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of people
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who've walked on planet Earth
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who have died from lung cancer
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because of cigarette smoking.
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How many people do you think
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start smoking
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saying, well, I'm smoking
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because I want to die of lung
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cancer one day.
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What are they thinking?
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Not going to happen
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to me, right?
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I mean, it doesn't happen
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to everyone.
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You know,
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grandpa lived to be 99
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and he smoked
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the whole time and,
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you know, got hit by a car
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while he was jogging.
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Okay, that's not my grandpa.
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But, you know,
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you've heard those stories,
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right? Okay?
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So it doesn't matter what I do.
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What about
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the millions of people
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who've had cirrhosis
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of the liver?
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By the way,
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you can't live without a liver
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and cirrhosis a bad disease.
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I've had a lot of patients
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who've dealt with it.
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It can go on to
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to liver cancer.
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You die
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just from the cirrhosis.
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You get something called
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hepatic encephalopathy.
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The liver isn't cleansing
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the blood appropriately and
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it's bad.
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Okay?
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But how
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do you think
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some of them wouldn't
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have taken that first drink
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if they knew
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they were going to end up
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with cirrhosis,
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maybe even at a young age
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or lung cancer in the case
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of smoking at a young age.
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I think the youngest patient
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I've had that died from lung
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cancer linked to smoking
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was in his thirties.
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It?ot just something
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that happens
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when you're 60 or 70.
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So
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what does it mean
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when we talk about
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cooperating with God?
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Well, my point is simply this.
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I don't know what
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any of these individuals
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should do.
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I don't know
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what would Patrick's
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life would have been like.
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And for all I know, he was a
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asking God to guide his life.
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So it's not to judge
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any of these people,
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but it's just to say
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that I believe
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God wants
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to individually guide you.
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And the way it starts,
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the way it starts
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is He convicts you about things
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and He asks you to respond
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to that conviction.
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Now, having said that,
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Mark 3
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continues
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with two additional stories.
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And they're very interesting
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in the context
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that we're looking at.
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Remember,
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Jesus has just called
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the 12 disciples.
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What happens right after that?
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Right
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after the calling of the 12.
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We read this vignette.
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It says The multitude
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comes together again.
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They're flocking around Jesus.
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So many
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that Jesus couldn't even eat.
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And when His own
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people heard about it,
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they're determined to grab
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Jesus
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and get Him out of
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the environment, for
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they say He's out of His mind.
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Now, who are His own people?
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We're going to answer
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that question in just a moment.
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But I've got to tell you,
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this hits close to home.
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Years ago,
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as a young college student,
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the Holy Spirit was getting
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my attention
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and I was reading the Bible
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and I was learning about
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what God wanted me to do
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as far as my own health.
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And I believe that
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God was asking me
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to get away from
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a lot of the foods
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that I was eating,
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you know,
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heavy sugar diet and heavy
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animal product diet.
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And I was going to become
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a vegetarian. In fact, I had.
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And I noticed something
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interesting happen with
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my mother's recipes.
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Her recipes changed.
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At the time,
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at first
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I was a lacto ovo vegetarian.
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She used to make something
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called french toast
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and she would put some egg
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in this.
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Well,
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I noticed the french toast
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recipe changed.
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And now
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maybe instead of one egg
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in the batch,
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it seemed like there were four.
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It was more like
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a bread omelet.
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Okay?
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Because she was so worried
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I wasn't getting enough
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nutrition.
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Now, so
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this is understandable, right?
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If your family thinks
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you're making bad decisions,
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they're going to
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try to intervene.
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And we'll look more at this
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in a moment.
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But there is
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something that happens after
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we were introduced to the worry
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about Jesus?mily.
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And what are they saying
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of Jesus?
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Are they saying
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Jesus is the Messiah?
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He's fulfilling Daniel 9.
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Is that what they're saying?
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They're saying He's crazy.
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Okay? He's crazy.
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Here's what
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interrupts that story.
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It
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says in verse 22
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The Bible tells us
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the scribes
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come down from Jerusalem
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and they start accusing Jesus.
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He has Beelzebub
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by the ruler of the demons
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He casts out.
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He's casting out demons.
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Beelzebub,
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literally, is the
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lord of the Flies.
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It was a
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derogatory name
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it seems, for Satan.
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They're saying
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Jesus by the power of Satan
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is doing these miracles.
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Now, wait a minute. Wait.
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We already saw
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things were not looking good up
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to the time
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He calls His disciples.
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If you had any doubts,
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if Jesus needed
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a new nucleus upon
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which to build the church,
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maybe this is removing
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some doubts.
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But something
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very interesting happens.
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Jesus, it
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says, answers with parables.
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And you often, as you read Mark
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3, most people
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don't think of this
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being a parable, but
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Mark says it's a parable.
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Some of you
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may have seen
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this classic definition.
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You can just put it in
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Google or something.
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You'll find,
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you know,
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hundreds of people
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refer to this.
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C.H.
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Dodd, a
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scholar of yesteryear wrote
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a book called
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The Parables of the Kingdom,
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and this is kind of
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a classic definition
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of parables.
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Let me read it for you.
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At its simplest,
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the parable is a metaphor
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or simile drawn
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from nature or common life,
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arresting the hearer
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by its vividness
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or strangeness,
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and leaving
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the mind in sufficient doubt
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to its precise application
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to tease the mind
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into active thought.
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So what is this parable
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that Jesus employs?
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Well, there's
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several aspects to it.
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But when He's speaking
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to these religious leaders,
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He calls them and He says this.
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How can Satan cast out Satan?
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If a kingdom is divided
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against itself,
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that kingdom cannot stand.
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And then He gives this picture,
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this word picture.
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No one can enter
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a strong man's house
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and plunder
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his goods unless he does what?
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That's right.
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Unless he first
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binds the strong man.
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And then he will
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plunder his house.
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What is Jesus
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trying to engage them with?
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He's trying to help them
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to see
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that Satan's kingdom
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can't be attacking itself.
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He's not working
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miracles by the power of Satan.
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But then He turns
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the discussion
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to this very important point.
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We have to touch on this
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because some of you,
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if you haven't
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been worried about this,
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you may be
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and you shouldn't be.
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Verses 28 and onward.
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Assuredly, I say to you,
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all sins
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will be forgiven
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the sons of men and whatever
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blasphemies they may utter.
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Let's just stop right there.
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What kind of sin
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can you commit that
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God will not forgive?
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I mean, it says here there are
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other translations
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say all manner of sin.
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Okay? All sins.
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There is no kind
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of sin, no kind of
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blasphemy even.
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Whatever blasphemy
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they may utter,
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all sins will be forgiven.
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I mean, of course
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you have to repent.
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Come to Jesus.
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But you say, Wait a minute.
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Wait, wait, wait.
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That's not where it stops.
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It says,
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But he who blasphemed
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against the Holy Spirit
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never has forgiveness,
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but is subject to
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eternal condemnation -
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because they said
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he has an unclean spirit.
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What's going on here?
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The sin against the Holy Spirit
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is where you attribute
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the work of the Holy Spirit,
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the work of God to the devil.
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Okay?
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The Holy Spirit
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convicting you of something
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could be in your lifestyle.
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It could be moral things.
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You're being convicted.
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And what are you saying?
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Oh, no, that's not God. That's.
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That's.
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It's Satan
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that's convicting me of that.
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Now, most people.
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And if you come in a church,
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most people,
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you're at least
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conscientious enough
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that you're
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trying to follow God.
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If you're worried
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about having committed
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the sin
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against the Holy Spirit,
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the the the odds are
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I have never met anyone
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who I thought
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had committed the sin
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against the Holy Spirit
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who was worried about it.
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Now, that's not to say,
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I suppose, that
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someone couldn't be.
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Um, it seems like
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Judas seemed to recognize
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that at some point, but.
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But the point is simply this.
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If you come to Jesus asking
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forgiveness, He says,
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Whoever comes to me,
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I will in no wise cast out.
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He's made provision
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for every sin. Okay?
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Don't say your sins are too bad
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for God to forgive.
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You can come to Him
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just as you are.
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But if God's appealing to you
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to come and you say, No way.
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That's where the problem is.
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What does this episode
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interrupt?
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It interrupts
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who Jesus?n people are.
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It says.
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Then His brother, brothers
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and His mother came
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and they're standing outside
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and they send to Jesus
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calling Him.
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And a multitude
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was sitting around Jesus. Okay?
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Get the picture, remember?
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So
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Jesus has called the 12.
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Special intimate relationship.
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They're going to follow Him.
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They're going to be with Him.
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He's going to equip them
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to do healing ministry.
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And He is healing them
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spiritually.
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He's healing them socially
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as they fellowship with Him.
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But now what we see,
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those around Him
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are not always
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welcoming His ministry.
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Even His family
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now, they come
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to try to take care of Jesus.
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And the message comes to Jesus.
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Look, your mother
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and your brothers are outside
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looking for you.
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What is Jesus?sponse?
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It is a shocking response.
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I know you've read the gospel,
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most of you, but it's shocking,
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especially in that culture.
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Your mother's here for you.
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What would I do
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if you said your mother's here?
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She's out in the lobby Dr.
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DeRose, waiting for you.
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I mean,
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I might be even tempted to say,
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well, wait lets,
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you know,
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put things on hold, and,
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you know,
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my mom's in the lobby.
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Why isn't she coming in?
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Is she okay? But
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hopefully I would
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follow Jesus?ample,
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just for the record.
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Jesus is ministering
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and what He says is this.
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Who is My mother
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or My brothers?
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And He looks around the circle
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at those around Him,
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presumably
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not just His disciples,
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but others,
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not just the 12,
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but other disciples,
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other followers of His.
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And He says
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here are My mother
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and My brothers.
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For whoever does
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the will of God
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is My brother
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and My sister and mother.
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Now, if you're not catching
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the profound
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implications of this,
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Jesus is inviting you
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to be His follower
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and be a part of this family.
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Okay?
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Just like the 12.
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You say, but I don't fit in.
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The 12 didn't fit in.
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None of those guys
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fit in together.
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Note the context.
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It's not to spend time
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with Jesus alone.
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That's important.
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It's critical.
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We saw that earlier
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in this series.
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But it's to spend time
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with Jesus in community.
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Jesus, yes,
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called the
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disciples individually.
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But then He calls them
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as a body of believers.
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Now, I hope you realize that
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social connectedness
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transcends bloodlines.
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Okay?
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In every family though,
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there are expectations.
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And I hope you realize
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that as well.
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And I want to draw
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your attention
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to something again,
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a medical illustration.
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You know, people can go through
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all the training
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they want
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to become a nurse or a doctor,
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physical therapist,
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speech pathologist,
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cytotechnologist, okay?
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Respiratory therapist.
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So we don't have
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to go down the whole list.
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Okay.
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Everyone that works
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in the health care community.
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But every place
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where I've worked
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is a credentialing process
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and a re-credentialing process.
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So it's not just enough
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to have the training.
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It's not just enough to
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to respond to the call
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to get the education,
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but then you have
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to be committed
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to working as part of the team.
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Do you know there are stories
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about rogue
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health professionals
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that have even taken
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the lives of their patients?
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You've heard stories
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about that, right?
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How does that happen?
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It happens because
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what, they don't recognize,
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they're part
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of a healing community.
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The only reason they're there
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is to work together
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in ministry.
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I want to tell you,
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Jesus is giving
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a profound call in Mark 3.
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He's telling you
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calling you
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to be one of His followers.
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He offers you forgiveness
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for whatever you've done.
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He offers you
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to be part of His family.
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But then He says, Press
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together, work together,
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come close together,
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and He will work
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His Ministry of Healing,
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not just through
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you individually,
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but through His church,
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collectively.
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Jesus is the great physician.
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He's not only the
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master healer,
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but He is also
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the master diagnostician.
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Ask Jesus to show you
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what needs to be different
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in your life.
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And the beautiful thing
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about Jesus?idance
00:27:03.28\00:27:05.02
is He'll never show you
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anything
00:27:06.69\00:27:07.09
that needs to
00:27:07.09\00:27:07.52
change in your life
00:27:07.62\00:27:08.96
unless He is fully committed
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to giving you the power
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to make that change.
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That's one of the things that
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encourages me as a physician.
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And if you haven't
00:27:17.83\00:27:18.67
checked it out yet,
00:27:18.67\00:27:19.90
visit
00:27:19.90\00:27:20.37
our website
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at TimelessHealingInsights.org
00:27:21.24\00:27:23.91
There we have a full 30 day
00:27:24.24\00:27:26.44
lifestyle program,
00:27:26.44\00:27:27.94
Life changing program
00:27:27.94\00:27:29.24
in 6 minutes a day, roughly
00:27:29.24\00:27:31.38
short videos,
00:27:31.65\00:27:33.21
health videos
00:27:33.21\00:27:34.68
that give you insights
00:27:34.68\00:27:35.85
into things
00:27:35.85\00:27:36.52
that well, God
00:27:36.52\00:27:37.62
may be calling you to change
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and to give you the power
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to do it. Let's pray together.
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Father in heaven,
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we thank You for all that
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You show us in Your Word
00:27:45.66\00:27:46.76
and how You work
00:27:46.76\00:27:47.23
through Your church,
00:27:47.23\00:27:48.66
how You point us to people
00:27:48.66\00:27:50.10
who can help us on our journey
00:27:50.10\00:27:52.13
to whole person health.
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Father, please
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help us
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to see exactly
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how You're leading us
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to have the strength
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to follow You wherever You go.
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We ask it all.
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In Jesus name.
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Amen.
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