Welcome to Timeless
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Healing Insights.
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I'm Dr. David DeRose.
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Today,
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we continue a presentation
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that I gave live in
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Fort Wayne, Indiana,
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dealing with the theme of hope
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for the hopeless.
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Let's pray
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as we prepare to begin.
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Father in heaven,
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we want to thank You so much
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that Your Word does minister
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hope to the hearers.
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And yet we realize
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that we are dependent on You
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to bring that Word
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with power to our hearts.
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Please send Your Holy Spirit
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to each viewer,
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to each listener,
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so that they would benefit
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in just the way
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that You want to
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minister to them.
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Thank You
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that we can trust You
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to do that.
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In Jesus name, Amen.
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We're looking at four stories.
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Stories of how Jesus
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steps in to human existence
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and brings
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hope even
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when we're tempted
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to be hopeless.
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We've seen how He did it
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with a storm on the sea.
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We saw how He did it
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with demoniacs.
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Mark only mentions one,
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other gospel accounts
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mentioned that
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there were actually a couple
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in that very setting.
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Apparently
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one more prominent
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than the other
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that Mark shared about.
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But I want to look at one
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other aspect of this story,
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because when Jesus
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is ministering
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hope to the hopeless, sometimes
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there are consequences
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that we may perceive
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as undesirable.
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And this is where we come
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to discussing the topic of pigs
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in church.
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Well, not necessarily
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pigs in the church,
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but talking about the pigs
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in the church. Okay.
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And so we want to talk
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about pigs, because
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to refresh your
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memories, go with me to Mark 5.
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As Jesus
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heals the demoniac,
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in the very act
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of healing this man,
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the legion, and by the way,
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historians tell us a
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legion was about
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6000 individuals.
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Doesn?ean
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there were literally
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6000 demons.
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But these
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thousands, likely
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these many demons,
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many demons,
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the Bible account tells us
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there are many.
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That's verse 9 of Mark 5.
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These many demons
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now go into this herd of swine
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that numbered about 2000.
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That is verse 13.
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And that herd,
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when they are possessed,
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run violently down
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into the steep place.
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And by the way, on the
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eastern shore
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of the Sea of Galilee,
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if you were to go there today,
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you would find
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in this very region
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a very steep place
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that meets this description
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exactly.
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It's believed
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where the story took place.
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And that heard runs
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violently down the steep place
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into the sea
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and drowns in the sea.
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Now, here's the thing.
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I don't know if any of
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you trade commodities. I don't.
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So I had to do some research.
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I was wondering
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just how much a pig
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brings to a farmer.
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Today
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the price tends to vary around
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about a dollar a pound.
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So if you
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raise a pig from a piglet stage
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and you get him up
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to about slaughtering weight,
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which today is around
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250 pounds,
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you've got yourself about $250
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that will come into your hand
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as a result of raising
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that pig.
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I know some of you,
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I see the wheels turning.
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You're saying, wow,
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this might be a good,
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you know, income stream.
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I've heard
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these are not necessarily
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the the best
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pets to have in large numbers.
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Okay.
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I know
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maybe some of you have
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your potbellied pig
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in your home. I'm not
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necessarily speaking against
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or in favor of that today.
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But hogs,
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you could see here, typically
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slaughtered at this
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250 pound range.
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We don't know how big
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the hogs were back then.
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The pigs,
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we don't know
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if, you know,
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probably some breeding stock,
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maybe some
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that were being fattened
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for slaughter.
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Let's just make it easy
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on all of us,
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especially your presenter,
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and say the average
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weight of the 2000 pigs
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was 100 pounds each, okay?
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That'll make the
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math simple, right?
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So you got 2000 pigs at 100
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pounds each, a dollar
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a pound,
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that comes out to $200,000
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worth of pork.
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But that figure,
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I mean,
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whether it sounds
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like a big number
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or a small number to you,
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that doesn't do justice
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to what
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we're talking about here.
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This we get the impression
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this is a collective herd.
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There are multiple
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farmers likely
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that have
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their whole livelihood
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tied up in these herds.
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And when those
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2000 rush to their death,
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what are they seeing?
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What would you be seeing?
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I mean, your
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whole business
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just it's like your
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business burning down
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and having no insurance, right?
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Now, you say but,
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Pastor DeRose,
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think about the man
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the demoniac. He's healed.
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We saw this earlier.
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When you get the picture
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of him, that?erse 15,
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the demon possessed man
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who had the legion of demons,
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he is sitting
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and clothed in his right mind.
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What's of more value?
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The healing of a single soul
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or a herd of pigs?
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Now, you might
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say, Well,
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clearly the individual.
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But think about it this way.
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Let's make it
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practical for you.
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Let's say
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we've got a missionary project
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as a church,
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and we could guarantee that
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there'd be one person
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that would come to Jesus.
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They?e converted
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wholeheartedly.
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How many of you would
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band together,
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sell your business,
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sell your livelihood, sell
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your home, give up everything
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so that that one person
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could be in the kingdom?
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Would it be a good deal?
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Well, you'd say yes,
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but as someone
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pointed out to me
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in the earlier service,
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but you still got to
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live yourself, right?
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And there's other people
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that need to be saved, too.
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And God has said,
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set us here to be witnesses.
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So when you start looking
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at the calculations,
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maybe we can empathize
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with them a little bit, right?
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That this didn't
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necessarily seem
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like all that good a trade.
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But this is where our human
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reasoning often falls short.
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Remember, Jesus is healing.
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He's bringing hope.
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And as He brings
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hope to one person,
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other people
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are looking at this
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as a cause for what?
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Hopelessness.
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And instead of coming to Jesus
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in their hopelessness,
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what do they do?
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Well, just take a look.
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Look at
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how this story really ends.
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It says, verse 17, Mark 5,
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the Bible tells us this. They,
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the herdsmen,
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the people of the town,
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began to plead with Him
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to depart from their region.
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So instead of pressing
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close to Jesus, what?
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They say, get away.
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And what you don't see
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at this point in
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the story
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is how the Gospels play out.
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In Zachariah, we're told,
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do not despise
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the day of small things.
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This may seem like
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a very small thing,
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but this man ends up
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being used by Jesus.
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And when Jesus comes
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back to the Decapolis,
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this region of ten cities,
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there is a great multitude
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that embraces Him
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as their Savior,
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a great multitude.
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Well, that really brings us
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to this last
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aspect of the story
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before we hasten on.
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And that is
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this grateful
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man comes to Jesus.
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We've been looking at prayers.
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His first prayer
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didn't seem to be
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all that good,
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and now his second prayer
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sounds like
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just the prayer
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that we would expect
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someone to pray, a believer.
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And he says, what?
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His prayer,
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it's not recorded in detail,
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it just mentions
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simply, verse 18,
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that he who had been demon
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possessed, begged
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Jesus that
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he might be with Him.
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Jesus, I want to go with You.
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That's the response
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that we're looking for, right?
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And here's what Jesus says.
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Go home.
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Go home to thy friends
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and tell them how great things
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the Lord have done for thee,
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and hath had compassion
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on thee.
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And so when he prayer, prays
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the right prayer,
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that we would say
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is the right prayer,
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what does he do?
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He doesn't get an answer
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the way he wanted.
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And when he prayed
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the wrong prayer,
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God saw his heart
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and gave him what
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he really needed.
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By the way,
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in answer to this prayer,
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He gives him
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what he really needed.
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And I can guarantee you
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that in the Kingdom he's
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going to have no disappointment
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that he didn't go with Jesus
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because there will be hundreds,
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if not thousands
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in the Kingdom,
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maybe even millions,
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as you look at all the
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the ripple effects,
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who are there
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because this man
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listened to Jesus.
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He went back
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and he told
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what great things
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God had done for him.
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He brought hope to his heart.
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He took his hopelessness
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and gave him hope.
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Hopefully this is inspiring you
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that just because
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your prayers don't look like
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they're being answered
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doesn't mean it's
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grounds for hopelessness.
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God might be doing something
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dramatic in your life,
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you just don't see it.
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We've got to go on to
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a third hopeless case
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because we're looking
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at four hopeless cases
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in Mark 4 and Mark 5.
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First, we saw a storm
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where there was no hope.
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Then we saw a
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seemingly hopeless
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demon possessed man.
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And now we're going
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to turn our attention
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to a young girl
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at the point of death.
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Go with me to Mark
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5:21 and onward.
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We are introduced
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there as Jesus comes back
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across the Sea of Galilee.
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He's now going from the east
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back to the western shore,
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and now he's again
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among a largely
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Jewish population.
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A great crowd gathers about Him
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as He's beside the sea
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and one of the rulers
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of the synagogue,
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Jairus makes his way there.
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It says he falls at Jesus?et.
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Interesting.
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What did the demon
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possessed man do?
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He fell at Jesus?et.
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Now Jairus does what?
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He falls at Jesus?et
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and he implores
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Jesus earnestly.
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Listen to the the
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the passion
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in those words.
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He's begging Jesus,
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Jesus, my
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little daughter
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is at the point of death.
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And literally in the Greek,
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that's exactly what it means.
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She is about to die.
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If you were to look at her,
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if you're a medical person
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and you walked in her room,
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you're going to say,
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I mean, this is over.
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She's at the point of death.
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Come and lay Your hands on her
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so that she may be
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made well and live.
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And what does Jesus do?
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Says I'm going.
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I'm on My way.
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Now, this is
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an amazing situation.
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Jairus obviously
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knew that
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Jesus had healed people
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with grave illnesses.
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But to this point
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in Mark's gospel,
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have we read about anyone being
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resurrected from the dead?
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Not on my radar screen, okay.
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If it slipped by,
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you know, pull me aside.
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But I don't see anything.
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Mark 1 through 4.
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No sign of Jesus bringing life
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to the dead.
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So now, now Jairus is thinking.
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I've got a chance.
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While there's still life,
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there is hope.
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Jesus making His way.
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And not only was that
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great crowd thronging Him
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when He came ashore.
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They're still thronging Him.
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Have you ever been
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in a great crowd?
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Yeah,
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some of you have.
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I know there's a certain times
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of year.
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There's a lot of people
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that gather in great crowds.
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One of those days
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happens to be January 1?
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No, December 31.
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And I can remember talking
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to some friends
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who had crowded into Times
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Square in New York City,
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and they told me how
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crowded they were there.
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Believe me, no one was going
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anywhere any time soon.
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Jesus likely was not moving
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very quickly,
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and Jairus
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was probably
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getting very nervous.
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And then Mark tells us
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this fourth story.
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There was a woman
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who had had a discharge
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of blood for 12 years,
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and yet
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she had suffered much
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under many physicians,
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and had spent all that she had,
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and was no better
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but rather grew worse.
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Now you realize that
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many of the gospel writers
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share the same stories.
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Why would you suppose that
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this detail
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about
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spending all this
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and suffering much
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from many physicians
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did not find its way
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into Luke's account?
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You all realize
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Luke was a physician, right?
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He was, you know,
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covering for his
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own profession,
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or at least not
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sharing that detail.
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I don't like that
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detail either as a physician,
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but it sometimes happened.
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But the language, she had what?
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She had suffered
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much under many physicians.
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Some of you're
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being very discrete,
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you're not saying amen,
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I appreciate that.
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But that's at point, right?
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And so what is her malady
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that caused her
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to spend all her money
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and she got no better
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but got worse?
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What was she dealing with?
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Pretty much
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all the commentators agree.
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And by the way, every physician
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that I know
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of who's weighed in on this
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has come to the same conclusion
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that I've come to.
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There's only one thing
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it could be,
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to have an issue of blood
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for 12 years.
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There's no mention of a sore.
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Some people say, well,
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you can have blood coming
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from different places
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in your body.
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But for 12 years,
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I don't know of any.
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You might say, well,
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you know,
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there might be something.
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Well, an issue of blood.
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Okay.
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I'm sure there's
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some physicians
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that might give me
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some other options
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because I can even
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think of some.
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But let's read
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this from the Old Testament.
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When a woman has
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a discharge of blood
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for many days at a time
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other than her monthly period
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or has a discharge
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that continues
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beyond her period,
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she will be unclean
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as long as she has
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the discharge,
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just as in the days
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of her period.
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Any bed
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she lies on while
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her discharge continues
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will be unclean,
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as is her bed
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during her monthly period,
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and anything she sits on
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will be unclean
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as during her period.
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Anyone who touches
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them will be unclean.
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They must wash their clothes
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and bathe with water
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and they will be unclean
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till evening.
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Leviticus 15:25 and onward.
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So what is the consensus
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as to what
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this woman is dealing with?
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She has a
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blood flow from her
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female organs and she is what?
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She is ritually unclean.
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She is not fit to be around
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other people.
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She cannot be around
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her husband.
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She cannot be
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around her family.
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And she's been
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dealing with this for how long?
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12 years.
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Is it a hopeless situation?
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No, wait a minute. Wait.
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Has she gone
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to the best doctors?
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She's been to everybody.
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Everything that
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money could buy.
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She's got no more money.
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She is, you would think,
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she would be hopeless.
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But she hears about Jesus
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and she puts her faith,
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her hope, her trust in Jesus.
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Here's what the account says.
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Verse 27 and onward.
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She had
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heard the reports about Jesus.
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Hope was kindled
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and she comes up behind
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Jesus in the crowd
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and it says, Mark records it,
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she touched His garment.
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For she said,
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If I touch even His garments,
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I shall be made
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well, I'll be made whole.
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The same Greek word
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from the root
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sozo means to be saved.
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And that's what she does.
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But I want you to notice
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something very interesting.
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As we compare
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the parallel accounts
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in Matthew and Luke,
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we found that
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they record a detail
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about the garment
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where she touched the garment.
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Matthew 9:20, depending
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on your translation,
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she ended up touching the edge
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or the fringe
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or the hem of Jesus?oak.
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They say, Well,
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why is that significant?
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That same word
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you could see
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there in the Greek
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kraspedon,
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this word is used to translate
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a Hebrew term
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in the Old Testament.
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That is transliterated tzitzit.
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That may sound
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like something undesirable,
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but the tzitzit, it's
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according to Numbers
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15 is a very interesting
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aspect of clothing.
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Here's Numbers 15 in the King
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James Version.
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And I have the King
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James Version up for a reason.
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Let me just read it to you.
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The Lord spake to Moses saying
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speak under the children
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of Israel.
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Bid them that they make fringes
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or hems or edges
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in the borders
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of their garments
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throughout their generations,
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and that they put on the
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fringe of the borders
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a ribband of blue.
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And it shall be unto you
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for a fringe
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that you may look upon it
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and remember
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all the commandments
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of the Lord
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and do them,
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and that you seek
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not after your own heart
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and your own eyes,
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after which you used to go
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a whoring:
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that you may remember
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and do all My commandments
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and be holy.
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Be holy unto your God.
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I am the Lord your God,
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which brought you
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out of the land of Egypt,
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to be your God.
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I am the Lord your God.
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What was God asking them to do?
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Many Jewish believers today,
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and many of the
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modern translations,
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they don't translate this
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as a ribbon of blue
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or a ribband of blue
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or a border of blue.
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But they translate it
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as tassels of blue.
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And you might see
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a Jewish prayer
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shawl with tassels
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that they're saying
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that's tzitzit of Numbers 15.
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But I believe and so do
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other commentators
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that a better translation
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and a better application
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would be a hem of blue.
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But now they say, well,
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what does all this mean
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and why is this significant?
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What difference does it make?
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Think about it this way.
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If I were wearing
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a flowing robe
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and it had a border of blue,
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and the border of blue
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was to represent
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my desire
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to keep God's commandments,
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what would happen as I walked?
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Where would that
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border of blue go?
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As I walk,
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it's going to follow me.
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I am going to be surrounded,
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I will be hemmed in.
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I will be bounded
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by God's commandments.
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And the emphasis here in the
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account that we just
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read in
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books is
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the emphasis is on
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I am the Lord
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your God,
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which brought you
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out of the land of Egypt.
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By the way,
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that's how the Ten
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Commandments start.
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So instead of the emphasis
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being on what I've got to do,
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this blue band
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says, tells me
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that I've got to work so hard
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to keep the commandments.
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Well, we do need to choose
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to keep God's commandments.
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But the point is,
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the point is
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that when we
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commit our lives to God, we
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when we
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surrender to His Lordship,
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the commandments follow us.
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God will keep us in that
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realm of walking with Him.
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That's the picture
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it gives to me.
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And so this woman,
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as she reaches out
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and touches
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the hem of His garment,
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first of all, she's doing what?
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How do you touch the hem
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of someone's garment?
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She has to fall down
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at Jesus feet,
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just like the demoniac.
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Just like Jairus.
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They're all
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falling down at Jesus?et.
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And what is she doing?
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She's connecting with this hem
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that Jesus wore
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because it showed
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He trusted His Father.
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He trusted God's Word.
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And so the woman is connecting
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on the level of faith.
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But this was a dangerous
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thing for her to do.
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Remember,
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she is ritually unclean.
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What were you supposed to do
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if someone ritually unclean
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wanted to come visit
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you in your home?
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What did you say?
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No, not now.
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So she comes into this crowd.
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She comes into the whole press.
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How is she feeling?
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Well, here's how she felt
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after she touched Jesus.
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The Bible tells us
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in Mark 5:29,
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Immediately
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the fountain of her
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blood was dried up.
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Do you catch that picture?
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This is a fountain of blood.
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Do you realize
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if you're losing
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that much blood,
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how you've got to feel?
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I mean,
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she had to be profoundly
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anemic, okay?
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This woman must
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have been terrible
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as far as how she felt.
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Must have felt terrible,
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at least.
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And the way
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people pointed to her,
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she probably
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felt like they were saying
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she was terrible.
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But now
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she's healed of the affliction.
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And Jesus, it
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says, immediately
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knowing in Himself
00:21:16.57\00:21:17.47
that power had gone out of Him.
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He turns around
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and He says
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He looks at this crowd
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pressing all around Him.
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He says, Who
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touched My clothes?
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And what's the response
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of the disciples?
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Look at it there in Mark 5
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when Jesus says this,
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He say, what is going on?
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His disciples, verse 31,
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you see the multitude
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thronging you
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and you say, Who touched me?
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C?, what are you asking?
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Jesus knew
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that someone had touched Him
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with a touch of faith.
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Now, but just remember,
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this woman
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wanted to slip in and slip out.
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Maybe you've been that way
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in a worship setting before.
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You just want to
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slip in the back
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and slip out
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before anyone
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recognizes that you came in.
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I know there's a smaller church
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than maybe some around,
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and you might say
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was a tougher place
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to slip in and slip out.
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But at least you got two
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doors, okay?
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So I can avoid someone
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by going out whatever door
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they're not near.
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This woman did not
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want to be called out.
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And it seems like there's
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a pause there for a while
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because verse 32 says,
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He looked around to see her
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who had done this thing.
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She didn't immediately
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volunteer it.
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And what does the woman
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finally do?
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She finally, it says, verse 33,
00:22:39.12\00:22:42.12
this woman,
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fearing and trembling,
00:22:44.83\00:22:47.30
knowing
00:22:47.30\00:22:48.03
what had happened to her,
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came and fell down before Him
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and told Him the whole truth.
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What do you think
00:22:53.30\00:22:54.37
she's expecting Jesus to say?
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What is He thinking
00:22:56.40\00:22:57.14
of the crowd?
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What's going to happen?
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What happens?
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Jesus speaks what?
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Peace to her.
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You see it there in Mark 5.
00:23:06.45\00:23:08.62
Look at the words of Jesus.
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He says to her, daughter,
00:23:10.35\00:23:11.95
your faith has made you well.
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It's made you whole.
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You are healed.
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Go in peace
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and be healed of
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your affliction.
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There is no contamination,
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just like in other accounts
00:23:21.86\00:23:23.13
where Jesus touches
00:23:23.13\00:23:24.30
the unclean,
00:23:24.30\00:23:24.97
He doesn't
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receive contamination.
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Contact with Jesus
00:23:26.77\00:23:27.77
brings healing,
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and this woman is healed.
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She's made new.
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But what about the Jairus?
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Remember, that's
00:23:33.04\00:23:33.71
how this story started.
00:23:33.71\00:23:35.31
Jairus is on his way
00:23:35.31\00:23:37.58
with Jesus
00:23:37.58\00:23:38.71
to see that
00:23:38.71\00:23:39.25
his daughter is healed.
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And the word comes.
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The word comes.
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While Jesus
00:23:44.39\00:23:44.95
was still speaking
00:23:44.95\00:23:46.42
to this healed woman,
00:23:46.42\00:23:48.32
there came from Jairus?me,
00:23:48.32\00:23:51.43
someone who says,
00:23:51.43\00:23:53.36
Your daughter is dead.
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Why trouble the Teacher
00:23:55.56\00:23:57.10
any further?
00:23:57.10\00:23:58.60
What do you think Jairus
00:23:58.60\00:24:00.34
felt at that moment?
00:24:00.34\00:24:02.50
What do you think he felt?
00:24:02.50\00:24:03.81
Like, Why didn't
00:24:03.81\00:24:05.04
Jesus answer my prayer?
00:24:05.04\00:24:06.01
Why didn't He say I got to go?
00:24:06.01\00:24:07.28
This woman
00:24:07.28\00:24:07.64
had a chronic disease.
00:24:07.81\00:24:08.48
12 years, right?
00:24:08.48\00:24:09.81
Come back for her.
00:24:09.81\00:24:11.21
Why did He stop?
00:24:11.21\00:24:12.81
So granted, He didn't stop.
00:24:12.81\00:24:14.02
She touched Him.
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But He stopped.
00:24:14.65\00:24:15.52
He took all that time.
00:24:15.52\00:24:16.75
What was Jesus doing?
00:24:16.75\00:24:18.19
Why don't you say
00:24:18.19\00:24:18.69
I've got to go?
00:24:18.69\00:24:19.42
Why did He have someone?
00:24:19.42\00:24:20.26
Why didn't He tell me,
00:24:20.26\00:24:20.92
Part the crowd?
00:24:20.92\00:24:22.09
I had enough authority,
00:24:22.09\00:24:23.02
I could have parted the crowd.
00:24:23.02\00:24:24.06
They would have moved aside.
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Maybe. Maybe not.
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Why trouble the
00:24:28.93\00:24:29.70
Teacher any further?
00:24:29.70\00:24:30.83
But no sooner
00:24:30.83\00:24:31.80
are those words spoken
00:24:31.80\00:24:33.07
that Jesus hears them.
00:24:33.07\00:24:34.37
And in verse 36
00:24:34.37\00:24:35.64
it says, Jesus overheard this
00:24:35.64\00:24:37.87
and He says to Jairus,
00:24:37.87\00:24:39.77
Don't fear, only believe.
00:24:39.77\00:24:42.78
And as the story plays out,
00:24:43.95\00:24:45.65
Jesus comes
00:24:45.65\00:24:47.42
into the home of Jairus.
00:24:47.42\00:24:50.35
He says those perplexing words
00:24:50.35\00:24:52.15
to many people
00:24:52.15\00:24:53.22
The girl is only sleeping.
00:24:53.22\00:24:54.52
There's no question
00:24:54.52\00:24:55.42
she is dead, okay?
00:24:55.42\00:24:56.12
Clinically dead.
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You don't have
00:24:58.83\00:24:59.46
the hired mourners come in,
00:24:59.46\00:25:00.93
which is obviously
00:25:00.93\00:25:01.70
going on here.
00:25:01.70\00:25:02.70
You don't have the hired
00:25:02.70\00:25:03.47
mourners come in
00:25:03.47\00:25:04.30
unless they are dead.
00:25:04.30\00:25:06.53
You want to save that expense,
00:25:06.53\00:25:07.97
believe me. She is dead.
00:25:07.97\00:25:10.91
Jesus calls death a sleep.
00:25:10.91\00:25:13.21
Why?
00:25:13.21\00:25:14.04
Because even in death,
00:25:14.04\00:25:15.38
He's infusing hope.
00:25:15.38\00:25:17.58
It's not over.
00:25:17.58\00:25:18.91
It's not over when you're dead.
00:25:18.91\00:25:20.92
And then Jesus says
00:25:20.92\00:25:22.02
these words rendered
00:25:22.02\00:25:23.18
in Aramaic, talitha cumi,
00:25:23.18\00:25:25.52
which means damsel arise.
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More literally,
00:25:28.46\00:25:29.49
some say the Aramaic is
00:25:29.49\00:25:30.73
little lamb, wake up.
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Get up.
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Jesus, the Good Shepherd,
00:25:34.56\00:25:36.10
calls His little lamb.
00:25:36.10\00:25:37.23
He wants to do that for you.
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I don't know what
00:25:38.73\00:25:39.23
you're dealing with.
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He wants you
00:25:40.00\00:25:41.17
to arise with hope.
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Even though your situation
00:25:42.84\00:25:44.01
looks hopeless
00:25:44.01\00:25:44.77
and you caught that
00:25:44.77\00:25:45.51
figure there, 12 years.
00:25:45.51\00:25:47.64
It occurred
00:25:47.64\00:25:48.11
there in verse 25
00:25:48.11\00:25:49.44
and in verse 42,
00:25:49.44\00:25:51.18
that girl was 12 years old.
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Here's the point,
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as a lot of points
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that have been made of this.
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But let me make one
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in the context of hope
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and hopelessness.
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The father, Jairus,
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had the whole,
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the joy of being
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in the presence of his daughter
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for 12 years,
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and suddenly that hope is gone.
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She's dead.
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The woman, on the other hand,
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agony for 12 years.
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The bottom line is hopelessness
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can come in short order
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or it
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can come in the long term.
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But when you come to Jesus,
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Jesus brings hope
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in the midst
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of our hopelessness.
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I am so encouraged
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by what God
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is trying to do for me
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and for you
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through the Gospel of Mark.
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He's calling
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for us to make that decision
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no matter what
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our problems are.
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To say, Lord, I'm
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perishing, I'm in trouble.
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I'm struggling
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with hopelessness.
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Because when we come to Jesus,
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He ministers
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what? Hope for the hopeless.
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Hope for the hopeless.
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Jesus truly ministers that.
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wanted to give you
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hope, encouragement
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as you continue
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to press close to Him.
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I also want to remind you
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that we have
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special resources
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that go along with
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Before we leave,
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let me have a special prayer
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with you.
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Father in heaven,
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I want to thank You
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for each listener.
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Thank You for the material
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we've engaged
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And thank You for
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the ministry
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You've blessed us with,
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Father, please help
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pull together.
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May we be blessed by Your Word
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and by our practical ministry.
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We ask in Jesus?me, Amen.
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