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Mark 5:21-43 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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We are in Mark and we're in chapter 5 as we continue our verse by verse exposition of the book.
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We're going to begin reading today in verse 21 and read through verse 43.
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So please join me there as I read.
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And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea.
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Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying,
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My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be made well and live.
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And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.
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And there was a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years and who had suffered much under many physicians and had spent all that she had and was no better, rather grew worse.
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She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment.
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For she said, If I touch even his garment, I will be made well.
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And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
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And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said,
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Who touched my garments?
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And his disciples said to him, You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, Who touched me?
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And he looked around to see who had done it.
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But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.
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And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of your disease.
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While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?
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But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not fear, only believe.
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And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John, the brother of James.
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And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
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And when he had entered, he said to them, Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.
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And they laughed at him.
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But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was.
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Taking her by the hand, he said to her, Talitha Kumai, which means, Little girl, I say to you, arise.
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And immediately the girl got up and began walking, for she was twelve years of age.
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And they were immediately overcome with amazement.
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And he strictly charged them that no one should know this and told them to give her something to eat.
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Join me in prayer.
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Father, we thank you this morning for the ability to come together and meet.
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And we thank you that we are your redeemed ones, your church.
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We praise you this day that you have given us your word, that we might study it to know you better,
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and to better know how we ought to live to exalt your name.
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We thank you that you have given to us the Spirit as a helper,
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that he might soften our hearts and sharpen our minds,
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that we will receive the truth that you have for us this day and apply it to our very being.
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And Father, it is our great prayer that as we study together,
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that you will change us from one stage of glory to another,
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that we will leave here looking more like Christ,
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so that we can make him great amongst this world.
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We pray this in his name.
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Amen.
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So, before we get into the details of this story,
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let me just remind you a bit of the setting.
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Jesus' primary ministry up to this point has been in Galilee,
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would be on the north side of the nation that they're functioning in,
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and he's functioned primarily out of Capernaum.
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Capernaum has kind of been his home base of operations,
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and that's where he's been sending out and going back and sending out and going back.
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And we found him back at the beginning of chapter 4 on the side of the sea,
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which is just outside of Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, on the western coast,
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and he gets out into a boat because the crowd is so big that they're pressing in on him,
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and he's able to speak to them from the water.
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Following this, this discourse that Mark records for us,
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he sets out across the Sea of Galilee, about six miles wide,
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and a great storm arises.
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And we get the wonderful story at the end of chapter 4
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of Jesus speaking to the storm and calming it.
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And then he arrives on the eastern coast,
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and it's called in verse 1 of chapter 5,
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of the country of the Gerasenes,
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which was kind of a Gentile stronghold, so to speak,
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within the primarily Israeli nation now that they're functioning in.
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And so we see him then here in the Gerasenes,
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and this is where he casts out the legion of demons that we saw last week.
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And these people, because they were afraid of him,
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and because he cast this legion of demons into a herd of pigs,
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which would have brought somebody some livelihood,
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and they all were driven into the sea and drowned,
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asked him to leave.
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So he's gotten back in the boat,
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and he's crossed back over the Sea of Galilee,
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crossed this six miles,
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and he's landed once again on the western bank,
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back outside of Capernaum,
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where he did the primary amount of his ministry.
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In the Gospel of Luke, when we see this story,
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we actually see that a crowd had gathered and was waiting for him to return.
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So as he left to go to the other side,
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a crowd gathered and was waiting for him to come back onto the western shore.
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And so here we see him landing and immediately encountering these two separate characters.
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Before we talk about them, though,
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it's also important for us to back up a little bit
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and just be reminded of the meta-narrative which we all live under.
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The great story would be another way of saying that word.
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That is that the world is under the curse of sin.
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Because of original sin,
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because what Adam did in the garden,
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sin has passed to all of us,
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and the effects of sin have passed to all of us.
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Sin runs rampant where we are,
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and its effect beyond that runs rampant.
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It's a wonder that we don't hate sin more as those who are delivered from it,
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because it causes all of the things in this world that we consider bad.
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It's why any of us are tired this morning.
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It's why I've been a bit sick for the past few weeks.
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It's why my little Judah burned his hand.
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If you see the big scab on his hand,
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that's why that happened,
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and why it hurt so badly when it happened.
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It's why Cade has a cough.
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It's why when I woke up at 4 a.m. when he was coughing,
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it was painful to wake up at 4 a.m.
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It's why work is labor.
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It's why we will battle weeds in our garden this year.
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Every time you pull a weed, sin.
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It's why families are torn apart.
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It's why the word family has been redefined,
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the institution itself torn down.
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It's why there is so much corruption in the business and political realms.
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It's why the world experiences war and famine and rampant disease.
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Sin ushered into this world a great deal of decay.
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It's why people die, and it's why we will one day die.
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Romans 5.12 says,
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Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man,
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and death through sin,
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and so death spread to all men,
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because all sinned.
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So the state in which we function,
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even as those who have been delivered from the bondage of sin,
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who have redeemed souls and can now live to God,
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we still feel the effect.
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There's still a judgment on this world
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for the sin that has been committed.
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And we have seen now,
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time and time again,
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in the Gospel of Mark,
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people who were suffering because of sin.
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And that is what makes the good news of Jesus Christ good news.
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Sin is bad news.
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Jesus Christ is good news.
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As He comes to usher in a new kingdom,
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as He comes to heal and comes to deliver,
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that's why He goes about doing all of these miracles,
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to give validation to His message
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and to show that He is the great healer,
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the one that comes to take away sin
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and to fix all of the things that sin has torn apart.
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So remember, that's who we're talking about here.
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That's the Jesus that we're talking about here
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as we look at these two miracles
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that are sandwiched together.
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And you see this used as a literary form
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in a number of places in the Scriptures
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where things seem to be disjointed but sandwiched together.
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But that's not the case here.
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This is the way the actual event happened.
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That God orchestrated and brought about in His providence.
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There's two miracles happening at the same time
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because you see that the miracle of the healing of the woman
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is actually an interruption
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on the task that Jesus was set about.
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And they are, in this way,
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juxtaposed against one another.
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You've got Jairus,
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who's a ruler of the synagogue,
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which would have been at the very top of society.
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He would have had some administrative responsibility.
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He wasn't a priest,
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but he would have had some administrative responsibility
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in the temple.
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For a modern-day example,
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if you think of one of the large churches in our area,
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this may have been the pastor of administration
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who took care of all the back-end things
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that were going on.
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But imagine that that church
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was the only church in our region.
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And everybody knew that he was the guy
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that ran the show.
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He would have looked after the storehouses
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or provisions for the sacrifice.
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would have been highly esteemed for his position.
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Whereas we see the woman,
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she had an illness,
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a discharge of blood,
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which was some type of menstrual disorder.
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And she would have been at the very bottom of society.
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While Jairus is a ruler of the synagogue,
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she would have been forbidden from worshiping in the synagogue
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because of her condition.
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If you care to read on that,
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Leviticus 15, 19-33
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can bring some understanding to you
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about why that was the case.
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She was the bottom.
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She was considered unclean.
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People didn't want to be around her or touch her
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because if they did,
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they were considered unclean
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and forbidden from worship.
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She was at the very bottom.
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Jairus has a daughter who is sick.
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She's close to death's doorstep.
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She's about to die.
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She's 12 years old.
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And we have a woman who has had a disease for 12 years.
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I don't know the connection there,
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but I thought it was fascinating
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that the ages were the same in that way.
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So we see then these very interesting,
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different characters brought together in this one story.
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And so I want us to look together.
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I want us to note three things about our Lord from this text.
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Firstly, notice the power of Christ.
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Notice number one, the power of Christ.
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And we have seen this time and time again.
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If you've been with us in our study in Mark,
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Mark is working to,
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he's trying to convince us
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that we should be followers of Christ,
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that Jesus is in fact the Son of God.
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And he displays that over and over again
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in his very comic book fashion,
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very punchy style.
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He gives us story after story after story
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of the power of Christ.
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And we see it again here.
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At the end of chapter 4,
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we saw some of the most amazing display of this
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where he calms a storm with the words,
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Peace, be still, just speaks.
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And the waves and the wind obey him.
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At the beginning of chapter 5,
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we see this man possessed by a legion of demons.
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And I don't remember the exact number,
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but a legion in this day
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was approximately 6,800 men.
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Was it that many demons?
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We don't know.
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But it was such a force,
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the text tells us in verse 4,
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that no one had the strength to subdue him.
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Right?
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No one had the strength.
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Mark inspired, writes this down,
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because right after that,
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who subdues him?
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Jesus.
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Right?
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And at the end of chapter 5,
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we see him heal a woman
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that no physician could heal.
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Again, look at that scathing commentary
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on physicians of the day in verse 26.
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Interestingly, Luke says nothing about the physicians,
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as he was a physician himself.
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Right?
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But in verse 26, he says,
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And she had suffered much 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 grew worse.
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And I don't know if Mark was cynical
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of medicine of the time.
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I almost said Western medicine,
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but this would have actually been Eastern medicine.
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or not, but clearly,
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she hadn't been healed.
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She had an illness that could not be healed
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by these people.
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And what do we see happen after that?
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Jesus heals her.
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Not with a word this time,
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but simply with a touch.
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As she sneaks up behind him,
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touches the hem of his garment,
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and the power that he possesses
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is enough to heal him.
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Now, this is not the first time
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that we've seen Jesus heal by touching.
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Explicitly, we see it,
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summarized in Mark chapter 6, verse 56.
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You can flip there if you want.
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And whenever he came in villages,
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cities, or countryside,
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they laid the sick in the marketplaces,
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and implored him that he might touch
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even the fringe of his garment.
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And as many as touched it were made well.
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And it's more implicitly taught,
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previously in Mark chapter 3, verse 10,
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for he had healed many,
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so that all who had diseases
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pressed around him to touch him.
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It was said in Jesus' day
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that he rid the land of sickness.
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So, as I've been studying this,
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I've almost,
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I've gotten to this kind of mode
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where I'm like,
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oh, another healing.
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Alright.
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What are we going to talk about this week?
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We've got another healing in front of us.
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But it's important to note
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the degree of his power
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that he healed,
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and he healed,
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and he healed,
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and he healed.
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He also resurrects a young girl.
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This is the first time we see this
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as a record in the Gospel accounts.
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He resurrects a young ruler.
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This daughter of the ruler of the synagogue.
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And here, he simply speaks.
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The English record is,
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little girl,
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I say to you,
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arise.
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She was dead,
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and she came back to life.
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Now, this was likely
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a ruler of the synagogue,
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of the very same synagogue
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that he entered into
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in chapter 1.
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If you'd like,
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you can flip back a couple of pages
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in your copy of God's Word.
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Beginning in verse 21.
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We won't read that together,
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but this story is when he enters into
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the synagogue,
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and a man with an unclean spirit
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is afraid of him,
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and he says to him,
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again with his words,
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verse 25,
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be silent and come out of him.
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And he obeys.
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He has no choice but to obey
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because of the power of Christ.
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Jesus is and was powerful.
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The world was created
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through him and for him
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by the power of his Word.
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He now holds everything that exists
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in its proper order
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by the power of his Word.
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Let that truth just sink into you.
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I can accomplish very little
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with my words.
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I think I'm gifted to teach.
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My gifting is smaller
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than other people's gifting
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to do so.
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At times have been said
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that I am convincing.
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I can convince people
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to do some things,
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but that is meager.
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That is little.
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It is very difficult
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to convince much with my words,
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but Jesus,
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by the power of his Word,
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does everything.
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Nothing holds together
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that is apart from him.
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You've heard me say before
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if you've been here long
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that I am held in the shape of me
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by the power of Jesus' Word.
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That if Jesus were to stop,
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if he were to say no more,
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all of us would just burst
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into a billion atoms.
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What holds me in this shape?
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Right?
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It's the power of Jesus' Word.
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It's phenomenal.
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But,
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as we've seen all these
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wonderful examples
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of the way in which Jesus
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has expressed his power
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in the world,
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there was no greater display
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than in the display
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of his power on the cross
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when he humbled himself
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and was beaten beyond recognition
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but hung there for our sake
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and bore the wrath of God
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that we might have
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the redemption of our souls
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in him.
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That act was all-powerful.
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It was perfect in its power
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to forgive the sins
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of those who would
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and will believe in him.
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Incredible.
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The fact that Jesus said
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on the cross,
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it is finished,
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needs to mean something
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for our lives.
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He accomplished the work.
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It is done.
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It has the power
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for the salvation of my soul
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and now the sanctification of it.
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And you're not a believer today,
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it has the power
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for the salvation of your soul
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as well.
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Just believe
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that it has that power.
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Now for us,
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we are not granted
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the same power,
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the same degree,
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although we have been
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given power
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and particularly,
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we've been given power,
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a tool in our hands
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to use
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and that is the gospel.
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We get to be part
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of God's work
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in bringing about change
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in this world
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by the power
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of the gospel.
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Remember in Mark 1.1,
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Mark says,
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the beginning of the gospel
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of Jesus Christ,
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the Son of God.
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All that Jesus was
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and is
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and will be
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is part of this good news
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of who Christ is.
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His person and His work.
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You hear me say that
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consistently and constantly.
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His person and His work.
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Paul understood this
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in Romans 1.16,
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the first part of it.
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For I am not ashamed
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of the gospel.
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Why?
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I'm not ashamed of the gospel
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as I present myself
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to this dark world,
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to this fallen place,
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this place infected by sin.
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I'm not ashamed of the gospel
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for it is the power of God
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for salvation
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to everyone who believes.
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We have been given
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power in the sense
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that we are tools
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in the hands of the Almighty,
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that we might propagate
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the truth of Him everywhere.
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As we behold
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the power of Christ,
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we should remember
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that He came primarily
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to seek and to save
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the lost.
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The way in which
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He presents miracles
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are simply
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so that people would
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stop and listen
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that His message
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might be validated.
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And this is the message,
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the same message
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that we now have,
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that we've been entrusted with,
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that we might spread
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the good news of Him
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everywhere.
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Secondly,
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I would like for you
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to notice
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the compassion
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of Christ.
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Notice the compassion
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of Christ.
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This is also
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not the first time
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that we have seen
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this to be true.
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Previously,
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in the Gospel of Mark,
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one of my favorite
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examples of this,
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chapter 1,
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verse 40-45,
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we see a man
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with leprosy
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who has to live
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in desolate places
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because of his condition.
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He was ordered.
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People would have
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nothing to do with him.
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He had to stay
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outside of town
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because none of them
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wanted to contract
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this horrible disease.
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He was forced
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to be outside
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of community,
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forced to be alone.
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And Jesus
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has compassion on him.
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He heals him.
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And because He heals him,
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Jesus is forced
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to go out
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to desolate places.
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He trades places
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with Him
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in the same way
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that He traded places
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with us on the cross.
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He takes the shame.
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He takes the burden.
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And He goes and dwells
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in desolate places.
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Great display
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of compassion.
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And then my next favorite
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is chapter 5.
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This man who's stricken
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with demons
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who's,
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in other gospel accounts,
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we see that he's naked,
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that he's crying out
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in the wilderness,
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that he's cutting himself
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with stones.
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And Jesus lands
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on the shore
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and the very first thing
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He does
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is sees a man
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who desperately
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needs to be delivered.
20:50
And He does so.
20:51
The account we get
20:53
is that the man
20:53
wants to go with Him.
20:54
Of course,
20:54
he would want to go with
20:55
Jesus who had delivered
20:57
Him in this way.
20:57
And Jesus leaves Him behind
20:58
and tells Him to go
21:00
and tell all the Lord
21:01
has done for Him
21:02
and how He has had mercy
21:03
on Him.
21:06
Jesus is God.
21:09
We've seen this
21:10
over and over again.
21:10
We see that displayed
21:11
in the power of God.
21:12
But we also see that
21:13
displayed in the compassion.
21:15
Psalm 103.13
21:16
records,
21:18
as a father shows compassion
21:20
to his children,
21:21
so the Lord,
21:23
Yahweh in the Hebrew,
21:24
God Almighty,
21:25
shows compassion
21:26
to those who fear Him.
21:28
And here we see that
21:29
so clearly expressed
21:31
in the person
21:32
of Jesus Christ.
21:36
Note how he even
21:38
intercedes
21:39
in the potential trouble
21:41
that Jairus may have
21:43
encountered
21:44
at the delivery
21:45
of the news
21:46
that his daughter
21:47
has gone ahead
21:48
and passed.
21:48
There's this interruption
21:49
on the way.
21:52
This interruption
21:53
that slows Jesus down.
21:55
He stops to talk
21:56
to this woman
21:57
that has pressed in
21:58
and has touched
21:59
his garment.
22:01
And he takes the time
22:02
to overhear the news
22:04
and to say to Jairus,
22:05
do not fear,
22:07
only believe.
22:08
Do not fear,
22:09
only believe.
22:10
Remember the faith
22:11
that caused you
22:12
to come and find me.
22:14
To fall at my feet
22:15
and ask that I would come
22:17
and heal your daughter.
22:18
Remember that faith.
22:19
Do not fear,
22:20
only believe.
22:21
And he goes on with him
22:23
to the house.
22:26
Phenomenal expression
22:27
of that kind of compassion.
22:30
Now for us,
22:32
we are called
22:33
in the same way
22:35
to have compassion.
22:38
Look again
22:39
at another example
22:39
of Jesus
22:40
and His compassion.
22:42
Matthew 9.
22:43
Please turn there.
22:43
Matthew 9,
22:44
verse 35.
22:54
And here we see Jesus
22:56
and His compassionate character
22:58
turning that outward
23:00
to those who would be
23:01
His disciples.
23:03
So as He's compassionate,
23:04
He's now asking them
23:05
to be compassionate.
23:07
Verse 35,
23:07
And Jesus went throughout
23:08
all the cities and villages
23:09
teaching in their synagogues
23:10
and proclaiming the gospel
23:11
of the kingdom
23:12
and healing every disease
23:13
and every affliction.
23:14
Boy, I love that.
23:15
Every.
23:15
So good.
23:17
Verse 36,
23:17
When He saw the crowds,
23:19
He had compassion for them
23:21
because they were harassed
23:23
and helpless
23:24
like sheep without a shepherd.
23:27
Then He said to His disciples
23:28
and He says to us
23:29
this morning,
23:31
The harvest is plentiful,
23:33
but the laborers are few.
23:34
Therefore pray earnestly
23:36
to the Lord of the harvest
23:37
to send out laborers
23:38
into His harvest
23:40
to send out those
23:41
that would have compassion
23:42
the way in which
23:44
Jesus had compassion.
23:46
Do you look at the world
23:48
in that way?
23:49
Do you look out at people
23:51
who are harassed
23:52
and helpless by sin?
23:54
That are held in bondage to it?
23:57
And having the keys
23:58
to unlock
23:59
the shackles that hold them
24:02
in that place,
24:02
do you have compassion on them?
24:05
Do you go to seek
24:06
to deliver them
24:07
from the place
24:08
that they're in?
24:11
I think far too often
24:13
the answer to that is no.
24:15
If we're honest with ourselves,
24:17
the answer to that is no.
24:19
And as disciples of Christ,
24:20
we ought to be compassionate
24:22
the way He was.
24:25
The writer of Hebrews,
24:27
in his drive
24:30
to keep the Hebrew believers
24:32
devoted to Christ
24:34
and to His ways,
24:35
reminded them of a time
24:36
that they were compassionate,
24:38
reminded them of a time
24:39
that that was
24:40
a better choice.
24:42
Hebrews chapter 10,
24:43
verse 32.
24:44
And I would ask you
24:45
to join me there,
24:45
although I may start
24:46
off ahead of you.
24:47
So Hebrews 10,
24:48
verse 32.
24:52
The writer of Hebrews says,
24:53
But recall the former days.
24:56
Back when,
24:57
after you were enlightened,
24:58
when you had become a believer,
24:59
you endured a hard struggle
25:01
with sufferings.
25:02
Sometimes being publicly exposed
25:04
to reproach and affliction,
25:05
and sometimes being partners
25:07
with those so treated.
25:08
So sometimes you were afflicted
25:10
and persecuted,
25:11
and sometimes you partnered
25:12
with those.
25:13
And here's the example,
25:14
verse 34.
25:14
For you had compassion
25:16
on those in prison.
25:17
And this day,
25:18
if you didn't have somebody
25:19
to come and care for you
25:20
in prison,
25:20
they didn't care for you.
25:21
There was not cable TV
25:23
and three meals a day.
25:24
This didn't happen.
25:25
They threw you in a cell,
25:27
and they permitted family members
25:28
or friends to come
25:29
and bring food.
25:30
That was it.
25:31
That's what you got.
25:33
For you had compassion
25:34
on those in prison,
25:35
and you joyfully accepted
25:36
the plundering
25:37
of your property.
25:39
So as they're going
25:40
to help the Christians
25:42
who are in prison
25:43
for their faith,
25:44
they're automatically
25:45
identifying themselves.
25:46
They're going to take food,
25:47
they're going to take provision,
25:48
and they're saying,
25:49
we love these people.
25:50
These are our people.
25:52
And therefore,
25:53
they're identifying themselves
25:54
as Christians,
25:55
and they joyfully,
25:56
it's a phenomenal thing,
25:57
it's a strange thing,
25:59
it's a set apart
26:00
from the world thing
26:00
to see that they joyfully
26:02
accepted the plundering
26:04
of their property.
26:05
They had compassion
26:05
that drove them
26:06
to not even care.
26:10
To not care
26:10
that their property
26:12
was plundered,
26:13
that their things
26:13
were stolen,
26:14
that graffiti was written
26:15
on their walls.
26:16
Why?
26:17
Since you knew
26:18
that you yourselves
26:20
had a better possession
26:22
and an abiding one,
26:24
one that couldn't
26:25
be taken away.
26:26
What is he talking about?
26:27
He's talking about Christ.
26:31
They had a better possession.
26:33
Jesus Christ.
26:35
Beloved,
26:35
why do we hold on
26:36
to things
26:37
that are lesser
26:39
when we can have greater?
26:41
It's a simple trade.
26:44
Such an easy decision to make.
26:46
If we can gain more of Christ,
26:49
why would we not give
26:50
all that we have
26:51
and all that we are
26:52
to have compassion
26:53
for those
26:54
who are in the shackles
26:55
of sin
26:56
that we might gain
26:58
more of Him?
27:02
Yesterday morning,
27:03
I spent some time
27:04
with Gary Bailey.
27:06
We went and got some breakfast
27:07
and visited a friend of his
27:08
who gave me some books
27:09
from his library.
27:11
And on our way back,
27:12
I saw a big 15-passenger van
27:15
with D-Now written
27:16
on the back of it.
27:17
If you guys don't know,
27:18
that's Disciple Now.
27:19
And there's a church
27:19
in the area
27:20
having a Disciple Now
27:21
this weekend.
27:23
So I just kind of mused at it.
27:24
I remember some
27:25
Disciple Now days.
27:26
They're probably headed
27:26
to recreation
27:27
on a Saturday morning
27:28
to go be crazy
27:30
and have a lot of fun together,
27:31
which is good.
27:33
Out in front of that,
27:34
I could see
27:35
a bright green Dodge Viper,
27:38
which is a six-figure vehicle
27:39
if you don't know that.
27:40
It's a $100,000 vehicle.
27:43
And as Gary passed the Viper,
27:46
which now that I think about it,
27:47
it's kind of ironic
27:47
in the Toyota,
27:50
D-Now was also written
27:52
on the Viper as well.
27:54
And it broke my heart
27:55
for the man driving it
27:56
because he's been misled.
28:00
His own heart
28:01
has deceived him
28:02
to think that
28:03
there's greater joy
28:05
found in that car
28:06
than what he could do with it,
28:08
what he could do
28:09
with the money that it took
28:10
to purchase
28:11
a two-seater,
28:12
six-figure vehicle
28:14
to gain more of Christ.
28:17
Wasn't mad at him
28:18
for what he could have done
28:19
with the money.
28:20
Wasn't jealous
28:21
that he had the money
28:22
to buy a vehicle like that,
28:23
but sad for him
28:24
because it means something
28:26
about what he believes
28:27
about who Jesus is.
28:29
He doesn't believe
28:29
that Jesus is more precious,
28:31
that he's more valuable.
28:33
And how is it
28:34
that we serve him?
28:36
We serve the least
28:37
of these, right?
28:39
What could he do
28:40
that would gain more for him,
28:42
that would put up
28:42
treasure in heaven for him,
28:44
that would help
28:44
have him experience
28:46
in greater degree
28:47
what it is God is doing
28:48
and accomplishing
28:49
in this world?
28:50
Because I can tell you
28:50
the little snot-nosed kid
28:51
riding with him
28:52
was not the kind of joy
28:54
that he wants to bring
28:55
into the world.
28:56
Like, he was having fun,
28:56
I'm sure.
28:58
But ultimately,
28:59
why does God
29:01
give us gifts
29:02
that we might
29:02
know him better
29:03
and enjoy him more?
29:07
Let's talk about
29:07
a couple examples
29:08
of compassion.
29:10
Tomorrow, St. Patrick's Day.
29:12
Most of you
29:13
may be aware of that.
29:15
It's a very bizarre holiday
29:17
that we celebrate
29:18
in the U.S.
29:20
In very bizarre ways.
29:21
I actually heard somebody
29:23
on TV this week say
29:24
that it's the only holiday
29:26
that what it's celebrating
29:28
is drinking beer.
29:30
Wow!
29:30
It got perverted
29:31
that far away
29:32
from the life
29:33
of the man
29:35
called Patrick
29:35
that we know
29:37
as St. Patrick.
29:40
You know, Patrick's
29:41
not from Ireland.
29:42
He's actually
29:43
from Britain.
29:45
Wales, Scotland area
29:47
more than likely
29:48
was some sort
29:49
of British aristocracy.
29:51
At the age of 16
29:52
he was kidnapped
29:53
by a band
29:54
of Irish marauders
29:55
and they came
29:56
and they kidnapped him
29:56
and they took him
29:57
back to Ireland
29:58
where he served
29:59
as a slave
30:00
for six years.
30:01
Six years
30:03
in servitude
30:04
as a slave
30:05
and had a dream
30:07
that God told him
30:08
that it was time
30:09
to get out of the country
30:10
and he took off
30:11
towards the east coast
30:12
and a ship
30:12
just happened
30:13
to be sailing by
30:13
right when he hit the coast.
30:15
He got on it
30:15
and it took him
30:16
back home.
30:18
As he returned home
30:19
though
30:19
as a believer
30:21
in Christ
30:22
he had
30:23
picked up
30:24
the religion
30:25
of his parents
30:25
while he was
30:26
in slavery.
30:27
He found a great deal
30:27
of comfort
30:28
in the promises
30:30
of God
30:31
while he was there
30:31
and as he returned
30:33
to his homeland
30:33
as a believer
30:34
in Christ
30:34
he had this
30:35
compassionate heart
30:36
worked in him
30:37
for the Irish.
30:38
The very ones
30:39
the brutes
30:40
that had enslaved him
30:41
for those six years
30:43
and he spent
30:44
twelve years
30:45
he studied
30:46
to become a priest
30:47
he returned
30:48
to Ireland
30:50
at the age of 34
30:51
as a missionary
30:52
where he remained
30:53
the majority
30:54
of his life.
30:54
he spent 40 years
30:55
evangelizing
30:57
the Irish.
30:59
This is
30:59
not a normal
31:00
thing to do.
31:02
This is not
31:03
the actions
31:04
of a normal
31:05
man.
31:06
Praise God
31:07
that Jesus
31:07
makes us
31:08
extraordinary.
31:10
That he works
31:11
in us
31:11
his heart
31:12
and doesn't
31:13
leave us
31:14
with our old
31:14
dead
31:15
vindictive
31:16
hearts.
31:17
On the world's terms
31:18
he had
31:19
no reason
31:20
to return.
31:21
Didn't owe them
31:22
anything.
31:23
In fact if he owed
31:23
him anything at all
31:24
it was vengeance
31:24
of some sort.
31:26
He was some sort
31:27
of aristocracy.
31:27
He could have
31:28
raised up an army
31:29
and gone back
31:30
to Ireland.
31:31
But instead he goes
31:32
back and he raises
31:32
up a different
31:33
kind of army.
31:34
He raises up
31:35
a band of believers
31:36
and he would take
31:37
them with them
31:37
to the next village
31:38
and he would leave
31:39
behind the mature
31:40
to continue to
31:41
evangelize
31:42
and to start a church
31:42
and he would take
31:43
with him two new
31:44
believers and they
31:45
would go to the
31:46
next place and go
31:46
to the next place
31:47
and go to the next
31:47
place and brought
31:48
about a great deal
31:50
of devotion to God
31:51
in his time
31:52
there.
31:54
The opposite
31:55
of Patrick
31:56
we've got a good
31:56
biblical example
31:57
of that.
31:58
I remember the
31:59
story of Jonah
31:59
I alluded to it
32:01
last week.
32:02
God says to Jonah
32:03
the very beginning
32:04
of the book of
32:05
Jonah he comes to
32:06
him and he tells
32:07
him that he's to
32:07
go to Nineveh
32:08
and to preach
32:09
repentance
32:09
and Jonah says
32:11
no I'm not
32:13
I'm going the
32:13
opposite direction
32:14
I'm heading out
32:15
across the
32:15
Mediterranean
32:16
I'm going to
32:16
a place called
32:17
Tarshish
32:17
I'm getting as
32:17
far away from
32:18
Nineveh as I
32:18
possibly can
32:20
and we all know
32:20
what happened to him
32:21
thrown overboard
32:22
swallowed by a
32:23
large fish
32:24
spit back out
32:24
on shore
32:25
the reason he
32:26
didn't want to
32:27
go to Nineveh
32:27
is because it
32:28
was the Syrian
32:28
capital
32:29
the Syrians
32:29
were horrible
32:30
horrible people
32:32
they had a great
32:33
deal of damage
32:34
to the Israelites
32:35
they were their
32:35
enemies
32:36
right
32:37
one of Israel's
32:38
most cruel
32:39
enemies
32:39
nothing compared
32:40
to the Babylonians
32:41
they were
32:42
horrific in the
32:44
way in which
32:44
they conquered
32:45
skinned people
32:47
alive just as
32:48
an example
32:49
horrible people
32:51
this is the
32:51
capital city
32:52
of that
32:52
and Jonah
32:53
had no
32:54
compassion
32:54
for them
32:55
no compassion
32:57
whatsoever
32:57
yet God
32:58
did
32:59
and used
33:00
Jonah
33:01
to accomplish
33:02
this
33:02
look what
33:02
Jonah says
33:03
in chapter 4
33:03
verse 1 and 2
33:05
but it displeased
33:06
Jonah exceedingly
33:07
except for the city
33:07
in a massive way
33:08
turns to God
33:09
and he was angry
33:11
and he prayed
33:12
to the Lord
33:13
and said
33:13
oh Lord
33:14
is not this
33:15
what I said
33:16
when I was yet
33:17
in my country
33:18
that is why
33:19
I made haste
33:20
to flee
33:21
to Tarshish
33:22
for I knew
33:23
that you are
33:24
a gracious God
33:25
and merciful
33:26
slow to anger
33:27
and abounding
33:29
in steadfast love
33:30
and relenting
33:31
from disaster
33:32
Jonah knew
33:33
that God's character
33:34
was compassionate
33:35
Jonah knew
33:37
that if he went
33:37
and preached
33:38
God would have
33:40
compassion
33:40
on these people
33:42
and that's why
33:42
he ran away
33:44
a bad example
33:45
praise God
33:46
that he was obedient
33:48
in the end
33:48
and God accomplished
33:50
his work
33:50
apart from him
33:51
we can learn
33:53
from Jonah
33:53
while God
33:55
snatched Jonah
33:56
up by the back
33:57
of the neck
33:57
and sent him
33:58
where he was
33:58
supposed to go
33:58
I would like
34:00
to serve the Lord
34:01
with gladness
34:02
and joy
34:03
and appreciate
34:05
the things
34:05
that he leads me
34:06
into
34:06
and I get to
34:07
participate in
34:08
not to do it
34:09
begrudgingly
34:10
or to have God
34:11
use someone else
34:12
to accomplish
34:12
his work
34:13
God intended
34:14
to save
34:16
the souls
34:16
of people
34:17
in Nineveh
34:18
and he was
34:18
going to get
34:19
it done
34:19
one way
34:20
or another
34:21
this would be
34:23
paramount
34:23
for us
34:24
on 9-12
34:27
oh gosh
34:28
I forget the year
34:29
was it 2001
34:30
9-11 happened
34:30
okay
34:32
thank you
34:32
on 9-12
34:34
of you saying
34:36
I have a
34:38
compassionate heart
34:39
for Muslims
34:41
and the Taliban
34:42
and I want to
34:43
go to the place
34:44
where they are
34:44
headquartered
34:45
and share
34:45
the good news
34:46
of Jesus Christ
34:47
with them
34:47
this would be
34:48
similar
34:49
this is what
34:50
St. Patrick did
34:51
it took him
34:52
some time
34:52
to go back
34:53
this is what
34:55
Jonah did
34:56
begrudgingly
34:57
but it is in fact
34:58
what he did
34:58
this would be
35:00
the same
35:00
do we have
35:02
compassionate
35:03
hearts
35:04
do we recognize
35:05
that Jesus
35:06
came into this
35:06
world to seek
35:07
and to save
35:08
the lost
35:09
people who are
35:10
shackled by sin
35:11
people who
35:12
we ought not
35:14
expect them
35:16
to act any
35:16
other way
35:17
than sinfully
35:18
this is a great
35:20
example for our
35:21
church
35:22
of the
35:23
whetstones
35:23
who are
35:23
currently serving
35:24
in Central
35:25
Asia
35:25
and they're
35:28
serving a
35:28
people
35:29
that as
35:30
Americans
35:31
we ought not
35:32
be compassionate
35:33
towards
35:33
in the world's
35:34
terms
35:35
but because
35:36
they have the
35:37
hearts of
35:37
Christ
35:37
and they
35:39
see that
35:40
they need
35:40
to be
35:40
delivered
35:41
from their
35:42
sin
35:42
they're going
35:43
they're pursuing
35:44
they're learning
35:45
the language
35:46
so that they
35:48
might bring
35:49
the gospel
35:50
the good news
35:51
of the kingdom
35:51
to these people
35:52
so notice
35:54
the compassion
35:54
of Christ
35:55
thirdly
35:56
notice
35:57
the reach
35:59
of Christ
36:00
notice
36:02
the reach
36:03
of Christ
36:03
as we
36:06
look through
36:06
the gospel
36:07
of Mark
36:07
we are going
36:08
to continue
36:08
to see
36:09
that he
36:09
was
36:10
always
36:11
available
36:12
to
36:13
everyone
36:14
Jesus
36:15
in all
36:16
respects
36:16
could have
36:17
removed
36:17
himself
36:17
he could
36:18
have
36:18
set up
36:19
camp
36:20
in one
36:20
of the
36:20
synagogues
36:21
he could
36:21
have
36:22
taught
36:22
from a
36:22
lofty
36:23
place
36:23
he could
36:24
have
36:24
removed
36:24
himself
36:25
from the
36:26
people
36:26
but he
36:26
was always
36:27
with
36:27
the
36:28
people
36:28
in fact
36:28
they're
36:29
pressing
36:29
in on
36:29
him
36:30
constantly
36:30
in
36:31
occasions
36:31
where
36:31
he
36:32
can't
36:32
eat
36:32
in an
36:33
occasion
36:33
where he
36:33
had to
36:33
actually
36:34
get
36:34
into
36:34
a
36:34
boat
36:35
because
36:35
I
36:35
would
36:35
imagine
36:35
he
36:36
would
36:36
have
36:36
ended
36:36
up
36:36
standing
36:36
in
36:37
the
36:37
water
36:37
because
36:37
people
36:37
would
36:38
have
36:38
just
36:38
continued
36:38
to
36:39
press
36:39
in
36:40
around
36:40
him
36:41
just
36:42
as a
36:42
man
36:42
and as
36:43
he
36:43
was
36:44
a
36:44
man
36:44
I
36:44
imagine
36:45
that
36:45
had
36:45
to
36:45
be
36:45
taxing
36:46
was
36:46
trying
36:47
to
36:47
him
36:48
that
36:48
constantly
36:48
massive
36:49
crowds
36:50
gathered
36:50
around
36:51
him
36:51
and
36:51
not
36:52
all
36:52
these
36:52
people
36:52
as
36:52
we've
36:53
discussed
36:53
gather
36:53
around
36:54
him
36:54
for
36:54
genuine
36:54
!
36:55
they
36:55
wanted
36:55
to
36:55
see
36:56
the
36:56
show
36:56
they
36:56
wanted
36:56
to
36:57
see
36:57
what
36:57
new
36:57
amazing
36:58
thing
36:58
was
36:59
going
36:59
to
36:59
happen
36:59
that
37:00
was
37:00
going
37:00
to
37:00
be
37:00
performed
37:01
by
37:01
this
37:01
person
37:02
Jesus
37:02
hungry
37:04
and
37:05
tired
37:05
constantly
37:06
available
37:07
to
37:08
everyone
37:08
and not
37:09
only
37:09
were
37:09
these
37:09
people
37:09
trying
37:10
to
37:10
him
37:10
physically
37:10
but
37:10
remember
37:11
that
37:11
these
37:11
people
37:11
were
37:12
enemies
37:12
of
37:12
God
37:12
these
37:12
people
37:13
were
37:13
sinners
37:13
these
37:14
people
37:14
with
37:14
their
37:14
lives
37:15
had
37:15
rejected
37:15
the
37:16
ways
37:16
of
37:16
God
37:16
and
37:17
these
37:17
people
37:17
had
37:17
been
37:17
given
37:18
the
37:18
ways
37:18
of
37:19
God
37:19
in
37:19
a
37:19
very
37:19
special
37:20
way
37:20
they
37:20
had
37:20
been
37:20
given
37:21
the
37:21
law
37:21
they
37:22
had
37:22
the
37:22
prophets
37:23
and
37:23
so
37:23
they
37:23
were
37:24
enemies
37:24
of
37:24
God
37:24
and
37:24
therefore
37:25
enemies
37:26
of
37:26
Christ
37:26
and
37:26
here
37:26
we
37:27
see
37:27
him
37:27
compassionately
37:28
making
37:29
himself
37:29
always
37:30
available
37:30
to
37:31
everyone
37:32
that
37:34
is
37:34
the
37:35
importance
37:35
of
37:35
this
37:36
shocking
37:37
interruption
37:37
as
37:38
one of
37:39
the
37:39
rulers
37:39
of
37:40
the
37:40
synagogue
37:40
comes
37:41
to
37:41
him
37:41
and
37:41
asks
37:42
him
37:42
to
37:42
come
37:42
and
37:42
visit
37:42
his
37:43
home
37:43
to
37:44
heal
37:44
his
37:44
daughter
37:48
and
37:48
there
37:49
is
37:49
an
37:49
interruption
37:49
by
37:50
a
37:50
woman
37:50
who
37:50
is
37:50
considered
37:51
unclean
37:52
who
37:52
is
37:52
at
37:52
the
37:52
very
37:53
bottom
37:53
of
37:54
society
37:55
but
37:55
he
37:55
stops
37:56
and
37:56
he
37:57
visits
37:57
with
37:57
her
37:57
and
37:58
he
37:58
speaks
37:59
to
37:59
her
37:59
and
38:00
he
38:00
says
38:00
to
38:00
her
38:01
your
38:01
faith
38:02
has
38:02
made
38:03
you
38:03
well
38:04
people
38:05
their
38:05
jaws
38:05
would
38:05
have
38:06
dropped
38:06
in
38:06
this
38:07
culture
38:07
us
38:07
we
38:07
read
38:08
right
38:08
past
38:08
it
38:08
no
38:08
big
38:09
deal
38:09
but
38:09
this
38:10
would
38:10
have
38:10
been
38:10
a
38:10
shock
38:11
to
38:11
them
38:11
that
38:11
you
38:11
would
38:12
take
38:12
the
38:12
time
38:12
me
38:14
and
38:14
Barack
38:14
Obama
38:14
are
38:15
visiting
38:15
together
38:15
we're
38:15
hanging
38:16
out
38:16
and
38:16
a
38:16
homeless
38:16
guy
38:17
on
38:17
the
38:17
street
38:17
stops
38:17
me
38:17
and
38:18
asks
38:18
for
38:18
something
38:18
and
38:18
I
38:18
go
38:19
yeah
38:19
you
38:19
hang
38:19
on
38:19
and
38:20
I
38:20
go
38:20
over
38:20
and
38:20
I
38:20
visit
38:20
with
38:21
the
38:21
homeless
38:21
man
38:21
for
38:21
a
38:21
while
38:21
this
38:22
is
38:22
what
38:22
would
38:22
have
38:22
happened
38:22
everybody
38:22
around
38:23
would
38:23
go
38:23
what
38:23
are
38:23
you
38:23
doing
38:24
right
38:24
he's
38:25
the
38:25
president
38:25
maybe
38:27
not
38:27
all
38:28
of us
38:28
in
38:28
this
38:28
room
38:41
or
38:42
social
38:43
status
38:43
the
38:43
only
38:44
distinction
38:44
that
38:44
was
38:44
made
38:45
was
38:45
that
38:46
of
38:46
faith
38:47
notice
38:48
verse
38:48
34
38:49
and he
38:50
said
38:50
to her
38:51
daughter
38:51
your
38:51
faith
38:52
has
38:52
made
38:52
you
38:52
well
38:53
go
38:53
in
38:53
peace
38:53
and
38:53
be
38:53
healed
38:54
of
38:54
your
38:54
disease
38:55
and
38:55
then
38:55
in
38:55
verse
38:55
36
38:56
and
38:56
we
38:56
mentioned
38:56
before
38:57
he
38:57
says
38:58
reminds
38:58
Jairus
38:59
of the
38:59
faith
39:00
that
39:00
he
39:00
had
39:00
remember
39:00
that
39:01
he
39:01
came
39:01
and
39:01
he
39:01
fell
39:01
at
39:01
his
39:02
feet
39:02
he
39:02
knew
39:02
!
39:02
he
39:03
had
39:03
the
39:03
!
39:03
to
39:04
heal
39:04
his
39:04
daughter
39:05
do
39:05
not
39:05
fear
39:06
only
39:06
believe
39:08
there
39:08
is
39:08
the
39:09
distinction
39:09
there
39:10
is
39:10
the
39:11
distinction
39:11
for
39:12
us
39:12
today
39:13
that
39:14
we
39:14
might
39:14
have
39:14
faith
39:15
and
39:15
believe
39:15
there's
39:17
instruction
39:17
Paul
39:19
gives
39:19
to
39:19
Timothy
39:19
in
39:19
1
39:20
Timothy
39:20
chapter
39:20
2
39:20
verses
39:22
1
39:22
through
39:22
4
39:22
and
39:23
this
39:23
is
39:23
a
39:23
very
39:23
commonly
39:24
misused
39:25
text
39:26
in
39:27
all
39:27
kinds
39:27
of
39:28
directions
39:28
let me
39:28
tell you
39:28
what
39:29
it
39:29
means
39:29
and
39:29
how
39:30
it
39:30
applies
39:30
here
39:30
as
39:31
we
39:31
notice
39:32
the
39:32
reach
39:32
of
39:33
Christ
39:33
beginning
39:33
in
39:33
verse 1
39:34
first of
39:34
all
39:35
then
39:35
I
39:35
urge
39:35
that
39:35
supplications
39:36
prayers
39:37
intercessions
39:37
and
39:37
thanksgivings
39:38
be made
39:38
for all
39:38
people
39:39
for kings
39:40
and all
39:40
who are
39:40
in high
39:41
positions
39:41
that we
39:42
may lead
39:42
a peaceful
39:43
and quiet
39:43
life
39:44
godly
39:44
and dignified
39:45
in every
39:45
way
39:46
this is
39:47
good
39:47
and it
39:47
is
39:47
pleasing
39:48
in the
39:48
sight
39:48
of
39:48
God
39:49
our
39:49
Savior
39:49
who
39:50
desires
39:50
all
39:50
people
39:51
to be
39:51
saved
39:51
and to
39:51
come
39:52
to
39:52
the
39:52
knowledge
39:52
of
39:53
the
39:53
truth
39:53
now
39:55
this
39:55
text
39:56
is
39:57
used
39:57
to
39:58
justify
39:58
all
39:58
sorts
39:59
of
39:59
belief
39:59
systems
39:59
about
40:00
God's
40:00
purposes
40:01
in
40:02
salvation
40:02
I want to
40:03
say to
40:03
you
40:03
that
40:03
if we
40:04
read it
40:04
very
40:05
plainly
40:06
verse 4
40:06
desires
40:07
all people
40:08
to be
40:08
saved
40:08
if God
40:09
desires
40:09
something
40:09
to pass
40:10
it will
40:10
in fact
40:11
pass
40:12
and so
40:12
with some
40:14
consistent
40:15
logic
40:15
you have
40:16
men like
40:17
Rob Bell
40:17
writing books
40:18
like Love
40:18
Wind
40:18
saying that
40:19
he has a
40:20
universalist
40:21
belief
40:21
that all
40:21
people will
40:22
in fact
40:22
one day
40:22
be saved
40:23
because
40:23
here it
40:23
says
40:24
it
40:24
in
40:24
1
40:25
Timothy
40:25
2
40:25
verse 4
40:28
but back
40:30
up a little
40:30
bit
40:30
context
40:31
has to
40:32
inform us
40:32
here
40:33
back in
40:33
verse 1
40:34
he says
40:34
that I
40:34
urge
40:35
supplications
40:35
prayers
40:36
intercessions
40:36
and thanks
40:37
to be
40:37
made
40:37
for
40:37
all
40:38
people
40:38
and
40:39
specifically
40:39
for
40:39
kings
40:40
and those
40:40
in high
40:41
positions
40:41
because
40:41
as
40:42
Paul
40:43
is
40:43
writing
40:43
to
40:44
Timothy
40:44
and he
40:45
knows
40:45
that
40:45
the
40:45
church
40:45
of
40:46
God
40:46
is
40:46
typically
40:47
made
40:47
up
40:47
of
40:48
ragamuffins
40:51
of
40:51
people who
40:52
are a
40:52
mess
40:53
people who
40:53
are
40:53
poor
40:53
people who
40:54
are
40:54
distraught
40:55
those are
40:55
the people
40:56
that typically
40:56
are more
40:57
ready to
40:58
turn to
40:59
God
40:59
we see
41:00
Jesus
41:00
teach that
41:01
it's
41:01
harder for
41:02
a rich
41:02
man
41:02
to enter
41:03
into
41:04
heaven
41:04
than it
41:04
is for
41:04
a camel
41:04
to go
41:05
through
41:05
the eye
41:05
of a
41:05
needle
41:05
because
41:06
they trust
41:06
in their
41:06
riches
41:07
they don't
41:07
need
41:08
God
41:08
in their
41:08
own
41:09
thinking
41:09
so these
41:11
people
41:11
would have
41:11
been
41:11
downcast
41:13
and kings
41:14
didn't serve
41:15
their good
41:15
in any way
41:16
whatsoever
41:17
kings would
41:18
have been
41:18
the enemy
41:18
kings would
41:20
have been
41:20
those people
41:21
those who
41:21
were ruling
41:22
over them
41:22
that they
41:23
hated
41:23
because they
41:24
were the
41:24
ones that
41:24
were bringing
41:25
the oppression
41:26
on them
41:26
as they're
41:27
learning to
41:28
have
41:28
compassionate
41:29
hearts
41:30
they need
41:30
to be
41:30
encouraged
41:31
and Paul
41:31
is instructing
41:32
Timothy
41:32
to instruct
41:34
them
41:34
that God
41:35
has purposes
41:36
for all
41:36
kinds
41:37
of people
41:38
that God
41:40
intends to
41:40
save both
41:41
those who
41:41
are poor
41:41
and those
41:42
who are
41:42
rich
41:43
that he's
41:43
going to
41:44
heal
41:44
the woman
41:45
who is
41:45
at the
41:46
bottom
41:46
of the
41:47
social
41:47
status
41:47
and he's
41:48
going to
41:48
go and
41:48
visit the
41:49
home
41:49
of the
41:49
man
41:49
who's
41:50
at the
41:50
top
41:50
of social
41:51
status
41:51
and bring
41:51
his daughter
41:52
back to
41:53
life
41:53
that we
41:55
ought to
41:55
not define
41:56
for God
41:57
who it
41:57
is that
41:58
he should
41:58
and shouldn't
41:59
save
41:59
this is what
42:00
Jonah did
42:00
with the
42:01
Ninevites
42:01
I knew you'd
42:03
save him
42:03
if I went
42:03
and preached
42:04
the gospel
42:04
to him
42:04
the good
42:05
news of
42:06
God
42:06
to them
42:07
it's not
42:08
our place
42:08
to do
42:08
that
42:09
but rather
42:09
we're to
42:10
seek
42:11
God's
42:12
purposes
42:12
we're to
42:13
seek
42:13
who it
42:14
is that
42:14
God
42:14
intends
42:15
to work
42:15
in the
42:15
hearts
42:16
of
42:16
and to
42:16
save
42:17
and to
42:17
bring
42:17
to
42:18
faith
42:18
beloved
42:19
Jesus'
42:20
work on
42:20
the cross
42:21
was all
42:21
powerful
42:22
it
42:22
accomplished
42:22
exactly
42:23
what it
42:23
intended
42:23
to
42:23
accomplish
42:24
and that
42:24
was the
42:24
redemption
42:24
of the
42:25
church
42:25
we just
42:26
don't know
42:26
who that
42:27
is
42:27
right
42:28
a vast
42:29
countless
42:30
number
42:30
a multitude
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is the
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wonderful
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word
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used
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in our
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English
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translation
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of the
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Greek
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test
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a multitude
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of people
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will be
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in eternity
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praising God
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forever
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and ever
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and so
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it's our
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task to
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get out
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there and
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to preach
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the truth
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to anyone
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and everyone
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who will
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hear it or
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really doesn't
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want to
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right
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to preach
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the truth
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to them
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because it
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is the
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power of
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God
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to salvation
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in Acts
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chapter 1
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verse 8
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Jesus has
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appeared to
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his disciples
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after his
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resurrection
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this is kind of a
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restating of the
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great commission
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but you will
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receive power when
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the Holy Spirit
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has come upon
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you and you
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will be my
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witnesses in
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Jerusalem and
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in all Judea
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and Samaria
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and to the
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end of the
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earth
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if you are
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to be my
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disciples
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what he's
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saying
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you will
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make disciples
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and you're
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going to
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make disciples
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in your
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city
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and in
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your region
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and in
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the neighboring
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regions
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and all the
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way to the
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end
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of the
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earth
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so as we
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are called
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as believers
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to look
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like Christ
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we must
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remember
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his power
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his compassion
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and his
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reach
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let's pray
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together