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What If the Deepest Faith Comes From the Most Unexpected People? · Daily Bible Refresh

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  A
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  Place
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  Mystery
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  speaking
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  Capernaum.
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  captain
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  there
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  had
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  a
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  servant
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  on
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  highly
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  lose
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  him.
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  he
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  heard
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  Jesus
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  was
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  back,
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  he
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  sent
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  leaders
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  from
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  the
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  Jewish
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  community
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  asking
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  him
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  to
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  come
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  and
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  heal
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  his
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  servant.
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  And
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  they
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  came
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  to
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  Jesus
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  and
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  urged
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  him
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  to
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  do
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  it,
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  saying,
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  he
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  deserves
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  this.
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  He
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  loves
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  our
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  people.
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  He
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  even
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  built
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  our
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  meeting
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  place.
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  Jesus
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  went
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  with
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  them
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  and
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  when
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  he
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  was
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  still
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  quite
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  far
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  from
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  the
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  house,
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  the
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  captain
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  sent
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  friends
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  to
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  tell
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  him,
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  master,
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  you
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  don't
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  have
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  to
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  go
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  to
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  all
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  this
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  trouble.
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  I'm
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  not
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  that
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  good
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  a
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  person,
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  you
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  know,
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  I'd
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  be
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  embarrassed
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  for
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  you
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  to
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  come
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  to
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  my
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  house.
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  Even
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  embarrassed
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  to
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  come
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  to
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  you
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  in
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  person.
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  Just
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  give
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  the
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  order
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  and
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  my
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  servant
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  will
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  get
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  well.
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  I'm
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  a
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  man
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  under
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  orders.
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  I
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  also
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  give
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  orders.
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  I
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  tell
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  one
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  soldier,
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  go.
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  And
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  he
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  goes
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  and
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  another
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  company
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  comes
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  and
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  my
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  slave
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  do
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  this
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  and
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  he
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  does
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  it.
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  Taken
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  aback,
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  Jesus
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  addressed
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  the
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  accompanying
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  crowd.
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  I've
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  yet
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  to
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  come
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  across
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  this
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  kind
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  of
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  simple
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  trust
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  anywhere
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  in
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  Israel.
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  The
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  very
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  people
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  who
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  are
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  supposed
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  to
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  know
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  about
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  God
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  and
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  how
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  he
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  works.
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  When
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  the
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  messengers
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  got
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  back
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  home,
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  they
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  found
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  the
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  servant
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  up
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  and
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  well.
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  Really
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  amazing
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  story
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  about
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  healing
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  and
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  obedience
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  and
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  faith
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  and
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  so
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  love
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  this
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  story
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  in
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  so
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  many
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  ways.
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  And
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  so
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  let's
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  get
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  into
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  some
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  the
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  story
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  about
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  how
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  Jesus
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  is
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  kind
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  of
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  just
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  blown
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  away
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  by
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  the
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  faith
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  of
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  this
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  Roman
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  soldier
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  and
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  he
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  turns
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  to
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  the
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  crowd
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  and
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  he
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  gives
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  him
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  the
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  simple
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  message.
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  I've
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  yet
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  to
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  come
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  across
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  this
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  kind
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  of
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  simple
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  trust
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  anywhere
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  in
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  Israel.
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  The
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  very
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  people
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  are
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  supposed
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  to
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  know
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  God
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  and
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  how
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  he
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  works.
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  Hmm.
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  Let's
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  take
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  the
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  core
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  of
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  that
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  message
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  and
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  let's
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  go
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  a
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  little
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  deeper
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  with
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  some
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  points
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  to
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  ponder.
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  Three
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  of
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  them,
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  as
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  a
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  matter
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  of
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  fact.
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  So
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  the
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  first
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  one
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  is
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  this.
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  The
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  outsider
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  sometimes
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  sees
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  what
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  the
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  insiders
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  miss.
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  This
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  Roman
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  captain,
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  this
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  Roman
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  soldier
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  had
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  no
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  religious
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  credentials.
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  He
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  wasn't
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  Jewish.
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  He
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  hadn't
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  studied
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  the
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  Torah,
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  the
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  first
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  five
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  books
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  of
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  the
• 3:08
  Bible
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  as
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  we
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  know
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  it.
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  It
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  didn't
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  belong
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  to
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  a
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  faith
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  community.
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  And
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  yet
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  Jesus
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  says
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  his
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  trust
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  surpasses
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  anything
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  he's
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  found
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  among
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  the
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  people
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  who
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  are
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  supposed
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  to
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  know
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  God.
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  And
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  that's
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  a
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  stunning
• 3:21
  statement
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  really.
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  Jesus
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  isn't
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  gently
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  complimenting
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  this
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  man.
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  He's
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  directly
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  challenging
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  the
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  assumption
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  that
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  the
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  people
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  closest
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  to
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  the
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  religious
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  system
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  are
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  automatically
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  the
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  ones
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  closest
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  to
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  God.
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  And
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  from
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  a
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  progressive
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  faith
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  point
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  of
• 3:37
  view,
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  this
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  is
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  one
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  of
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  the
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  most
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  important
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  patterns
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  of
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  the
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  Gospels.
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  Over
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  and
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  over
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  and
• 3:43
  over
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  again,
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  Jesus
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  finds
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  the
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  deepest
• 3:45
  faith
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  in
• 3:46
  the
• 3:46
  people
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  that
• 3:47
  the
• 3:47
  religious
• 3:47
  establishment
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  overlooks
• 3:49
  or
• 3:50
  excludes.
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  A
• 3:52
  Samaritan
• 3:52
  woman,
• 3:54
  a
• 3:54
  Roman
• 3:54
  soldier.
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  The
• 3:56
  point
• 3:56
  isn't
• 3:57
  that
• 3:57
  insiders
• 3:58
  are
• 3:58
  bad.
• 3:58
  The
• 3:58
  point
• 3:59
  is
• 3:59
  that
• 3:59
  institutional
• 4:00
  proximity
• 4:01
  to
• 4:01
  God
• 4:02
  doesn't
• 4:02
  guarantee
• 4:04
  actual
• 4:04
  trust
• 4:05
  in
• 4:05
  God.
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  And
• 4:06
  sometimes
• 4:07
  the
• 4:07
  people
• 4:07
  outside
• 4:07
  the
• 4:08
  walls
• 4:08
  see
• 4:08
  more
• 4:08
  clearly
• 4:09
  than
• 4:09
  the
• 4:09
  people
• 4:09
  inside
• 4:10
  them
• 4:11
  precisely
• 4:12
  because
• 4:12
  they're
• 4:12
  not
• 4:12
  weighed
• 4:13
  down
• 4:14
  by
• 4:14
  all
• 4:14
  the
• 4:14
  religious
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  machinery.
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  So
• 4:17
  let
• 4:17
  me
• 4:17
  ask
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  you
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  if
• 4:19
  you
• 4:19
  ever
• 4:19
  felt
• 4:19
  like
• 4:20
  you
• 4:20
  don't
• 4:20
  belong
• 4:20
  in
• 4:20
  church,
• 4:21
  like
• 4:21
  you
• 4:21
  don't
• 4:21
  know
• 4:21
  enough,
• 4:22
  like
• 4:22
  your
• 4:22
  doubts
• 4:23
  disqualify
• 4:24
  you.
• 4:25
  This
• 4:25
  story
• 4:26
  here
• 4:27
  is
• 4:27
  for
• 4:27
  you
• 4:28
  because
• 4:28
  it's
• 4:29
  the
• 4:29
  opposite
• 4:29
  of
• 4:30
  that
• 4:30
  debt.
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  You're
• 4:30
  honest,
• 4:31
  open
• 4:32
  handed.
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  Trust
• 4:33
  might
• 4:34
  be
• 4:35
  exactly
• 4:35
  what
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  Jesus
• 4:36
  is
• 4:36
  looking
• 4:37
  for.
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  Point
• 4:39
  to
• 4:39
  ponder,
• 4:40
  Number
• 4:40
  two.
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  The
• 4:41
  captain's
• 4:42
  humility
• 4:43
  isn't
• 4:43
  self
• 4:44
  depreciation,
• 4:45
  it's
• 4:46
  clarity.
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  Look
• 4:48
  at
• 4:48
  what
• 4:48
  the
• 4:49
  captain
• 4:49
  says
• 4:50
  a
• 4:50
  little
• 4:50
  more
• 4:50
  carefully.
• 4:51
  He
• 4:52
  says,
• 4:52
  I'm
• 4:52
  not
• 4:52
  that
• 4:53
  good
• 4:53
  a
• 4:53
  person.
• 4:53
  You
• 4:53
  know
• 4:53
  I'd
• 4:54
  be
• 4:54
  embarrassed
• 4:54
  for
• 4:55
  you
• 4:55
  to
• 4:55
  come
• 4:55
  to
• 4:55
  my
• 4:56
  house.
• 4:56
  Now
• 4:57
  on
• 4:57
  the
• 4:57
  surface
• 4:58
  that
• 4:58
  might
• 4:58
  sound
• 4:59
  like
• 4:59
  low
• 4:59
  self
• 4:59
  esteem,
• 5:00
  but
• 5:00
  I
• 5:00
  don't
• 5:00
  really
• 5:01
  think
• 5:01
  that's
• 5:01
  what's
• 5:01
  happening
• 5:02
  here.
• 5:03
  The
• 5:03
  man
• 5:03
  isn't
• 5:04
  wallowing,
• 5:04
  he's
• 5:05
  just
• 5:05
  clear
• 5:05
  eyed.
• 5:06
  He
• 5:06
  knows
• 5:06
  who
• 5:07
  he
• 5:07
  is.
• 5:08
  A
• 5:08
  Roman
• 5:08
  officer
• 5:09
  is
• 5:09
  an
• 5:09
  occupying
• 5:10
  army
• 5:11
  and
• 5:11
  he
• 5:12
  knows
• 5:12
  the
• 5:12
  power
• 5:12
  dynamics
• 5:13
  at
• 5:13
  play
• 5:13
  here.
• 5:14
  And
• 5:15
  instead
• 5:15
  of
• 5:15
  pretending
• 5:16
  to
• 5:16
  be
• 5:16
  something
• 5:16
  he's
• 5:17
  not,
• 5:17
  he
• 5:18
  simply
• 5:18
  says,
• 5:19
  I
• 5:19
  know
• 5:19
  my
• 5:20
  position
• 5:20
  and
• 5:20
  I
• 5:21
  also
• 5:21
  know
• 5:21
  yours
• 5:23
  and
• 5:23
  your
• 5:23
  word
• 5:24
  is
• 5:24
  enough.
• 5:26
  Now,
• 5:26
  my
• 5:26
  wife
• 5:26
  and
• 5:27
  I
• 5:27
  have
• 5:27
  been
• 5:27
  married
• 5:27
  over
• 5:28
  34
• 5:28
  years
• 5:28
  and
• 5:29
  one
• 5:29
  of
• 5:29
  the
• 5:29
  things
• 5:29
  I've
• 5:29
  learned
• 5:30
  slowly,
• 5:31
  sometimes,
• 5:31
  and
• 5:31
  sometimes
• 5:32
  painfully,
• 5:32
  is
• 5:32
  that
• 5:33
  the
• 5:33
  strongest
• 5:33
  moments
• 5:33
  in
• 5:34
  our
• 5:34
  relationship
• 5:35
  aren't
• 5:36
  when
• 5:36
  I'm
• 5:36
  trying
• 5:36
  to
• 5:36
  impress
• 5:37
  her.
• 5:38
  It's
• 5:38
  When
• 5:38
  I'm
• 5:38
  being
• 5:39
  honest
• 5:39
  with
• 5:39
  her.
• 5:41
  And
• 5:41
  if
• 5:41
  it's,
• 5:41
  I
• 5:42
  don't
• 5:42
  know
• 5:42
  how
• 5:42
  to
• 5:42
  fix
• 5:43
  something,
• 5:43
  I
• 5:43
  don't
• 5:43
  know
• 5:43
  something,
• 5:44
  or
• 5:44
  I
• 5:44
  messed
• 5:44
  up
• 5:45
  pretending
• 5:45
  like
• 5:46
  I
• 5:46
  do,
• 5:46
  it
• 5:46
  doesn't
• 5:46
  work.
• 5:47
  I
• 5:48
  need.
• 5:48
  If
• 5:48
  I
• 5:48
  need
• 5:48
  help,
• 5:49
  I
• 5:49
  need
• 5:49
  to
• 5:49
  ask
• 5:49
  for
• 5:49
  it
• 5:50
  and
• 5:50
  not
• 5:51
  assume
• 5:52
  that
• 5:52
  I
• 5:52
  have
• 5:53
  what
• 5:53
  I
• 5:53
  need
• 5:54
  to
• 5:54
  know.
• 5:55
  When
• 5:55
  you
• 5:55
  have
• 5:55
  this
• 5:56
  kind
• 5:56
  of
• 5:56
  clarity,
• 5:56
  it
• 5:56
  isn't
• 5:57
  weakness.
• 5:57
  It's
• 5:57
  the
• 5:58
  thing
• 5:58
  that
• 5:58
  makes
• 5:58
  for
• 5:59
  a
• 5:59
  real
• 5:59
  connection.
• 6:00
  And
• 6:00
  in
• 6:00
  this
• 6:01
  story
• 6:02
  with
• 6:02
  the
• 6:03
  Roman
• 6:03
  soldier
• 6:03
  and
• 6:03
  Jesus,
• 6:04
  it's
• 6:05
  the
• 6:05
  captain's
• 6:05
  clarity
• 6:06
  about
• 6:06
  himself
• 6:06
  that
• 6:07
  opens
• 6:07
  the
• 6:07
  door
• 6:07
  to
• 6:07
  what
• 6:08
  Jesus
• 6:09
  can
• 6:09
  do.
• 6:10
  He
• 6:11
  doesn't
• 6:11
  perform
• 6:12
  worthiness.
• 6:14
  He
• 6:14
  just
• 6:14
  shows
• 6:15
  up
• 6:15
  honestly.
• 6:16
  And
• 6:16
  Jesus
• 6:17
  calls
• 6:17
  it
• 6:17
  the
• 6:17
  most
• 6:18
  extraordinary
• 6:18
  faith
• 6:19
  he's
• 6:20
  encountered.
• 6:22
  Point
• 6:22
  to
• 6:22
  ponder
• 6:22
  number
• 6:23
  three.
• 6:23
  Notice
• 6:23
  who
• 6:23
  the
• 6:24
  captain
• 6:24
  is
• 6:24
  fighting
• 6:25
  for.
• 6:26
  His
• 6:26
  servant.
• 6:28
  Hmm.
• 6:29
  Now,
• 6:29
  this
• 6:29
  is
• 6:30
  a
• 6:30
  detail
• 6:30
  I
• 6:30
  really
• 6:30
  don't
• 6:31
  want
• 6:31
  you
• 6:31
  to
• 6:31
  overlook.
• 6:32
  Don't
• 6:33
  blow
• 6:33
  past
• 6:33
  it.
• 6:34
  A
• 6:34
  Roman
• 6:34
  military
• 6:35
  captain
• 6:35
  is
• 6:36
  going
• 6:36
  to
• 6:36
  extraordinary
• 6:37
  lengths,
• 6:39
  sending
• 6:39
  delegations
• 6:40
  of
• 6:40
  people,
• 6:41
  humbling
• 6:41
  himself
• 6:42
  before
• 6:42
  a
• 6:42
  Jewish
• 6:42
  rabbi
• 6:44
  for
• 6:45
  his
• 6:45
  servant.
• 6:47
  The
• 6:47
  text
• 6:48
  says
• 6:48
  he's
• 6:48
  prized
• 6:49
  him
• 6:49
  highly
• 6:49
  and
• 6:50
  didn't
• 6:50
  want
• 6:50
  to
• 6:50
  lose
• 6:51
  him.
• 6:52
  In
• 6:52
  a
• 6:53
  world
• 6:53
  where
• 6:53
  servants
• 6:54
  and
• 6:54
  slaves
• 6:55
  were
• 6:55
  often
• 6:56
  disposable
• 6:57
  people,
• 6:58
  this
• 6:58
  captain
• 6:59
  saw
• 6:59
  a
• 6:59
  human
• 6:59
  being
• 6:59
  worth
• 7:00
  fighting
• 7:00
  for.
• 7:02
  From
• 7:02
  a
• 7:02
  progressive
• 7:03
  faith
• 7:03
  point
• 7:03
  of
• 7:03
  view,
• 7:04
  this
• 7:04
  is
• 7:04
  where
• 7:04
  the
• 7:04
  story
• 7:05
  gets
• 7:06
  beautifully
• 7:06
  subversive.
• 7:08
  The
• 7:08
  outsider
• 7:09
  with
• 7:09
  no
• 7:09
  religious
• 7:09
  training
• 7:10
  instinctively
• 7:11
  does
• 7:11
  the
• 7:11
  thing
• 7:12
  that's
• 7:12
  at
• 7:12
  the
• 7:12
  heart
• 7:12
  of
• 7:13
  God's
• 7:13
  vision
• 7:13
  for
• 7:13
  the
• 7:14
  world.
• 7:15
  He
• 7:15
  values
• 7:15
  someone
• 7:16
  the
• 7:16
  system
• 7:16
  says
• 7:17
  doesn't
• 7:17
  matter.
• 7:19
  He
• 7:19
  uses
• 7:19
  his
• 7:19
  power
• 7:20
  not
• 7:20
  to
• 7:20
  protect
• 7:21
  himself,
• 7:22
  but
• 7:23
  to
• 7:23
  advocate
• 7:23
  for
• 7:24
  someone
• 7:24
  beneath
• 7:25
  him
• 7:25
  in
• 7:25
  the
• 7:25
  social
• 7:26
  order
• 7:26
  of
• 7:26
  the
• 7:26
  day.
• 7:28
  On
• 7:28
  my
• 7:28
  cancer
• 7:29
  podcast,
• 7:30
  I
• 7:30
  see
• 7:30
  this
• 7:30
  kind
• 7:30
  of
• 7:30
  advocacy
• 7:31
  all
• 7:31
  the
• 7:32
  time.
• 7:32
  A
• 7:33
  spouse
• 7:33
  fighting
• 7:33
  through
• 7:33
  all
• 7:34
  the
• 7:34
  insurance
• 7:34
  bureaucracy.
• 7:35
  A
• 7:35
  friend
• 7:36
  driving
• 7:36
  hours
• 7:37
  to
• 7:37
  take
• 7:38
  their.
• 7:38
  Their
• 7:38
  friend
• 7:39
  to
• 7:39
  chemotherapy.
• 7:41
  A
• 7:41
  co
• 7:41
  worker
• 7:42
  organizing
• 7:42
  meals
• 7:43
  for
• 7:43
  someone
• 7:43
  who
• 7:44
  is
• 7:45
  homebound
• 7:46
  with
• 7:46
  an
• 7:46
  illness,
• 7:48
  these
• 7:48
  aren't
• 7:48
  grand,
• 7:49
  churchy,
• 7:50
  or
• 7:50
  theological
• 7:51
  gestures.
• 7:51
  They're
• 7:51
  acts
• 7:52
  of
• 7:52
  stubborn
• 7:53
  kindness
• 7:54
  and
• 7:54
  love
• 7:55
  on
• 7:55
  behalf
• 7:55
  of
• 7:56
  somebody
• 7:56
  who
• 7:56
  is
• 7:56
  vulnerable.
• 7:58
  And
• 7:58
  this
• 7:58
  story
• 7:59
  says
• 7:59
  that
• 7:59
  kind
• 7:59
  of
• 8:00
  love
• 8:00
  catches
• 8:00
  God's
• 8:01
  attention.
• 8:03
  So
• 8:03
  let's
• 8:03
  talk
• 8:03
  about
• 8:03
  an
• 8:04
  action
• 8:04
  step.
• 8:05
  Here's
• 8:05
  what
• 8:06
  I
• 8:06
  want
• 8:06
  to
• 8:06
  invite
• 8:06
  you
• 8:06
  to
• 8:06
  do
• 8:07
  today.
• 8:07
  Think
• 8:07
  about
• 8:07
  someone
• 8:08
  in
• 8:08
  your
• 8:09
  life
• 8:09
  who
• 8:09
  you
• 8:09
  might
• 8:09
  be
• 8:10
  considered
• 8:10
  an
• 8:10
  outsider
• 8:11
  to
• 8:11
  your
• 8:11
  faith,
• 8:12
  to
• 8:12
  your
• 8:13
  community,
• 8:13
  to
• 8:13
  your
• 8:14
  circle.
• 8:14
  Maybe
• 8:15
  someone
• 8:15
  you've
• 8:15
  unconsciously
• 8:16
  assumed
• 8:17
  doesn't
• 8:17
  get
• 8:17
  it
• 8:17
  spiritually.
• 8:19
  Instead
• 8:19
  of
• 8:19
  teaching
• 8:19
  them
• 8:20
  something,
• 8:20
  I
• 8:20
  want
• 8:20
  you
• 8:20
  to
• 8:20
  learn
• 8:21
  from
• 8:21
  them.
• 8:21
  Ask
• 8:21
  them
• 8:21
  a
• 8:22
  question
• 8:22
  about
• 8:22
  their
• 8:23
  life,
• 8:23
  about
• 8:23
  their
• 8:24
  background,
• 8:24
  about
• 8:24
  what
• 8:24
  they
• 8:25
  believe
• 8:25
  and
• 8:27
  what
• 8:27
  gives
• 8:27
  them
• 8:27
  hope,
• 8:30
  how
• 8:30
  they
• 8:30
  see
• 8:30
  the
• 8:30
  world.
• 8:31
  And
• 8:31
  here's
• 8:31
  the
• 8:31
  thing.
• 8:32
  Listen
• 8:32
  without
• 8:33
  correcting.
• 8:34
  Because
• 8:34
  if
• 8:34
  Jesus
• 8:35
  found
• 8:35
  the
• 8:35
  most
• 8:35
  remarkable
• 8:36
  faith
• 8:37
  in
• 8:37
  a
• 8:37
  Roman
• 8:37
  soldier
• 8:38
  who
• 8:38
  didn't
• 8:38
  know
• 8:38
  a
• 8:38
  single
• 8:39
  line
• 8:39
  of
• 8:39
  scripture,
• 8:40
  then
• 8:40
  maybe
• 8:41
  the
• 8:41
  person
• 8:41
  who
• 8:41
  challenges
• 8:42
  your
• 8:42
  assumptions
• 8:43
  and
• 8:43
  my
• 8:43
  assumptions
• 8:45
  has
• 8:45
  something
• 8:46
  to
• 8:46
  teach
• 8:46
  us
• 8:46
  about
• 8:47
  trust.
• 8:48
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• 8:49
  going
• 8:49
  to
• 8:49
  come
• 8:49
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• 8:49
  and
• 8:49
  pray
• 8:50
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• 8:50
  in
• 8:50
  just
• 8:50
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• 8:50
  minute,
• 8:51
  but
• 8:51
  I
• 8:51
  want
• 8:51
  you
• 8:52
  to
• 8:52
  know
• 8:53
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• 8:53
  there
• 8:54
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• 8:54
  a
• 8:55
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• 8:56
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• 8:56
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• 8:56
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• 8:56
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• 8:56
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• 8:57
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• 9:13
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• 9:14
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• 9:16
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• 9:16
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• 9:18
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• 9:18
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• 9:19
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• 9:19
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• 9:21
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• 9:21
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• 9:23
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• 9:23
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• 9:24
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• 9:24
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• 9:25
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• 9:25
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• 9:26
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• 9:27
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• 9:27
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• 9:27
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• 9:27
  Christ,
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  Remember,
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  God's
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  loyal
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  love
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  doesn't
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  run
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  out.
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  His
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  merciful
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  love
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  hasn't
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  dried
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  up,
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  it's
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  created
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  new
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  every
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  morning.