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Mark chapter 10 · Scripture Unscripted

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  Mark chapter 10, let us pray. Our Lord and our God, our King,
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  you are so good. Thank you Jesus for another day.
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  Thank you Jesus for waking us up.
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  Thank you Jesus for setting us on our feet.
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  Thank you Jesus, we have come here to worship you in spirit
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  and truth. Lord, we are asking God for
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  direction. Lord, we are acknowledging you,
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  and we are asking God that you will direct our steps.
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  She'll direct our paths. God, give us peace from on high.
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  Lord, give us provision for today.
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  Lord, I pray that you'll give us understanding from on high.
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  Help us to see this world the way that you do.
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  Father, I pray right now in the name of Jesus for peace upon
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  this earth. God, I pray in the name of Jesus
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  that we will receive the grace and the mercy and the love, God
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  that you have for us. Lord, we pray that you will be
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  for us and not against us. In the name of Jesus.
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  Lord, I pray that we will be found faithful followers of you.
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  God, we will be found locked eyes with you.
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  We will be found with our hand to the plow.
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  God, let us get out of the way of what you want to do today, of
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  what you want to say today. Speak to us through your eternal
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  words. Lord, speak to us today.
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  Lord, help us to see these words as your breath upon this page.
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  Father, help us to know that you're speaking loudly and
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  boldly to us today. God, I pray that we, Lord, will
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  be transformed by the renewing of our minds.
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  God, let this word wash over our minds.
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  Father, make us new. Father, make us a new creation.
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  God, give us a new heart. Give us a clean heart.
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  God, give us clean hands. Father, I pray, Lord, that no
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  sin will be counted against us on that day, Father and I pray
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  in the name of Jesus that today will be the day of salvation for
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  many. Father, I pray God that we will
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  see you correctly, that we will see you as our Savior.
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  We will see you as the Lord of Lords and the King of kings,
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  that you are the long-awaited Messiah.
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  And that Lord, we put our whole faith in you, our whole trust in
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  you. God, we say yes and Amen to all
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  of these words and to all of these promises.
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  Lord, you are Lord Jesus, you are Lord, and we love you.
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  King Jesus, we set our eyes upon you, we set our faces like a
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  Flint towards you. Father, let your Kingdom come
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  and let your will be done here on this earth just as it is
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  there in heaven. Father, Father, us, Lord, we
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  love you. Yes.
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  Jesus. Yeshua, I'm Messiah, we love
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  you. Ellion.
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  Yes. Maranatha, come, Lord, come.
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  The spirit and the bride say come.
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  We love you, Jesus, we love you. Holy Spirit, teach us today.
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  Holy Spirit, well up within us today.
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  Holy Spirit, guide us today. Holy Spirit, discipline us
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  today. Holy Spirit, give us discernment
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  for these words. Lord, we love you.
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  And it's in Jesus Christ, holy and precious name that we pray.
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  Amen. Let's start in verse one.
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  And he arose from there, and came unto the coast of Judea by
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  the farther side of Jordan. And the people resorted unto him
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  again and he was won't he taught them again.
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  Here comes Jesus on the scene. Here he comes.
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  Look at him. He's dawning on the horizon.
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  Friends, look at how King Jesus is so loving and he teaches
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  them. You know, most of Mark has been
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  all the things that Jesus did. And we're going to get to see a
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  little bit of what he talked about, a little bit of his
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  teachings here in chapter 10. Let's keep moving.
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  Verse 2. And the Pharisees came to him
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  and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife,
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  tempting him? So we can see that their motive
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  was impure. Their motives were to trap him
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  in his words. But King Jesus can never be
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  trapped. He is power all, sufficient
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  sacrifice. He is omniscient and He knew
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  what they were doing. And you cannot fool God.
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  You cannot hide from God. You cannot compartmentalize your
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  life, friends, you cannot take something and hide it away
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  because God sees everything laid naked and bare.
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  Go ahead and confess it to Him today.
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  Go ahead and tell him all of your emotions.
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  God is strong enough and God is big enough to absorb all all of
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  your questions, all of your emotions.
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  Friends, you can pour it out. Give them all your doubts,
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  friends. Give them all the things that
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  you are holding on to, all the unforgiveness.
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  Give them all of the hatred that's in your heart.
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  Give them all of the jealousy. Give them all of your doubts,
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  friends. Give him all of it.
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  And watch how He instills in you a clean and a new heart.
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  Watch how He instills in you a peace that surpasses all
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  understanding. Friends, when we come to Him and
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  we acknowledge Him as the great I am, as our Lord, as Yahweh,
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  the Supreme Yahweh, forever and ever everlasting.
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  When you acknowledge Him as your Lord, watch how he gives you all
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  the things that you've ever wanted, and he makes you lie
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  down in green pastures. Friends.
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  And he leads you besides still waters, friends.
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  And he guards you, friends. And he will be your shepherd,
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  and he will make sure that even when you're walking in the
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  valley of death, He will be there to comfort you.
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  Friends, if you will just turn it all over to them.
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  Look at how they were trying to trap King Jesus.
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  He could not be trapped. He is God, He is Lord.
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  He knew their thoughts. 3 And he answered and said unto them,
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  What did Moses command you? And they said verse 4, Moses
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  suffered to write a bill of divorcement and to put her away.
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  So we've talked about this there back in Matthew and Matthew, his
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  gospel actually actually expounded upon this moment a
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  little bit more than Mark does. Mark is a fast track through the
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  gospel through the Mark is a fast track through the ministry
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  of Jesus Christ. And here they are trying to trap
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  Jesus into either siding with the Rabbi Shammai or siding with
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  the Rabbi Hillel. And these were the two thought
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  processes of the day. And one said you could put your
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  wife away from burning your breakfast.
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  And the other one was a little bit more prudent and said no,
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  only for infidelity. And here Jesus is going to show
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  them that they air greatly by trying to trap him.
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  He is going to show them that God, God is the one who
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  institutes marriage and God is the only one that can cast it
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  asunder. God is the only one that can
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  deem you divorced. Man cannot do that.
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  Court cannot do that. A lawyer cannot do that.
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  Only God can do that. And there are many people who
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  have gone through with divorce for the wrong reasons.
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  Because it got hard and God was desirous to actually pull things
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  out of you and he was going to use your mate.
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  But when things got hard, you tuck tail and you ran.
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  And there's a lot of people who have not seen themselves in the
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  right light that they have actually committed adultery,
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  that they have actually caused their spouse to commit adultery.
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  And Jesus is going to expand, expound upon that.
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  And ultimately what we need is we need forgiveness.
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  We need to ask for forgiveness. We need to make sure that we see
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  ourselves as those that have erred grievously.
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  We need to see ourselves in the light of what Jesus here is
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  trying to paint, which is that there are many people who see
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  themselves as divorce, but in God's eyes they are not in G5.
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  And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your
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  heart, he wrote you this precept.
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  So He was not mandating divorce. He was actually giving them the
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  permission to do so only by the defilement of the marriage bed.
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  Whenever there was infidelity, Friends, this was the only
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  reason, and Jesus talked about it there back in Matthew six.
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  He takes them all the way back to the beginning.
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  He takes them all the way back to the garden. 6 But from the
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  beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.
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  There's not 1/3 option here, friends, It's only male and
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  female. 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother,
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  and cleave to his wife? 8 And the two shall be 1 flesh.
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  So then they are no more, 2 but one flesh. 9 What therefore God
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  has joined together. Let no man put us under.
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  So here Jesus is taking them back to the beginning.
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  He's showing them that God is the one that institutes
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  marriage. This is not a man made
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  institution. And you can see why the enemy
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  has tried to hijack it. You can see the strength in a
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  family unit when the father and the mother choose to stay
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  together, whenever the children are raised in the house with the
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  same mother and father. And you can see how it's a unit.
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  You can see how this goes and touches generations upon
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  generations. And the enemy is attacking the
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  family unit. The enemy hates marriage, the
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  enemy hates family. And he will do everything within
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  his power to try to break up a home, to try to get the father
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  to get upset and to leave, to try to get the mother to get
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  upset and to leave. And Jesus says unless there is
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  infidelity, there is no grounds for divorce, friends.
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  And so it if your mate is abusive, whether it is
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  physically, if your mate is abusive, whether it is
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  emotionally, if your mate is abusive in all the ways friends,
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  we need to get them help. We need to separate from them.
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  We need to get into a safe place.
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  We need to leave them, but do not seek divorce.
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  Get them help. Friends, get that person help.
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  Friends, get them counseling, get them into a rehab, get them
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  into the place where they can see the air of their way.
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  Do not go back and put yourself in harm's way, but just know
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  that God still sees you as married and a lot of people
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  would do very well to see that. They have aired grievously in
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  the idea of thinking that they are divorced, when in all of
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  actuality, God has never seen them that way.
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  And there are many things that come up in your life where you
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  can see that the Lord still sees you as married.
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  And it does not mean that you go running back to that person if
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  you have married somebody else, because then by marrying someone
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  else, you've already committed the act of infidelity.
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  So you are one way or another, you've already got the out that
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  the Lord said that God would see you as being divorced.
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  So yes, this is a hard teaching from Jesus.
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  These are Jesus's thoughts on marriage.
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  This is God's institution on marriage, and you can see why it
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  is under attack. You can see why it is being
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  misconstrued. You can see why it is such a
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  grievous thing. Whenever we have people in the
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  highest offices that are saying that it is OK for two men to be
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  married or two women to be married, you can see hear
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  Jesus's words. You can see here what God had
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  instituted. One man and one woman and God is
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  the one who marries them. It is not a certificate.
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  It is not a legal document. It is not a binding document.
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  God is the one who marries them, friends.
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  And yes, we need to go through all the processes of it, but we
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  need to know that ultimately God is the one who can join the two
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  together as one flesh, and God is is the one who puts them
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  asunder. And we would do well friends, to
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  remember Jesus words here. 10 And in the house his disciples
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  asked him again of the same matter. 11 And he said unto
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  them, Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another
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  commits adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away
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  her husband and be married to another, she commits adultery.
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  It's plain as the nose on your face, friends.
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  It's a long winded, roundabout way to wrap up two verses in. 11
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  Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another commits
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  adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her
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  husband and be married to another, she commits adultery.
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  And this is not the unpardonable sin, friends.
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  This is not the unforgivable sin, friends.
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  This is not a stigma upon you if you've been divorced.
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  It is very simple. You just need to ask for
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  forgiveness and receive that forgiveness and see that you
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  were in air and you need to go to the Lord and you need to have
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  cleansing and see marriage the way that He does, so that when
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  you get married again, you can lock in, you can finish well.
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  You can restore the years that the locust has eaten and be
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  there for your children and be there for your wife and be the
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  man that God has called you to be.
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  Thirteen. And they brought young children
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  to him that he should touch them.
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  And his disciples rebuke those that brought them.
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  They were bringing their children to Jesus to be blessed.
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  And the disciples were thinking, Well, he's not here for the
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  little children. He's here to be the political
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  leader of his own Kingdom that he's about to establish.
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  They had missed the whole point, friends.
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  They were still thinking that Jesus is about to institute his
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  Kingdom. 14 And when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and
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  said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me,
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  and forbid them not for of such as the Kingdom of God.
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  We already have learned in the previous chapters that unless
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  you become like a little child, you shall not enter into the
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  Kingdom of God. And if you offend one of these
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  little ones, it would be better for you to tie a millstone
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  around your neck, and to be drowned in the sea.
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  Friends, Jesus holds these children in high regard, and we
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  need to have faith like little children.
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  Think about how a little child is, and think about how they are
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  not worried about where their next meal is going to come from.
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  They trust that their meals are going to be provided for, that
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  their clothing is going to be provided for, that their housing
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  is going to be provided for. And we would do well to be
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  content with food and clothing friends, knowing that it comes
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  from our Father in heaven who loves us and He knows our needs
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  before we even ask Him friends. And here the disciples would do
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  well, well to see that their faith needs to become more like
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  these little children. 15 Truly, I say unto you, who's whosoever
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  shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall
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  not enter therein. So there it is, friends, we must
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  become like these little kids. We must become like these little
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  children. Friends, we must have that kind
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  of faith, that very simple faith.
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  And yes, it is OK to swim in the deep end, but just know you're
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  never going to touch the bottom and it's always going to come
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  back around to the same principle.
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  Unless you have faith, like a child, you shall not enter.
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  How does the moon just stay in the sky and it doesn't fall?
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  How does it just stay there? Friends, we trust that it's just
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  hung on nothing. It's that same childlike faith.
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  Friends, whenever we're thinking about eternity, when we're
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  approaching this word, friends, we need to know that we know
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  that we know that we know that God is real.
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  We need to know that we know that we know that we know that
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  Jesus is our Savior. We need to know that we know
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  that we know that we know that the Holy Spirit lives within us.
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  And we need to know that we know that we know that.
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  We know that when we die, we're going to bust heaven wide open
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  and praise God. Hallelujah, we love you, King
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  Jesus. 16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon
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  them, and he blessed them. Praise the Lord.
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  This touch from Jesus is all that we need to be cleansed and
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  to be made whole and to be healed from all of our
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  infirmities, friends. And we can stand straight up, We
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  can gird up our loins and stand in his presence because of this
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  touch from him, friends. 17 And when he was gone forth into the
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  way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him,
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  Good Master, what shall I do, that I may inherit eternal life?
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  This was not a title that someone would just give a rabbi.
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  This was likening Jesus to God. This rich young ruler was coming
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  to Jesus and acknowledging him as God and Lord, and he's asking
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  what he should do. 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why do you call
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  me good? There is none good but one, and
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  that is God. He wanted him to make sure that
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  he knew what he was saying. He's saying, listen, you are
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  calling me God. And by calling me God, you will
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  have to listen to what I'm about to say.
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  You cannot discount it if you believe that Jesus is part of
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  the Trinity. If He is God Incarnate, then
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  what He says has supreme importance and you cannot cherry
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  pick the verses and you cannot just form your theology off of
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  some parts of what Jesus said and leave out the rest that are
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  hard and does not fit your lifestyle.
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  And that's what this rich young ruler is trying to do here.
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  And we will see that in a minute.
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  And look around, friends, we have an entire generation of
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  rich young rulers and they nod at God, but they only want to
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  obey the things that fit into their lifestyle, and it does not
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  work that way. 19 You know, the commandments do not commit
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  adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false
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  witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.
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  So here Jesus is taking him to the second-half of the
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  commandments, and here Jesus is not even talking about the first
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  five. He just was talking about the
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  things that we could do in the outward that could be measured
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  here. And let's see how this rich
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  young ruler responded. 20 And he answered and said unto him,
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  Master, all these I've obtained I've observed from my youth.
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  So here this rich young ruler is saying, well, if that's the
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  requirements, I'm good. And there are a lot of people
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  like that. They are the 99 sheep who do not
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  see their need for repentance. And I tell you, there is more
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  rejoicing over 1 Sinner who sees his need for repentance than for
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  the 99 who do not. They are sitting on their
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  blessed assurance. They are going to try to enter
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  into the Kingdom of God by Grandma's faith, by the pastor's
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  faith, by how many Bibles they have in their house.
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  And it does not work that way. It is not about our church
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  attendance or if our name is on a roll somewhere, friends.
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  It is about obedience unto this word, friends.
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  It's about being cleansed by the blood of the Lamb, friends, and
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  producing much fruit. 21 In Jesus, beholding him, loved him,
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  and said unto him, One thing you lack, Go your way, sell
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  whatsoever you have, give to the poor, and you shall have
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  treasure in heaven, and come and take up the cross, and follow
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  me. He's telling this rich young
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  ruler that to follow him means death to self in here.
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  This is where a lot of us hang in the balance, Friends.
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  We are in suspended animation. Friends, many of us are
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  perplexed by this crossroads. When we get here, we don't want
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  to go to hell, but we don't want to give up our lifestyle.
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  We want to have our cake and we want to eat it too.
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  We want to make sure that we're going to make it there.
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  But we sure like all of our comforts and pleasures.
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  We sure like all of the things this world can provide.
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  And it does not work that way, friends.
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  It does not work that way, friends.
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  You cannot serve both God and Mammon.
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  You cannot serve both God and money.
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  You will love 1 and you will hate the other.
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  So if you love God, you hate money because of the division
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  that it causes. And God knows what we need
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  before we even ask Him and who the sun sets.
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  Free is free indeed. Friends, we need to owe no man
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  nothing. Naked you came into this world
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  and naked you will leave it. You will not take anything with
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  you. Friends.
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  And yes, we should leave an inheritance for our children,
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  but leave the inheritance of the faith that you had in your life.
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  Let that be the currency that you operate out of.
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  Friend 22 And he was sad at that scene, and he went away grieved,
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  for he had great possessions, and these great possessions
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  greatly possessed him, and he was not willing to let go of
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  them. What a word for us.
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  What a word for this hour. What a word for this time, for
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  such a time as this. Friends, we need to know that
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  God is the one who provides your very next breath, your very next
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  heartbeat. We're not promised tomorrow, for
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  life is a vapor. 23 And Jesus looked round about, and he said
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  unto his disciples, How hard shall they that have riches
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  enter into the Kingdom of God? It is possible, but it is the
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  exception to the rule. 24 And the disciples were astonished at
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  his words. But Jesus answered again, and
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  said unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust
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  in riches to enter into the Kingdom of God?
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  When we place our faith in our finances, it diminishes and
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  decreases the need for God. When you see your worth as in
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  your bank account, you do not see your worth as a child of the
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  Most High God who has the cattle on 1000 hills, who can provide
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  for you lavishly, and it might not be monetarily. 25 It is
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  easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a
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  rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.
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  You cannot squeeze a camel through the eye of a needle,
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  friends. And he's saying that is what it
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  is like. That is the plausibility of a
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  rich man making it into the Kingdom of God.
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  Blessed are the poor, blessed are the meek, blessed are the
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  humble. Friends, we need to know where
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  everything comes from. We need to know that God is our
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  provider. We need to trust Him with
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  little. We need to be like the widow who
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  gives everything that she had to live on, friends.
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  And watch how Jesus notices you and watch how he turns his face
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  towards you and watch how things go well for you in this
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  lifetime. Friends, whenever we trust the
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  Lord God Almighty, in all circumstances, in all things,
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  for every day, for our very provisions, for this day,
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  friends, give it all over to Him.
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  Nothing held back, nothing behind your back, nothing
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  withheld from Him. Give it all to Him open
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  handedly. Do not be like the bear who
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  would not let go of the honey inside of the tree.
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  Just open your palms up and release what you have to him and
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  watch how so much peace comes flooding in to your life.
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  Friends 26 They were astonished out of measure, saying among
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  themselves, who then can be saved?
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  It was a common theme in that day and age that the rich were
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  thought to be the most blessed by God.
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  It is no different in our day. It's no different in our hour.
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  We even worship those who are so godless because of how much
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  money they have. They become idols in our lives,
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  Friends, and it should not be so.
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  And we are pushing God to the back burner because our eyes are
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  locked in on heavenly riches. Be lovers of money and lovers of
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  self and lovers of pleasure, and we do not care about God.
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  We need to turn our eyes away from self and away from luxury
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  and away from money, and away from mammon, and lock eyes with
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  him, and walk with him on the water, and let him lead you
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  home. 27 And Jesus looking upon them, said, With men it is
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  impossible, but not with God, for with God all things are
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  possible. Underline it.
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  Highlight it. This is the whole matter of the
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  whole question of the whole thing is with God.
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  Nothing is impossible. If you are working out of your
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  own strength, you're going to be perpetually frustrated.
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  But give it all over to God and trust Him, friends.
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  Trust him in the process. Do not be so tight fisted and
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  clenched fisted. You need to release, release,
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  release. Let go and let God work it out
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  friends. He is a good father, He loves
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  well. 28th Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left
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  all, and have followed you. 29 And Jesus answered and said,
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  Truly I say unto you, There is no man that has left house,
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  brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, land,
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  for my sake and the Gospels. 30 But he shall receive a
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  hundredfold. Now in this time, houses,
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  brothers, sisters, mothers, children land with persecutions,
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  and in the world to come eternal life. 31 But many that are first
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  shall be last in the last first. That was a lesson that we
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  touched on in the last chapter or so.
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  And what Peter is saying is what will we get for leaving
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  everything if it's not riches, if it's not possessions and
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  Jesus being a good, loving and faithful Lord, Master God, he
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  turns and says in this lifetime you will have a hundredfold.
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  And what does that look like, friends?
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  When we start seeing the world around us the way that God does,
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  you're going to see that everything on this earth is gods
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  and everybody in it, and everything belongs to Him.
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  There is nothing in this entire world, the richest underneath
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  the earth, the ores of gold and silver of everything above us in
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  the Galaxy. There is nothing that is not His
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  friends. Everything belongs to Him.
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  And when you are a child of Him, it is your inheritance.
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  And you need to know that God lavishly provides for us a
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  hundredfold, A thousandfold, a billion fold.
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  And there is no lack in the Father's house and He can do
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  mighty things. And you need to know that
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  whenever you are yoked up with Jesus that everything is
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  available to you. And you need to know that He is
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  going to take care of you. And you don't need to sit and
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  count the pennies. Friends, we need to know that
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  everything belongs to Him. The oceans belong to Him, the
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  continents belong to Him. There is nothing that is not
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  His, and it is His to give to us whenever we can steward it and
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  steward it well. And if you're faithful with
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  little, you'll be faithful with much.
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  But make sure you take care of the little that He's given you
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  first, and watch how He grows your circle of influence.
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  Watch how He grows the dominion that He has entrusted to you
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  friends. And you need to know that in
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  order to obtain that, you need to wash the feet of your
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  brothers and sisters, your loved ones.
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  You need to take the lowly position.
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  You need to take the humble position.
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  You need to take the path of humility, friends, and watch how
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  God exalts you in due time, friends. 32 and and they were in
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  the way, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went before them, and
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  they were amazed, and as they followed, they were afraid.
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  And he took again the 12 and began to tell them what things
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  should happen unto him. Look at the zeal of his house
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  that has consumed Jesus. He set his face like a Flint,
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  friends, towards Jerusalem. He knew what was about to
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  happen, and here he is going to tell them.
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  He's going to make it plain. 33 Saying, Be we go up to
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  Jerusalem, and the Son of Man shall be delivered unto the
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  chief priest and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn
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  him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles. 34 And they
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  shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon
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  him, and shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.
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  How much more plain can he make it?
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  Friends? He is talking to little
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  children. He is talking to the elementary
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  school class. He is telling them line by line
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  what is going to happen, and He's doing it in the sequence.
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  And there is nothing here that is parabolic.
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  It is all plain as the nose on their faces.
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  And Jesus is so loving and so kind as to tell them exactly
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  what is to happen. And they missed it. 35 And James
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  and John, the sons of Zebedee, came unto him, saying, Master,
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  we would, that you should do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
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  36 And he said unto them, What would you that I should do for
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  you? 37 And they said unto him, Grant
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  unto us that we may sit one on your right hand, and the other
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  on your left hand, in your glory here.
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  They thought that he was going into Jerusalem to usurp the
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  Roman authority there in the land and to put his Kingdom in
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  place. They had missed the whole mark.
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  They wanted the places of authority.
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  They wanted the places of the special positions next to him.
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  Let's see what Jesus says. 38 But Jesus said unto them, You
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  know not what you ask, Can you drink of the cup that I drink
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  of, and be baptized with the baptism that I'm baptized with?
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  39 And they said unto him, We can.
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  And Jesus said unto them, You shall indeed drink of the cup
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  that I drink of, and with the baptism that I am baptized with
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  all shall you be baptized? 40 But to sit on my right hand
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  and on my left hand is not mine to give, but it shall be given
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  to them for whom it is prepared. So we need to know what this
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  whole little scene is about. It seems like every single time
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  that Jesus tries to tell them of the plan, the heavenly plan that
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  God has given him and the timeline and what is to come,
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  every single time they get it wrong and they try to rebuke him
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  and they try to ask for these special seats of honor.
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  And Jesus here, he must be grieved that the disciples still
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  didn't understand it. And let's not be too hard on
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  them, friends, because they had not yet received the Holy Spirit
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  like you and I have. They had not yet received the
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  full counsel of God's Word like you and I have.
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  Friends, They were not 2000 years removed from this event to
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  have 2000 years of time to study upon this passage in this
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  Scripture to understand stand it like we have today.
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  Friends, let's not be too hard on them.
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  They were just trying to get what they thought was their due
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  for leaving everything and coming and following this rabbi.
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  And they would have done well to remember the words of Peter
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  before he got rebuked whenever he said you are the Christ, the
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  Son of God, and you have the words of eternal life.
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  And where else would we go, friends?
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  The 41 And when the 10 heard it, they began to be much displeased
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  with James and John. Perhaps they were jealous.
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  Perhaps they didn't think of it. Perhaps they thought that they
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  had received some kind of special blessing for the baptism
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  that they were going to have to endure.
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  And we know that James was the first martyr of the disciples,
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  and we know that John was outcasted to the island of
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  Patmos. We know that they did have to
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  endure persecution. Friends 42 But Jesus called them
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  to him, and said unto them, You know that they which are
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  accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over
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  them, and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 43
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  But so shall it not be among you, but whosoever will be great
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  among you shall be your minister. 44 And whosoever of
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  you will be the chiefest shall be servant of all. 45 For even
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  the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to
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  minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
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  Here we see the principle outlined once again that the
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  first shall be last and the last shall be first.
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  And the low path is the way to be exalted, friends.
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  If you try to exalt yourself, you will be humbled.
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  But if you will humble yourselves, you will be exalted
• 39:43
  as an upside down, inside out kind of Kingdom, friends.
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  And we need to understand the ways of God and how he operates.
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  And it is pride, pride, pride and more pride that creeps in to
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  a person into a congregation. It creeps into a land and over a
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  government. It is.
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  Is pride that will always get us dealt with.
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  When we develop these places of pride and think of ourselves as
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  more than we ought to, we will be humbled and humiliated
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  friends, and that is what we need to guard ourselves against
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  the most Supreme. We see that Jesus did come to
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  give his life as a ransom. He was the all sufficient
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  perfect sacrifice, the atonement for all of our sins, and our
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  sins were cast as far as the east is to the West, and blessed
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  is the man whose sins will never be counted against him because
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  of what Jesus did. 46 And they came to Jericho, and as he went
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  out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of
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  people, blind, Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the
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  highway side, begging. Oh, Lord Jesus, please, Lord
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  Jesus, please heal us, make us whole, protect our families,
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  bring the wayward children home. God, please take this cancer out
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  of our bodies. Please bring our spouses back.
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  Please put them back in their right mind.
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  Please, Father, we beg of thee. We love you, Jesus.
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  Here's Bartimaeus begging on the highway side when he sees Jesus
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  coming through. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,
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  he began to cry out and say, Jesus, you son of David, have
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  mercy on me. He gave him his rightful
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  messianic title, And even the Pharisees missed it, and the
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  Herodians missed it, and the Sadducees missed it.
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  Even the disciples had missed it.
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  And here Bartimaeus is blind, and he hears this Jesus of
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  Nazareth, the branch, and he's coming through.
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  And he cries out, and he gives him his rightful messianic
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  title, Son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many charged him
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  that he should hold his peace, but he cried the more a great
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  deal. You, son of David, have mercy on
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  me. He cried out even louder.
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  He would not let them shut him up.
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  He cried out all the louder. And sometimes when the miracle
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  doesn't happen, we cry out all the louder.
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  Friends, you knock and knock and knock until God comes through.
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  Friends, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still and
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  commanded him to be called. And they called the blind man,
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  saying unto him, Be of good comfort.
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  Rise. He calls you.
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  He's calling out to you today if you have breath in your lungs.
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  Friends, if you have breath in your lungs, he's crying out.
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  You should cry out to Him and receive your healing.
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  Receive your sight. Let the scales fall off your
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  eyes. Let the plugs be unstopped from
• 43:22
  your ears. Friends, if you have breath in
• 43:25
  your lungs, Jesus is passing by. Cry out to Him.
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  Friends, cry out all the louder. Do not be satisfied with the no.
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  Cry out even louder. Be of good cheer.
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  You have breath in your lungs and it's not too late.
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  Give up all of the sins that you're holding so close to that
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  you find your identity in. Give them up, friends.
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  Let go of the chains that are binding you friends and all the
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  false identity friends of all of your propensities into your fits
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  of rage and anger of your childhood trauma.
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  Let let it go and be healed today.
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  Receive your healing today. Be of good comfort today because
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  you have another day and his mercies are new everyday
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  friends. Be of good comfort.
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  Rise. He calls you 50 And he casting
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  away his garment, and came to Jesus.
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  And Jesus answered and said unto him, What will you that I should
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  do unto you? And he asked you the same thing.
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  What is it that you want from me?
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  Be bold in your prayer life. Friends, increase your prayer
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  life. Friends, do not let your prayer
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  life go by the wayside. Friends, increase the dialogue.
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  Increase the time that you spend on your face with God.
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  Cry out to Him all the more when the healing doesn't come, when
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  the blessing doesn't come, when the miracle doesn't happen.
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  Do not be satisfied in the know if you have another day to wake
• 45:13
  up, be blessed, be of good cheer.
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  Just know that you have another day to worship Him, and to come
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  to Him in spirited truth, and to receive your healing, and to
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  receive the miracle. The blind man said unto him,
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  Lord, that I may receive my sight.
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  And that is what we all need. We need to be able to see. 52
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  And Jesus said unto him, Go your way, your faith has made you
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  whole. And immediately he received his
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  sight and followed Jesus in the way.
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  That is a literal passage that literally happened for
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  Bartimaeus. He cried all the more.
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  But it is for us today, friends, we need to receive the healing
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  and to be made whole and to be able to see, friends, we need a
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  miracle today. We need to be able to see this
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  world the way that God does. We need to be able to see this
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  world all around us with the eyes of faith to be able to know
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  what to do and when to do it and how to do it and how to love our
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  neighbor as our self. We have a mission field all
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  around us. Receive your healing today, for
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  His mercies are new. Call upon that name and be
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  saved. Call upon that name and be made
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  whole. He loves you.
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  I hope you've been blessed by this chapter.
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  I know I sure have. Praying for every single one of
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  you. I love you.
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  We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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  God bless you.