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Mark 5:1-20 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Let me say, I am incredibly excited about this particular text and this story that we see in the first 20 verses of chapter 5.
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Although I am feeling pretty sick today.
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So I really, really want my presentation of this to look like this.
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I have a feeling it's going to look more like this.
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And I've got to tell you that my face is kind of numb, so that might have looked exactly the same. I'm not really sure right now.
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I took some day quill this morning. I feel like I took night quill.
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And I'm telling you that not so that you have pity on me.
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I think a lot of people probably aren't feeling too well this morning.
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But so that if I say something that makes zero sense to you, you may know why.
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And I'm in a bit of a fog this morning.
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And so in just a moment here, we'll pray together for clarity for my speech and God's sustaining work in our time together as we study the Gospel of Mark.
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Let me remind you where we've been. We've been off for a couple of weeks.
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We took a two-week break after we wrapped up Chapter 4.
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But remember that Mark's Gospel account, as is the case with other Gospel accounts as well,
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but is to convince his readers that Jesus is in fact the Son of God, that He is who He says He is,
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and to compel us to become disciples of Christ who make disciples of Christ.
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And I'm afraid that I have to make that clarification in the current environment in which we live.
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Please know that a disciple of Christ necessarily makes disciples of Christ,
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that that's a natural outflow of following Jesus because Jesus came to seek and to save the lost,
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and therefore we should do the same.
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But I feel that I need to make that clarification.
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So Mark's argument for us is to become disciple-making disciples of Jesus Christ.
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And he has, in a very comic strip kind of way, moved through a ton of action through the first four chapters
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to show us Jesus' power over all sorts of things.
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Over nature, over illness, over sin, over demons.
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We've seen this repetition throughout the beginning of the Gospel of Mark.
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We saw in chapter 1, verses 21-28, an exorcism.
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Verse 23-24 reads,
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And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
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What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?
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Have you come to destroy us?
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I know who you are, the Holy One of God.
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In chapter 1, verses 32-34, we see the casting out of many demons,
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kind of a summary of an evening he spent healing and casting out demons.
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In chapter 3, verse 11, we see again an unclean spirit encounter him,
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and we see this broad sweep of whenever the unclean spirit saw him,
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they fell down before him and cried out,
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You are the Son of God, and he commands them to be silent.
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Then we study the controversy that arose as a result of Jesus' exorcisms.
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Chapter 3, verses 22-30, and this was that narrative,
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that liar, lunatic, or lord narrative that we discussed together.
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And that was a result of the exorcisms.
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People were accusing him of doing this by the power of Satan.
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But now we find, in chapter 5,
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the most spectacular account of Jesus' power to cast out demons.
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And here I really appreciate that Mark spends a bit more time on it
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than either of the other two synoptics, Matthew and Luke.
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He fleshes out more of the detail for us,
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to drive us to understand who it is that this Jesus is.
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So let's read it together, beginning in verse 1 of chapter 5.
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They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes.
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And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat,
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immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.
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He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore,
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not even with a chain,
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for he had often been bound with shackles and chains,
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but he wrenched the chains apart,
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and he broke the shackles in pieces.
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No one had the strength to subdue him.
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Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains,
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he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.
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And when he saw Jesus from afar,
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he ran and fell down before him.
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And crying out with a loud voice, he said,
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What have you to do with me, Jesus, the Son of the Most High God?
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I adjure you by God, do not torment me.
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For he was saying to him,
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Come out of the man, you unclean spirit.
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And Jesus asked him,
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What is your name?
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He replied,
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My name is Legion, for we are many.
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And he begged him earnestly not to send him out of the country.
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Now a great herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside,
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and they begged him, saying,
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Send us to the pigs, let us enter them.
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So he gave them permission.
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And the unclean spirits came out and entered the pigs,
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and the herd, numbering about two thousand,
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rushed down the steep bank into the sea,
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and were drowned in the sea.
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The herdsmen fled and told in the city and in the country,
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and people came to see what it was that had happened.
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And they came to Jesus, and they saw the demon-possessed man,
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the one who had had the legion, sitting there,
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clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
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And those who had seen it described to them
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what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs.
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And they began to beg Jesus to depart from their region.
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As he was getting into the boat,
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the man who had been possessed with the demons
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begged him that he might be with him.
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And he did not permit him, but said to him,
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Go home to your friends and tell them
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how much the Lord has done for you,
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and how he has had mercy on you.
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And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis
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how much Jesus had done for him,
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and everyone marveled.
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Join me in prayer.
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Father God, we do thank you for the gift of your word
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and for Mark's gospel account of the life of Jesus Christ.
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And I pray, Father, as we look at it together this morning,
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that you will strengthen me to speak with clarity
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for what you would have us learn from this text today.
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You are the creator and sustainer of all things,
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and you do this through the powerful word of Jesus Christ.
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And so we pray that he will work in me
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in a great way by the Spirit this day,
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and that you will help us all in our hearing
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to apply the truths contained in this text to our hearts,
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that we might become in increasing ways devoted to Christ.
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And we pray this in his precious and holy name.
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Amen.
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Now, this fantastic miracle
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has come right on the heels of another miracle.
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And you recall that Jesus was spending
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large parts of his time
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on the west coast of the Sea of Galilee,
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particularly in a town called Capernaum.
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You see him in Capernaum,
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back on the seashore, back in Capernaum.
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We saw in chapter 4,
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him actually cast out from the shore
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and teach from a boat.
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This is where we get the parable of the sower.
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He's teaching from a boat.
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And then he's crossed,
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and in the crossing,
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there was a great storm,
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a storm that potentially had waves
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that were ten feet high
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on this little lake called the Sea of Galilee.
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And he has performed a spectacular miracle
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by simply speaking to the creation,
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and it obeys him.
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And the disciples, in verse 41 of chapter 4,
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says,
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So I just want you to remember
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that's where the disciples are at
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in their faith.
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That's where they arrive on the shore,
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and then this happens.
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This very next thing happens.
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And there's a man there
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that is extremely demon-possessed.
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In fact, when Jesus asks,
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What is your name?
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He replies,
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My name is Legion,
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for we are many.
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Now, it would be conjecture to say
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that it was a particular number of demons.
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We don't know for sure,
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but we must understand that in this day,
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the day of Caesar Augustus,
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a legion was made up of 6,826 men.
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That's what a legion was.
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It would be 6,100 foot soldiers
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and 726 horsemen.
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So, potentially,
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6,826 demons possessed this man.
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We don't know that to be sure,
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but it was certainly a great number.
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To the degree that
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this man was incredibly strong.
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He was a wild man.
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In Luke's account,
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it says that he was naked
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out in the tombs.
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Wild.
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They had tried to come out
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and to bind him
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because nobody could pass by on the road,
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and he had broken the chains
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and broken the shackles
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that he was bound with.
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This would have been
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a supernatural feat
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that would have been accomplished.
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And we see here,
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at the very end of verse 4,
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and I absolutely love this,
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it says,
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no one had the strength
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to subdue him.
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So, he had lived here
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in the tombs and the catacombs
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wreaking havoc.
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A wild man, crazy,
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crying out,
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cutting himself,
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extremely demon-possessed.
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And the record here is
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no one had the strength
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to subdue him.
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But when Jesus lands on shore,
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we learn something very exceptional
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about Jesus,
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and that is that Jesus did,
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in fact,
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have the strength
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to subdue him.
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And he does it
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with his words.
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No one could shackle him
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with chain.
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He would break the chains.
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Jesus speaks
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and subdues the evil spirits
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that are within this man.
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Notice in verse 6
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that these demons
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do not try to run away
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and try to hide
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from the power of Jesus Christ.
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They recognize who he is.
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They know full well
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the power that he has
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over them.
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And so they run to him
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to beg mercy of him.
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Verse 7,
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crying out with a loud voice,
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The man has fallen down
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before Jesus.
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What have you to do with me?
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Jesus,
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Son of the Most High God,
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I adjure you
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or I plead with you,
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I solemnly implore you,
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right?
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By God,
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do not torment me.
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These demons,
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these enemies of God
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that in years past
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had revolted against him,
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right?
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that were now given permission
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to run the earth
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and to wreak havoc
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and quite a number of them,
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an army of them,
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have decided to wreak havoc
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in this particular man's life
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and in the society
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in which he lived.
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Fall down and beg for mercy
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at the feet of Jesus.
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And we should learn from this
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that we need to ask God
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to have mercy on us.
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Now, we are not categorically
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the same as demons,
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right?
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Hear that.
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We are not categorically
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the same as demons.
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However,
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apart from regenerative faith
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in Christ,
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apart from having our hearts
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made new,
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apart from believing
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that he is who he says he is
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and that he accomplished
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what he accomplished,
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we are enemies of God.
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We are set against him
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in every way
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and our end is destruction.
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We should fear God
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in the same way
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that these demons fear God
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because his wrath is coming
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on those celestial beings
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that revolted against him
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as well as on those
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who do not believe
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that Jesus is
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who he says that he is.
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We should fear God.
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Proverbs 9.10 says,
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The fear of the Lord
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is the beginning of wisdom
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and the knowledge of the Holy One
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is insight.
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Why is this the case?
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Because properly acknowledging
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that God is who he is,
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that he is the great I am,
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that he is the creator
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of all things,
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and that he has a standard
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that we fail miserably to meet
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is the starting place
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to finding our justification
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in the personal work
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of Jesus Christ.
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Fearing God,
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knowing that he has set a standard
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for us to live by
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and that we have failed,
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is the place in which
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we find our hearts humbled,
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knowing that we need a Savior.
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That our eternal state
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necessitates somebody
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interceding on our behalf.
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That there is no work
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that we could do
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to repay the debt
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that is owed for our sin.
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That the wrath of God
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is due those who are
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his enemies rightly,
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justly.
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It's proper for him
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to punish those
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who are his enemies.
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And it puts us
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in a place
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where we can recognize
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that Jesus bore
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that wrath
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on our behalf.
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Notice here,
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Jesus simply speaks.
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He gives permission.
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I love this
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at the beginning of verse 13.
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They plead with him.
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It seems that there's been
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a bit of an argument going on.
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There's kind of a parenthetical
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in verse 8.
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He says,
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What have you to do with us,
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Jesus, the Son of the Most High God?
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I adjure you by God.
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Do not torment me.
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For,
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Jesus was saying to him,
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Come out of the man,
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you unclean spirit.
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So he begins to debate
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with Jesus.
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Jesus has told them
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to come out.
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He begins to debate with him.
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And they have a bit
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of a conversation.
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And they beg to be sent
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to the pigs.
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Verse 13,
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So he gave them permission.
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He said,
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Okay.
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That's where you can go.
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And this draws my mind,
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and I hope it does yours,
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to the book of Job,
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where we see in chapter 1,
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verses 6-12,
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as well as chapter 2,
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verse 1-7,
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where God grants Satan
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permission to torment Job.
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He is the sovereign ruler
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of all things.
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He holds all things
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in the sway that it exists in
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by the power of His Word.
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This is our Jesus.
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It's an incredible,
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incredible picture.
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No one had the strength
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to subdue Him.
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But Jesus did
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by the power of His Word.
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So we need to ask God
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to have mercy on us.
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If you have not done that,
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if you have not come
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to a position in your life
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where you have recognized
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that there is a standard,
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that God is who He said He is,
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that He sent His Son,
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and that Jesus is God.
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There are many people in this world
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that deny that there is a God at all,
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which is a way for them
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to set themselves up
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as their own God.
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If you live in that kind of a state
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where you don't want
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to submit yourself
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to the rule and the reign
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of the person of Jesus Christ,
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you need to do that.
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Your end is destruction
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if you have not.
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We plead with you today.
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Ask God to have mercy on you.
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And the wonderful promise
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of the Gospel
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is that He will.
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The wonderful promise
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of the Gospel.
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Titus 3, verse 3.
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Please turn there with me.
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You should see this for yourself.
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If you are a student of your Bible,
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which I hope you are,
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you will see again and again and again
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Gospel presentations,
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summations of what God has done
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for us in Christ.
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Beginning of verse 3 of chapter 3.
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We ourselves were once foolish.
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See if you can pick up
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some of the characteristic
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of this man.
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Foolish, disobedient,
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led astray,
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slaves to various passions
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and pleasures,
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passing our days in malice
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and envy,
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hated by others
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and hating one another.
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Beginning of verse 4.
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But,
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and this is absolutely
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my favorite conjunction
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in the Scriptures.
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This word right here
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in Titus 3, verse 4.
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But,
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when the goodness
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and loving kindness
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of God our Savior
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appeared,
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He saved us,
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not because of works
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done by us in righteousness,
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but according to
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His own mercy,
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by the washing
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of regeneration
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and renewal
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of the Holy Spirit
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whom He poured out
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on us richly
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through Jesus Christ,
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our Savior.
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So that being justified
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by His grace,
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we might become heirs
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according to the hope
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of eternal life.
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God would have been
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totally just
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to stop this process
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at the end of verse 3.
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We in every way
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had set ourselves up
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to be enemies of Him.
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And we deserve
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the punishment
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that was coming to us.
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So praise God
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for the conjunction
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at the beginning
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of verse 4.
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Because of His goodness,
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because of His loving kindness,
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not because of works
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that we can do
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on our own.
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He has made us new
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by the Spirit
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in Christ.
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Praise God.
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We need to learn
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from this
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that Jesus
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is Himself
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God
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and that He will
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save us
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from the wrath
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of God
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to eternal glory
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with Himself.
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What a blessing
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that is.
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We also need to learn
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from this text
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that we should
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tell our friends
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how much
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the Lord
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has done
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for us.
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That we should
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tell our friends
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how much
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the Lord
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has done
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for us.
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One of the things
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I love
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about this story
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is that it's evidence
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that Jesus understood
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God's global
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purpose
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for His glory.
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Jesus understood
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and gives us
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hint
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to the very fact
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and if you're
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again a student
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of your Bible
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this wouldn't
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come as a surprise
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to you
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but that God
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has intended
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to save
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peoples.
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Peoples from
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all over this
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world.
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That God has
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intended for people
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across this
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planet
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to praise
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His name
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forever.
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Jesus got this.
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Jesus crossed
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over the Sea
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of Galilee
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to an area
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that was
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primarily
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Gentile.
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Primarily Gentile.
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These people
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would have been
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descendants
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left over
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from Babylonian
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captivity
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when the Jews
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were carried
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off in Babylonian
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captivity
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and peoples
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moved into
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the area
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Gentile peoples
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which is just
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categorical
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not Jewish
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when you hear
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that term
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Gentile
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Greek
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not Jewish
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right?
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The country
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of the Gerasenes
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we see here
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and we see
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that the man
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later goes
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and proclaims
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in the Decapolis
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which was a
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set of ten
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cities
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and you'll
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see them
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they're all
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up and down
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the coast
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there
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of the Sea
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of Galilee
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and out
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beyond.
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We also
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see that
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there was
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a great
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herd of
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pigs
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and Jews
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didn't
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eat
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pork
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so this
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was a
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Gentile
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town
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that he
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was landing
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in
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to do
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this
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to come
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and to
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share
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the good
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news
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of the
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coming
18:57
kingdom.
18:59
Jesus
19:00
understood
19:00
his scriptures
19:01
Jesus
19:01
had a very
19:01
clear vision
19:02
of who
19:03
God was
19:04
to the
19:04
world
19:05
which
19:05
enabled
19:06
him
19:06
empowered
19:07
him
19:07
to be
19:08
able to
19:08
do this
19:09
as he
19:09
was being
19:09
led
19:10
across
19:11
the Sea
19:11
of Galilee
19:12
knowing
19:12
full well
19:13
I'm sure
19:14
as he
19:14
was God
19:14
incarnate
19:15
that he
19:15
was going
19:15
to encounter
19:16
this man
19:16
and encounter
19:17
these Gentile
19:18
peoples
19:18
on that
19:19
coast
19:19
I'm sure
19:20
he thought
19:21
of things
19:22
like
19:22
Psalm 67
19:23
verses 1-3
19:24
may God
19:25
be gracious
19:25
to us
19:26
and bless
19:27
us
19:27
and make
19:28
his face
19:28
to shine
19:29
upon us
19:30
that your
19:31
way may
19:31
be known
19:32
on earth
19:33
your saving
19:33
power among
19:34
all nations
19:35
let the
19:36
peoples
19:37
praise you
19:38
oh God
19:38
let all
19:39
the peoples
19:40
praise you
19:42
the significance
19:44
of that
19:44
would have
19:45
been huge
19:46
in his mind
19:47
as he went
19:47
to take
19:47
the gospel
19:48
to a
19:49
Gentile
19:49
people
19:50
turn
19:51
with you
19:51
will to
19:52
Isaiah
19:52
chapter 42
19:53
let me
19:53
further
19:54
make this
19:54
case
19:54
to you
19:55
the universal
20:02
significance
20:03
and calling
20:03
of Israel
20:04
is nowhere
20:05
expressed
20:06
more clearly
20:06
than in
20:07
Isaiah
20:08
chapters 40
20:09
through 55
20:09
I encourage
20:10
you to read
20:11
those chapters
20:12
on your own
20:13
time
20:14
there are
20:15
two particular
20:15
texts
20:16
that speak
20:17
of Israel's
20:17
purpose
20:18
to make
20:18
God known
20:19
amongst the
20:19
nations
20:20
particular ones
20:20
very poignant
20:22
to this
20:22
fact
20:23
we find
20:24
the first
20:24
in Isaiah
20:25
chapter 42
20:26
verse 1
20:27
through 7
20:28
I better
20:29
get myself
20:30
there
20:30
Isaiah 42
20:37
1 through 7
20:37
behold my
20:39
servant
20:39
whom I
20:39
uphold
20:40
my chosen
20:41
in whom
20:41
my soul
20:42
delights
20:43
I have
20:44
put my
20:44
spirit
20:44
upon him
20:45
he will
20:45
bring forth
20:45
justice
20:46
to the
20:47
nations
20:47
he will
20:49
not cry
20:49
aloud
20:49
or lift
20:50
up his
20:50
voice
20:50
or make
20:50
it heard
20:51
in the
20:51
street
20:51
a bruised
20:52
reed
20:52
he will
20:53
not break
20:53
and a
20:54
faintly
20:54
burning
20:55
wick
20:55
he will
20:55
not
20:56
quench
20:56
he will
20:57
faithfully
20:57
bring forth
20:58
justice
20:59
he will
21:00
not grow
21:00
faint
21:01
or be
21:01
discouraged
21:02
till he
21:02
has
21:02
established
21:03
justice
21:03
in the
21:04
earth
21:04
and the
21:05
coastlands
21:06
wait
21:06
for his
21:06
law
21:07
thus says
21:08
God the
21:08
Lord
21:09
who created
21:09
the heavens
21:10
and stretched
21:10
them out
21:11
who spread
21:11
out the
21:12
earth
21:12
and what
21:13
comes
21:13
from it
21:13
who gives
21:14
breath
21:14
to the
21:14
people
21:15
on it
21:15
and spirit
21:15
to those
21:16
who walk
21:16
in it
21:16
I am
21:17
the
21:17
Lord
21:18
I have
21:18
called
21:19
you in
21:19
righteousness
21:20
I will
21:20
take you
21:21
by the
21:21
hand
21:21
and keep
21:22
you
21:22
I will
21:23
give you
21:23
as a
21:23
covenant
21:24
for the
21:24
people
21:25
a light
21:26
for the
21:27
nations
21:27
to open
21:28
the eyes
21:29
that are
21:29
blind
21:29
to bring
21:29
out the
21:30
prisoners
21:30
from the
21:30
dungeon
21:31
from the
21:31
prison
21:32
those
21:32
who sit
21:33
in
21:34
darkness
21:34
you see
21:35
that an
21:35
expressed
21:36
purpose
21:37
of why
21:38
God had
21:38
a particular
21:39
people
21:40
these people
21:41
Israel
21:42
the Jews
21:42
was to
21:43
be a
21:44
light
21:44
to show
21:45
the
21:45
nations
21:46
the
21:47
goodness
21:47
of God
21:48
that they
21:48
might repent
21:49
and believe
21:50
Isaiah 49
21:52
is the
21:52
next one
21:53
if you'll
21:53
turn there
21:53
again
22:04
verses 1
22:05
through 7
22:05
listen to
22:08
me
22:09
O
22:09
coastlands
22:09
and give
22:10
attention
22:10
you peoples
22:11
from afar
22:11
the Lord
22:12
called me
22:13
from the
22:13
womb
22:13
from the
22:13
body
22:14
of my
22:14
mother
22:14
he named
22:15
my name
22:15
he made
22:16
my mouth
22:17
like a
22:17
sharp
22:17
sword
22:17
in the
22:18
shadow
22:18
of his
22:18
hand
22:18
he hid
22:19
me
22:19
he made
22:19
me
22:19
a
22:19
polished
22:20
arrow
22:20
in his
22:20
quiver
22:21
he hid
22:21
me
22:21
away
22:22
and he
22:23
said
22:23
to me
22:23
you are
22:24
my
22:24
servant
22:24
Israel
22:25
in whom
22:26
I will
22:26
be glorified
22:27
but I
22:28
said
22:29
I have
22:29
labored
22:29
in vain
22:30
I have
22:30
spent
22:30
my
22:30
strength
22:31
for
22:31
nothing
22:31
in
22:31
vanity
22:32
yet
22:32
surely
22:33
my
22:33
right
22:33
is
22:34
with
22:34
the
22:34
Lord
22:34
and
22:35
my
22:35
recompense
22:36
with
22:36
my
22:36
God
22:37
and
22:38
now
22:38
the
22:38
Lord
22:38
says
22:39
he
22:39
who
22:39
formed
22:39
me
22:39
from
22:40
the
22:40
womb
22:40
to
22:40
be
22:40
a
22:41
servant
22:41
to
22:41
bring
22:42
Jacob
22:42
back
22:42
to
22:42
him
22:43
and
22:43
that
22:43
Israel
22:43
might
22:44
be
22:44
gathered
22:44
to
22:45
him
22:45
for
22:45
I
22:45
am
22:46
honored
22:46
in
22:46
the
22:46
eyes
22:46
of
22:47
the
22:47
Lord
22:47
and
22:47
my
22:47
God
22:48
has
22:48
become
22:48
my
22:49
strength
22:49
he
22:50
says
22:51
it
22:51
is
22:51
too
22:52
light
22:52
a
22:52
thing
22:52
that
22:52
you
22:52
should
22:53
be
22:53
my
22:53
servant
22:53
to
22:53
raise
22:54
up
22:54
the
22:54
tribes
22:54
of
22:54
Jacob
22:54
and
22:55
to
22:55
bring
22:55
back
22:55
the
22:56
preserved
22:56
of
22:57
Israel
22:57
I
22:57
will
22:57
make
22:58
you
22:58
as
22:58
a
22:58
light
22:59
for
22:59
the
22:59
nations
23:00
that
23:00
my
23:00
salvation
23:01
may
23:01
reach
23:01
to
23:01
the
23:01
end
23:02
of
23:12
So the
23:22
very
23:22
purpose
23:22
of
23:22
Isaiah
23:23
drawing
23:23
the
23:24
people
23:24
of
23:24
God
23:24
back
23:25
to
23:25
God
23:25
was
23:25
so
23:26
that
23:26
God
23:27
might
23:27
be
23:27
proclaimed
23:28
amongst
23:29
the
23:30
nations
23:30
in
23:30
these
23:30
two
23:31
marvelous
23:31
texts
23:32
Israel
23:32
is called
23:32
to reveal
23:33
God's
23:33
justice
23:34
to
23:34
the
23:34
nations
23:35
Isaiah
23:36
42
23:36
1
23:36
and
23:36
to
23:37
serve
23:37
as
23:37
a
23:37
light
23:37
to
23:37
the
23:38
Gentiles
23:38
42
23:39
6
23:39
and
23:40
49
23:40
6
23:41
so
23:42
that
23:42
this
23:42
salvation
23:43
offered
23:43
to
23:44
Israel
23:44
might
23:44
reach
23:45
to
23:45
the
23:45
ends
23:46
of
23:46
the
23:46
earth
23:46
Isaiah
23:47
49
23:47
6
23:49
your
23:51
mind
23:51
might
23:52
go to
23:52
the
23:52
story
23:52
of
23:53
Jonah
23:53
Jonah
23:54
is
23:55
told
23:55
by
23:55
God
23:56
to
23:56
take
23:56
the
23:56
message
23:56
of
23:56
God's
23:57
mercy
23:57
to
23:58
Israel's
23:58
most
23:58
cruel
23:59
of
23:59
enemies
24:00
the
24:00
Assyrians
24:01
cruel
24:02
enemies
24:03
and
24:04
he
24:04
has
24:04
to
24:04
go
24:05
God
24:05
tells
24:06
him
24:06
to
24:06
go
24:06
to
24:06
the
24:06
capital
24:07
city
24:07
of
24:08
Nineveh
24:09
and
24:10
there's
24:10
a
24:11
great
24:11
outpouring
24:12
there's
24:12
a
24:12
great
24:13
response
24:13
to
24:14
the
24:14
mercy
24:14
of
24:14
God
24:15
as
24:15
he
24:15
goes
24:15
there
24:16
and
24:17
preaches
24:17
John
24:20
chapter
24:20
20
24:20
verse
24:20
21
24:21
Jesus
24:22
appears
24:23
after
24:24
his
24:24
death
24:24
to
24:25
the
24:25
disciples
24:25
he
24:26
says
24:26
peace
24:27
be
24:27
with
24:27
you
24:27
as
24:27
the
24:27
father
24:28
has
24:28
sent
24:28
me
24:28
even
24:29
so
24:29
I
24:30
am
24:30
sending
24:31
you
24:31
and
24:32
we
24:32
know
24:32
from
24:32
Luke
24:33
chapter
24:33
19
24:33
verse
24:34
10
24:34
he
24:34
said
24:35
for
24:35
the
24:35
son
24:35
of
24:35
man
24:35
came
24:36
to
24:36
seek
24:37
and
24:37
to
24:37
save
24:38
the
24:38
lost
24:39
and
24:39
that
24:39
includes
24:40
those
24:41
outside
24:41
of
24:42
Israel
24:42
that
24:42
includes
24:43
Gentiles
24:44
praise
24:44
God
24:45
that
24:45
includes
24:45
us
24:46
I
24:47
don't
24:47
know
24:47
if
24:47
any
24:47
of
24:48
you
24:48
are
24:48
of
24:48
Jewish
24:48
descent
24:49
in
24:49
this
24:49
room
24:49
I
24:50
would
24:50
guess
24:50
not
24:51
right
24:52
if
24:53
you're
24:53
not
24:53
praise
24:54
God
24:54
for
24:55
these
24:55
promises
24:55
because
24:56
this
24:56
is
24:56
how
24:56
the
24:57
gospel
24:57
has
24:57
come
24:58
to
24:58
us
24:59
we've
24:59
been
24:59
given
24:59
a
25:00
promise
25:00
by
25:00
Jesus
25:00
in
25:01
Matthew
25:01
chapter
25:01
24
25:02
verse
25:02
!
25:02
14
25:02
he
25:03
says
25:03
and
25:03
this
25:03
gospel
25:04
of
25:04
the
25:04
kingdom
25:04
will
25:04
be
25:05
proclaimed
25:05
throughout
25:05
the
25:05
whole
25:06
world
25:06
as
25:06
a
25:07
testimony
25:07
to
25:08
all
25:08
nations
25:08
and
25:09
then
25:09
the
25:09
end
25:10
will
25:11
come
25:11
and
25:12
we
25:12
get
25:13
a
25:13
glimpse
25:13
of
25:13
that
25:13
in
25:14
Revelation
25:14
chapter
25:14
5
25:15
verse
25:16
9
25:16
and
25:16
10
25:17
John
25:18
records
25:18
for
25:18
us
25:18
and
25:18
they
25:19
sang
25:19
a
25:19
new
25:19
song
25:19
saying
25:20
worthy
25:21
are
25:21
you
25:21
to
25:21
take
25:21
the
25:22
scroll
25:22
and
25:22
to
25:22
open
25:23
its
25:23
seals
25:23
for
25:24
you
25:24
were
25:24
slain
25:24
and
25:25
by
25:25
your
25:25
blood
25:26
you
25:26
ransomed
25:26
people
25:26
for
25:27
God
25:27
from
25:27
every
25:27
tribe
25:28
and
25:28
language
25:29
and
25:29
people
25:30
and
25:30
nation
25:31
you
25:31
have
25:32
made
25:32
them
25:32
a
25:32
kingdom
25:32
and
25:33
a
25:33
priest
25:33
to
25:33
our
25:33
God
25:34
that
25:34
they
25:35
shall
25:35
reign
25:35
on
25:36
the
25:36
earth
25:36
and
25:38
much
25:38
debate
25:38
goes
25:39
on
25:39
about
25:39
what
25:39
it
25:40
means
25:40
by
25:40
every
25:41
tribe
25:41
and
25:41
language
25:42
and
25:42
people
25:43
nation
25:44
the
25:44
particulars
25:45
of that
25:45
the
25:45
semantics
25:46
of
25:46
these
25:46
words
25:47
one
25:47
thing
25:47
we
25:47
can
25:47
be
25:48
sure
25:48
of
25:48
the
25:48
end
25:49
has
25:49
not
25:49
come
25:49
yet
25:50
therefore
25:50
the
25:50
task
25:51
is
25:51
yet
25:51
to
25:51
be
25:51
completed
25:52
and
25:53
this
25:53
is
25:53
what
25:53
God
25:54
has
25:54
called
25:55
us
25:55
into
25:56
in
25:56
Christ
25:56
and
25:57
that
25:57
is
25:58
to
25:58
propagate
25:59
the
25:59
truth
25:59
if
25:59
you
26:00
like
26:00
to
26:00
go
26:00
back
26:01
and
26:01
read
26:01
Mark
26:01
chapter
26:01
4
26:02
and
26:02
see
26:02
all
26:02
the
26:02
agrarian
26:03
symbols
26:03
there
26:03
that
26:04
is
26:04
to
26:04
propagate
26:04
the
26:05
truth
26:05
of
26:05
his
26:06
kingdom
26:06
amongst
26:06
peoples
26:07
everywhere
26:09
the
26:11
vision
26:11
statement
26:11
of our
26:12
church
26:12
changed
26:13
recently
26:13
many
26:13
of you
26:13
probably
26:14
don't
26:14
know
26:14
that
26:15
but
26:15
we
26:16
made
26:16
a
26:16
small
26:17
alteration
26:17
to
26:17
it
26:18
just
26:18
to
26:18
bring
26:18
a
26:18
little
26:18
more
26:18
clarity
26:19
to
26:20
it
26:20
and
26:20
we
26:21
added
26:21
some
26:21
words
26:22
to
26:22
the
26:23
end
26:23
in
26:23
the
26:23
vision
26:24
statement
26:24
of our
26:24
church
26:24
is
26:25
Christ
26:25
family
26:25
church
26:25
exists
26:26
to
26:26
glorify
26:26
God
26:26
by
26:27
its
26:27
experiencing
26:28
proclaiming
26:29
and
26:29
displaying
26:29
the
26:29
supremacy
26:30
of
26:30
Jesus
26:30
Christ
26:30
in
26:31
all
26:31
things
26:31
and
26:31
then
26:31
we
26:32
added
26:32
to
26:33
all
26:33
peoples
26:34
to
26:35
be
26:35
sure
26:36
that
26:36
everyone
26:36
understood
26:37
that
26:37
we
26:37
recognize
26:38
as
26:38
a
26:38
church
26:39
that
26:39
is
26:40
the
26:40
task
26:40
put
26:41
before
26:41
us
26:41
to
26:41
share
26:42
the
26:42
gospel
26:42
everywhere
26:43
with
26:44
everyone
26:45
thinking
26:48
about
26:48
God's
26:49
global
26:49
purposes
26:50
you
26:51
must
26:51
also
26:52
know
26:53
that
26:54
this
26:54
includes
26:55
North
26:56
Georgia
26:56
it
26:57
includes
26:57
the
26:58
southeast
26:59
it
26:59
includes
26:59
America
27:00
it
27:00
includes
27:01
your
27:01
dorm
27:02
hall
27:03
and
27:04
your
27:04
workplace
27:05
and
27:05
your
27:06
home
27:06
it
27:07
includes
27:08
all
27:08
of
27:08
this
27:08
God
27:09
wants
27:09
to
27:10
be
27:10
praised
27:10
and
27:10
as
27:10
his
27:11
people
27:11
we
27:11
should
27:11
want
27:12
him
27:12
to
27:12
be
27:12
praised
27:12
far
27:13
and
27:14
wide
27:14
we
27:15
should
27:16
want
27:16
people
27:16
to
27:16
see
27:17
what
27:17
he
27:17
has
27:18
done
27:18
for
27:18
us
27:19
to
27:19
tell
27:19
our
27:20
friends
27:21
about
27:22
how
27:22
much
27:23
the
27:23
Lord
27:23
has
27:24
done
27:24
for
27:24
us
27:25
and
27:25
how
27:25
he
27:25
has
27:26
had
27:26
mercy
27:26
on
27:27
us
27:28
turn
27:29
to
27:29
Romans
27:30
chapter
27:30
10
27:30
our
27:48
high
27:48
calling
27:48
in
27:48
Christ
27:49
is
27:49
to
27:49
be
27:49
disciple
27:50
making
27:50
disciples
27:51
to
27:53
be
27:53
to be
27:54
finding
27:54
ourselves
27:54
coming
27:55
into
27:55
conformity
27:55
with
27:55
Christ
27:56
and
27:56
to
27:56
bring
27:56
others
27:56
along
27:57
in
27:57
that
27:57
journey
27:58
beginning in verse 11 of Romans chapter 10
28:00
for the scripture says
28:01
this is Isaiah 49-23
28:04
everyone who believes in him will not be put
28:06
to shame
28:07
verse 12
28:08
for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek
28:10
for the same Lord is Lord of all
28:12
bestowing his riches on all who call on him
28:15
for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
28:18
will be saved
28:20
Joel 2-32
28:21
how then will they call on him and whom they have not believed
28:23
and how are they to believe in him of whom
28:25
they have never heard
28:27
and how are they to hear without someone preaching
28:30
and how are they to preach unless they are sent
28:32
as it is written
28:33
how beautiful are the feet of those who preach
28:35
the good news
28:36
Isaiah 52-7
28:39
Paul states to us very clearly here
28:43
that our religion is a religion of words
28:46
our hearts are changed by our knowledge
28:49
of the gospel of Jesus Christ
28:51
and it must be told to us
28:54
which means
28:55
as God's church
28:58
longing
28:58
I hope
28:59
you can join me with this
29:01
longing for the coming of Christ
29:03
wanting to hasten
29:04
that coming
29:05
that we're the tools
29:07
to get that done
29:09
to preach the gospel
29:11
far and wide
29:13
and that means
29:14
you have a place to go
29:16
this afternoon
29:17
to preach the gospel
29:18
and that means that in your life
29:20
young people
29:21
oh I hope this is a church
29:22
that sends people
29:23
to unreached people groups
29:25
that takes the gospel
29:27
to places where the gospel
29:28
has never been named
29:29
where there is no scripture
29:31
in their language
29:32
that builds foundations
29:35
for churches
29:36
to grow
29:37
and flourish
29:38
in
29:38
that it would be said of us
29:41
how beautiful
29:42
are the feet
29:43
of those who preach
29:44
the good news
29:46
there is still a massive
29:48
task
29:49
ahead of us
29:50
preach the gospel
29:52
far and wide
29:53
and you can allow that
29:55
to burden you
29:56
to be
29:57
pressed down by it
29:58
how can I
29:59
one little person
30:00
make any change at all
30:01
or you can glory in the fact
30:03
that God has made a promise
30:04
to redeem people
30:06
from every tribe
30:06
from every nation
30:07
from every tongue
30:08
take comfort in the fact
30:10
that he is the sovereign
30:10
over all
30:11
peoples
30:12
and that if you just
30:13
make yourself
30:14
available
30:15
to be used by him
30:17
that he will
30:18
use you
30:19
it is his desire
30:20
to bring about
30:21
conformity
30:22
to his kingdom
30:23
he will use you here
30:25
he will use you
30:26
there
30:27
how do we carry the gospel
30:29
to some places
30:29
there is a people group
30:31
that I discovered
30:32
in the bathroom reader
30:33
if you hang out with me long
30:35
you will quickly discover
30:36
that any intelligence
30:37
I have
30:37
I learn from the bathroom reader
30:38
there is a group of people
30:41
on an island
30:42
they are called
30:42
the North Sentinelese
30:43
it is North Sentinel Island
30:45
it is protected by India
30:46
no one
30:48
has ever landed
30:49
on this island
30:50
and not been killed
30:51
on the shore
30:52
of it
30:53
some people
30:55
a grandmother
30:56
and two children
30:57
came off the island
30:58
for a while
30:58
and were
30:59
tried to be assimilated
31:03
into some kind of
31:03
western culture
31:04
and sent back to the island
31:05
and they carried disease
31:06
with them
31:07
and wiped out
31:07
a bunch of people
31:08
on the island
31:09
if you get on google maps
31:10
you can't see
31:11
that anybody lives
31:12
on the island
31:12
at all
31:12
it is heavily forested
31:14
the nation of India
31:17
patrols it
31:17
so you can't get
31:18
anywhere near
31:19
the island
31:19
they are trying to
31:20
protect these people
31:20
from the diseases
31:22
that would wipe them out
31:23
as they have been
31:23
so isolated
31:24
how does God intend
31:26
to save
31:27
North Sentinelese
31:28
I don't know
31:29
but I firmly believe
31:31
that as we stand
31:31
around the throne
31:32
we are going to meet
31:33
people from that island
31:34
so how do we get
31:36
the gospel
31:36
to those people
31:37
how are we making
31:39
ourselves available
31:40
and being obedient
31:41
to God's purpose
31:42
and his plan
31:42
for the North Sentinelese
31:44
Jesus understood
31:47
what God intended
31:49
to do with the good news
31:50
of the coming kingdom
31:52
and so he went
31:53
to a place
31:53
that was outside
31:55
of the normal realm
31:57
in the Jews mind
31:59
of God's blessing
31:59
he went to a people
32:00
that they thought
32:01
were apostate
32:04
in every way
32:05
and could not receive
32:06
the blessing
32:06
of God
32:07
and he shared
32:08
the good news
32:09
and he had mercy
32:09
on a man
32:10
who was extremely
32:11
demon possessed
32:14
now you know
32:16
that this man
32:17
that they marvel
32:19
they're afraid
32:20
2,000 pigs
32:22
I can't imagine
32:23
what a herd
32:23
of 2,000 pigs
32:24
looks like
32:25
much less
32:26
rushing down
32:27
a steep bank
32:28
into the sea
32:28
and drowning
32:29
there
32:30
there's some
32:32
certainly some
32:33
livelihood destroyed
32:34
but it seems
32:35
that the people
32:36
are marveling
32:37
because of the
32:38
great power
32:38
that this man
32:39
had
32:39
and that
32:40
Jesus' power
32:41
trumped it
32:41
with words
32:42
he was able
32:43
to cast out
32:44
demons
32:44
and this man
32:45
we find him
32:46
now clothed
32:47
and in his
32:48
right mind
32:49
and the end
32:49
of verse 15
32:50
the record is
32:51
and they were
32:51
afraid
32:53
so they asked him
32:55
verse 17
32:56
to depart
32:57
from their region
32:57
they were afraid
32:59
of the power
32:59
that he had
33:00
and the man
33:02
that he had
33:02
delivered the
33:03
demons from
33:04
begged him
33:06
that he might
33:07
be with him
33:08
and note this
33:09
Jesus said
33:11
no
33:12
Jesus had a
33:14
better place
33:15
for him to be
33:16
he could have
33:17
taken him on the
33:17
boat
33:17
he could have
33:18
made him a
33:18
disciple
33:19
he could have
33:19
taken him
33:20
but he had
33:20
a more
33:21
particular
33:22
purpose
33:23
for him
33:24
he tasked
33:24
the man
33:25
appropriately
33:26
and he told
33:27
him to go
33:28
to his friends
33:29
and tell them
33:30
how much
33:30
the Lord
33:31
has done
33:31
for you
33:31
now the
33:32
great thing
33:33
is if you'll
33:33
flip a couple
33:34
of pages
33:34
over
33:35
we get to
33:37
see we get
33:37
a record
33:38
here that
33:38
the man
33:38
did this
33:39
and everyone
33:40
marveled at
33:41
the end of
33:41
verse 20
33:42
right
33:42
he traveled
33:44
amongst these
33:44
ten cities
33:45
telling what
33:46
Jesus had
33:46
done for
33:46
him
33:47
and we get
33:48
some evidence
33:49
of that
33:49
if you'll
33:49
turn over
33:50
a couple
33:50
of pages
33:51
to Mark
33:51
chapter 7
33:52
and look
33:56
at verse 31
33:57
then he
33:59
being Jesus
33:59
returned from
34:00
the region
34:01
of Tyre
34:02
and went
34:02
through Sidon
34:03
to the sea
34:03
of Galilee
34:04
in the region
34:05
of the
34:05
Decapolis
34:06
this is the
34:07
area that
34:07
he was at
34:08
he went
34:08
back
34:09
over
34:09
there
34:10
and he
34:11
stays there
34:11
I would
34:12
presume
34:12
I'm
34:13
fairly
34:14
confident
34:14
of this
34:15
chapter 8
34:16
verse 1
34:17
it says
34:17
in those
34:18
days
34:18
and then we
34:19
see him
34:19
in chapter
34:19
8
34:20
verse 13
34:20
pass back
34:21
across the
34:22
sea
34:22
so he's
34:23
in this
34:23
region
34:24
when he
34:25
performs
34:25
the second
34:26
feeding
34:27
of 4,000
34:29
so he's
34:30
now back
34:30
in the
34:30
region
34:31
and a
34:31
crowd
34:32
of 4,000
34:33
people
34:33
are now
34:34
coming to
34:35
him
34:35
no longer
34:36
afraid
34:36
but marveling
34:37
and wanting
34:38
to hear
34:38
what it
34:38
is
34:38
he has
34:39
to say
34:40
so this
34:40
one man
34:41
we don't
34:44
know that
34:44
he brought
34:44
about
34:45
regenerative
34:45
faith
34:46
in 4,000
34:47
people
34:47
the presumption
34:48
would be
34:49
that he
34:49
didn't
34:49
we know
34:49
that Jesus
34:50
had very
34:50
few
34:50
followers
34:51
after his
34:51
death
34:52
however
34:53
he was
34:54
certainly
34:55
preaching
34:55
the good
34:56
news
34:56
of the
34:56
kingdom
34:56
far
34:57
and wide
34:58
he was
34:59
engaging
34:59
people's
35:00
minds
35:00
they wanted
35:01
to learn
35:01
more
35:02
about who
35:03
this Jesus
35:03
was
35:04
I'm sure
35:04
some with
35:05
bad motivation
35:06
they knew
35:07
about this
35:07
crazy thing
35:08
that this
35:08
Jesus had
35:08
done
35:09
and they
35:09
wanted to
35:09
see if he
35:09
would do
35:10
anything else
35:10
that nuts
35:11
they had
35:11
come for
35:12
the magic
35:12
show
35:12
but many
35:14
I'm sure
35:14
came
35:14
genuinely
35:16
wanting to
35:16
know and
35:16
understand
35:17
who this
35:18
person
35:18
is
35:19
so the
35:21
man was
35:21
willing
35:21
to be
35:22
put
35:23
where
35:23
he
35:23
was
35:24
not to
35:25
go off
35:26
to do
35:26
something
35:27
radical
35:27
to go
35:28
on his
35:28
mission
35:28
journey
35:29
but to
35:29
be
35:29
where
35:29
he
35:30
was
35:30
and to
35:31
share
35:31
the
35:31
good
35:32
news
35:32
of the
35:32
kingdom
35:32
what the
35:33
Lord
35:33
had
35:33
done
35:33
for him
35:34
with
35:34
his
35:35
friends
35:36
Acts
35:38
chapter
35:38
20
35:39
verse
35:39
24
35:39
Paul
35:42
said
35:42
but I
35:42
do not
35:43
account
35:43
my
35:43
life
35:44
of
35:44
any
35:44
value
35:45
nor
35:46
as
35:46
precious
35:46
to
35:46
myself
35:47
if
35:47
only
35:48
I
35:48
may
35:48
finish
35:48
my
35:49
course
35:49
and the
35:50
ministry
35:50
that I
35:50
received
35:51
from
35:51
the
35:51
Lord
35:51
Jesus
35:51
to
35:52
testify
35:53
to
35:53
the
35:53
gospel
35:54
of
35:55
the
35:55
grace
35:55
of
35:55
God
35:55
let
35:57
me
35:57
shorten
35:57
that
35:57
sentence
35:58
for
35:58
you
35:58
I
35:59
do
35:59
not
35:59
count
35:59
my
36:00
life
36:00
of
36:00
any
36:00
value
36:00
nor
36:01
as
36:01
precious
36:01
to
36:01
myself
36:02
except
36:03
to
36:03
testify
36:04
to
36:04
the
36:05
gospel
36:05
of
36:06
the
36:06
grace
36:06
of
36:07
God
36:08
Paul
36:09
saw
36:09
that
36:09
as
36:09
his
36:09
great
36:10
purpose
36:10
right
36:11
my
36:11
life
36:12
is
36:12
only
36:12
precious
36:13
in so
36:14
much
36:14
that
36:15
it
36:16
exists
36:16
to
36:16
make
36:17
Jesus
36:19
to
36:19
us
36:19
in
36:19
Acts
36:20
chapter
36:21
20
36:21
verse
36:22
24
36:23
so
36:24
not only
36:25
should
36:25
we
36:25
ask
36:26
mercy
36:26
of
36:26
God
36:27
but
36:27
we
36:27
should
36:27
share
36:29
we
36:29
should
36:29
tell
36:30
our
36:30
friends
36:30
we
36:31
should
36:31
go
36:31
far
36:32
and
36:32
wide
36:32
telling
36:33
people
36:33
about
36:34
the
36:34
good
36:34
news
36:34
of
36:35
Jesus
36:35
Christ
36:35
and
36:36
you
36:36
have
36:36
to
36:36
ask
36:36
yourself
36:37
if
36:37
this
36:37
is
36:37
not
36:37
a
36:37
great
36:38
motivation
36:38
in
36:38
your
36:39
life
36:39
if
36:39
you
36:39
don't
36:39
desire
36:40
to
36:40
see
36:40
people
36:41
praise
36:41
your
36:42
Lord
36:42
does
36:44
he
36:44
reign
36:45
in
36:45
your
36:45
life
36:46
are
36:47
the
36:47
truths
36:47
of
36:47
the
36:48
gospel
36:48
precious
36:48
to
36:49
you
36:49
do
36:49
you
36:49
understand
36:50
what
36:50
he
36:50
has
36:50
accomplished
36:51
on
36:52
your
36:52
behalf
36:52
here
36:52
we
36:53
have
36:53
a
36:53
man
36:53
demon
36:54
possessed
36:54
naked
36:55
living
36:55
in
36:56
the
36:56
tombs
36:56
cutting
36:56
himself
36:57
he
36:58
was
36:58
a
36:58
mess
36:59
he
37:00
was
37:00
a
37:00
mess
37:01
God
37:02
had
37:02
done
37:02
a
37:02
great
37:03
thing
37:03
for
37:03
him
37:03
in
37:04
showing
37:04
him
37:04
mercy
37:05
boy
37:07
was
37:07
I
37:07
a
37:07
mess
37:08
before
37:09
God
37:09
showed
37:09
me
37:09
mercy
37:10
!
37:10
in
37:10
Christ
37:10
do
37:11
you
37:11
remember
37:11
!
37:12
a
37:12
!
37:12
!
37:12
And if
37:14
you
37:15
don't
37:15
do
37:15
you
37:15
really
37:15
understand
37:16
sin
37:17
its
37:18
weight
37:18
its
37:19
consequence
37:19
do
37:20
you
37:20
understand
37:21
the
37:21
great
37:21
offense
37:22
that
37:22
it
37:22
is
37:23
to
37:23
a
37:24
most
37:24
holy
37:24
God
37:25
we
37:27
should
37:27
want
37:28
to
37:28
make
37:28
Christ
37:28
known
37:29
because
37:29
of
37:30
what
37:30
he
37:30
has
37:30
done
37:30
for
37:31
us
37:31
should
37:31
be
37:32
the
37:32
great
37:32
motivation
37:32
in
37:33
our
37:33
sharing
37:33
our
37:34
faith
37:34
we
37:34
should
37:34
want
37:34
people
37:35
to
37:35
come
37:35
to
37:35
faith
37:35
in
37:36
him
37:36
certainly
37:37
to
37:38
sing
37:38
his
37:38
praises
37:38
to
37:39
continue
37:39
to
37:39
tell
37:39
people
37:40
about
37:40
his
37:42
motivation
37:43
ought
37:43
to
37:43
be
37:43
that
37:43
we
37:43
just
37:44
want
37:45
to
37:45
talk
37:45
about
37:46
it
37:46
you
37:47
talk
37:47
most
37:48
about
37:48
the
37:48
things
37:48
you
37:48
love
37:49
most
37:50
what
37:50
do
37:50
you
37:50
talk
37:50
most
37:50
about
37:51
I
37:52
hope
37:53
you're
37:53
finding
37:53
in
37:53
your
37:53
life
37:53
as
37:54
you
37:54
grow
37:54
in
37:54
faith
37:54
that
37:55
you
37:55
talk
37:55
most
37:55
about
37:56
Jesus
37:57
now
37:59
it
37:59
is
37:59
good
37:59
and
37:59
healthy
38:00
for
38:00
us
38:00
to
38:00
have
38:01
some
38:02
strategy
38:03
to
38:03
this
38:03
end
38:04
that
38:05
we
38:05
think
38:06
about
38:06
how
38:07
it
38:07
is
38:08
that
38:08
we
38:08
can
38:08
share
38:09
the
38:09
gospel
38:09
most
38:10
effectively
38:10
and
38:11
there
38:11
are
38:11
countless
38:12
trainings
38:13
out
38:14
there
38:14
there's
38:15
all
38:15
sorts
38:15
of
38:16
stuff
38:16
you
38:16
can
38:16
get
38:16
your
38:16
hands
38:17
on
38:17
that
38:17
teach
38:17
you
38:18
how
38:18
to
38:18
best
38:19
share
38:20
your
38:20
faith
38:21
let me
38:23
give you
38:23
a simple
38:23
one
38:24
and I
38:25
think
38:25
this
38:25
is
38:25
all
38:25
you
38:25
need
38:25
number
38:27
one
38:27
make
38:29
friends
38:29
so that
38:30
you
38:30
can
38:30
share
38:30
with
38:31
them
38:31
how
38:31
much
38:32
the
38:32
Lord
38:32
has
38:32
done
38:32
with
38:32
you
38:33
make
38:34
friends
38:34
so
38:34
that
38:34
you
38:35
can
38:35
share
38:36
with
38:36
them
38:36
how
38:37
much
38:37
the
38:37
Lord
38:38
has
38:39
Christians
38:40
are
38:40
so
38:40
very
38:40
monastic
38:41
and
38:41
that
38:41
we
38:41
only
38:42
run
38:42
in
38:43
Christian
38:43
circles
38:44
put
38:45
yourself
38:45
in
38:45
positions
38:46
to
38:46
be
38:46
friends
38:47
with
38:47
people
38:48
who
38:48
do
38:48
not
38:48
know
38:49
our
38:49
Lord
38:49
spend
38:50
lots
38:50
of
38:51
time
38:51
with
38:51
people
38:51
who
38:51
do
38:51
that's
38:52
why
38:52
we
38:52
come
38:52
together
38:52
in
38:53
church
38:53
to
38:54
encourage
38:54
each
38:54
other
38:54
to
38:55
this
38:55
great
38:55
end
38:55
but
38:56
spend
38:56
time
38:56
with
38:56
people
38:57
who
38:57
do
38:57
not
38:58
know
38:58
that
38:59
Jesus
39:00
is
39:00
Lord
39:01
that
39:01
he
39:01
is
39:02
the
39:02
Son
39:03
of
39:03
God
39:03
so
39:04
that
39:04
you
39:04
can
39:04
share
39:05
with
39:05
them
39:05
make
39:06
friends
39:06
with
39:07
them
39:07
become
39:08
invested
39:08
in
39:09
their
39:09
lives
39:09
don't
39:10
simply
39:11
track
39:12
and run
39:13
but
39:14
make
39:14
friends
39:15
with
39:15
people
39:15
that
39:15
you
39:15
might
39:16
invest
39:16
in
39:16
them
39:16
secondly
39:17
pray
39:18
for
39:18
them
39:19
pray
39:20
for
39:21
them
39:21
salvation
39:22
of
39:22
souls
39:23
is
39:23
a
39:23
spiritual
39:23
work
39:24
we
39:25
cannot
39:26
convince
39:27
people
39:27
by our
39:28
words
39:29
to come
39:29
to
39:29
faith
39:30
in
39:30
Christ
39:30
it
39:30
is
39:30
a
39:30
work
39:31
that
39:31
has
39:31
to
39:31
happen
39:31
inside
39:32
of
39:32
them
39:33
!
39:33
Do it
39:40
repeatedly
39:40
Do you
39:40
have
39:41
people
39:41
in your
39:41
life
39:41
that
39:42
you're
39:42
praying
39:42
for?
39:43
Do you
39:43
have
39:43
friends
39:44
that
39:44
do
39:44
not
39:44
know
39:44
Christ
39:45
that
39:45
you
39:46
consistently
39:46
and
39:47
fervently
39:47
pray for?
39:48
Pray for
39:49
them.
39:50
Number
39:51
three
39:51
teach
39:52
them
39:52
the
39:52
Bible
39:53
We're
39:55
a
39:55
religion
39:55
of
39:55
words
39:56
preach
39:56
the
39:57
gospel
39:57
to
39:57
them
39:57
by
39:58
teaching
39:58
them
39:58
the
39:58
Bible
39:58
We
39:59
are
39:59
gifted
40:00
in
40:00
various
40:00
ways
40:01
and
40:01
that
40:01
is
40:01
a
40:01
good
40:02
thing
40:02
we
40:03
all
40:03
bear
40:03
different
40:04
gifts
40:04
God
40:05
has
40:05
made
40:05
us
40:05
unique
40:06
to
40:06
use
40:06
us
40:07
in
40:07
unique
40:08
ways
40:08
and
40:08
you
40:08
may
40:09
be
40:09
totally
40:09
intimidated
40:10
to
40:10
sit
40:11
down
40:11
and
40:12
share
40:12
the
40:13
truths
40:13
of
40:13
scripture
40:13
with
40:13
somebody
40:14
you
40:14
yourself
40:14
may
40:15
not
40:15
feel
40:15
like
40:15
you
40:15
really
40:15
even
40:16
know
40:16
what
40:17
the
40:17
Bible
40:17
has
40:17
to
40:17
say
40:18
do
40:19
not
40:19
let
40:20
that
40:20
intimidate
40:20
you
40:21
this
40:21
is
40:21
the
40:22
tool
40:22
in
40:22
our
40:22
hands
40:22
by
40:23
which
40:23
we
40:23
share
40:23
!
40:23
the
40:24
good
40:24
news
40:24
of
40:25
the
40:25
coming
40:25
of
40:25
Christ
40:26
the
40:26
kingdom
40:27
that
40:27
has
40:27
arrived
40:27
and
40:28
is
40:28
coming
40:28
to
40:28
pass
40:29
a
40:30
bunch
40:30
of
40:30
weeks
40:31
ago
40:31
I
40:31
put
40:32
out
40:32
on the
40:32
table
40:32
in
40:32
the
40:32
hall
40:33
a
40:33
one-to-one
40:34
Bible
40:34
reading
40:35
plan
40:35
for
40:35
Mark
40:36
I don't
40:36
know if
40:36
any of
40:37
you
40:37
have
40:37
it
40:37
this
40:37
is
40:37
mine
40:38
still
40:38
stuck
40:39
in my
40:39
back
40:40
in my
40:40
concordance
40:40
in
40:41
mine
40:41
this
40:42
is
40:42
a
40:42
simple
40:43
and easy
40:43
way
40:43
not
40:44
the
40:44
only
40:44
way
40:44
but
40:44
a
40:44
simple
40:45
and
40:45
easy
40:45
way
40:45
there's
40:46
eight
40:46
readings
40:46
someone
40:55
ready
40:55
to
40:55
ask
40:56
come
40:57
up
40:57
with
40:57
some
40:58
answers
40:58
to
40:58
these
40:58
questions
40:59
ask
40:59
the
40:59
questions
41:00
pray
41:00
for
41:01
them
41:01
that
41:01
God
41:01
would
41:01
work
41:01
in
41:01
their
41:01
heart
41:02
as
41:02
they
41:02
read
41:02
the
41:02
scriptures
41:03
as
41:03
they
41:03
behold
41:03
Jesus
41:04
in
41:05
Mark's
41:05
gospel
41:06
account
41:07
teach
41:07
in the
41:07
Bible
41:08
and
41:10
fourthly
41:10
serve
41:11
their
41:11
needs
41:11
show
41:12
people
41:13
that
41:13
you
41:13
genuinely
41:13
love
41:14
them
41:14
by
41:15
spending
41:15
time
41:15
serving
41:16
their
41:17
needs
41:17
show up
41:18
at their
41:19
place
41:19
late
41:19
at
41:19
night
41:20
help
41:20
them
41:20
move
41:21
help
41:21
them
41:22
study
41:22
do
41:23
things
41:23
for
41:24
them
41:24
that
41:24
other
41:25
people
41:25
may
41:25
not
41:25
do
41:26
for
41:26
them
41:26
show
41:26
them
41:26
that
41:27
you
41:27
genuinely
41:27
love
41:28
and
41:29
care
41:30
for
41:30
them
41:31
beloved
41:32
I said
41:33
to you
41:33
that
41:34
the
41:34
great
41:34
call
41:35
of
41:35
the
41:35
gospel
41:35
of
41:36
Mark
41:36
the
41:36
great
41:36
calling
41:37
on
41:37
all
41:37
of
41:37
our
41:37
lives
41:37
is
41:38
to
41:38
be
41:38
disciple
41:39
making
41:39
disciples
41:40
and
41:40
that
41:41
the
41:41
one
41:41
necessitates
41:42
the
41:43
other
41:43
so
41:44
you
41:44
have
41:45
to
41:45
ask
41:45
yourself
41:46
if
41:47
I
41:47
am
41:47
not
41:48
sharing
41:48
the
41:49
truth
41:49
of
41:49
Christ
41:49
what
41:50
does
41:50
that
41:50
mean
41:51
!
41:53
a
41:53
Christian
41:54
at
41:54
all
41:54
that
41:55
possibility
41:56
exists
41:56
I
41:56
know
41:57
most
41:57
of
41:57
you
41:57
and
41:57
I
41:58
know
41:58
that
41:58
most
41:59
of
41:59
you
41:59
are
41:59
right
42:00
so
42:02
what
42:02
does
42:02
that
42:02
say
42:02
about
42:03
your
42:03
belief
42:03
in
42:04
the
42:04
scriptures
42:05
what
42:05
does
42:05
that
42:05
say
42:05
about
42:05
what
42:06
you
42:06
believe
42:07
that
42:07
Jesus
42:08
is
42:08
and
42:08
what
42:08
he
42:08
can
42:09
accomplish
42:09
it
42:10
says
42:10
very
42:10
little
42:11
right
42:11
very
42:12
little
42:12
you
42:12
think
42:12
very
42:13
little
42:13
of
42:14
him
42:14
and
42:14
his
42:15
purpose
42:15
and
42:16
what
42:16
he
42:16
can
42:16
do
42:17
I
42:18
hope
42:18
in
42:18
some
42:19
way
42:23
of
42:24
his
42:24
word
42:24
casting
42:25
out
42:25
an
42:25
army
42:26
of
42:26
demons
42:26
right
42:28
and
42:28
then
42:28
leaving
42:29
a
42:29
man
42:29
behind
42:30
to
42:30
share
42:30
about
42:30
his
42:31
goodness
42:31
to
42:32
him
42:32
will
42:33
awaken
42:33
in
42:33
you
42:34
a
42:34
desire
42:34
to
42:35
share
42:35
the
42:36
goodness
42:36
of
42:36
Christ
42:37
on
42:38
your
42:38
behalf
42:38
are
42:39
we
42:39
so
42:40
cold
42:41
are
42:43
we
42:43
so
42:43
cold
42:44
there
42:44
are
42:44
countless
42:45
Christians
42:46
around
42:47
this
42:47
world
42:47
dying
42:48
for
42:48
their
42:48
faith
42:48
considering
42:51
it
42:51
a
42:51
blessing
42:51
to
42:52
suffer
42:53
the
42:53
way
42:53
Christ
42:53
suffered
42:54
and
42:54
being
42:54
martyred
42:55
for
42:55
the
42:55
sharing
42:55
of
42:56
their
42:56
faith
42:56
and
42:57
we
42:57
are
42:57
lulled
42:57
to
42:57
sleep
42:58
by
42:58
our
42:58
comfort
42:59
it
43:01
has
43:01
been
43:01
a
43:02
long
43:02
prayer
43:02
of
43:02
many
43:03
of
43:03
the
43:03
men
43:03
of
43:03
our
43:04
church
43:04
that
43:04
there
43:05
might
43:05
be
43:05
revival
43:05
in
43:06
this
43:06
region
43:07
let
43:07
it
43:08
start
43:08
in
43:09
your
43:09
heart
43:09
get
43:11
that
43:11
you
43:11
cannot
43:12
be
43:12
a
43:12
faithful
43:13
disciple
43:13
of
43:13
Christ
43:14
if
43:14
you're
43:14
not
43:14
bringing
43:15
others
43:15
to
43:16
faith
43:16
in
43:17
Christ
43:17
propagate
43:18
the
43:18
truth
43:19
far
43:20
and
43:20
wide
43:21
let's
43:22
pray
43:22
together
43:22
a