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Bible Stories of the New Testament · Adventures: Bible Truths in Action

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  Who are you? What do you want?
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  Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, Serena, it's me.
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  Nicodemus, what are you doing sneaking around in the middle of
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  the night? I went to go see Jesus, the one
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  I told you about earlier. He was teaching in the temple.
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  The one doing all the miracles, yes.
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  I had to speak with him. In the middle of the night.
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  I'm a Pharisee. The other Pharisees don't like
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  Jesus. I don't want any trouble from
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  them. So what did you talk about?
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  He told me except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom
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  of God. Born again.
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  Oh, you've got to be kidding. You are too big to be crawling
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  inside your mama's tummy. What would your Mama say if you
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  asked Mama, can I crawl back inside your tummy so I can be
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  born again? That's what I thought so.
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  Is he crazy or what? That's what I thought, but no,
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  he's not crazy. He's the real deal.
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  Being born again means to be born of the Spirit.
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  Born of the Spirit. How do you do that?
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  That's what I thought. Did he tell you how to be born
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  of the Spirit? Well, I'm not.
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  Sure. What do you mean you're not
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  sure? Jesus said so many things.
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  I need to meditate on everything he said.
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  He did say something very interesting, for God so loved
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  the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever
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  believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting
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  life. He's talking about the Messiah,
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  the Son of God. That's.
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  What I thought. I think he is the Son of God.
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  No way. If he was the Son of God, he'd
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  be king. That's what I thought, but maybe
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  we're thinking wrong. I always thought I would get to
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  heaven by doing good works, but I think Jesus was trying to tell
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  me that all I have to do is believe that he is the Son of
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  God. Maybe we're not saved by good
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  works, but by the grace of God. That's it.
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  That's too easy. Isn't that too easy?
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  That's what I thought. It's like when you give someone
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  a gift. They don't have.
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  To work for it, It's just given to them for free.
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  It can't be that easy to get to heaven, can it?
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  Come on, let's go to sleep. What's so funny?
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  When you came sneaking in earlier, I thought you were a
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  burglar. See, things are not always what
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  we think. I think the only way we can get
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  to heaven is through Jesus. Hey, David, did you see the look
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  on that guy's face? I mean, you could see the demon
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  and then pow, you laid hands on him.
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  You looked like a different guy after that, didn't he David?
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  That's because Pow. The demon left.
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  Disciple Boy. Cut it out.
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  My name is Christopher. I know you've only told me 100
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  times how did. You know to lay hands on him
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  like that, David. Jesus taught us, Christopher,
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  remember? Oh yeah, duh.
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  Hey David, where is Jesus? He didn't come, Christopher.
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  He sent us out to do his will. Remember 2 by two, healing the
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  sick, casting out devils. Oh yeah, we went together on the
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  buddy system. Not hardly.
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  Jesus told me to go with you. It was His will and I obeyed.
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  Right now I'm wondering if His will is always good, but I know
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  it is. We make a great team though,
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  don't you think David? I try not to think about it.
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  Hey, remember that old lady with the crutches?
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  I grabbed them away from her and she started walking.
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  That's not how it happened. She fell flat on her face.
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  I prayed for her and God healed her.
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  That's when she got up and started walking.
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  What did I do wrong? You forgot to pray for her
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  disciple, boy. Oh, how can I be so dumb?
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  Maybe you missed the class on laying hands on the sick and
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  praying for them that came before the class on the people
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  recovering, you know, getting healed and walking.
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  Must have been goofing off again.
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  Had to start paying attention in class.
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  Whatever. But I did raise that dead guy
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  you saw that raised him right up.
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  You were supposed to pray for him, and he was supposed to
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  raise up himself. Picking a dead man up and
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  carrying him around is hardly what Jesus had in mind when He
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  said raise the dead. Oh, I.
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  Guess I'm not cut out to be a disciple.
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  I'm too dumb. Go ahead and say it.
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  I'm nothing but a big dumb slob. Hey, you're not dumb.
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  I mean, Jesus wouldn't have picked you to go do his works if
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  he didn't believe in you. Really.
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  Yeah, we all make mistakes, but that doesn't mean we're dumb.
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  Have you ever made a mistake, David?
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  Yeah, I can think of 1. Wow, thanks David.
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  I'm glad Jesus picked you to come with me.
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  I've never had a friend before. All right.
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  Would you be my friend? Sure, buddy.
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  Put me down. Put me down buddy, do.
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  You think Jesus will let us join the 12 disciples?
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  Think about it, that would make 14 disciples.
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  Oh yeah. Come on, we have to report into
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  Jesus from now on, pay attention to what he says.
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  Yeah. Remember, God makes His will
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  known to us through godly parents and teachers, the Word
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  of God and the Holy Spirit. What's the Holy Spirit?
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  Forget I said that. Pretend I said Jesus.
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  The Holy Spirit will come later after Jesus leaves.
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  How do you know that? I just do.
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  Trust me. Now come on, let's go.
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  Rats, I wish. You would have given Jesus that
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  perfume oil instead of pouring it on his feet.
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  We could have sold that for what some people make in a year.
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  I could have been rich. Judas, you looked pretty green
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  in there when Mary poured the perfume on Jesus feet.
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  Is the smell too strong for you? No, it's not.
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  Yeah, that's what it was, Matthew.
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  The smell was getting to me. Just between you and me before I
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  met Jesus, I would have loved to collect the taxes on that stuff.
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  Do you realize how much that perfume was worth?
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  Boy do I I could have gotten me AI mean we could have fed a lot
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  of poor people with that money. That's the truth.
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  Say you're not upset that Mary poured the perfume on Jesus
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  feet, are you? I can't believe Jesus stuck up
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  for what Mary did. She wasted all that money, hey?
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  It was her perfume, she can do whatever she wants with it.
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  She must really love Jesus to give him such a nice gift.
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  I know. It's just that, well, everyone
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  looks to me when we meet someone that's poor because I keep all
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  the money for the ministry. I guess I tend to worry about
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  having enough money more than the rest of you do.
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  Yeah, that's what it is. We always have more than enough.
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  You know that God wants us to bless others, so He keeps on
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  blessing us. Yeah, I know, but.
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  But what? Nothing.
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  You're right. There you are, Matthew.
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  So what did you think when Mary poured that oil on Jesus's feet?
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  I didn't know what to think. I guess I would have had a hard
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  time believing that someone would give something that
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  expensive if I hadn't seen it myself.
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  She must really love him. Jesus did raise her brother from
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  the dead, remember? Yeah, you're right.
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  What about you, Judas? What did you think?
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  We could have sold the perfume and fed a lot of poor people
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  with the money that it was worth.
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  But don't you just love Jesus? He's worth every penny of that
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  oil and more. Jesus is our Good Shepherd.
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  Amen. I'm ready to go back inside.
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  Let's go. Coming Judas.
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  No, you guys go on ahead. What's?
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  Wrong with me. I used to be just like John.
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  I love Jesus and he loves me. He trusts me so much.
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  He lets me take care of all the money and I steal it.
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  I've got to stop letting my greed for money control me.
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  Maybe I should talk to Jesus and tell him what's been going on.
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  No, I'll be OK. I'll straighten up.
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  Excuse me fella. Yes, Sir.
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  Can you keep a secret? I've been keeping a lot of
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  secrets lately. Well, between you and me, the
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  chief priests have plotted to kill Lazarus because so many
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  Jews have believed in Jesus since he raised Lazarus from the
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  dead. Lazarus.
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  He never hurt anybody. Why don't they just kill Jesus
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  if that's the way they feel? Well, they.
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  'D like to kill Jesus. Someone could make a lot of
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  money if he could deliver Jesus into the hands of the Chief.
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  Priest. They'd pay money.
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  What would a fellow have to? Do I mean do they want someone
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  to kill him? No, no, no, no, no.
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  They they just need someone to take their soldiers to where he
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  is right after the Passover meal.
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  So I wouldn't. I mean that someone wouldn't
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  actually do the killing. Not at all.
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  How much money could a fellow make?
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  Well, you'll have to talk to the chief priests about that.
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  I think I will. Thanks for the information,
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  fellow. What's your name, Lucifer.
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  Thanks, Lucifer. I'll see you later.
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  Yes, Judas, you just might see me later in the Upside Down.
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  This is Rover, the dog coming to you live from the road outside
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  Jerusalem. Next to me used to stand a fig
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  tree until yesterday when Jesus commanded the fig tree to die
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  because it had no fruit on it. Here with me live is Peter, one
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  of Jesus disciples. Peter, thank you for taking the
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  time to talk to us. What exactly happened here
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  yesterday? Well, Jesus was hungry and
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  walked up to the fig tree that used to be here to get a fig,
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  but there were no figs. That's when Jesus commanded the
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  tree to die. So would you say that Jesus was
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  angry at the tree? At the time, I didn't know what
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  to think. It wasn't like Jesus to get mad
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  at the tree. We just kind of forgot about it,
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  honestly. Of course, now I realize that
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  Jesus was just using it to teach us more about prayer.
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  What happened this morning when you noticed the fig tree laying
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  on the ground? I said, Jesus, look, the tree's
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  dead. Isn't this the tree you got mad
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  at yesterday? I said something like that, I
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  can't remember exactly. How did Jesus respond?
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  He started teaching us how to speak to mountains and command
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  them to be cast in the sea. Did Jesus talk to any mountains?
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  He wasn't talking about mountain mountains.
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  Jesus was talking about problems, you know, sickness,
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  disease, demons, that sort of thing.
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  As we speak to problems with God's authority, He does the
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  work. This fig tree used to be a
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  convenient restroom for dogs on the road between Jerusalem and
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  Bethany. There are a lot of dogs
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  concerned about Jesus killing more trees.
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  Do you feel like this is the beginning of some sort of tree
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  killing spree? Jesus is on to prove a point.
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  Well, I know Jesus would say I do not speak of my own
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  authority, but the Father who dwells in me does the works.
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  John, 1410. Thank you for your time, Peter.
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  Thank you you. Heard him, my fellow canines, I
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  do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who
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  dwells in me does the works. John 1410.
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  Jesus apparently has some sort of mob connection led by one
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  called the Father. Is this the last tree to fall at
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  the hands of this Jesus? I'll keep my nose on this story.
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  I'm your roving reporter, Rover the dog.
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  This is Rover, the dog coming to you live from Jerusalem, where
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  unemployment among seeing eye dogs continues to rise.
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  With me now is Peepers. Peepers.
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  Until recently, you were employed as a seeing eye dog.
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  Is that correct? Yes.
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  Rover, My boss was a. Blind man, I've been working for
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  him all my life. And what happened to change that
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  for you? Some guy they called Jesus was
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  healing people left and right. My boss could hear what the
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  people were saying and how excited they were.
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  He told me to take him to Jesus. I was just doing my job.
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  I know this must be hard for you.
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  Can you tell us what happened once you LED your boss to?
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  Jesus. Jesus asked my boss what he want
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  me to do. For you.
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  My boss said. I want to receive my sight.
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  That's when I knew I. That's when I knew I was in.
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  Trouble. I was no dummy.
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  I'd been hearing the people talk about the miracles of Jesus, and
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  I knew right away he would heal my boss because that's just how
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  Jesus is. He just goes about doing good.
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  He said to my boss, go your way. Something like that.
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  Why me? That's all I can say.
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  How did Jesus do this to me? As he speaks to problems with
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  God's authority, God does the works.
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  I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who
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  dwells in me does the works. John, 1410.
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  What? It's something that one of Jesus
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  disciples told me once, why Jesus does what he does.
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  Jesus is doing what his Heavenly Father wants him to do.
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  So what's your future like now, Peepers?
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  Going to have to go back to begging now that I have no boss
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  to beg for me. Life was easy when he did all
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  the begging. He was a good.
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  There you have it, my fellow canines.
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  Most of the miracles of Jesus are truly wonderful, but some of
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  them hit us dogs where it hurts. Life can be hard here in
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  Jerusalem, but at least folks are not eating us for dinner.
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  This is your roving reporter, Rover the dog.
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  This is Rover the dog coming to you.
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  Live from outside the temple. A crippled man was just
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  miraculously healed. Rumors continue to spread that
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  Jesus is still alive, but the man behind this miracle was one
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  of Jesus disciples, Peter. Peter, thank you for taking the
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  time to talk to us again. What exactly happened a few
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  minutes ago at the temple gate? John and I were on our way to
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  pray when we noticed a crippled man begging.
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  We wanted to help him, but we didn't have any money with us at
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  the time, so I just told him to rise up and walk in Jesus name.
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  As we speak to problems with God's authority, He does the
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  work. I'm familiar with this, speaking
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  to mountain and casting into the sea philosophy that Jesus taught
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  when he was alive. This is kind of the opposite, a
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  more of commanding the blessing to come rise up and walk.
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  How would you explain that? I guess the way to speak to the
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  problem would be to speak to the answer that wood forest the
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  problem to leave. All I can say is I do not speak
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  on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does the
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  works. John, 1410.
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  I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who
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  dwells in me does the works. John 1410.
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  He obviously gives the credit for the miracle to God the
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  Father. We are grateful that this time a
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  crippled man was healed and not a blind man that would leave
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  another dog out of work. Thank you, Peter, and thank you
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  my fellow canines. This is your roving reporter,
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  Rover the dog.