WEBVTT - You Must Be Important

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<v Speaker 1>On your way to your seat.

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<v Speaker 2>I know normally I would read my scripture while you're standing,

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<v Speaker 2>and then after the text, I would give you my title.

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<v Speaker 2>But I want to do it different today. I'm wild

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<v Speaker 2>and crazy, y'all. I'm going to give you my title

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<v Speaker 2>and then my text.

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<v Speaker 3>Whoa, whoa?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, but I need your help. Look at the

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<v Speaker 2>person next to give them my title. Say you must

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<v Speaker 2>be important, be seated. Amen. Hey, thank God for our

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<v Speaker 2>worship team. Many are just getting back from tour. Chris

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<v Speaker 2>Brown still smells like diesel fuel and holy ghosts just

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<v Speaker 2>rocking arenas with the presence of God all over the

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<v Speaker 2>country and representing our church. Well, let's thank God for

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<v Speaker 2>our team.

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<v Speaker 1>It's cool. A lot of unseen heroes too.

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<v Speaker 2>I should do a series called Hidden Figures about the

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<v Speaker 2>people in the church that we don't see or nobody

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<v Speaker 2>follows them, but they're very important. Have you noticed that

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<v Speaker 2>who we think is important sometimes maybe God doesn't think

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<v Speaker 2>is as important in culture? I mean, just like, have

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<v Speaker 2>you noticed that it seems like lately I'm praying more

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<v Speaker 2>and more God, show me what's important from your perspective.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm afraid that I'll live my life wasting my energy

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<v Speaker 2>on things that seem important to me, only to find

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<v Speaker 2>out that they weren't as important as I thought they were.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm just praying more and more in the moment,

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<v Speaker 2>just a very short prayer. God, show me what's important,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm praying it at the start of my week

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<v Speaker 2>more that God. There's a lot I could do this week,

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<v Speaker 2>but I need you to show me the difference between

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<v Speaker 2>what's urgent and what's important, because some things that will

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<v Speaker 2>be an emergency for other people cannot become my priority

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<v Speaker 2>just because they didn't make a plan. And so this week,

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<v Speaker 2>I need you to show me the difference between what's.

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<v Speaker 1>Urgent and what's important.

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<v Speaker 2>And sometimes it's urgent and important, but I need God

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<v Speaker 2>more and more to show me what's more important. Lately,

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<v Speaker 2>I find that it's not choosing between you know, Netflix

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<v Speaker 2>and Bible study. It's like which show on Netflix or Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just kidding. I just want to take it there now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's two things that are equally to me, equal priorities,

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<v Speaker 2>because I know that I need to seek first the

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom of God and his righteousness. I don't always know

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<v Speaker 2>what that looks like in this moment because my role

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<v Speaker 2>in the kingdom consists.

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<v Speaker 1>Of multiple roles.

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<v Speaker 2>So on one level, I am a pastor who needs

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<v Speaker 2>to prepare a sermon. On another level, I am a

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<v Speaker 2>dad with a kid who wants to throw the football.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know you think that you're more important than

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<v Speaker 2>my son's desire to throw a football.

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<v Speaker 1>But the fact of the matter is, you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know, if I drop dead, there'd be another preacher standing

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<v Speaker 2>here this weekend. But he's only got one dad. It's true,

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<v Speaker 2>is so true. Some of the things that I thought

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<v Speaker 2>were more important in my twenties, now that I'm like

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<v Speaker 2>a wise sage at the age of thirty eight, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>realizing that I need God more and more to show

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<v Speaker 2>me what's important now, what's important now? What was important

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<v Speaker 2>to me in one season may not need the same

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<v Speaker 2>priority in this season.

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<v Speaker 1>And that even applies to people.

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<v Speaker 2>I know that everybody is equally important to somebody say,

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're important to God. But God is an

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<v Speaker 2>unlimited resource and he can love everybody equally. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>that much like God. I only have so much to give.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, there's only so many bags of chips in

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<v Speaker 2>the vending machine of my heart, and I can't just

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<v Speaker 2>have everybody grab and everything out of me all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>Eventually I will run out. So I need to I

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<v Speaker 2>need to be led by the spirit to know what's

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<v Speaker 2>most important in this moment, in this season of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>What is the priority of God for me? In Mark's Gospel,

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<v Speaker 2>we are going to study today briefly a story that

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<v Speaker 2>he thought was important to include to give us a

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<v Speaker 2>full picture of Jesus as we're coming to know him.

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<v Speaker 2>Savage Jesus. It's been shocking to us some of the

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<v Speaker 2>priorities that Jesus had, and how much different those priorities

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<v Speaker 2>are than maybe what we would have expected. When we

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<v Speaker 2>see him stopping to heal a woman in Mark five

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<v Speaker 2>point twenty one, and following on his way to heal

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<v Speaker 2>a little girl, we are shocked, confounded, and in some

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<v Speaker 2>ways challenged because the one he was going to heal

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<v Speaker 2>was the daughter of someone who was important. His name

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<v Speaker 2>was Gyrus, he was a synagogue leader. The woman who

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<v Speaker 2>came up behind Jesus isn't even given a name. Nobody

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<v Speaker 2>really cared about women like that in this culture. He

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<v Speaker 2>stops en route to the miracle that is more important

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<v Speaker 2>and more urgent, because the little girl has hours to

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<v Speaker 2>live in fact, while he stops to heal this unimportant woman,

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<v Speaker 2>the important girl dies. Jesus isn't concerned about this, because

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<v Speaker 2>he is healer. Yes, also he is resurrection. His priority

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<v Speaker 2>in this moment is to show the people a deeper

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<v Speaker 2>revelation of who he is. The only way for him

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<v Speaker 2>to give them this revelation of the power of his

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<v Speaker 2>presence is to upset their priorities and stop for something

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<v Speaker 2>that they see as less important, so that when he

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<v Speaker 2>gets to the scene which was more important, the little

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<v Speaker 2>girl is already dead. This provides an opportunity for him

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<v Speaker 2>to do something that he couldn't have done if he

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<v Speaker 2>had gone according to their priorities. Sometimes God will upset

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<v Speaker 2>your priorities to show you his power in a new way.

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<v Speaker 2>And I know it's hard to clap for that. But

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<v Speaker 2>if God has been doing some unusual things in your

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<v Speaker 2>life lately and it seems difficult to get Jesus to

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<v Speaker 2>follow your agenda, maybe he is reordering your priorities. Maybe

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<v Speaker 2>what was important to you then shouldn't be important to

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<v Speaker 2>you now, and he's trying to show you an order

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<v Speaker 2>of importance. That's how you can know when the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of God is really increasing in your day to day life.

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<v Speaker 2>It will shift your priorities. Goosebumps don't prove the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of God. I get goosebumps off of Bruno Mars every time.

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<v Speaker 2>Goose Bumpson sometimes I kiss Holly. Feelings don't prove the

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<v Speaker 2>presence of God. What proves the presence of God in

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<v Speaker 2>my life is when my priorities begin to align with his.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is going to require a collision because cultural

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<v Speaker 2>priorities are much different. Now we're ready for Mark chapter five,

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<v Speaker 2>a story that Mark thought was important enough to include

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<v Speaker 2>for us. Imagine you have to write a gospel account

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<v Speaker 2>and you have to decide what's the most important teaching

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus gave that you want to put in Mark four

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<v Speaker 2>or what stories are.

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<v Speaker 1>You going to leave out?

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<v Speaker 2>Because it's not like you could say, well, that wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>any good when he healed that line. Man, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what I'm saying, Like it'd be hard to let something

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<v Speaker 2>hit the cutting room floor, right, Yeah, Well, I mean

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<v Speaker 2>he opened so many death fears.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to pick and choose which ones you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to include.

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<v Speaker 2>Like stuff that Jesus did on his way to his

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<v Speaker 2>appointments would have been our greatest accomplishment in our whole lifetime.

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<v Speaker 2>And now Mark has to decide, all right, what are

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<v Speaker 2>the most important stories, And so in order to do that,

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<v Speaker 2>he has to choose one theme. And he has to

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<v Speaker 2>get this theme across because Matthew, who wrote a gospel account,

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna have a theme. Luke is is Mark's theme

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<v Speaker 2>he decides is going to be to show the authority

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus. The authority of Jesus, and authority is illustrated,

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<v Speaker 2>not explained. Can I talk about that people who always

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<v Speaker 2>need to tell you they're in charge aren't really in control.

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<v Speaker 2>When you really have power, you don't have to shout.

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<v Speaker 2>Just walk through my house and watch Holly look at

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<v Speaker 2>one of our kids a certain way, and you will

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<v Speaker 2>see that power doesn't have to shout. I mean, there

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<v Speaker 2>is a look she can give. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>where the kids go after that. They crawl under parts

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<v Speaker 2>of the house I've never seen off of one look.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is a demonstration of Jesus authority that I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think you'll soon forget.

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<v Speaker 1>Mirrored it to you. Just relax and listen.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, They went Mark five verse one across the lake

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<v Speaker 2>to the region of the Garrisones. When Jesus got out

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<v Speaker 2>of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came

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<v Speaker 2>from the tombs to meet him. This man lived in

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<v Speaker 2>the tombs and bind him anymore, not even with a chain,

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<v Speaker 2>for he'd often been chained hand and foot. But he

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<v Speaker 2>tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet.

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<v Speaker 2>No one was strong enough to subdue him, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>called foreshadowing. Class. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

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<v Speaker 2>And this is where we need a savage Jesus. Sweetheart.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus can't help this man. Cutie pie, Jesus can't bless

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<v Speaker 2>this guy with a little cliche exthus on the back

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<v Speaker 2>of your car, Jesus, jewelry Jesus around your neck. Can't

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<v Speaker 2>do anything about this situation. But you might come to

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<v Speaker 2>a point in your life where you've lost sight of

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<v Speaker 2>who you are and who you are, and in those moments,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't want a little puny Jesus who stands over

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<v Speaker 2>on the side and waits till you rub your hands

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<v Speaker 2>together and pull him out the bottle on Christmas, in Easter,

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<v Speaker 2>or when you decide to bless him with your presence

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<v Speaker 2>at church. Knowing those moments you're gonna want a strong

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<v Speaker 2>savior with a mighty hand, and then outstretched arm, talking

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<v Speaker 2>about a savage Jesus. Somebody shout, I got a great

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<v Speaker 2>big God, night and day. Verse five. Among the tombs

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<v Speaker 2>and in the hills, he would cry out and cut

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<v Speaker 2>himself with stones. Verse six is interesting when he saw

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus from a distance.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this is the first time.

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<v Speaker 2>He's seen Jesus, but this is not Jesus' first vision

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<v Speaker 2>of him. He saw Jesus from a distance. Jesus did

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<v Speaker 2>his ministry in Capernaum. This account is from a Gentile region,

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<v Speaker 2>the region of the Garrisones. No one knows exactly where

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<v Speaker 2>that is. By the way, there's a lot of debate

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<v Speaker 2>about it. I went over to a spot where they

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<v Speaker 2>think this story might have happened last year, and he

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<v Speaker 2>showed me how Jesus would go up in the mountains

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<v Speaker 2>and pray early in the morning and late at night,

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<v Speaker 2>and across the sea of Galilee, where Jesus has just traveled,

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<v Speaker 2>the sound would have traveled. So if this man is

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<v Speaker 2>out day and night, there's a good chance Jesus would

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<v Speaker 2>have been up early while the man was up late,

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<v Speaker 2>and while the man was up late crying.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus was up late praying, and maybe.

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<v Speaker 2>One morning, after hearing the man cry one more time,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus decided, today is the day for me to make

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<v Speaker 2>my way toward this man and set him free. Could

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<v Speaker 2>it be that God has heard your cry, and he

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<v Speaker 2>has heard the secret petitions and disappointments of your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>and he had you log on or show up today,

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<v Speaker 2>because today is the day that He came to see

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<v Speaker 2>about you when you thought no one else was listening,

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<v Speaker 2>and you thought you were all alone. Could it be

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<v Speaker 2>that he heard you? And now the man sees Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>possibly before Jesus even lays eyes on the man, and

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<v Speaker 2>he ran and fell on his knees in front of him,

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<v Speaker 2>Verse sevent He shouted, at the top of his voice,

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<v Speaker 2>what do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the

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<v Speaker 2>Most High God? Oh, by the way, your first response

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<v Speaker 2>to God will often be feared. When he shows up

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<v Speaker 2>in your life in real power. There will be something

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<v Speaker 2>in you that will resist that authority, because it goes

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<v Speaker 2>against everything that is ingrained in our humanity to be

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<v Speaker 2>in the presence of one who is greater than us,

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<v Speaker 2>and it often causes us to reevaluate our priorities. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>in this man's case, there is a specific reason that

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<v Speaker 2>he falls on his knees and shouts, what do you

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<v Speaker 2>want with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God,

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<v Speaker 2>in God's name, don't torture me. For Jesus had said

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<v Speaker 2>to him here it is, come out of this man,

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<v Speaker 2>you impure spirit. And Jesus challenged the spirit that was

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<v Speaker 2>within the man, and the spirit within the man resisted

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<v Speaker 2>the challenge of Jesus because anytime the enemy has occupied

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<v Speaker 2>a territory for a while, he won't let it go.

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<v Speaker 1>Without a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus asked him a question, not for information, but for revelation.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't need to know this, he knows all things.

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<v Speaker 2>But he asked the man because the man might know

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<v Speaker 2>who Jesus is, but this man doesn't.

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<v Speaker 1>Know who he is.

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<v Speaker 2>And Jesus asked the man, what is your name? And

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<v Speaker 2>the man responded, my name is Legion, for we are many.

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<v Speaker 2>And he begged Jesus again and again not to send

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<v Speaker 2>them out of the area. The demons begged Jesus, don't

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<v Speaker 2>make us leave. And this is where the story gets

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<v Speaker 2>interesting verse eleven. And I promise you the Bible is

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<v Speaker 2>way more bizarre than you give it credit for. Exhibit

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<v Speaker 2>a verse eleven, A large herd of pigs. We know

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<v Speaker 2>we're not in Jewish territory anymore, right, because there would

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<v Speaker 2>not be.

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<v Speaker 1>A large herd of pigs.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus has left this home turf and he's crossed over,

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<v Speaker 2>and now he's in Gentile territory, the region of the

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<v Speaker 2>gar seats.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's a large.

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<v Speaker 2>Herd of pigs standing nearby on the hillside feeding. And

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<v Speaker 2>the demons begged Jesus send us among the pigs, allow

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<v Speaker 2>us to go into them. He gave them permission. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta leave the man, but you can jump on

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<v Speaker 2>the pigs. And the impure spirits came out and went

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<v Speaker 2>into the pigs, and the herd, about two thousand in number,

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<v Speaker 2>rushed down the steep bank into the lake, and we're droughting.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're worried right now that I'm gonna find

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<v Speaker 2>a way to preach about this in a way that

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<v Speaker 2>applies to your life. But trust me, I've been doing

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<v Speaker 2>this a long time. I got a good track record,

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<v Speaker 2>and I promise you there is a connection between you

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<v Speaker 2>and these pigs. And if you give me a few

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<v Speaker 2>minutes and pay close attention. I'll show you what it

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<v Speaker 2>is Verse fourteen. Those tending the pigs ran off and

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<v Speaker 2>reported this in the town in countryside, And the people

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<v Speaker 2>went to see what had happened. And when they came

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<v Speaker 2>to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed

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<v Speaker 2>by the legion of demons sitting there, dressed and in

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<v Speaker 2>his right mind, and they were afraid. Those who had

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<v Speaker 2>seen it told the people what had happened to the

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<v Speaker 2>demon possessed man, and told about the pigs as well.

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<v Speaker 2>And then then then the people began to plead with

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus to leave their region. Touch them again and say

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<v Speaker 2>can I get your autograph?

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<v Speaker 1>Touch them? Say you must be important.

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<v Speaker 2>You must be important that Jesus would go through all

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<v Speaker 2>this trouble to keep an appointment with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I'm so sorry. I messed up.

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<v Speaker 2>I started reading in the wrong place in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>It happens. I'm sorry. This is my third time preaching it.

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<v Speaker 2>You will have to forgive me. I was supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>start at mark four thirty five, and I started in

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<v Speaker 2>mark five. And you can't understand mark five without mark

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<v Speaker 2>four thirty five through forty one. So if you will

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<v Speaker 2>forgive me for my slight oversight. I'm gonna do what

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<v Speaker 2>I should have done before. I want to tell you

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<v Speaker 2>about the storm. It came before the miracle. This passage

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<v Speaker 2>of scripture, we'll preach all by itself, because watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you are going through a storm in

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<v Speaker 2>your life today? Just raise your hand, or somebody close

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<v Speaker 2>to you is going through a storm.

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<v Speaker 1>Raise your hand.

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<v Speaker 2>Now see how easy it is to preach about storms.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see the.

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<v Speaker 2>High percentage of hands that went up, except at Blakeney

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<v Speaker 2>They never raised their hands when I ask them to.

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<v Speaker 2>But let me try this one more time. How many

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<v Speaker 2>of you are going through a storm? You just came

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<v Speaker 2>out of a storm, or you know there's probably a

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<v Speaker 2>storm around the corner. Come on, be a meteorologist and

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<v Speaker 2>touch your neighbor and say there's.

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<v Speaker 1>A storm out on the ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me read this to you because it's important.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody say it's important. That day when evening came, this

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<v Speaker 2>is the same day, Remember the same day. Mark didn't

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<v Speaker 2>divide this into chapters.

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<v Speaker 1>We did that later.

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<v Speaker 2>Mark's writing it all as one story. That day, when

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<v Speaker 2>evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, let's go over

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<v Speaker 2>to the other side. Note he doesn't tell him why.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't say, because I've got an appointment on the

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<v Speaker 2>other side. He doesn't tell them why. He just tells them.

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<v Speaker 2>What can you obey what God says when you don't know?

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<v Speaker 2>Why can you just get in and go? Even though

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<v Speaker 2>you don't know where this is going? If you believe

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<v Speaker 2>He has all authority, you don't need full details to

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<v Speaker 2>be obedient. This is just for the obedient Christians who

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<v Speaker 2>are willing to cross over. Now make a note of this.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't cross over without conflict. Jesus is moving the

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<v Speaker 2>mission forward. He's leaving the comfort zone of what do

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<v Speaker 2>we call it? Copernaum? Ooh nahum comfort Copernaum, Copernaum, it's

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<v Speaker 2>the place of the comforter. He's leaving the comfort zone

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<v Speaker 2>and he's moving into enemy territory. Like some of you

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<v Speaker 2>are doing right now in your life. You are beginning

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<v Speaker 2>to move forward in the things of God. You're changing

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<v Speaker 2>your circle, You're changing your value. You have begun to

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<v Speaker 2>prioritize the presence of God. But let me warn you

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<v Speaker 2>when you make God your priority, the enemy will send

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<v Speaker 2>a storm. You never cross over without conflict. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>expect the devil would let you.

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<v Speaker 1>Go without a fight.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you expect that he would let you leave Egypt

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<v Speaker 2>without sending his chariots to chase you down. You've been

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<v Speaker 2>serving the devil forty two years, and now you decide

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<v Speaker 2>to stand up and be a godly man, and you

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<v Speaker 2>think it's just going.

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<v Speaker 1>To change overnight.

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<v Speaker 2>As a matter of fact, I want to announce to you,

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<v Speaker 2>the reason the storm is raging might not be because

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<v Speaker 2>your Jonah headed.

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<v Speaker 1>Away from the will of God.

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<v Speaker 2>It might be because you're crossing over into the calling

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<v Speaker 2>that is on your life. This what the conflict is

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<v Speaker 2>all about.

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<v Speaker 3>It.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I should just calm down and talk to you, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes when you're in a storm, sometimes you need somebody

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<v Speaker 2>to holler at you and say, hey.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna make it through this. How do you know?

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<v Speaker 2>Because Jesus said, We're going to the other side, so.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't die in this.

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<v Speaker 2>You gotta make it to that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what I came to say.

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<v Speaker 2>I've preached so many sermons about this storm, and I've

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<v Speaker 2>told so many people that they can survive what they're

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<v Speaker 2>going through. But there's a more important question than will

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<v Speaker 2>you survive. The better question to ask is why did

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<v Speaker 2>you survive the storm?

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<v Speaker 1>Have you thought about have you ever thought.

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<v Speaker 2>About how many things the enemy did, even early in

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<v Speaker 2>your life to try to stop you from having a

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<v Speaker 2>relationship with God. Remember this is Mark chapter four, not

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<v Speaker 2>Mark chapter five. This man has not even seen Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>yet yet there is a storm that is sent to

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<v Speaker 2>the Sea of Galilee to keep Jesus from getting to him.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're like, well, how do you know the

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<v Speaker 1>devil started the storm?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe it was just climate change because it said Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>rebuked the wind in the waves. Jesus doesn't rebuke natural elements.

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<v Speaker 2>He rebukes demons. The same demonic oppression that was oppressing

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<v Speaker 2>that man was in that sea trying to stop Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>from getting to the man. You were on the devil's

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<v Speaker 2>hit list before you were ever born. There were things

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<v Speaker 2>in your family line that were happening before you were

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<v Speaker 2>born that were designed to keep you from being in

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<v Speaker 2>church at this moment today, touch somebody say you must

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<v Speaker 2>be imported because in spite of all the storms that

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<v Speaker 2>had your name on them, in spite of all the

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<v Speaker 2>winds and the waves and the hurricane forces, in spite

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<v Speaker 2>of every attack, look at you in church. Look at

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<v Speaker 2>you clapping, Look at you taking notes, look at you

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<v Speaker 2>praising God, look at you believing for a brighter day.

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<v Speaker 1>Look how you made it. You must be important. You survive.

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<v Speaker 1>You know how I know you're important.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes boldness to call your sermon you must be important.

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<v Speaker 2>It takes boldness to call your sermon that. But I

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<v Speaker 2>know it. Not because of the car you drive, not

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<v Speaker 2>because of the house you live in, not because I

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<v Speaker 2>looked up how many Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>Followers you have.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're important because of your storm. See the

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<v Speaker 2>size of your storm tells me something about your importance.

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<v Speaker 2>The size of your storm lets me know the importance

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<v Speaker 2>of your assignment.

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<v Speaker 1>The devil doesn't start a storm.

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<v Speaker 2>For somebody who is not threatened by.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're going through a storm.

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<v Speaker 2>There's something so big on the other side.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you high five three people say you must.

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<v Speaker 2>Be important because that big, bad devil's.

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<v Speaker 1>Been huffing and puffing, and he thought he would blow

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<v Speaker 1>your house down.

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<v Speaker 2>But the trial to serve, to prove your foundation.

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<v Speaker 4>Come on, my.

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<v Speaker 1>House is on the rock. I can't. I was so confused.

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<v Speaker 2>So long. I thought this storm meant that God had

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<v Speaker 2>left me. You know, but in this passage, the storm

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<v Speaker 2>means he's on the way.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you hear what I said?

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<v Speaker 5>If you're going through a storm right now, or if

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<v Speaker 5>one happens to hit on Thursday morning, I want you

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<v Speaker 5>to know that the storm is a sign that Grace

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<v Speaker 5>is on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says the storm came up suddenly the moment

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus started in the direction of the man, here came

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<v Speaker 2>a storm, not because God wasn't with him, but precisely

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<v Speaker 2>because he was headed.

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<v Speaker 1>In his direction.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So if that's true, if what I just

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<v Speaker 2>said is true, that there is a storm that proves

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<v Speaker 2>nobody attacks what isn't valuable, I promise you if I

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<v Speaker 2>went to play Game seven today, Lebron wouldn't guard me.

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<v Speaker 1>I promise you.

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<v Speaker 2>They would let me run all around that court and

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<v Speaker 2>do whatever I wanted to do. They would hand me

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<v Speaker 2>the ball gladly. You only guard.

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<v Speaker 3>Why would you guard someone who wasn't in a position

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<v Speaker 3>to score?

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<v Speaker 1>I know you're important.

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<v Speaker 2>Look here, Brooke, when I prepared this message, I was like, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Won't get this message because they'll do this thing.

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<v Speaker 2>When I get to this man called Legion, and I

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<v Speaker 2>say he was living among the tombs and cutting himself

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<v Speaker 2>with stones. They would disassociate themselves and say, well, I

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<v Speaker 2>got some problems, but I'm not that bad. And when

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<v Speaker 2>he says my name is Legion, they'll back up off

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<v Speaker 2>of him and they'll disassociate in the text and they'll say, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like the Disciples going through a storm, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not the man called Legion.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, are you so sure?

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<v Speaker 2>Because it said he lived among the tombs, so you

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<v Speaker 2>don't go to dead places? Are you sure? Are you

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<v Speaker 2>sure this isn't you somewhere in here? It may have

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<v Speaker 2>a different demonstration, but it's the same dynamic because it

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<v Speaker 2>said they would try to chain him up and he

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<v Speaker 2>would break the chains and they couldn't hold him anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>and he would hurt himself. Are you telling me there's

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<v Speaker 2>no area of your life where you're out of control?

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<v Speaker 2>I started to study the text, thinking I was like Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>and who do I need to go help. The more

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<v Speaker 2>I studied it, I thought maybe there's some Legion in me.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mean demonic possession, but I do mean oppression.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got my own chains.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you the greatest secret God ever showed me

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<v Speaker 2>about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, you.

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<v Speaker 2>He told me that all y'all are crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>True story.

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<v Speaker 2>I was getting ready to preach one time, and I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to preach from my own dysfunction, and I was

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<v Speaker 2>embarrassed to do it because I thought, like everybody that

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<v Speaker 2>I was preaching to had their act together, and why

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna listen to a preacher that's crazier than you.

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<v Speaker 2>And it was very interesting for me, the path that

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<v Speaker 2>I went on in those two years that I was

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<v Speaker 2>learning this lesson, watching millionaires who were miserable, and I

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<v Speaker 2>realized the devil doesn't check your net worth before he

0:26:59.000 --> 0:27:07.439
<v Speaker 2>tries to wreck your house. And I saw really nice

0:27:07.640 --> 0:27:14.480
<v Speaker 2>smelling people with like country club memberships and stuff, who

0:27:14.560 --> 0:27:26.919
<v Speaker 2>drive eco friendly cars and eat hummus, freaking out on

0:27:27.240 --> 0:27:33.040
<v Speaker 2>depression medication and yeah. And once I found out y'all

0:27:33.080 --> 0:27:37.639
<v Speaker 2>were crazy, I was no longer intimidated to preach this

0:27:37.720 --> 0:27:39.000
<v Speaker 2>Bible like.

0:27:38.920 --> 0:27:45.520
<v Speaker 1>It really is. Once I realized.

0:27:46.680 --> 0:27:48.720
<v Speaker 2>That you might be out of control and your spending,

0:27:50.040 --> 0:27:55.160
<v Speaker 2>you're eating your sexuality. If I kept going long enough,

0:27:55.400 --> 0:27:59.280
<v Speaker 2>i'd clear the whole room out of self righteousness. There

0:27:59.280 --> 0:28:03.120
<v Speaker 2>would not be one more Pharisee spirit left to hear

0:28:03.160 --> 0:28:07.480
<v Speaker 2>this sermon. If I kept going, dare me to do it.

0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:13.840
<v Speaker 2>I will name every demon in this room, because once

0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:16.239
<v Speaker 2>I stopped talking about the stuff you can't see, then

0:28:16.280 --> 0:28:18.680
<v Speaker 2>I would move over to gossip. Some of y'all can't

0:28:18.720 --> 0:28:23.399
<v Speaker 2>stop talking about people. You are so ugly to. Okay,

0:28:24.000 --> 0:28:31.200
<v Speaker 2>see what I told you, I told you, I told you.

0:28:31.000 --> 0:28:34.199
<v Speaker 1>You were crazy.

0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:36.840
<v Speaker 2>He knew the man was crazy when he got on

0:28:36.880 --> 0:28:42.520
<v Speaker 2>the boat. It didn't stop him from coming. That got

0:28:42.560 --> 0:28:47.160
<v Speaker 2>me excited. I figure maybe he knows about my issues too.

0:28:50.440 --> 0:28:54.000
<v Speaker 2>I am Legion And he said, Legion is six thousand

0:28:54.000 --> 0:28:54.760
<v Speaker 2>foot soldiers.

0:28:55.800 --> 0:28:59.600
<v Speaker 1>That's a lot of demons. Jesus said, what is your name?

0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:05.840
<v Speaker 2>You know my name? Do you know yours? Do you

0:29:05.840 --> 0:29:08.960
<v Speaker 2>know who you are? Or do you have so many

0:29:09.000 --> 0:29:14.880
<v Speaker 2>different personas you know, because we're all Legion, we're all

0:29:14.880 --> 0:29:20.400
<v Speaker 2>a little bit of Legion. There are many mes. Somebody

0:29:20.440 --> 0:29:22.240
<v Speaker 2>told me that Abby looks just like me. They say

0:29:22.320 --> 0:29:25.400
<v Speaker 2>she's your mini me. I was like, you don't know

0:29:25.440 --> 0:29:27.320
<v Speaker 2>how true that is. There are many mes.

0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:31.080
<v Speaker 1>Huh.

0:29:31.400 --> 0:29:36.560
<v Speaker 2>There's online you. There's Sunday morning you. That's the only

0:29:36.600 --> 0:29:38.840
<v Speaker 2>one I ever get to see. But then I found

0:29:38.840 --> 0:29:43.840
<v Speaker 2>out there's a Friday night. You don't make me interview

0:29:43.880 --> 0:29:45.840
<v Speaker 2>your spouse, please, I won't pull them up here and

0:29:45.840 --> 0:29:48.080
<v Speaker 2>give them the mic. There's a you only she knows,

0:29:48.160 --> 0:29:52.840
<v Speaker 2>he knows. There's a youth that only you know. There's

0:29:52.840 --> 0:29:54.480
<v Speaker 2>a youth that cries out day and not. You don't

0:29:54.480 --> 0:29:58.800
<v Speaker 2>cut yourself with stones. I understand that. But sometimes you

0:29:58.840 --> 0:30:02.239
<v Speaker 2>inflict pain on yourself and you can't stop it, and

0:30:02.280 --> 0:30:04.640
<v Speaker 2>you don't even know why you keep pushing people away.

0:30:05.240 --> 0:30:09.840
<v Speaker 2>You've been living among the tombs so long. Somebody's tomb

0:30:09.960 --> 0:30:15.320
<v Speaker 2>is them all. Somebody's tomb is pornography. Somebody's tomb is

0:30:15.360 --> 0:30:17.600
<v Speaker 2>an addiction that if we named it in the room,

0:30:17.640 --> 0:30:20.920
<v Speaker 2>you think, surely that person wouldn't come to church. You'd

0:30:20.920 --> 0:30:23.520
<v Speaker 2>be surprised how quick the demons run to Jesus.

0:30:27.640 --> 0:30:29.040
<v Speaker 1>Those demons ran.

0:30:28.880 --> 0:30:32.240
<v Speaker 2>Before Jesus and fell before him and said, don't make

0:30:32.360 --> 0:30:37.920
<v Speaker 2>us leave. Got it like we wanted here? We got

0:30:37.960 --> 0:30:43.200
<v Speaker 2>these people on lockdown. But they knew that this man

0:30:43.320 --> 0:30:45.320
<v Speaker 2>was important to Jesus, and they knew.

0:30:46.360 --> 0:30:47.120
<v Speaker 1>They knew.

0:30:48.360 --> 0:30:50.480
<v Speaker 2>That they were about to have to vacate the premises

0:30:50.520 --> 0:30:56.440
<v Speaker 2>of this man's personality and his psychology. And they knew

0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:59.960
<v Speaker 2>that someone strong enough to subdue them had finally shown

0:31:00.200 --> 0:31:04.040
<v Speaker 2>up in the region of the garri scenes because you've

0:31:04.040 --> 0:31:08.720
<v Speaker 2>tried everything else, and you've run to everyone else. But

0:31:08.800 --> 0:31:11.040
<v Speaker 2>I declared today you were in the presence of a

0:31:11.080 --> 0:31:14.760
<v Speaker 2>greater grace. And what works couldn't do, and the law

0:31:14.800 --> 0:31:17.560
<v Speaker 2>couldn't do, and chains couldn't do, and shackles couldn't do,

0:31:18.040 --> 0:31:20.640
<v Speaker 2>God's about to do it in your life. Grace can

0:31:20.720 --> 0:31:29.280
<v Speaker 2>do what change can't do. So now we get to

0:31:29.320 --> 0:31:33.120
<v Speaker 2>the part about the pigs. We hadn't even got to

0:31:33.120 --> 0:31:36.760
<v Speaker 2>the pigs yet. The pigs are the most important part.

0:31:37.800 --> 0:31:42.640
<v Speaker 2>This is the part where I'm wondering why the demons

0:31:43.880 --> 0:31:47.400
<v Speaker 2>wanted to get inside the pigs. And on the surface,

0:31:47.560 --> 0:31:51.520
<v Speaker 2>I understand that the devil never wants.

0:31:51.280 --> 0:31:52.320
<v Speaker 1>To give up any ground.

0:31:53.920 --> 0:31:57.920
<v Speaker 2>You understand once he has established a foothold. How many

0:31:57.960 --> 0:31:59.640
<v Speaker 2>of you don't believe in the devil? I want to

0:31:59.640 --> 0:32:01.680
<v Speaker 2>see who had kids? Yet, That's all I'm trying to do.

0:32:05.640 --> 0:32:09.040
<v Speaker 2>He doesn't want you to be the first one in

0:32:09.080 --> 0:32:12.160
<v Speaker 2>your family not to need drink to.

0:32:12.120 --> 0:32:13.280
<v Speaker 1>Feel good about yourself.

0:32:13.640 --> 0:32:16.240
<v Speaker 2>He doesn't want you to be the first one in

0:32:16.280 --> 0:32:19.160
<v Speaker 2>your family to be able to stay stable in a

0:32:19.200 --> 0:32:23.440
<v Speaker 2>relationship rather than running around. So what does he want?

0:32:23.040 --> 0:32:27.320
<v Speaker 2>He wants to stand guard in the area. And this

0:32:27.400 --> 0:32:30.400
<v Speaker 2>is a brilliant strategy. I gotta give it to these devils.

0:32:30.720 --> 0:32:33.120
<v Speaker 2>The devils are smarter than a lot of church people.

0:32:34.880 --> 0:32:38.080
<v Speaker 2>They know how to get information, they know how to

0:32:38.120 --> 0:32:42.440
<v Speaker 2>accomplish a purpose, and they know how to discern what

0:32:42.600 --> 0:32:45.000
<v Speaker 2>is valuable. This is it. Stay with me?

0:32:45.040 --> 0:32:45.600
<v Speaker 1>Are you with me?

0:32:46.160 --> 0:32:47.320
<v Speaker 2>Come on, We're on something.

0:32:47.320 --> 0:32:47.920
<v Speaker 1>Are you with me?

0:32:48.440 --> 0:32:50.960
<v Speaker 2>Lean into this word. The word you resist is the

0:32:51.000 --> 0:32:54.120
<v Speaker 2>one that you need. Jesus is in this house. The

0:32:54.120 --> 0:32:57.040
<v Speaker 2>presence of God is in this place. The power of

0:32:57.080 --> 0:33:01.200
<v Speaker 2>a mighty God is in this moment. So Jesus says,

0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:04.680
<v Speaker 2>you gotta go. Let that man go. He's important to me.

0:33:05.040 --> 0:33:07.480
<v Speaker 2>I went through the storm to get to him. I

0:33:07.560 --> 0:33:10.640
<v Speaker 2>went through the thunder and the lightning to get to him.

0:33:10.880 --> 0:33:13.640
<v Speaker 2>I went through bucketfuls of water bill out of Peter's

0:33:13.640 --> 0:33:16.520
<v Speaker 2>boat to get to him. I came two hours across

0:33:16.560 --> 0:33:19.280
<v Speaker 2>the Sea of Galilee. And I've only got three years

0:33:19.320 --> 0:33:20.360
<v Speaker 2>to change the world.

0:33:20.640 --> 0:33:23.960
<v Speaker 1>This man is a vip. I know everybody else has.

0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:25.920
<v Speaker 2>Forgotten about him, but I want him now.

0:33:25.960 --> 0:33:27.360
<v Speaker 1>Let me say something real quick.

0:33:27.720 --> 0:33:30.400
<v Speaker 2>If he went through the storm for this man, and

0:33:30.520 --> 0:33:32.200
<v Speaker 2>he went to the cross for you.

0:33:32.840 --> 0:33:41.880
<v Speaker 1>How valuable must you be? How much is your life?

0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:45.120
<v Speaker 2>For he said.

0:33:44.960 --> 0:33:54.600
<v Speaker 3>God, and Jesus said, okay, you can go into the pigs.

0:33:56.080 --> 0:33:59.920
<v Speaker 2>And they went into the pigs. And then they made

0:34:00.600 --> 0:34:04.400
<v Speaker 2>trou because the demons know two things. One pigs can't swim.

0:34:04.440 --> 0:34:11.160
<v Speaker 1>But we all know that what the demons know that

0:34:11.239 --> 0:34:11.680
<v Speaker 1>we don't know.

0:34:13.640 --> 0:34:17.360
<v Speaker 2>I think the demons understood that the people in the

0:34:17.400 --> 0:34:21.800
<v Speaker 2>region cared more about the pigs than they did about

0:34:21.800 --> 0:34:29.880
<v Speaker 2>the man. This is two thousand pigs. This represents a

0:34:30.080 --> 0:34:35.160
<v Speaker 2>significant part of the portfolio of these pig owners. This

0:34:35.239 --> 0:34:39.440
<v Speaker 2>is a region that is known for raising pigs. So

0:34:39.480 --> 0:34:44.080
<v Speaker 2>what does the enemy attack? Whatever you value the most,

0:34:50.320 --> 0:34:54.000
<v Speaker 2>and yes, he knows what you value. And yes he

0:34:54.080 --> 0:34:55.960
<v Speaker 2>knows how to hit you where it hurts the most.

0:34:57.719 --> 0:35:01.319
<v Speaker 2>And that's why he'll use people to get to your

0:35:01.360 --> 0:35:06.040
<v Speaker 2>relationship with God. What's really most valuable is your relationship

0:35:06.040 --> 0:35:07.640
<v Speaker 2>with God. But he knows if he can get people

0:35:07.680 --> 0:35:10.480
<v Speaker 2>to offend you, you will do what the people that

0:35:10.600 --> 0:35:14.320
<v Speaker 2>you will send Jesus away because you are offended by people.

0:35:15.880 --> 0:35:16.840
<v Speaker 1>He knows where to hit you.

0:35:18.400 --> 0:35:23.400
<v Speaker 2>He knows where your insecurity is, he knows your playlist,

0:35:25.000 --> 0:35:29.160
<v Speaker 2>what you say to yourself, about yourself. He knows your proclivities,

0:35:29.160 --> 0:35:33.719
<v Speaker 2>your perversions. He knows what makes you feel ashamed, so

0:35:33.800 --> 0:35:36.800
<v Speaker 2>he hits you there to make you lash out in anger.

0:35:39.520 --> 0:35:41.000
<v Speaker 1>He knows how to keep you bound.

0:35:41.120 --> 0:35:43.920
<v Speaker 2>And since he couldn't stay in the man, the devil

0:35:43.920 --> 0:35:44.840
<v Speaker 2>went into the pigs.

0:35:45.880 --> 0:35:53.439
<v Speaker 4>If I killed the pigs, they'll send Jesus away.

0:35:54.480 --> 0:35:57.279
<v Speaker 1>Let me hurt Job. This is when the devil had

0:35:57.280 --> 0:36:00.360
<v Speaker 1>a meeting with God. He said, I've.

0:36:00.200 --> 0:36:03.160
<v Speaker 2>Been going to and fro looking for somebody to devour.

0:36:03.400 --> 0:36:05.799
<v Speaker 1>And God said, have you checked out my boy? Job?

0:36:07.840 --> 0:36:12.640
<v Speaker 3>Job's a bad dude. This is an updated translation. It's

0:36:12.640 --> 0:36:15.440
<v Speaker 3>a little more modern. Probably says it in your Bible.

0:36:18.000 --> 0:36:21.720
<v Speaker 3>And the devil said, he's only serving you. He's only

0:36:21.760 --> 0:36:25.840
<v Speaker 3>serving you because his herd is still intact. Let me

0:36:25.920 --> 0:36:29.680
<v Speaker 3>touch his body, let me touch his children. The enemy

0:36:29.719 --> 0:36:33.479
<v Speaker 3>will use anything to get to your faith. What he's

0:36:33.560 --> 0:36:38.319
<v Speaker 3>after is your relationship with God. But he will use

0:36:38.400 --> 0:36:41.600
<v Speaker 3>the pigs to get you to push away the presence

0:36:41.640 --> 0:36:42.040
<v Speaker 3>of God.

0:36:43.000 --> 0:36:46.880
<v Speaker 1>He knows exactly where you're vulnerable. Guess where you're the

0:36:46.880 --> 0:36:47.719
<v Speaker 1>most vulnerable.

0:36:48.600 --> 0:36:53.319
<v Speaker 4>Wherever you place the greatest value. These pigs were worth

0:36:53.400 --> 0:36:57.319
<v Speaker 4>two million dollars in modern money. He said, if I

0:36:57.360 --> 0:37:00.360
<v Speaker 4>can get in the pigs and make the pigs in

0:37:00.400 --> 0:37:03.440
<v Speaker 4>the water, the people will be so afraid because they

0:37:03.480 --> 0:37:05.319
<v Speaker 4>lost their pigs that they.

0:37:05.239 --> 0:37:09.840
<v Speaker 2>Will send Jesus away. I wonder where the enemy attacked you.

0:37:10.400 --> 0:37:13.240
<v Speaker 2>I bet it was in the place of your greatest value.

0:37:13.880 --> 0:37:17.879
<v Speaker 2>But guess what I got good news. He only attacks

0:37:18.200 --> 0:37:22.960
<v Speaker 2>what's valuable. So if he has attacked you lately, get

0:37:23.040 --> 0:37:26.040
<v Speaker 2>ready to shallow. Guess what that means about you?

0:37:26.040 --> 0:37:31.400
<v Speaker 1>You must be important, you, o God.

0:37:31.920 --> 0:37:35.120
<v Speaker 2>The devil knows more about your destiny than you do.

0:37:36.120 --> 0:37:40.120
<v Speaker 2>There must be something on your life. Can I preach

0:37:40.200 --> 0:37:43.080
<v Speaker 2>this like God gave it to me? God said, some

0:37:43.239 --> 0:37:46.919
<v Speaker 2>of you are breaking generational curses and you don't even

0:37:47.000 --> 0:37:50.200
<v Speaker 2>know it. And that's why it's been so hard. And

0:37:50.239 --> 0:37:53.640
<v Speaker 2>that's why it's been so strong, and that's why it's

0:37:53.719 --> 0:37:59.440
<v Speaker 2>been so dark, because you're so strong, and you're so positioned,

0:37:59.840 --> 0:38:02.440
<v Speaker 2>and you're so important to his purpose.

0:38:09.640 --> 0:38:12.160
<v Speaker 1>You must be important.

0:38:14.160 --> 0:38:17.920
<v Speaker 2>The devil wouldn't tie you up if he wasn't afraid

0:38:17.960 --> 0:38:22.480
<v Speaker 2>of what would happen if you got loose. I can't

0:38:22.520 --> 0:38:24.719
<v Speaker 2>buy an amen, but I don't need one. This is

0:38:24.800 --> 0:38:29.279
<v Speaker 2>good in my soul, I said, he wouldn't tie you up.

0:38:30.920 --> 0:38:33.200
<v Speaker 2>It's the opposite. I thought the storm meant God had

0:38:33.280 --> 0:38:35.000
<v Speaker 2>left me. I found out it meant that Grace was

0:38:35.000 --> 0:38:37.720
<v Speaker 2>on the way. I thought the shackles meant God couldn't

0:38:37.840 --> 0:38:38.160
<v Speaker 2>use me.

0:38:38.600 --> 0:38:39.440
<v Speaker 1>I found out that.

0:38:39.400 --> 0:38:43.040
<v Speaker 2>The shackles mean God is looking for someone who knows.

0:38:42.719 --> 0:38:45.200
<v Speaker 1>How to break sames.

0:38:45.880 --> 0:38:49.360
<v Speaker 2>Now I just wonder, are there any chain breakers in

0:38:49.440 --> 0:38:54.279
<v Speaker 2>the house today? I mean, you see chain breakers, rock

0:38:54.360 --> 0:38:58.239
<v Speaker 2>hill shain breakers. If you're a chain breaker and you

0:38:58.400 --> 0:39:01.120
<v Speaker 2>know it, and you've been through some things and you

0:39:01.239 --> 0:39:04.640
<v Speaker 2>have some issues, and you forgot who you were for

0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:08.160
<v Speaker 2>a moment, but in the presence of God today, you're

0:39:08.280 --> 0:39:09.520
<v Speaker 2>starting to remember.

0:39:10.280 --> 0:39:12.000
<v Speaker 1>I am a child of God.

0:39:12.840 --> 0:39:20.880
<v Speaker 2>Take a few moments and praise Him.

0:39:18.160 --> 0:39:21.440
<v Speaker 1>For what's on the other side.

0:39:22.640 --> 0:39:29.919
<v Speaker 2>Come on, children, come on, come on saying breakers, Come

0:39:29.960 --> 0:39:31.040
<v Speaker 2>on and praise him.

0:39:32.160 --> 0:39:33.640
<v Speaker 1>I don't care I'm on the screen.

0:39:34.320 --> 0:39:38.720
<v Speaker 2>Shallah to God with the voice of trial. I don't

0:39:38.719 --> 0:39:42.439
<v Speaker 2>care you belong to a country club. Shullah to God

0:39:43.040 --> 0:39:48.800
<v Speaker 2>with the voice of trial. I'm a samee breaker.

0:40:03.440 --> 0:40:04.520
<v Speaker 1>You must be important.

0:40:05.760 --> 0:40:07.879
<v Speaker 2>He threw you in the fire so he could show

0:40:07.960 --> 0:40:11.640
<v Speaker 2>never Cannissur that he is God. You must be important.

0:40:11.920 --> 0:40:14.520
<v Speaker 2>He lets you spend the night with the lions, so

0:40:14.560 --> 0:40:17.920
<v Speaker 2>he could shut the lion's mouth and demonstrate his strength.

0:40:18.200 --> 0:40:19.480
<v Speaker 1>You must be important.

0:40:19.719 --> 0:40:22.759
<v Speaker 2>He drowned all those horses in the Red Sea so

0:40:22.800 --> 0:40:24.200
<v Speaker 2>that the nations.

0:40:23.680 --> 0:40:27.239
<v Speaker 1>Would know that he is God. You must be important.

0:40:27.520 --> 0:40:30.640
<v Speaker 1>Hot five. Everybody looks happy. Say you must be important.

0:40:33.160 --> 0:40:35.920
<v Speaker 1>You gotta be, You gotta be.

0:40:36.640 --> 0:40:40.239
<v Speaker 2>How else do you explain the fact that you're still here.

0:40:44.560 --> 0:40:47.160
<v Speaker 2>Everything that can be shaken will be shaken, so that

0:40:47.280 --> 0:40:49.840
<v Speaker 2>only that which cannot be shaken will remain.

0:40:50.239 --> 0:40:52.799
<v Speaker 1>You know what it means if you're still here. You

0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:53.680
<v Speaker 1>weren't shaken.

0:40:53.960 --> 0:40:58.040
<v Speaker 2>The trial came the foundation's quick, but the house stood

0:40:58.120 --> 0:41:00.000
<v Speaker 2>firm because it wasn't on the side.

0:41:00.120 --> 0:41:05.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this man.

0:41:08.840 --> 0:41:14.359
<v Speaker 2>Was so important that Jesus went through the storm to.

0:41:14.360 --> 0:41:15.000
<v Speaker 1>Get to him.

0:41:15.239 --> 0:41:19.600
<v Speaker 2>And you were so important that Jesus went through gethsemine

0:41:19.640 --> 0:41:22.160
<v Speaker 2>to get to you. And you were so important that

0:41:22.239 --> 0:41:25.960
<v Speaker 2>he passed through the membrane of eternity into the construct

0:41:26.040 --> 0:41:30.759
<v Speaker 2>called time to come to you. Don't you ever let

0:41:30.800 --> 0:41:32.799
<v Speaker 2>the devil tell you against somebody else needs to.

0:41:32.840 --> 0:41:34.800
<v Speaker 1>Raise those kids. Don't you ever.

0:41:34.719 --> 0:41:36.680
<v Speaker 2>Let the devil tell you against somebody.

0:41:36.400 --> 0:41:39.520
<v Speaker 1>Else belongs in that spot. Don't you don't.

0:41:42.080 --> 0:41:45.879
<v Speaker 2>And the next storm that comes, I.

0:41:45.840 --> 0:41:49.160
<v Speaker 3>Want you to wave it on by, because there must

0:41:49.200 --> 0:41:51.239
<v Speaker 3>be something so great on the other side.

0:41:51.960 --> 0:42:00.640
<v Speaker 1>Listen. In my Bible, it says something better, very strange.

0:42:01.960 --> 0:42:05.960
<v Speaker 2>It says that when Jesus set the man free, the

0:42:06.000 --> 0:42:09.640
<v Speaker 2>man went and got down in the boat because he

0:42:09.800 --> 0:42:13.000
<v Speaker 2>was like, you are not leaving me here with these people.

0:42:14.800 --> 0:42:17.080
<v Speaker 2>Look at verse eighteen. I didn't read it to y'all

0:42:17.160 --> 0:42:21.759
<v Speaker 2>saving him. As Jesus was getting into the boat, the

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<v Speaker 2>man who was demon possessed begged to go with him.

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<v Speaker 2>That's like, if you're in my car on the way home,

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<v Speaker 2>that would be weird. Now we got a contrast because

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<v Speaker 2>the demons are like, don't make us leave, and the

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<v Speaker 2>man is like, don't make me stay.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's sexy to want to step out into something new.

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<v Speaker 3>And the brother is clothed.

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<v Speaker 2>And in his right mind, and he's amazed and he's grateful.

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<v Speaker 1>And he wants to be on Jesus team.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's like, I'm gonna come with you, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>that's cool. I promise no more of that cutting, chain

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<v Speaker 2>breaking stuff. I'm let me keep the books. I see

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<v Speaker 2>that guy you got Judas, I don't think he see

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<v Speaker 2>the devil knows the devil.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm telling you, let me be your treasurer.

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<v Speaker 2>But something happened so strange to me, because I just

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<v Speaker 2>read in Mark two where Jesus called the disciples and

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<v Speaker 2>he said, come follow me. Leave what you know and

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<v Speaker 2>follow me, and I'm gonna show you how to do

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<v Speaker 2>something new for my glory. And they had the faith

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<v Speaker 2>to go, and it takes a lot of faith to

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<v Speaker 2>leave a.

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<v Speaker 3>Situation you're familiar with. Takes faith to go. But Jesus

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<v Speaker 3>did something kind of strange. She looked back at the

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<v Speaker 3>man and he said, you can't follow me. Jesus didn't

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<v Speaker 3>let him leave, but said, I need you to go home.

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<v Speaker 1>To the same.

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<v Speaker 2>Situation that I delivered you in. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>take you out of it. I took it out of you.

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<v Speaker 2>I changed your condition, but I'm going to leave you

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<v Speaker 2>in the circumstance because I want these people to watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>Go home and tell.

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<v Speaker 1>Them how much the Lord has done for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Give me my verse, please thank you, and how he

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<v Speaker 2>has had mercy on you.

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<v Speaker 3>I want you to be a trophy. In fact, it's

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<v Speaker 3>better than that. Look at verse twenty.

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<v Speaker 1>Touch somebody say you must be so important.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know why the ushers let me sit next

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<v Speaker 2>to you.

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<v Speaker 1>You must be so important. And he went away.

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<v Speaker 2>I begin to tell him to the capitalists, that's ten cities.

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<v Speaker 2>The man became a missionary. You know, we could call

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<v Speaker 2>this sermon from maniac to missionary. I need somebody crazy enough,

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<v Speaker 2>because when the people see how much you've changed, they're

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<v Speaker 2>going to be amazed. Sometimes God gives you the faith

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<v Speaker 2>to go. Other times he gives you the grace to stay.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that's amazing too, because some of you

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<v Speaker 2>are in a difficult place and all you want to

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<v Speaker 2>do is escape.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus, take me with you. I mean, let me get

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<v Speaker 1>a new start.

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<v Speaker 3>And in those moments, and you know, if you're in

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<v Speaker 3>one where you just want to escape the situation or

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<v Speaker 3>the pain of the trial, God says, I'm going to

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<v Speaker 3>give you something better than the faith to go.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to give you the grace to stay. See,

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<v Speaker 2>you are so important to me. And the man who

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't even living with the people became the first missionary

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<v Speaker 2>to the Gentiles. He was the first one. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>you are going to be the first. You are going

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<v Speaker 2>to be the first to break a chain. None of

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<v Speaker 2>your friends have done it, none of your family did it.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody around you believes you can do it, and you

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<v Speaker 2>didn't believe in yourself. But in this moment, the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of the Lord is in this place.

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<v Speaker 1>Because now I know who I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I was worthless. I believe that for years,

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<v Speaker 2>But now I know who I am. He came through

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<v Speaker 2>all that for me. Now I know who I am.

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<v Speaker 2>Because the enemy only attacks what's valuable.

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<v Speaker 1>So now I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, I need about seventy more people who know

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<v Speaker 2>who got this word? And you know that you had

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<v Speaker 2>to be here today, not just so you could survive

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<v Speaker 2>the storm, so that after you've survived it, after you've

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<v Speaker 2>lived through it, after you've broke the chains off of

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Now God is ready to use you. If

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<v Speaker 2>you're ready to be used by God, why don't you

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<v Speaker 2>glorify him right now.

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<v Speaker 1>In this moment. Come on, glorify him.

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<v Speaker 2>I need some.

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<v Speaker 1>Crazy people who know.

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