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Speaker 1: Let us pray, and he began to say to them

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Speaker 1: this day, is this scripture fulfilled in your ears? Luke

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Speaker 1: but will be driven by purpose. I thank you that

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Speaker 1: as my life begins to take form and the ministry

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Speaker 1: that you called me to live take shape, I praise

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Speaker 1: I'll be able to heal the broken hearted with compassion.

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Speaker 1: Then I'll be able to cast out evil mindsets and

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Speaker 1: I know that I can do it because the same

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Speaker 1: power that flowed through you is flowing through me. I

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Speaker 1: will only do what I see you doing. I will

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Speaker 1: only speak what you tell me to speak. I declare

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Speaker 1: that your spirit is upon me. I declare that your

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Speaker 1: power of your Holy Spirit and remember who you've called

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Speaker 1: me to be, even when others don't believe it. I

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Speaker 1: know who I am in the Lord. Then nothing will

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Speaker 1: change that I am called and I am chosen in

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Speaker 1: Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for making prayer a priority

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Speaker 3: Slash prey, possession and rejection.

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Speaker 4: In our last story, Jesus revealed himself to be the

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Speaker 4: Messiah towards an outcast. She had spent most of her

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Speaker 4: life ridiculed and rejected, but in Jesus she found hope.

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Speaker 4: This woman was the adulteress from Samaria. When she discovered

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Speaker 4: Jesus was the Messiah, she ran to go and tell

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Speaker 4: everyone she knew. Now we see the beginnings of Jesus's ministry.

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Speaker 4: He heals a man's son with just a word. He

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Speaker 4: he ignites a crowd of friends against him. With his preaching,

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Speaker 4: Jesus's words are beginning to heal, set free, and divide.

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Speaker 4: It is the beginning of a revival inspired by the Gospels.

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Speaker 5: Hello, this is Pastor Jack Graham with another episode of

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Speaker 5: the Bible in a Year podcast. In our Last Time Together,

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Speaker 5: in our Story of Jesus, we learned how Jesus showed

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Speaker 5: himself as Messiah to a Samaritan woman, a very lost woman,

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Speaker 5: but his words made faith come alive in her heart

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Speaker 5: and changed her forever. She received living water, and as

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Speaker 5: a result, she brought many others to meet Jesus and

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Speaker 5: they also believed in him. Today we'll hear as Jesus

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Speaker 5: begins to travel about healing different people in different ways.

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Speaker 5: From healing physical malay leads to casting out demons. Jesus

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Speaker 5: God because he is God, his deeds, that his words

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Speaker 5: bring many to himself. Yet for others, the wonders and

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Speaker 5: the words of Jesus in sight, anger, hatred, and rejection

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Speaker 5: far from being universally accepted. Jesus will be opposed by many.

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Speaker 4: Word of Jesus's presence spread like wildfire. Stories of his

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Speaker 4: teaching had brought many to his side. Rumors of his

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Speaker 4: They were beginning to believe the words proclaimed by John

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Speaker 4: As he spoke His words flowed with the strength and

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Speaker 4: Many teachers of the day relied on eloquent speech or

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Speaker 4: Why have you come to us? Jesus of Nazareth? The

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Speaker 4: As he said this, The man's twitching body began to

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Speaker 4: Everyone's gaze was fixed on Jesus. The silence was so

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Speaker 4: This word has been fulfilled. As Jesus spoke these words,

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Speaker 4: Isn't this Joseph's son the carpenter? They asked, we heard

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Speaker 4: Jesus sighed. He was heart broken over his old friends. Truly,

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Speaker 4: a prophet is not welcomed in his home town, Jesus said,

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Speaker 5: one day, an official approached him begging for his son,

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Speaker 5: People crowded in to hang on his every word. Jesus

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Speaker 5: The wisdom and the truth of his words were irresistible

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Speaker 5: and Jesus knew it. The demonic presence demons spirit spoke

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Speaker 5: Just as Jesus had faced down Satan in the wilderness,

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Speaker 5: And with authority, he even gives orders to impure spirits,

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Speaker 5: in salvation and healing and deliverance because of Jesus. But

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Speaker 5: not everyone believed, and as we heard in today's reading,

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Speaker 5: in his own town of Nazareth, people rejected him. He

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Speaker 5: that said, the spirit of the Lord is upon me,

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Speaker 5: because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to

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Speaker 5: the poor. This was a prophecy regarding the Messiah. And

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Speaker 5: all who heard this would know this very well. And

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Speaker 5: so when Jesus said to them today this scripture, this

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Speaker 5: promise has been fulfilled, they understood exactly what he was saying.

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Speaker 5: Jesus was claiming to be the very Messiah for whom

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Speaker 5: they waited for so long. They were skeptical. They even scoffed.

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Speaker 5: Some became angry, not believing Jesus, and this rejection deeply

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Speaker 5: saddened the Lord, but he was not surprised. He knew

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Speaker 5: that he would be rejected by his own And as

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Speaker 5: he went to leave, the crowd began to get angrier

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Speaker 5: and angrier, and they decided they needed to kill this

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Speaker 5: man they considered mad, throwing him from a cliff. Jesus

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Speaker 5: simply walked through the crowd, and he left behind his

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Speaker 5: hometown and those who rejected him. In John chapter one,

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Speaker 5: verse twelve, the Bible says, he came into his own,

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Speaker 5: but his own received him not but as many as

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Speaker 5: received him Jesus to them gave you the power to

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Speaker 5: become the sons of God. Rejection would begin to mark

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Speaker 5: the life of Jesus, and ultimately it would lead to

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Speaker 5: his crucifixion. They tried to cancel him, but he came

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Speaker 5: to die and to be rejected of men, so that

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Speaker 5: he might be received by you and me. I want

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Speaker 5: to encourage you today. Never reject Jesus. Don't turn away

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Speaker 5: from Jesus, but trust in Jesus. By turning from your

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Speaker 5: sin and receiving him as your savior and Lord. As

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Speaker 5: many as received him to them gave you the right

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Speaker 5: to be called the children of God. Lord, we thank

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Speaker 5: you for this promise that we can become your children,

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Speaker 5: that because of what you have done for us in

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Speaker 5: and die and rising again, that we can have eternal life.

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Speaker 5: May we receive this promise now and forever in your name,

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Speaker 5: we pray Amen. Thank you for listening to Today's Bible

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Speaker 5: in a year. I'm Pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas.

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Speaker 5: You can download thepray dot com app and make Bible

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Speaker 5: study and prayer the priority of your life. And if

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Speaker 5: I also want to encourage you to go to Jack

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Speaker 5: Graham dot org. That's Jack Graham dot org for we

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Speaker 5: have resources that are free and available for you so

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Speaker 5: that you may know Christ and grow in him. God

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Speaker 5: bless you