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

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

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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 1: in your day. To learn more about the Bible, stay

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Speaker 2: Possession and Rejection. In our last story, Jesus revealed himself

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Speaker 2: to be the Messiah towards an outcast. She had spent

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Speaker 2: she found hope. This woman was the adulteress from Samaria.

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Speaker 2: When she discovered Jesus was the Messiah, she ran to

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Speaker 2: beginnings of Jesus's ministry. He heals a man's son with

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Speaker 2: with a command, and he ignites a crowd of friends

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Speaker 2: against him with his preaching. Jesus's words are beginning to heal,

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Speaker 2: set free, and divide. It is the beginning of a

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Speaker 2: revival inspired by the Gospels.

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Speaker 3: Hello, this is Pastor Jack Graham with another episode of

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Speaker 3: the Bible in a Year podcast. In our Last time together,

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Speaker 3: in our story of Jesus, we learned how Ji Jesus

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Speaker 3: showed himself as Messiah to a Samaritan woman, a very

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Speaker 3: her heart and changed her forever. She received living water,

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Speaker 3: and as a result, she brought many others to meet Jesus,

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Speaker 3: and they also believed in him. Today we'll hear as

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Speaker 3: Jesus begins to travel about healing different people in different ways,

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Speaker 3: from healing physical maladies to casting out demons. Jesus is

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Speaker 3: because he is God, his deeds, that his words bring

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Speaker 2: Word of Jesus's presence spread like wildfire. Stories of his

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Speaker 2: They were beginning to believe the words proclaimed by John

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Speaker 2: Why have you come to us, Jesus of Nazareth. The

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Speaker 2: Everyone's gaze was fixed on Jesus. The silence was so

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Speaker 2: Jesus sighed. He was heartbroken over his old friends. Truly

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Speaker 2: a prophet is not welcomed in his hometown, Jesus said.

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Speaker 3: more than a miracle worker. So as he's walking, one day,

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Speaker 3: This was not a man in his right mind, and

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Speaker 3: Jesus knew it. The demonic presence, demon's spirit spoke through

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Speaker 3: Just as Jesus had faced down Satan in the wilderness,

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Speaker 3: And with authority he even gives orders to impure spirits

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Speaker 3: because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to

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Speaker 3: the poor. This was a prophecy regarding the Messiah. And

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Speaker 3: all who heard this would know this very well. And

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Speaker 3: so when Jesus said to them today this scripture, this

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Speaker 3: promise has been fulfilled, they understood exactly what he was saying.

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Speaker 3: Jesus was claiming to be the very Messiah for whom

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Speaker 3: they waited for so long. They were skeptical. They even scoffed.

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Speaker 3: Some became angry, not believing Jesus, and this rejection deeply

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Speaker 3: saddened the Lord, but he was not surprised. He knew

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Speaker 3: that he would be rejected by his own And as

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Speaker 3: he went to leave, the crowd began to get angrier

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Speaker 3: verse twelve, the Bible says he came into his own,

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Speaker 3: but his own received him not, but as many as

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Speaker 3: received him, Jesus to them gave you the power to

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Speaker 3: become the sons of God. Rejection would begin to mark

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Speaker 3: the life of Jesus, and ultimately it would lead to

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Speaker 3: his crucifixion. They tried to cancel him, but he came

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Speaker 3: he might be received by you and me to encourage

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Speaker 3: you today, never reject Jesus. Don't turn away from Jesus,

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Speaker 3: but trust in Jesus by turning from your sin and

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Speaker 3: receiving him as your savior and Lord. As many as

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Speaker 3: received him to them gave he the right to be

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Speaker 3: called the children of God. Lord, we thank you for

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Speaker 3: this promise that we can become your children, that because

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Speaker 3: of what you have done for us in living and

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Speaker 3: dying and rising again, that we can have eternal life.

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Speaker 3: May we receive this promise now and forever in your name,

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Speaker 3: we pray Amen. Thank you for listening to today's Bible.

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Speaker 3: In a year, I'm Pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas.

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Speaker 3: have recon horses that are free and available for you,

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Speaker 3: so that you may know Christ and grow in him.

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Speaker 3: God bless you