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Speaker 2: Hi, I'm doctor Tony Evans, your host for Heroes in

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Speaker 2: the Bible Jesus. If you've been enjoying this series, please

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Speaker 2: has impacted your life. Welcome to the greatest story every time.

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Speaker 2: It is the story of a shepherd's heart for his sheep,

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Speaker 5: Do not cling to me, Mary, I have yet to

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Speaker 2: Mary Jesus said, softly, that's all, just her name. Jesus

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Speaker 2: intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes

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Speaker 2: saw my unformed substance. In your book were written every

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Speaker 2: one of them, the days that were formed for me,

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Speaker 2: when as yet there was none of them. How precious

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Speaker 2: to me are your thoughts, O God, How vast is

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Speaker 2: the sum of them? If I would count them, They

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Speaker 2: are more than the sand. I awake, and I am

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Speaker 2: still with you rest today and the knowledge that you

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Speaker 2: are known, loved, and cherished. There is nothing about you

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Speaker 2: that is hidden from God. He has seen the darker

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Speaker 2: parts of your mind, and he has seen the purity

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Speaker 2: of your hopes for the future. He sees all these things,

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Speaker 2: yet still calls you by name. He still calls you

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Speaker 2: his beloved Jesus comforted Mary and told her to go

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Speaker 2: tell the disciples there was much to do before Jesus

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Speaker 2: returned to the Father. This episode ended in the temple

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Speaker 2: with Caiaphas and the Roman gods charged with watching the tomb.

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Speaker 2: The high priest doesn't deny once that Jesus rose from

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Speaker 2: the dead. This tells Us that even if he did

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Speaker 2: believe Jesus rose again, he didn't care. He wanted the

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Speaker 2: name of Jesus snuffed out and done. Pride has a

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Speaker 2: way of taunting belief. Even if you and I have

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Speaker 2: belief or knowledge of Jesus, pride can quickly choke out

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Speaker 2: whatever good fruit would come from it. Control the story,

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Speaker 2: and you control the masses, he said. Unfortunately for him,

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Speaker 2: the testimony of the resurrection was a story that could

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Speaker 2: not be controlled. For thousands of years, people have tried

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Speaker 2: to taint the testimony of Jesus, yet it always finds

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Speaker 2: a way to prevail. The story of Jesus outlasts the

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Speaker 2: greed of men. In our next episode, Jesus will travel

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Speaker 2: from place to place in relative omnimity. He will walk

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Speaker 2: alongside a few men and take them on a journey.

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Speaker 2: They did not expect join us next time for episode

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Speaker 2: twenty the Road. Thanks again for listening. For more inspiring stories,

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Speaker 2: daily prayers, and wisdom to last a lifetime, go to

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Speaker 2: pray dot com. And to expand your heroes in the

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Speaker 2: Bible journey, download the Heroes of the Faith devotional at

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Speaker 2: Tonyevans dot org Forward slash Heroes. Please write a review

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Speaker 2: and let us know how Jesus and this podcast have

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