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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith. Hope

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<v Speaker 2>it gives your perspective to see God is moving in

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<v Speaker 2>your life. Enjoy the message. We're looking at the seven

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<v Speaker 2>last Words of Jesus Christ, what he said before he died.

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<v Speaker 1>How it applies to our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>Taking some things that we might be very familiar with,

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<v Speaker 2>or may not have been familiar with at all, but

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<v Speaker 2>really owning them personally and incorporating them into our lives

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<v Speaker 2>of faith on our personal journey with Jesus. And it

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<v Speaker 2>is a journey. And sometimes on the journey you become

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<v Speaker 2>so familiar with things that you don't notice them.

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<v Speaker 1>They can just be right there.

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<v Speaker 2>I grew up thirty miles from Charleston, South Carolina, and

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<v Speaker 2>I love going to Charleston with Holly when we want

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<v Speaker 2>to get away for a weekend. Typically we will sneak

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<v Speaker 2>away to Charleston. And by the way, if it's a vacation,

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<v Speaker 2>that means there are no kids. If the kids are there,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a family trip. Vacation is me Holly, a hotel

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<v Speaker 2>and some shopping, maybe some carbohydrates too. But we go

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<v Speaker 2>to Charleston a little bit, and it's only three and

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<v Speaker 2>a half hours from Charlotte. And she asked me one time,

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<v Speaker 2>the first time we went, She said, what was it

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<v Speaker 2>like growing up so close to such a historic and

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful place? I said, never thought about it when I

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<v Speaker 2>was a kid. It wasn't a thing. Just you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was Charleston. We never really made it past North Charleston.

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<v Speaker 2>That's where the mall was. And I never really even

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<v Speaker 2>made it downtown, the place that I pay now to

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<v Speaker 2>go and spend the night, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Never even drove to.

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<v Speaker 2>It was almost too close to notice until I got

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<v Speaker 2>away from it. And even the other day, y'all, I

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<v Speaker 2>was eating with the family. We go out to eat

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<v Speaker 2>most Fridays, and we were eating at this a burger restaurant,

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<v Speaker 2>burger joint, as the young people say, and that what

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<v Speaker 2>the young people call it, a burger joint over at

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<v Speaker 2>the five and dime. And I'm gonna get to my

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<v Speaker 2>scripture in a minute. Man, it's Luke twenty four or

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen through thirty five. Don't worry, I'm going there in

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<v Speaker 2>a minute, you can meet me there. Lace up your shoes,

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<v Speaker 2>stretch your hamstrings, do whatever you got to do, because

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<v Speaker 2>we're going on a journey. Tell the person next to

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<v Speaker 2>you we're going somewhere. We're going somewhere. So we went

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<v Speaker 2>to this restaurant and the young lady who was serving

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<v Speaker 2>us was really nice, but she kept looking at me funny,

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<v Speaker 2>looking at me funny every time she come over. You're

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<v Speaker 2>looking at me funny. And she came up and said,

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<v Speaker 2>I just figured out who you are. You're the Facebook guy.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, am I? She said, me and your friends

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<v Speaker 2>send the clips of your Facebook preaching to each other,

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<v Speaker 2>my friends in California. I said, cool, that's great, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and all of that. And she brought her fries and

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<v Speaker 2>came back another time and she said, they just told

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<v Speaker 2>me in the back that your church is here in Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, well, yeah, it's two miles from here at

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<v Speaker 2>this restaurant where I preach from. We have churches in

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<v Speaker 2>other places, not just in Charlotte, but it's based in Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 2>Like two like we could probably throw a French fry

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<v Speaker 2>at it and hit it. And and she said, I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even know it now she's two miles from the church.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't need to invite people more, is what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>You are not doing your job. It's what that said

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<v Speaker 2>to me. But what it really reminded me because I

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<v Speaker 2>told her, you know, you can get it on Facebook

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<v Speaker 2>and there's little cliffs, but if you really want to

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<v Speaker 2>see what makes that special, you gotta get in the

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<v Speaker 2>parking lot, see the people there, get a hog from

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<v Speaker 2>a greeterer. Have you got kids, You need to drop

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<v Speaker 2>your kids off at eat kids and watch how we

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<v Speaker 2>teach him. I mean, you really need to get around

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<v Speaker 2>the people. This is your lucky day because you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be my special guest. And I gave her an invitation

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<v Speaker 2>and she still didn't come. But that's not the point

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<v Speaker 2>of the illustration. The point of the illustration is you

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<v Speaker 2>can be so close. Elijah, my oldest son. The other day,

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<v Speaker 2>I went to hand on my phone. He said, Daddy

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<v Speaker 2>wants said on your wrist. I said, on my wrist?

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<v Speaker 2>What's on my wrist? And he was talking about my scar.

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<v Speaker 2>I've had this scar since I was four. This scar

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<v Speaker 2>is my mom tells me from a childhood incident. She says,

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<v Speaker 2>I was playing with a dog bowl, and it was

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<v Speaker 2>made of glass. I dropped the dog bowl. The dog

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<v Speaker 2>bowl cut my wrist. She said she thought I was

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<v Speaker 2>gonna die.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't remember any of this. It's not traumatic for me.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've always had this little Harry Potter thing right

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<v Speaker 2>there on my wrists and.

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<v Speaker 1>Elijah noticed it. That's crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>These are the first hands that held his ungrateful butt

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<v Speaker 2>and wiped his ungrateful.

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<v Speaker 1>And he never even noticed.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, how many times have I changed his diaper

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<v Speaker 2>with these hands? Probably not many, single digit probably.

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<v Speaker 1>But my point is it can be.

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<v Speaker 2>So close and remain unnoticed, so imminent and invisible to us.

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<v Speaker 1>But that doesn't mean it's not there.

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<v Speaker 2>Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go on the road. Seven miles. Let's go. Are

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<v Speaker 1>you ready?

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<v Speaker 2>I probably shouldn't have worn my white sneakers today.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna get dirty.

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<v Speaker 2>Because we're going on this Amaeis Road loop. Jesus only

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<v Speaker 2>has forty days. He's risen from the dead. He is resurrected,

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<v Speaker 2>just like he said he would be. He has the

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<v Speaker 2>keys to death, hell and the grave. He gave the

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<v Speaker 2>devil a big black.

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<v Speaker 1>Eye when that stone rolled away, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Now all of Hell is trembling because the temple they

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<v Speaker 2>thought they had destroyed has rebuilt himself, just.

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<v Speaker 1>Like he said he would. He is resten, he is resin.

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<v Speaker 2>And the women went to the tomb, and it's Sunday morning,

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<v Speaker 2>and they brought some spices, but they would not need them,

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<v Speaker 2>because the Angel said to the women, why do you

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<v Speaker 2>look for the living amongst the dead? I want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk in this first installment of Seven Mile Miracle on

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<v Speaker 2>the subject reverse the search. Maybe we are missing the

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<v Speaker 2>presence and the power of God, the resurrection power of God,

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<v Speaker 2>the redemptive power of God, the restoration power of God,

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<v Speaker 2>the redeeming.

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<v Speaker 1>Power of God.

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<v Speaker 2>Because we're searching in the wrong places. They were looking

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<v Speaker 2>for the living among the dead. He is not here,

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<v Speaker 2>he's risen. What are you looking for a living God

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<v Speaker 2>in a dead place, a dead relationship, a dead text thread,

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<v Speaker 2>a dead Facebook page? Why are you looking for the

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<v Speaker 2>living God in dead religion? Dormant religion? Why are you

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<v Speaker 2>looking for the living touch? Somebody say, reverse the search?

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<v Speaker 2>He is alive and he is real, And the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of God is not meant to be an ad on

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<v Speaker 2>in or accessory.

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<v Speaker 1>But the operating.

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<v Speaker 2>System of the life of anyone who will choose to

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<v Speaker 2>believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Us as Lord and God has.

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<v Speaker 1>Raised him from the dead. And he's risen from the.

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<v Speaker 2>Dead, and he's gotta go, get the message out, get

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<v Speaker 2>on the road, because he's only got forty days. He's

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<v Speaker 2>about to be taken up to heaven and seated at

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<v Speaker 2>the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, from whence

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<v Speaker 2>he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's got to go, and he's got to show

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<v Speaker 2>the world that he's living, so they'll so they'll believe

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<v Speaker 2>the proof of the power of his resurrection.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he's got to go. What should he do first?

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<v Speaker 2>If he wants to reveal himself to the world and

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<v Speaker 2>let him know that the proof is that he is

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<v Speaker 2>the son of God in the fact that death.

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<v Speaker 1>Could not hold him in, the brave could not keep him.

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<v Speaker 2>And the tomb was borrowed because it wasn't needed for

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<v Speaker 2>very long. Where does he go? What does he do?

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<v Speaker 2>Perhaps we should perhaps we should host a resurrection reenactment event.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he can get Barclays, Maybe he can call Jay,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe he can maybe he can do it in a

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<v Speaker 2>cultural center. Maybe he ought to call Zuck. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 2>ought to put this on social Maybe he ought to.

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<v Speaker 1>Get it out.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe he can go viral, maybe ought to make a Mean,

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<v Speaker 2>what does Jesus do on the day he defeats death?

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<v Speaker 2>You might be surprised, because what he does next is

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<v Speaker 2>take a walk.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, let's walk.

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<v Speaker 2>Will you walk with me? I don't even care if

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<v Speaker 2>you know where Luke is in the Bible. I just

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<v Speaker 2>want you to walk with me to this passage of

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<v Speaker 2>scripture where we join two travelers who as of yet

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<v Speaker 2>remain nameless.

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<v Speaker 1>What's that.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus, on the day of his resurrection, with only forty

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<v Speaker 2>days to spare, to tell the world that he is

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<v Speaker 2>God and convinced them with many signs and proofs, appears

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<v Speaker 2>to two travelers whose names we have never seen. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>at least go get Bartholomew. I've heard of him. But

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<v Speaker 2>these two travelers were watch this just like you and

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<v Speaker 2>me walking along, and they were headed toward a village

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<v Speaker 2>called Amaeis.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been there. Years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>We did an Easter presentation for our church by the

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<v Speaker 2>name seven Mile Miracle, and we decided to be cool

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<v Speaker 2>if we shot it there, but when we got there.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you would love to go to Israel

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<v Speaker 2>one day if you could and see where Jesus walked.

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<v Speaker 1>How many of you are fine just.

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<v Speaker 2>To watch it on National Geographic and you don't need

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<v Speaker 2>all that, And you're like, well, thank.

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<v Speaker 1>You for your honesty.

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<v Speaker 2>But if you go, they'll tell you when you get there,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll say, hey, this is a Maus. And then if

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<v Speaker 2>you have a really honest guide, they'll say, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's maybe a Mais. We don't know exactly where a

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<v Speaker 2>Maais was because it was such an insignificant place in

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<v Speaker 2>its day that there is no archaeological evidence that this

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<v Speaker 2>was definitely the place. Why would Jesus go to a

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<v Speaker 2>place that wasn't even significant enough in its day to

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<v Speaker 2>be known in modernity or pinpointed on a map. We

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<v Speaker 2>look for God in places that everyone recognizes. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>we think that Jesus needs a shout out from Kim

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<v Speaker 2>or Kanye. We act like Jesus needs an oscar for

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<v Speaker 2>best resurrection. But instead he goes on this dirty road,

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<v Speaker 2>this a little road, real tiny road.

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<v Speaker 1>The one that they say he might have walked. I

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<v Speaker 1>walked in.

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<v Speaker 2>And he meets up with two people. And it's not

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<v Speaker 2>Zuck and it's not Trump. Now watch, they're walking toward

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<v Speaker 2>to Mais. Jesus died in Jerusalem. Jerusalem was the place

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<v Speaker 2>where the Passover feast had just been celebrated. Jerusalem was

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<v Speaker 2>the place where the promised Holy Spirit was to come.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus leaves the place where the Spirit is coming

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<v Speaker 2>to follow two people, and we don't even know who

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<v Speaker 2>they are.

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<v Speaker 1>What kind of God is this?

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<v Speaker 2>Who would speak to you in a crowd of thousands

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<v Speaker 2>and would bring you to this place at this moment?

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<v Speaker 2>And these men are walking along on that same day,

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<v Speaker 2>the same day that Jesus got up from the grave.

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<v Speaker 2>So picture it now. Two things are happening. It once,

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<v Speaker 2>the eternal Word of God, who was in the beginning

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<v Speaker 2>with God, the fullness of his glory, full of grace

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<v Speaker 2>and truth, has trampled death, sin, hell, and the grave

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<v Speaker 2>made a mockery of Satan. And those who handed him

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<v Speaker 2>over are soon to bow down and worship him, and

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<v Speaker 2>every need will bow and tonge confess that Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>is Lord to the glory of God the Father, and

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<v Speaker 2>God has exalted Jesus to the highest place, given them

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<v Speaker 2>the name that is above every name, that's happening, and

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<v Speaker 2>these two unnamed people most scholars say probably a husband

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<v Speaker 2>and wife. In a minute, we get the guy's name,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't get the woman's name because in Bible times

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<v Speaker 2>people didn't treat women too well. They were pretty overlooked.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's the kind of people Jesus life is, the

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<v Speaker 2>people who were overlooked. He would work a miracle with

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<v Speaker 2>the little kid's lunch. In their math, kids didn't count,

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<v Speaker 2>But in Jesus' math, that's where the multiplication was in

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<v Speaker 2>the hands of the one who everybody else walked past.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying that because you might think you can

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<v Speaker 2>only go on this journey if you're perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>You might think you can only go.

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<v Speaker 2>On this journey if your life is profound, that God

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<v Speaker 2>can only use you if everybody knows you, because we

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<v Speaker 2>worship the idol of fame in this age, but the

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<v Speaker 2>famous one, the name above every name, meets with two

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<v Speaker 2>previously unnamed travelers. And only because he met with them

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<v Speaker 2>do we know that the name of the man was

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<v Speaker 2>Cleopus Jesus Christ and Cleo that's what his friend's call him.

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<v Speaker 2>And since we're going on this walk with him, we

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<v Speaker 2>should call him by his nickname Cleo. And they're walking

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<v Speaker 2>to a village called a Maaeas, a village that nobody

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<v Speaker 2>even knows where it really is today. I mean, they

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<v Speaker 2>can guess, but they don't. They're going toward a Maas.

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<v Speaker 2>Why would Jesus make one of his first resurrection appearances

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<v Speaker 2>headed toward a place away from where the Holy Spirit

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<v Speaker 2>was about to fall, toward a place that no one

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<v Speaker 2>would even remember. Could it be possible that we look

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<v Speaker 2>for God in the destination? But he is the God

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<v Speaker 2>of the detour. Can I preach on this for about

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen or thirty minutes? He is the God of the detour.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to tell you that the perfect, flawless Son

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<v Speaker 2>of God turned his back on Jerusalem, set out on

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<v Speaker 2>a road toward an unknown place, followed to people we've

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<v Speaker 2>never met before. Because he is not the God of

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<v Speaker 2>a rival. He is the God of the first step

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<v Speaker 2>and the second step and every step. He's with me

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<v Speaker 2>when I'm right, he's with me when I'm wrong. He's

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<v Speaker 2>with me when I'm going forward.

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<v Speaker 1>He's with me when I'm stuck. He's with me when

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<v Speaker 1>I'm high stepping. He's with me when I'm crawling. He's

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<v Speaker 1>with me when I'm strong, He's with me when I'm weak.

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<v Speaker 1>He walks with me, he talks with me. And they're

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<v Speaker 1>walking the wrong way.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember, they're walking the wrong way. If they really believed

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<v Speaker 2>he was going to raise from the dead, they would

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<v Speaker 2>have stayed in Jerusalem.

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<v Speaker 1>But they didn't, and God followed them to the wrong place.

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<v Speaker 1>Because grace will chase you down.

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<v Speaker 2>Some special is going to happen in this church today,

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<v Speaker 2>something special, something significant.

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<v Speaker 1>But it might start real small.

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<v Speaker 2>See, we look for God in the dramatic, but he

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<v Speaker 2>hides in the details.

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<v Speaker 1>Sit down, let's go for a walk. This is just

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<v Speaker 1>a setup week. Man, it's gonna be amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's gonna be seven last sayings of Jesus Christ before

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<v Speaker 2>he died last worse. We're gonna study them, apply them

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<v Speaker 2>to your life.

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<v Speaker 1>This is gonna be amazing, It really is.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna do a devotional on YouTube.

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook.

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<v Speaker 2>Did they tell you Instagram, everything, my Space.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll send a pigeon to your house with the devotion.

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<v Speaker 1>You see what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll do whatever we have to do is digital discipleship,

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<v Speaker 2>so we can see Jesus in three D and the

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<v Speaker 2>first d is not destination, it's detour, because God will

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<v Speaker 2>meet you on the detour the parts of your journey.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't ask for a plan for or pack for

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<v Speaker 2>feed these people. We didn't bring lunch. You didn't tell

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<v Speaker 2>us to. Jesus said one time, I need to go

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<v Speaker 2>through Samaria, and they were like, that's not the most

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<v Speaker 2>direct route.

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<v Speaker 1>See Jesus is or I don't mean this in an

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<v Speaker 1>insulting way, but I think you'll.

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<v Speaker 2>Agree he's inefficient by human standards. It says in Proverbs

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<v Speaker 2>three five and six trust the Lord with all your heart,

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<v Speaker 2>lean not on your own understanding. When you try to

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<v Speaker 2>search for God with your understanding, and you say I'll

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<v Speaker 2>start my journey when I understand, you will never leave

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<v Speaker 2>earth of the Chaldeans Abraham, because it grows as you go,

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<v Speaker 2>with every step you see. And so he walks up

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<v Speaker 2>to them on the detour in the wrong direction, toward

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<v Speaker 2>a destination that has disappeared from our modern maps, because

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't what happened when they got there, it was

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<v Speaker 2>what he revealed along the way. What if Christianity is

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<v Speaker 2>a journey, not a destination. What if salvation was a

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<v Speaker 2>starting block, not a finish line.

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<v Speaker 1>What if God's not done with you?

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<v Speaker 2>What if you don't have to find out to step out?

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<v Speaker 2>What if you don't have to know the reason to

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<v Speaker 2>stay on the road. That's all these two were doing

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<v Speaker 2>was walking. They didn't invite Jesus. They didn't pray to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't go to church. They didn't sing a helm,

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't pray a prayer, they didn't memorize a verse.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't even join any group. But you should, but

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't. All they did was walk. And as they're

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<v Speaker 2>walking along the road to a village called to Maaeus,

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<v Speaker 2>as I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Walking through my life.

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<v Speaker 2>As I'm raising my kids, as I'm dropping them off,

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<v Speaker 2>as I'm smacking them as we go, tour to me

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<v Speaker 2>is a seven mile journey. I'm glad to put that

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<v Speaker 2>detail because that lets me know that He began a

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<v Speaker 2>good work in me, will be faithful to complete. Seven

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible is a number of completion. God created

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<v Speaker 2>the world in six days. On the seventh day, he rested.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't rest because he was tired, He rested because.

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<v Speaker 1>He was done. You like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I love y'all so much. I love y'all so much.

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<v Speaker 2>I love sharing the word of God with you. The

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<v Speaker 2>Word of God is alive and active. It'll make you holler,

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<v Speaker 2>it will it'll make you scream when the word of

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<v Speaker 2>God is alive to you. When Jesus shows up on

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<v Speaker 2>the road and meets you in your sin and snatches

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<v Speaker 2>you from your sin, it'll thank you holler. You just

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<v Speaker 2>jump up. And they're they're going along the road. Touch

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<v Speaker 2>somebody say, I'm going somewhere. I'm going somewhere, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to know the destination, because every detour he

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<v Speaker 2>will direct my past. That's what Proverbs three five and sixcess.

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<v Speaker 2>He will direct my paths. That means the straight ones

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<v Speaker 2>and the crooked ones, he'll bend them all together. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what grace is. Seven seven is the number of completions,

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<v Speaker 2>seven times around the walls of Jericho, and they fell.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you go to Bible school, you remember this? Seven miles,

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<v Speaker 1>seven miles.

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<v Speaker 2>They're walking Cleo and missus Cleo. They're talking with each

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<v Speaker 2>other about everything that had happened. How they hung the

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<v Speaker 2>one that they had hoped to be the redeemer on

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<v Speaker 2>a tree, and how the Romans had crucified the one

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<v Speaker 2>that was supposed to deliver them from their oppression, and

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<v Speaker 2>as they look at verse fifteen with me, as they

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<v Speaker 2>talked and discussed these things, these events, the divorce, the

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<v Speaker 2>job loss, the struggle, the wasted relationship that you.

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<v Speaker 1>Didn't know how to handle.

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<v Speaker 2>As they talked about the death of what they had

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<v Speaker 2>set their expectation on. Right there in the middle of it,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus himself came up, didn't politely ask to join them

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<v Speaker 2>on their journey, walked along with them.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever felt like God wouldn't leave you alone.

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<v Speaker 2>Even if you wanted him to, Like you tried to

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<v Speaker 2>disable your conscience and you still felt bad smoking it.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, talk to me. Don't look at me like

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<v Speaker 1>you came in church riding in on a chariot, polish

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<v Speaker 1>a halo, I come at you, walk right up to you.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what he did. He walked up right up to him.

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<v Speaker 2>But they were kept from recognizing them. Have you been

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<v Speaker 2>kept from recognizing resurrection right in front of you because

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<v Speaker 2>we looked for God in the dramatic, but he shows

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<v Speaker 2>up in the details. He takes a walk. Jesuys, you

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<v Speaker 2>do not have time for this. Let me be his

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<v Speaker 2>press agent for a little while. Okay, we got forty days.

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<v Speaker 2>We got to meet with people, make things happen. We

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<v Speaker 2>gotta get this show on the road. He says, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>on the road with Cleo. I gotta meet with Clear,

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<v Speaker 2>I gotta I gotta show myself to Cleo.

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<v Speaker 1>But he was kept from recognizing.

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<v Speaker 2>It. Didn't say that he didn't recognize him. Something kept

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<v Speaker 2>him from recognizing. And resurrection begins in your life when

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<v Speaker 2>you ask the question, what is keeping me from recognizing

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<v Speaker 2>the presence of God that is right there, not only.

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<v Speaker 1>Beside me, but within me. Can I teach you about

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<v Speaker 1>this a little bit, just a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>This is an opening week and it'll get better as

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<v Speaker 2>it goes, But you got to start somewhere. The journey

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<v Speaker 2>has to start somewhere, and every journey that is successful begins.

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<v Speaker 1>With the end in mind.

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<v Speaker 2>I know it seems kind of backwards that I want

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<v Speaker 2>to teach you a series on what Jesus said before

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<v Speaker 2>he died, and I'm starting with the spoiler alert that

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<v Speaker 2>he's already resurrected and.

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<v Speaker 1>On the road.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you begin with the end in mind, you

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<v Speaker 2>see that no matter what I go through in life,

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<v Speaker 2>the result is that God will use whatever I go

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<v Speaker 2>through to.

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<v Speaker 1>Reveal his glory.

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<v Speaker 2>I am convinced that the sufferings of this present time

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<v Speaker 2>are not even worthy to be compared with the glory that.

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<v Speaker 1>Will be revealed in me. Stay on the road.

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<v Speaker 2>See I don't understand all the reasons, but I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>On the road.

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<v Speaker 2>And they were kept from recognizing him. How many times

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<v Speaker 2>have I been kept from recognizing what God was doing

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<v Speaker 2>right in front of me? How many times have I

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<v Speaker 2>been kept from recognizing ordinary moments of joy because I

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<v Speaker 2>was waiting on things to be perfect. How many times

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<v Speaker 2>have I missed a miracle because all I saw was

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<v Speaker 2>the mess? How many times have I missed the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to give something because.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so centered on myself? How I feel, what

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<v Speaker 1>I need? What I didn't get?

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<v Speaker 2>And God said, if you'll change the question and reverse

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<v Speaker 2>the search, maybe it's not about what is happening to you.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's what I want to do through you. They

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<v Speaker 1>hung him hot. He didn't dump down. He had something

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<v Speaker 1>to do.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't recognize I didn't recognize it. I didn't recognize

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<v Speaker 2>that my kids were growing up fast, so I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>make the time. I didn't recognize I didn't recognize the

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<v Speaker 2>good things about the person I said I'd spend the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of my life with. So I started focusing on

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<v Speaker 2>the things about them that were mildly annoying, and eventually

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<v Speaker 2>it became an insurmountable resentment.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't recognize.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't recognize that the people I was hanging out

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<v Speaker 2>with were doing some things that were going to stick

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<v Speaker 2>with me for the rest.

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<v Speaker 1>Of my life.

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<v Speaker 2>And it became an addiction, even though it just started

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<v Speaker 2>out as an attraction. I didn't recognize, and they were

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<v Speaker 2>kept what kept them from recognizing You can be kept

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<v Speaker 2>from recognizing the patterns that created your outcomes. You can

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<v Speaker 2>be kept from recognizing the behaviors that are leading you

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<v Speaker 2>to the destinations that you hate.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you hate where you are, but you don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how you got there.

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<v Speaker 2>And they were kept from recognizing him. And he was

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<v Speaker 2>right there with him, like that dude who prayed God

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<v Speaker 2>would save him. And the helicopter came and he didn't

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<v Speaker 2>take the helicopter. You know this story, boat came, he

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't get in the boat. He drowned and he died

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<v Speaker 2>and he said, God, ask you to save me. And

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<v Speaker 2>God said that helicopter was me, that boat was me.

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<v Speaker 2>That rejection was me. Yeah, even that pain, I let

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<v Speaker 2>it happen because I wanted to produce a.

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<v Speaker 1>Power in your life. And the only way I could get.

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<v Speaker 2>It through and open your eyes. And they're walking and

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<v Speaker 2>here comes Jesus like a stalker. Come on, It's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of weird, right, He just shows up in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of him Cleo and Missus Cleo, and he asks him

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<v Speaker 2>a question. Just sit right down beside him in church,

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<v Speaker 2>walk up on the road, and I love Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>This is comical to me.

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<v Speaker 2>If you think the Bible is boring, I want to

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<v Speaker 2>challenge the fact that maybe it's you.

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<v Speaker 1>That is boring. And you huh.

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<v Speaker 2>Huh, because watch this, This is some funny stuff. The

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<v Speaker 2>author of life, who knows all things, who lays bare

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<v Speaker 2>the intents of every heart, who created Cleo and Missus

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<v Speaker 2>Cleo before the foundations of the earth for an express purpose,

0:27:20.920 --> 0:27:23.720
<v Speaker 2>by whom and through whom and for whom all things

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<v Speaker 2>are created. That's Jesus, the Word made flesh full of

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<v Speaker 2>grace and truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Walks up to Cleo and says, what y'all talking about?

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<v Speaker 1>Like he doesn't know? And they stood still, their faces down.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything in this textings backwards to me, y'all, he's going

0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:47.639
<v Speaker 2>Tortimaeus away from Jerusalem. That doesn't make sense. He's talking

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<v Speaker 2>to people that don't seem important. That doesn't make sense.

0:27:51.000 --> 0:27:52.399
<v Speaker 2>He just got up from the dead. If you just

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<v Speaker 2>got up from the dead, would you want to hang

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<v Speaker 2>around happy people. I would want to find somebody who

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<v Speaker 2>could celebrate. Come on, we're gonna pop something. But Cleo

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<v Speaker 2>is sad because it didn't go the way he thought.

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<v Speaker 2>It didn't end up the way he thought. Their faces

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<v Speaker 2>were downcast, and all.

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<v Speaker 1>Of a sudden they stopped walking.

0:28:17.720 --> 0:28:22.480
<v Speaker 2>My Bible says they stood still, their faces downcast, and

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<v Speaker 2>they stop, and apparently Jesus stops with them, and they're sad,

0:28:29.560 --> 0:28:34.000
<v Speaker 2>and apparently he enters into their sadness, and they start

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<v Speaker 2>explaining to the one who created life how life was

0:28:39.080 --> 0:28:45.280
<v Speaker 2>supposed to turn out. I love the Bible. I'm fascinated

0:28:45.360 --> 0:28:47.880
<v Speaker 2>by this journey. See, if you read the Bible like

0:28:47.880 --> 0:28:52.160
<v Speaker 2>a magic rule book, you will never fully understand the

0:28:52.240 --> 0:28:54.880
<v Speaker 2>extent to which it is meant to speak to your

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<v Speaker 2>situation and guide your life. If you really get into

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<v Speaker 2>this thing with me, over the next seven I'm gonna

0:29:00.600 --> 0:29:02.960
<v Speaker 2>show you how God is not scared to walk right up.

0:29:04.080 --> 0:29:05.800
<v Speaker 1>In the details of your situation.

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<v Speaker 2>A bird falls out the sky and he counts it

0:29:08.400 --> 0:29:10.160
<v Speaker 2>and puts it on the ledger. And you think he

0:29:10.240 --> 0:29:14.240
<v Speaker 2>doesn't know about your loneliness, your tears, your heart break,

0:29:14.600 --> 0:29:18.200
<v Speaker 2>your question. You think he's intimidated by your skepticism. You

0:29:18.240 --> 0:29:20.960
<v Speaker 2>think your broken heart can chase him away. The Bible says,

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<v Speaker 2>a broken and a contrite heart, he will not despise

0:29:23.920 --> 0:29:25.840
<v Speaker 2>the only heart he can't get into, as the one

0:29:25.840 --> 0:29:29.120
<v Speaker 2>that is closed up through pride. But if you open yourself,

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<v Speaker 2>even with your face down cast, And Cleo said, hey, man,

0:29:38.920 --> 0:29:43.200
<v Speaker 2>are you this is Ironica. The host of Heaven has

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<v Speaker 2>come to earth. He died and rose again and lived

0:29:45.360 --> 0:29:51.120
<v Speaker 2>a perfect life. And Cleo says, are you the only

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<v Speaker 2>one visiting Jerusalem? Remember he made it. Reading the God

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<v Speaker 2>of the world like a guest is so funny to me.

0:30:08.680 --> 0:30:10.600
<v Speaker 1>How we get it twisted, How we get it out

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<v Speaker 1>of order?

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<v Speaker 2>We start we start thinking that God needs to consult

0:30:14.440 --> 0:30:16.960
<v Speaker 2>our blueprint of how our lives need to be built.

0:30:17.040 --> 0:30:19.040
<v Speaker 2>I can get this way as a pastor telling God

0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:21.360
<v Speaker 2>what he needs to do in my church. You get

0:30:21.360 --> 0:30:23.360
<v Speaker 2>this way as a parent what God needs to do

0:30:23.440 --> 0:30:26.720
<v Speaker 2>with your children. Cleo launches out on this long excuse me.

0:30:26.720 --> 0:30:31.200
<v Speaker 2>Clopus launches out on this long, long speech, telling Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>what happened to Jesus?

0:30:35.360 --> 0:30:39.040
<v Speaker 1>You find me. God has a sense of humor because

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<v Speaker 1>he lets him talk.

0:30:41.840 --> 0:30:48.400
<v Speaker 2>Cleopus gives him is his speech, and Jesus lets him finish.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you the only one who doesn't know what happened?

0:30:53.160 --> 0:30:57.840
<v Speaker 2>The one it happened to is standing there, and Cleo

0:30:57.920 --> 0:31:01.040
<v Speaker 2>wants to tell him what happened. What that happened was

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus of Nazareth was a prophet, powerful in word, indeed

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<v Speaker 2>before God and all the people. They are standing before

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<v Speaker 2>the Great I Am, and they start with he was,

0:31:16.360 --> 0:31:19.840
<v Speaker 2>and there he is, and they're stuck in he was?

0:31:20.520 --> 0:31:24.120
<v Speaker 2>Are you missing what is? Because you're stuck in what was?

0:31:30.360 --> 0:31:32.400
<v Speaker 2>We hoped he was the one, but it took a

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<v Speaker 2>turn for the worst. The chief priests and our rulers

0:31:35.200 --> 0:31:37.880
<v Speaker 2>handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they

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<v Speaker 2>crucified him. Jesus is nodding Verse twenty one, tell me

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<v Speaker 2>all about it. But we had hope, And had I

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<v Speaker 2>been Jesus, I'd have stopped you right there, cause hope

0:31:49.680 --> 0:31:54.400
<v Speaker 2>that is seen is not hope at all, And if

0:31:54.440 --> 0:31:58.240
<v Speaker 2>you had hoped and don't hope anymore, what you had

0:31:58.720 --> 0:31:58.920
<v Speaker 2>was in.

0:31:59.000 --> 0:32:04.200
<v Speaker 1>Real hope, because real hopes can hold on. And on Friday,

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<v Speaker 1>I had hoped, I had hoped.

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<v Speaker 2>To be over by now. I had hoped the medicine

0:32:17.160 --> 0:32:21.960
<v Speaker 2>would fix it. I had hoped they'd say yes. I

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<v Speaker 2>hoped they had asked. I had hoped. I had hoped.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope is standing in front of hopelessness. Christ and Cleo

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<v Speaker 2>and the Cross clashed with Cleo's expectation, and now his

0:32:35.040 --> 0:32:43.400
<v Speaker 2>experience has left him downcast. We had hoped that he

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<v Speaker 2>was the one. I thought i'd be further along by now.

0:32:50.800 --> 0:32:56.920
<v Speaker 2>Thought i'd be married by twenty six. I thought I

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<v Speaker 2>hope they would be good to me and pay me

0:33:01.320 --> 0:33:07.520
<v Speaker 2>back and appreciate me after all I did for them.

0:33:08.160 --> 0:33:13.280
<v Speaker 2>I had hoped he was going to redeem me. I

0:33:13.320 --> 0:33:17.840
<v Speaker 2>had hoped he was going to heal me. Could it

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<v Speaker 2>be that we miss God because we look for him

0:33:21.520 --> 0:33:26.400
<v Speaker 2>in the dreams, but he is found in the disappointment.

0:33:30.400 --> 0:33:35.600
<v Speaker 2>Their faces were downcast, their hopes were dashed, and from

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<v Speaker 2>their standpoint, the story was over. Since I'm your tour

0:33:41.280 --> 0:33:43.080
<v Speaker 2>guide on the seven mile journey, let me give you

0:33:43.120 --> 0:33:48.120
<v Speaker 2>A professional travel tip, don't judge the journey before it's over.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know who that was even for.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't judge the journey of seven miles when you had

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<v Speaker 2>any haven't been too yet. See what the end will be,

0:34:06.480 --> 0:34:10.240
<v Speaker 2>See what the end will be. If you trust his promise,

0:34:10.320 --> 0:34:13.800
<v Speaker 2>you have to trust the path. And it might be winding,

0:34:14.520 --> 0:34:17.600
<v Speaker 2>and it might lead to a cross, and it might

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<v Speaker 2>not feel good, and it might be confusing.

0:34:21.160 --> 0:34:23.279
<v Speaker 1>But he is the god of the detour.

0:34:23.760 --> 0:34:26.759
<v Speaker 2>And it might not be spectacular, and he might not

0:34:26.880 --> 0:34:29.800
<v Speaker 2>prove himself to you with signs that you can see

0:34:29.920 --> 0:34:32.000
<v Speaker 2>or sense or feel. And it might not be a

0:34:32.040 --> 0:34:35.920
<v Speaker 2>goosebump that proves his presence. He might show up in

0:34:35.960 --> 0:34:39.960
<v Speaker 2>the details, you know, the little things. It might be

0:34:40.000 --> 0:34:44.040
<v Speaker 2>in the little ways. He's right there on the road,

0:34:44.080 --> 0:34:47.640
<v Speaker 2>he's walking with him. They almost can't recognize him because

0:34:47.680 --> 0:34:50.920
<v Speaker 2>it's so common. What's happening is so common. He looks

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<v Speaker 2>like just another guy. They are standing next to resurrection

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<v Speaker 2>and they don't recognize it.

0:34:57.280 --> 0:35:04.680
<v Speaker 1>And it's right there. He's right there. He is here now,

0:35:06.360 --> 0:35:12.000
<v Speaker 1>he is, he was, he is to come, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>with you in this moment. I hope he was the one.

0:35:27.400 --> 0:35:31.080
<v Speaker 2>And what is more, Cleo says, to make matters worse,

0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:32.360
<v Speaker 2>look at twenty one.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the third day. It's funny, Yellow know that's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry. I'm just a nerdy little pastor. I get

0:35:41.160 --> 0:35:44.759
<v Speaker 1>kicks out of weird stuff. It's the third day. The

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<v Speaker 1>whole time he was on the.

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<v Speaker 2>Earth, he said, this is gonna.

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<v Speaker 1>Go bad on Friday, but come Sunday. Don't look for

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<v Speaker 1>me in the tomb. They buried me, and I did

0:35:57.080 --> 0:35:57.879
<v Speaker 1>not out here.

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<v Speaker 2>And what they thought was the dead end was really

0:36:08.360 --> 0:36:12.840
<v Speaker 2>just the beginning. You want to see him in three D.

0:36:13.640 --> 0:36:16.680
<v Speaker 2>Look for him in the detours.

0:36:18.040 --> 0:36:19.520
<v Speaker 1>You want to see him in three D.

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<v Speaker 2>Not this flat little coloring book Jesus with the lamb

0:36:22.960 --> 0:36:23.960
<v Speaker 2>on his lap.

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<v Speaker 1>But the living, risen Son of.

0:36:26.080 --> 0:36:31.840
<v Speaker 2>God under who's off feet things, still sit and standing strong,

0:36:32.280 --> 0:36:34.799
<v Speaker 2>seated at the right hand of God. You want to

0:36:34.840 --> 0:36:37.880
<v Speaker 2>see him like that. Don't look for him in just

0:36:37.960 --> 0:36:43.760
<v Speaker 2>the dramatic. Look for him in the details, that little

0:36:44.480 --> 0:36:48.719
<v Speaker 2>little thing that God has been doing in your life.

0:36:48.920 --> 0:36:51.120
<v Speaker 2>You want to see the Son of God. You want

0:36:51.160 --> 0:36:53.480
<v Speaker 2>to see Jesus. How many of you want to see him?

0:36:53.520 --> 0:36:55.160
<v Speaker 2>How many of you want to see God? Active in

0:36:55.200 --> 0:36:57.399
<v Speaker 2>your life. I mean with the eyes of your heart

0:36:57.920 --> 0:37:03.440
<v Speaker 2>to know him.

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<v Speaker 1>He can be found at the dead.

0:37:04.800 --> 0:37:10.279
<v Speaker 2>Ends when you used to hope and now it's hard

0:37:10.320 --> 0:37:15.279
<v Speaker 2>to hope. That's where he meets you on your Amais road.

0:37:17.320 --> 0:37:21.640
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad they can't find a Mais. I'm glad they

0:37:21.680 --> 0:37:26.080
<v Speaker 2>can't because that means we each get to have our own.

0:37:27.800 --> 0:37:33.720
<v Speaker 2>That means I get to have my own Amais.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm on my own journey.

0:37:38.320 --> 0:37:42.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm on my own path and I'm not alone.

0:37:43.400 --> 0:37:45.279
<v Speaker 1>I don't even like walking very much. I don't have

0:37:45.280 --> 0:37:48.680
<v Speaker 1>a fitbit.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything about this seems backwards, doesn't it. He spent his

0:37:53.960 --> 0:38:00.000
<v Speaker 2>whole life telling people follow me, and now he's following them.

0:38:00.560 --> 0:38:01.880
<v Speaker 1>He's come down out of heaven.

0:38:01.960 --> 0:38:04.279
<v Speaker 2>Instead of people making their way to God, now God

0:38:04.320 --> 0:38:05.719
<v Speaker 2>has come to us.

0:38:07.960 --> 0:38:09.240
<v Speaker 1>He has reversed the search.

0:38:09.280 --> 0:38:11.320
<v Speaker 2>You weren't even looking for him, and he was looking

0:38:11.360 --> 0:38:13.640
<v Speaker 2>for you. You weren't even seeking for him, and he

0:38:13.760 --> 0:38:24.799
<v Speaker 2>was showing himself all along. And Cleopas said, we had

0:38:24.800 --> 0:38:27.560
<v Speaker 2>hoped he was the one. And in addition, he said,

0:38:28.280 --> 0:38:30.279
<v Speaker 2>some of our women amazed us. They went to the

0:38:30.280 --> 0:38:36.080
<v Speaker 2>tomb early this morning. Wrong place. He's not in the tomb.

0:38:36.080 --> 0:38:40.640
<v Speaker 2>He's on the road. He's not in religion, he's in relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>Please help me prist us.

0:38:46.200 --> 0:38:50.120
<v Speaker 2>I need to know you're receiving it, because God told.

0:38:49.920 --> 0:38:51.560
<v Speaker 1>Me that some of you are going to come out

0:38:51.600 --> 0:38:54.360
<v Speaker 1>of tombs, tombs of tradition and.

0:38:57.040 --> 0:39:00.920
<v Speaker 2>Really experience the presence of God. How many want to

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<v Speaker 2>experience his presses?

0:39:08.640 --> 0:39:13.560
<v Speaker 1>Find it on the road.

0:39:15.160 --> 0:39:18.720
<v Speaker 2>Our women went to the tomb, they didn't find his body.

0:39:19.440 --> 0:39:21.759
<v Speaker 2>They came and told us that they had seen a

0:39:21.840 --> 0:39:26.440
<v Speaker 2>vision of angels who said he was alive. And then

0:39:26.480 --> 0:39:28.520
<v Speaker 2>some of our companions went to the tomb. This is

0:39:28.560 --> 0:39:35.919
<v Speaker 2>still Cleo talking telling Jesus about Jesus, still not recognizing

0:39:36.920 --> 0:39:41.520
<v Speaker 2>what's right beside him. Some of our companions went to

0:39:41.560 --> 0:39:43.759
<v Speaker 2>the tomb and found it, just as the women had said.

0:39:43.920 --> 0:39:46.920
<v Speaker 2>But this most ironic verse in all the scripture. They

0:39:47.000 --> 0:39:52.799
<v Speaker 2>did not see Jesus. He is telling Jesus about other

0:39:52.960 --> 0:39:54.480
<v Speaker 2>people who didn't.

0:39:54.320 --> 0:39:59.800
<v Speaker 1>See Jesus, and he doesn't know it's Jesus. Have you

0:40:00.040 --> 0:40:01.760
<v Speaker 1>ever realized how.

0:40:01.560 --> 0:40:04.080
<v Speaker 2>Easy it is to judge somebody.

0:40:03.640 --> 0:40:06.640
<v Speaker 1>Else's journey and not.

0:40:06.600 --> 0:40:09.640
<v Speaker 2>Even recognize what God is doing in your own.

0:40:13.600 --> 0:40:15.960
<v Speaker 1>Go better, stand up so I can close this message.

0:40:17.000 --> 0:40:21.800
<v Speaker 2>Jesus said to them, how foolish you are and slow

0:40:21.920 --> 0:40:22.480
<v Speaker 2>to believe.

0:40:22.560 --> 0:40:23.840
<v Speaker 1>That's the problem.

0:40:24.680 --> 0:40:28.680
<v Speaker 2>Look at me every location, watching on television, watching online.

0:40:28.800 --> 0:40:29.360
<v Speaker 1>I want you to.

0:40:29.360 --> 0:40:31.000
<v Speaker 2>Look at me. If you can't look at me, look

0:40:31.040 --> 0:40:35.560
<v Speaker 2>at the screen, look at me. It starts in the heart,

0:40:37.719 --> 0:40:40.200
<v Speaker 2>he said. You're slow to believe. You keep trying to

0:40:40.280 --> 0:40:41.560
<v Speaker 2>make sense of things.

0:40:41.320 --> 0:40:43.160
<v Speaker 1>In your life with your head.

0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:46.640
<v Speaker 2>You keep trying to figure out the reason for what's

0:40:46.680 --> 0:40:50.440
<v Speaker 2>happening to you. And when you can't figure out the reason,

0:40:51.160 --> 0:40:53.799
<v Speaker 2>you want to jump off the road. You want to

0:40:53.840 --> 0:40:56.560
<v Speaker 2>stop following, You want to stop trusting when you can't

0:40:56.560 --> 0:40:57.279
<v Speaker 2>figure it out.

0:40:58.840 --> 0:41:05.239
<v Speaker 1>But if you would verse the search and believe in

0:41:05.280 --> 0:41:07.920
<v Speaker 1>your heart what you have not yet seen.

0:41:07.719 --> 0:41:11.520
<v Speaker 2>With your eyes, and believe the goodness of God, who

0:41:11.520 --> 0:41:15.360
<v Speaker 2>am I preaching to in the top level of Valentine, if.

0:41:15.239 --> 0:41:15.920
<v Speaker 1>You would get it.

0:41:15.880 --> 0:41:28.879
<v Speaker 2>In here, this journey doesn't start with making sense. This

0:41:29.000 --> 0:41:30.720
<v Speaker 2>journey starts with faith.

0:41:31.600 --> 0:41:38.000
<v Speaker 1>Have faith in God. He's with me on this road.

0:41:39.680 --> 0:41:42.920
<v Speaker 2>Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and

0:41:43.000 --> 0:41:46.000
<v Speaker 2>then enter in his glory? You keep wanting to see

0:41:46.040 --> 0:41:48.480
<v Speaker 2>the glory, but you're only going to see it in

0:41:48.560 --> 0:41:51.759
<v Speaker 2>the suffering. He is the God of the detour, He

0:41:51.920 --> 0:41:54.560
<v Speaker 2>is the God of the detail. He is the God

0:41:54.600 --> 0:41:57.000
<v Speaker 2>of your dead end, and he has brought you to

0:41:57.080 --> 0:41:59.960
<v Speaker 2>this moment today. The spirit of God is in this place.

0:42:00.120 --> 0:42:04.560
<v Speaker 2>I am preaching out of my mind for somebody who

0:42:04.560 --> 0:42:10.120
<v Speaker 2>has been on the road watched this beginning with Moses

0:42:10.160 --> 0:42:14.719
<v Speaker 2>and all the prophets. He explained to them. He took

0:42:14.760 --> 0:42:18.640
<v Speaker 2>it all the way back to show them that the

0:42:18.640 --> 0:42:22.400
<v Speaker 2>one that the prophets had looked forward to was standing

0:42:22.520 --> 0:42:31.640
<v Speaker 2>right in front of them, and he explained to them

0:42:32.000 --> 0:42:36.040
<v Speaker 2>what was said in all the scriptures concerning himself. Man,

0:42:36.080 --> 0:42:39.959
<v Speaker 2>he broke it down. He broke it down on the way,

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<v Speaker 2>on the road. That's where you learn, is on the journeys,

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<v Speaker 2>where you don't wait till you understand to get started.

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<v Speaker 1>You grow as you go. You know as your goal.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep walking, keep walking, keep walking, deep walking, keep walking.

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<v Speaker 2>You all your stand you didn't better buy and five.

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<v Speaker 2>Give it a chance, man, give it a chance to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Give him a chance to show.

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<v Speaker 1>You who he is. Hold on to his unchanging hand,

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<v Speaker 1>trust his.

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<v Speaker 2>Heart, even if you can't trace his hand. God, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't get this well, I'm going forward. It's a decision.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a decision.

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<v Speaker 1>Can I give you.

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<v Speaker 2>One more thing? I don't want to cheat you. Some

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<v Speaker 2>people drove a long way to get here. How many

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<v Speaker 2>of you drove over an hour to be at church today?

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<v Speaker 1>Over two, over.

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<v Speaker 2>Three, over four hours, over five, six, seven hour, miracle,

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<v Speaker 2>six hour energy whatever?

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<v Speaker 1>Touch Seven people said, we're going somewhere. We're going somewhere.

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<v Speaker 1>We're going somewhere. We're going somewhere. God didn't save us

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<v Speaker 1>to leave us like he found us. God save us

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<v Speaker 1>to leave us like you found us.

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<v Speaker 2>God didn't create me to stay suck in one place,

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<v Speaker 2>one frame of mind, one way of looking at things.

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<v Speaker 2>And every step Eugene Peterson said, every step is in arrival.

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<v Speaker 1>You got that every step.

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<v Speaker 2>So by the time they arrived, they had already arrived,

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<v Speaker 2>and what was revealed on the road was only recognized

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<v Speaker 2>in reverse. What was happening to them as they walked

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<v Speaker 2>only made sense once they sat down. And the same

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<v Speaker 2>one who got up from the grave, watch what he

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<v Speaker 2>does next. They approached the village to which they were going,

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<v Speaker 2>they got a lot more than they bargained for along

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<v Speaker 2>the way.

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<v Speaker 1>They didn't plan for this.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't wake up on that morning expecting a miracle,

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<v Speaker 2>they were mourning the loss of what they had thought

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<v Speaker 2>was the answer, and the answer walked up to them

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<v Speaker 2>and asked them a brand new question.

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<v Speaker 1>I love it. I'm excited about this series. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning. This just the beginning. We we we we we,

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<v Speaker 1>We got a lot of ground to cover. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you online every day at seven am.

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<v Speaker 2>On in the car, treadmill, whatever, under the covers, eye boogers, whatever.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, join the journey. Join the journey.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, he's there all along in the little things,

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<v Speaker 2>just the little little things. And and and they got there,

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<v Speaker 2>to the to the place. Look at twenty eight again,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight, twenty eight, twenty and they.

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<v Speaker 1>Approached the village, and Jesus continued on as if he

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<v Speaker 1>were going farther.

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<v Speaker 2>The journey starts where you are, but where it ends

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<v Speaker 2>depends on you, because they got there right, And Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is like, thanks for the company, I'll see you later.

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<v Speaker 1>See you.

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<v Speaker 2>Cleo, Yo, Cleo, I gotta go. Cleo got Peter to

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<v Speaker 2>see things to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Cleo said, hold on, hold on, hold, hold on. Look

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<v Speaker 1>at verse twenty nine. They urged him strongly.

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<v Speaker 2>Cleo said, although we've come to the end of the

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<v Speaker 2>amaeas road. Still, I can't let go. It's unnatural. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't leave me now. You can't leave me. Now you

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<v Speaker 2>started something, God, You've started something.

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<v Speaker 1>In my life. Stay with me till it's sober.

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<v Speaker 2>Stay with me, hold my head, walk with me, talk

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<v Speaker 2>with me.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean you, every hour, stay with me.

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<v Speaker 2>So he went in to stay with them, and they

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<v Speaker 2>sat down. Remember he's the same god who sent angels

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<v Speaker 2>to a tomb. He's the god of the dramatic, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's also the god of the details, because the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says while he was at the table with them, he

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<v Speaker 2>took bread.

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<v Speaker 1>He's always taken over.

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<v Speaker 2>He takes over conversations, he takes over supper time. He's

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be a visitor, and he becomes a host,

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<v Speaker 2>and he takes the bread. God wants to take your

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<v Speaker 2>life over today, don't you see it. You've been doing

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<v Speaker 2>it on your own.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to do it alone anymore. They invite

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<v Speaker 1>him in.

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<v Speaker 2>He takes over, takes the bread, breaks the bread like

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<v Speaker 2>he was broken.

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<v Speaker 1>Blesses it.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you Lord, he says, grace, and he breaks the bread.

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<v Speaker 1>He gave him the bread that he had just finished breaking.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Bible says that when he broke the bread

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<v Speaker 2>to give it to them. I want to show you this,

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<v Speaker 2>when he broke the bread to give it to them,

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<v Speaker 2>Verse thirty one.

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<v Speaker 1>Then their eyes were open.

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<v Speaker 2>What was revealed in the routine of the breaking of

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<v Speaker 2>the bread that was not revealed all along the road?

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<v Speaker 2>What did they see at that moment that they had

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<v Speaker 2>not seen before? They saw it in his stars, They

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<v Speaker 2>saw it in what he suffered.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you see it? Do you see it?

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you see him in the broken places more than

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<v Speaker 2>when you see him in the blessed places. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>have to see it in the scarf and the hands

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<v Speaker 2>that had helped them all along revealed to them.

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<v Speaker 3>When they saw his scars, then their eyes were opened

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<v Speaker 3>and they recognized him. Open our eyes, Lord, open our eyes,

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<v Speaker 3>open our eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Close your eyes. Quit focusing on what you got to

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<v Speaker 1>do next. Close your eyes. Ask him.

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<v Speaker 2>Open my eyes, Lord, out loud, Open my eyes, Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Ask him what the disciples asked him say, Stay with me,

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<v Speaker 1>tell them come on in going on a journey.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And he's with you in this journey.

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<v Speaker 4>Every mile, every detour, every detail, every dead end, every scar,

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<v Speaker 4>every struggle, He's with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for joining us.

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