WEBVTT - This Is Significant

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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 you perspective to see God is moving.

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<v Speaker 1>In your life. Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, take a seat. We're so glad you're here today.

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<v Speaker 2>We're continuing in the series Savage Jesus from the Gospel

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<v Speaker 2>of Mark. Believe me when I say that, I never

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<v Speaker 2>thought i'd say. This is the tenth installment of this series.

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<v Speaker 2>I usually preach short and sweet, but I got in

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<v Speaker 2>the Gospel of Mark and then I couldn't get out.

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<v Speaker 2>So today we'll be in Mark chapter six. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to introduce my scripture by way of a story. When

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote my first book, I had the privilege to

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<v Speaker 2>record the audio book myself, and they sent a very

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<v Speaker 2>professional recording engineer from the publishing company to record the book.

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<v Speaker 2>And he would stop me and correct me if I

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<v Speaker 2>made any mistakes, if I got a little too southern.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a Northern Pharisee and he judged my accent

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<v Speaker 2>and he'd say, it's little Twangie. Let's get it again,

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<v Speaker 2>or if I smacked my lips or mispronounced the word,

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<v Speaker 2>he'd back it up and make me catch it again.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was annoying, but.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciated his professionalism. And because the publisher was the

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<v Speaker 2>largest publisher in the world. Now, not the publisher that

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<v Speaker 2>I wrote for. The publisher that I wrote for was

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<v Speaker 2>owned by a publisher who was owned by a publisher

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<v Speaker 2>that was the biggest publishing company in the world. This

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<v Speaker 2>guy worked for the big publisher and because of it,

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<v Speaker 2>he had worked with a lot of big names. And

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<v Speaker 2>this was my first book and my first time and

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<v Speaker 2>I kept having to take breaks and my mouth would

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<v Speaker 2>get dry, and so during one of those breaks, I

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<v Speaker 2>realized that this guy had worked with a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>famous people, and I asked him to tell me a

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<v Speaker 2>story to entertain me during my break. I said, tell

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<v Speaker 2>me about somebody you worked with that was difficult, And

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<v Speaker 2>he told me a story about a very well known

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<v Speaker 2>political figure. I don't know if the story is true,

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<v Speaker 2>but why let the truth get in the way of

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<v Speaker 2>a good story.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my motto. So I'm gonna tell the story.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to say the name, but it was

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<v Speaker 2>a famous political figure. Who was recording his memoir about

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<v Speaker 2>his life. That was after he had served his term

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<v Speaker 2>for eight years something like that in office.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I can tell you who it was.

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<v Speaker 2>But he said that when they were recording the memoir,

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<v Speaker 2>it was very long.

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<v Speaker 1>It was about a seven or eight hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>Page book, and it had to be an abridged version.

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<v Speaker 2>And so when they were recording the audiobook, they had

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<v Speaker 2>to decide which sections to.

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<v Speaker 1>Leave and which sections to skip.

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<v Speaker 2>And at one particular point in the memoir, there was

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<v Speaker 2>a section about a scandal that happened in this particular

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<v Speaker 2>notable figure's life related to offices of oval nature and

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<v Speaker 2>things of this sort, that happened during his tenure in

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<v Speaker 2>what some call the highest office in the United States

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<v Speaker 2>of America.

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<v Speaker 1>And when he was.

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<v Speaker 2>Telling me about it, he said, when they got to

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<v Speaker 2>the part about the scandal, he said that the person

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<v Speaker 2>who wrote the memoir, the former president.

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<v Speaker 1>Said this is falling apart.

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<v Speaker 2>Said uh, he stopped, and he was going to skip it,

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<v Speaker 2>and he stopped the recording and he said, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think people really, I think people are sick of hearing

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<v Speaker 2>about this by now. I think we can skip this part.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, do you think this is really significant. And

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<v Speaker 2>the audio engineer said that it was a real challenge

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<v Speaker 2>to look back at somebody who had been the most

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<v Speaker 2>powerful man in the world at one point, and he said,

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<v Speaker 2>I had to look at him and say, yes, mister President,

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<v Speaker 2>this is significant. And that's my title for my message today.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at your neighbor.

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<v Speaker 2>And say, in your best Bill Clinton voice, tell him

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<v Speaker 2>this is significant.

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<v Speaker 1>This is significant. Our scripture lesson.

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<v Speaker 2>For Today comes from Mark chapter six, something that marked

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<v Speaker 2>the evangelist included in his gospel record that he thought

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<v Speaker 2>was significant for us to know about the ministry of

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 1>Mark six, verse forty five records.

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<v Speaker 2>Immediately, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and

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<v Speaker 2>go on ahead of him to beth Sadom. He did

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<v Speaker 2>not tell them to pack ponchos. He did not give

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<v Speaker 2>them a warning about the storm that they would encounter,

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<v Speaker 2>just a simple instruction. I wonder if God doesn't tell

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<v Speaker 2>us everything, because he knows we couldn' handle.

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<v Speaker 1>The details.

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<v Speaker 2>So he dismissed the crowd and sent the disciples to

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<v Speaker 2>get a head start. I'll eat you on the other side.

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<v Speaker 2>You're almost gonna die on the way. He didn't tell

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<v Speaker 2>him that, but after leaving them, he went up on

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<v Speaker 2>a mountain side to pray, and later that night the

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<v Speaker 2>boat was in the middle of the lake and he

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<v Speaker 2>was alone on land. He saw the disciples straining at

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<v Speaker 2>the oars because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn,

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<v Speaker 2>he went out to them walking on the lake.

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<v Speaker 1>He was about to pass by them, but.

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<v Speaker 2>When they saw him walking on the lake, they thought

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<v Speaker 2>he was a ghost, because God often looks like fear

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<v Speaker 2>from a distance. They cried out because they all saw

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<v Speaker 2>him and were terrified. Immediately, Mark's favorite word. He spoke

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<v Speaker 2>to them and said, take courage.

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<v Speaker 1>It is I. Don't be afraid.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he climbed into the boat with them and the

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<v Speaker 2>wind died down.

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<v Speaker 1>They were completely amazed.

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<v Speaker 2>Touch the neighbor you've been ignoring and say this is significant.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you've ever been around church at all, you've

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<v Speaker 1>heard this Bible story.

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<v Speaker 2>If you've ever been anywhere near a church, you've heard

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<v Speaker 2>about this Bible story. If you ever happened to drive

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<v Speaker 2>by a church by accident, you heard this. If you

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<v Speaker 2>ever played on church softball team, you heard curse words

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<v Speaker 2>and this Bible story. It's a significant story because it

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<v Speaker 2>teaches us that Jesus Christ is lord of all creation. Theologically,

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<v Speaker 2>he is sovereign. He is sovereign. It's an epiphany story

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<v Speaker 2>in that it gives us a revelation of Jesus Christ

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<v Speaker 2>that is consistent with the revelation of Jesus Christ that

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<v Speaker 2>was given in the Old Testament in a concealed form,

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<v Speaker 2>when a bush burned and a man named Moses was

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<v Speaker 2>meeting with God. The disclosure at that point was I am.

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<v Speaker 2>Moses said, who are you? God said, I am.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's interesting how God would spend the next several centuries

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<v Speaker 2>filling in that blank. That they would need to know

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<v Speaker 2>him to be water in a dry place, that they

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<v Speaker 2>would need to know him.

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<v Speaker 1>To be a warrior in their battles.

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<v Speaker 2>They would find all of this out, that He is

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<v Speaker 2>sustainer in their weariness. Really, the rest of your life

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<v Speaker 2>will be filling in that blank, and just about the

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<v Speaker 2>time you think you've got it figured out who God is,

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<v Speaker 2>life will so shift beneath your feet that you will.

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<v Speaker 1>Realize you didn't know him at all.

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<v Speaker 2>The disciples have been with Jesus now for quite an

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<v Speaker 2>extensive class. They've seen him touch lepers, they've seen him

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<v Speaker 2>heal paralytics. They've even seen him raise dead people in

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<v Speaker 2>certain situations, and yet there was something that amazed them

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<v Speaker 2>in this moment, something that they had not seen about

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<v Speaker 2>him before. It is significant that Jesus told them to

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<v Speaker 2>go forward and the wind was against them. That's significant,

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<v Speaker 2>significant because a lot of times I assumed in my

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<v Speaker 2>life that if God sent me to do something, the

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<v Speaker 2>wind would work with me. That's pretty much the premise

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<v Speaker 2>of early Christianity. You know, turn your life over to

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<v Speaker 2>God and he'll take your burdens away. Turn your life

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<v Speaker 2>over to the Lord, and you know, what used to

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<v Speaker 2>keep you up at night won't keep you up at

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<v Speaker 2>night anymore because it'll be replaced by other stuff that'll

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<v Speaker 2>keep you up at night.

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<v Speaker 1>Fill in the blank. You realize that a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Of times claims to faith are actually our efforts to

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<v Speaker 2>manipulate God, until we discover in the course of time

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<v Speaker 2>that just because the wind is against you doesn't mean

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<v Speaker 2>that God is not for you. Many times, the confirmation

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<v Speaker 2>that God has spoken to you is the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>the wind is against you. We're discovering this in our

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<v Speaker 2>study of the Gospel of Mark. We are learning that

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<v Speaker 2>resistance is often the greatest place for revelation. Would you

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<v Speaker 2>please take that elevation pin that cost about eleven or

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<v Speaker 2>twelve cents, and before you steal it from the church

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<v Speaker 2>and use it to sina check this week, write it down.

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<v Speaker 2>Resistance leads to revelation. Resistance leads to revelation. The wind

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<v Speaker 2>was against the disciples not because they disobeyed the words

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus, but because they went in the direction of

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<v Speaker 2>his command.

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<v Speaker 1>He sent them to beth Seda. They went to Bethseda.

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<v Speaker 2>I got it when it was Jonah, because the wind

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<v Speaker 2>was against Jonah because he wasn't going to Ninevah.

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<v Speaker 1>He was going to Tarsish. And God said, go to Ninevah.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you go to.

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<v Speaker 2>Tarsish, when you should go to Ninevah, expect the wind

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<v Speaker 2>to be against you. Because God didn't send you to Tarshish,

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<v Speaker 2>he sent you to NINEVH. So I expect the wind

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<v Speaker 2>to go against me. When God told me to go

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<v Speaker 2>to Ninevah and I went to Tarshish. But when he

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<v Speaker 2>told me to go to best Sayda, and I went

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<v Speaker 2>to best Sayda, I expect the wind to work with me.

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<v Speaker 2>I expect God to bless me when I come to church.

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<v Speaker 1>I expect good parking.

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<v Speaker 2>Places because I came to church. I expect those shoes

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<v Speaker 2>to go on sale because I came to church. I

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<v Speaker 2>suspect a promotion because I came to church. Makes me

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<v Speaker 2>mad when somebody who didn't come to church, they slept

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<v Speaker 2>in and they get a raise, and.

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<v Speaker 1>I get fired.

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<v Speaker 2>And I can't understand how God could be with me

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<v Speaker 2>and the wind could be against me. But often the

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<v Speaker 2>confirmation of the Word of God is the resistance of

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy to show you you're.

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<v Speaker 3>On the right track. Here's why.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel I preach it.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's why I'm gonna help somebody. You want to turn

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<v Speaker 2>around and go back home because the wind is against you.

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<v Speaker 1>The wind is against you.

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<v Speaker 2>So that you will know that it is the Lord's

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<v Speaker 2>presence with you that makes you successful. If the wind

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<v Speaker 2>was working with you, you would think the wind.

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<v Speaker 1>When you got to your destination.

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<v Speaker 2>If it were easy, you would think the wrong things.

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<v Speaker 2>If the wind wasn't against you, you wouldn't need the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord to come and step into the wind and speak

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<v Speaker 2>peace to the wind. So the wind has to be

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<v Speaker 2>against you to prove that the Lord is with you.

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<v Speaker 3>Calm down, verdict.

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<v Speaker 2>This is just the introduction and so Jesus, savage Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>The Jesus that's in the Bible, not the Jesus this.

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<v Speaker 2>On Pinterest, Savage Jesus, real life Jesus, Monday morning Jesus. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Friday Jesus, Saturday Jesus. Not the Jesus that is playing

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<v Speaker 2>a harp and stroking the wool of the lamb. But

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<v Speaker 2>the Jesus who sends his disciples into a storm and

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<v Speaker 2>watches them strength.

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<v Speaker 1>I got to go.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't believe this. You about to be really jealous.

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<v Speaker 2>I got to go and sit on the mountain where

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus prayed. And the man who took us there last year,

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<v Speaker 2>he knew everything about everything.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he was Jesus. He took us up.

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<v Speaker 2>There, he said, here's where Jesus was praying in March

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<v Speaker 2>chapter six. And then he pointed to the lake that

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible mentions where the storm was, and from that

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<v Speaker 2>mountain you can see the whole lake. And he dropped

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<v Speaker 2>this on us right before he left us. He said,

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<v Speaker 2>so the whole time they were straining, Jesus could see them.

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<v Speaker 2>And he walked off and I cried, I have a

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<v Speaker 2>picture of me sitting on that mountain and there's Kleenex

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<v Speaker 2>all around me because Holly just kept handing them to me,

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<v Speaker 2>one after another, that he saw them in the storm,

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<v Speaker 2>that he saw them in the storm. And then I

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<v Speaker 2>was after I got done crying, because I realized he

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<v Speaker 2>sees me in my storm, and.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows what I'm going through, and he knows.

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<v Speaker 2>What I deal with, and he knows what people have

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<v Speaker 2>done to me, and he sees tears that I've cried

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<v Speaker 2>on my pillow that nobody else knows about him, that

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<v Speaker 2>he sees what's going on in my soul. That I

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<v Speaker 2>can cover up in front of people, but I can't

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<v Speaker 2>hide from him. After I got done crying about that,

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<v Speaker 2>I got kind of angry because I thought, if he

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<v Speaker 2>could see them, why didn't he stop it? All of

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<v Speaker 2>a sudden, it felt kind of cruel to me that

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<v Speaker 2>he would send them into a storm and see them

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<v Speaker 2>in the storm and not stop the storm. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think it is significant that the Bible says that he

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<v Speaker 2>saw the disciples verse forty eight, straining at the oars

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<v Speaker 2>because the wind was against them.

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<v Speaker 1>Shortly before dawn.

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<v Speaker 2>He went out to them, this is forty eight b

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<v Speaker 2>walking on the lake.

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<v Speaker 3>He was about to pass them by.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought he would never leave me. I thought he

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<v Speaker 2>would never forsake me. I thought he promised his presence

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<v Speaker 2>to me. And so he's about to pass them by,

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<v Speaker 2>and they were afraid. One interesting thing about this particular

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<v Speaker 2>record in Marx's Gospel is that it was recounted by

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<v Speaker 2>a man named Peter.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you heard of him.

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<v Speaker 2>He was a very outspoken disciple of Jesus Christ. He

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<v Speaker 2>was the one I don't know if you're like this.

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<v Speaker 2>He would say what everybody else thought.

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<v Speaker 1>He would.

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<v Speaker 2>He was filter free, and so when he was right,

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<v Speaker 2>he was really right.

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<v Speaker 1>When he was wrong, he was real wrong. I'll prove

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<v Speaker 1>it to you.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, you are the Christ, the son of the

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<v Speaker 2>Living God. She said, you are petross this rock. You're Peter,

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<v Speaker 2>not Simon, not shifty, upon this rock. I'll build my

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<v Speaker 2>church the rock of his revelation of who Jesus was.

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<v Speaker 2>A few verses later, Jesus said, get behind me, Satan,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was pointing at Peter, because Peter said, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't go to the cross. And Peter opposed the very

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<v Speaker 2>thing that Jesus came to do. All in the same

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<v Speaker 2>Bible chapter. This is Peter. Peter is the one telling

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<v Speaker 2>Mark about this story so Mark can write it down.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter is the one recording the audiobook. Okay, Peter is

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<v Speaker 2>the one giving Mark the gospel account. Mark wasn't a disciple.

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<v Speaker 2>Mark was an evangelist. He compiled the story, and Peter told, look,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna say you something.

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<v Speaker 1>We have four of these.

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<v Speaker 2>We have four gospel accounts. The gospel is the good

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<v Speaker 2>News of Jesus Christ. When we say the Gospel of Mark,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the gospel according to Mark. When we say the

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<v Speaker 2>Gospel of Luke, the Gospel of John, the Gospel of

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<v Speaker 2>mac that's the gospel account that they wrote down. John

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<v Speaker 2>said that Jesus did so much. If you wrote a

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<v Speaker 2>whole book, if you tried to write down everything he did,

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<v Speaker 2>the whole world could not contain it. If you wrote

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<v Speaker 2>down all the works Jesus did, wikipedia would break. So

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<v Speaker 2>they had to decide what was significant enough to put

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<v Speaker 2>in the gospel account that would prove what they wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to prove about who Jesus was. So when Mark got

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<v Speaker 2>ready to write, he said, Jesus walked to the disciples

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<v Speaker 2>in a storm, and when he got in the boat,

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<v Speaker 2>the winds died down. When Matthew got ready to write it,

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<v Speaker 2>he included something that Mark left out. And I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to read you now from Matthew fourteen. It's the same story,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's one detail in this story that is omitted

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<v Speaker 2>in Mark's gospel, which is based on the recollection of Peter,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's in Matthew's gospel but not Mark's.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's what we'll do.

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<v Speaker 2>This will be an interactive class. When I get to

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<v Speaker 2>the part that wasn't in Mark's gospel, stop me.

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<v Speaker 1>When I get to.

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<v Speaker 2>The part that where you're saying, wait, that wasn't in

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<v Speaker 2>the other one that you read before, I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to wave your hands and stop me. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>only time that you are allowed to tell me to

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<v Speaker 2>stop preaching. You can tell me to preach anytime you

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<v Speaker 2>want preach faster, But when I get to this part today,

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to stop me at every location. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>start in verse twenty two. Immediately Jesus made the disciples

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<v Speaker 2>get into the boat and go on ahead of him

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<v Speaker 2>to the other side while he dismissed the crowd. After

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<v Speaker 2>he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountain

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<v Speaker 2>side by himself to pray. Later that night, he was

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<v Speaker 2>there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance

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<v Speaker 2>from land, buffeted by the ways because the wind was

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<v Speaker 2>against it.

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<v Speaker 1>So far, so good, We're good. Keep go on, keep

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<v Speaker 1>go on.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, similar, very similar, very similar, few words, different sim stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Shortly before dawn, Jesus went out to them walking on

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<v Speaker 2>the lake. When the disciples saw I'm walking on the lake,

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<v Speaker 2>they were terrified. It's a ghost, they said, and cried

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<v Speaker 2>out in fear. But Jesus immediately said it didn't take

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<v Speaker 2>courage it as I don't be afraid. Lord, if it's you,

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<v Speaker 2>Peter replied, tell me to come. Okay, okay, okay, what's.

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<v Speaker 1>Wrong with you? Lord?

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<v Speaker 2>If it's you, Peter replied, tell me to come to

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<v Speaker 2>you on the water.

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<v Speaker 3>Come.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, this is amazing. Hey, hey, if I was

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<v Speaker 2>writing my memoir, I'll put this in.

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<v Speaker 1>Because what's what happens next. Then Peter got down out

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<v Speaker 1>of the boat, walked on water, and came towards Jesus. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm totally putting that in.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm totally including the part where everybody else was in

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<v Speaker 2>the boat crying out in fear and I was walking

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<v Speaker 2>on water, transcending the laws of buoyancy.

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<v Speaker 1>Mabe. If I ever walk on water and then I

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<v Speaker 1>die and they're writing.

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<v Speaker 2>A story about my life, you make sure they don't

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<v Speaker 2>take that part out. If I ever walk on water,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know I do metaphorically in your heart, but

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<v Speaker 2>if I ever physically, if they.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever write about me, I'm not saying they will.

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<v Speaker 2>But if they do, leave this and touch somebody say.

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<v Speaker 1>This is significant.

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<v Speaker 2>So how can Peter This is a good question. How

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<v Speaker 2>can Peter walk on water? And when it comes time

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<v Speaker 2>to tell Mark what to write about this night on

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<v Speaker 2>the sea, tell Mark, you know, I think people probably

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<v Speaker 2>just about sick of hearing about this. Do you really

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<v Speaker 2>think this is thirty? Your neighbors say yes, mister president,

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<v Speaker 2>this is significant.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder if.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if you left it out because of verse thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, because verse so far this is amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>Peter.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter's like, if it's you tell me to come, She's like,

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<v Speaker 2>it's me come, and.

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<v Speaker 1>You know the wind is blowing so you can't hear that. Good.

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<v Speaker 1>So Peter's like, did you hear it?

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<v Speaker 3>He said it is me come?

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<v Speaker 2>And John John's like no, he said, Peter, You're dumb,

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<v Speaker 2>because I mean two people.

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<v Speaker 1>Can hear the same thing. It's Yanny, not Laurel.

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<v Speaker 2>But by the way, it's Yanny. It's Yanny. It's Yanny.

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<v Speaker 2>Come to the altar. It's Yanny. You need your ears open.

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<v Speaker 2>I lost half the church. You hear the same word

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<v Speaker 2>a different way. And the other disciples were operating on

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<v Speaker 2>what Jesus told them before they left, which is go

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<v Speaker 2>go to bed, say I'll meet you on the other side.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter is operating out of what he feels in the moment,

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<v Speaker 2>and he says to Jesus, if it's you tell me

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<v Speaker 2>to come? And I've often preached about Peter getting out

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<v Speaker 2>of the boat, but sometimes the more significant faith is

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<v Speaker 2>the willingness to stay in the storm, not the impulse

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<v Speaker 2>to escape it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying Peter was wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying that it takes faith to keep rowing

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<v Speaker 2>when you can't see the shore. Sometimes it takes even

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<v Speaker 2>more faith to stay in the boat than it does

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<v Speaker 2>to step.

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<v Speaker 1>Out of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter gets to this part of the story in his recollection.

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<v Speaker 2>He does not see fit to include the part of

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<v Speaker 2>the story where he said to.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus, if it's you tell me to come, And.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if it's because of what happened in verse

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<v Speaker 2>thirty that he left this out of his gospel account

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<v Speaker 2>because the Bible says that he took several steps towards Jesus,

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<v Speaker 2>and for a moment he was walking on the water,

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<v Speaker 2>and for a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>He was experiencing a miracle.

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<v Speaker 2>But verse thirty says, when he saw the wind, see

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<v Speaker 2>he heard the word.

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<v Speaker 1>But then he saw the wind.

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<v Speaker 2>And I relate to this because sometimes I pay more

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<v Speaker 2>attention to what I see than what God said. And

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<v Speaker 2>anytime I give more focus to what I see than

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<v Speaker 2>what God spoke, I start to sink. Peter's doing pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good as long as he's going off of what he heard,

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<v Speaker 2>because faith comes by hearing, and hearing comes by the

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<v Speaker 2>word of God. And all you need is one word

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<v Speaker 2>from God. Peter wasn't walking on water. He was walking

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<v Speaker 2>on a word. And when you have a word from God,

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<v Speaker 2>your kids can be acting crazy, honey, can be acting funny, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Can be in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Darkest night of your life, but declare He is Lord.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he saw the wind, And the Bible says

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<v Speaker 2>when he saw the wind, he began to sink, and

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<v Speaker 2>he cried out, Lord, save me.

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<v Speaker 1>And I thought, well, That's why Peter left it out,

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<v Speaker 1>because I think.

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<v Speaker 2>People don't really need to hear about this. We can

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<v Speaker 2>leave that out, can't we. You know, you want to

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<v Speaker 2>leave certain things out of your story, skip over certain

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<v Speaker 2>parts and certain failures.

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<v Speaker 4>And there's some stuff, honestly, that you don't need to

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<v Speaker 4>share with everybody. There's some stuff that they don't even

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<v Speaker 4>need to know about. Sometimes your greatest testimony.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that you went through the fire, but you don't

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<v Speaker 1>smell like smoke.

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<v Speaker 2>And when Peter was telling Mark what to right, I

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<v Speaker 2>imagine Mark saying, shouldn't I.

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<v Speaker 1>Put that part.

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<v Speaker 2>In where you climbed out of the boat, And Mark said,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you want to leave that out.

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<v Speaker 2>Peter said, no, no, it's been a while now, because

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<v Speaker 2>this gospel has written decades after it happened, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>And by this point Peter has discovered something verse fifty one, Mark,

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<v Speaker 2>Chapter six, Verse fifty one. Then he climbed into the

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<v Speaker 2>boat with them, and the wind died down. Peter said,

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<v Speaker 2>it's not significant what happened when I climbed out of

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<v Speaker 2>the boat.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's read it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Then Jesus climbed into the boat. Peter said, don't tell

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<v Speaker 2>him what happened when I climbed out. Tell him what

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<v Speaker 2>happened when he climbed in.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so good.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to sit down and then stand up and

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<v Speaker 2>run a lap around this Balentine.

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<v Speaker 1>Building all by myself.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not important what happened when Peter climbed out. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not important what happened when Peter stepped out. It's not

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<v Speaker 2>important what happened when they were straining all night, all

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<v Speaker 2>night long, they strained to get to Jesus. But the

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<v Speaker 2>wind didn't stop while they were straining. The wind did

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<v Speaker 2>not die down because Peter came to Jesus. The wind

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<v Speaker 2>died down because Jesus came to Peter.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's the gospel.

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<v Speaker 2>Not that I came to God, not because I was

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<v Speaker 2>so good, not because I was so glorious, not because

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<v Speaker 2>I got my act together. No, I'm not praising him

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<v Speaker 2>because I got out of the boat.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm praising him because he.

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<v Speaker 1>Got in.

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<v Speaker 3>And the wind died down.

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<v Speaker 2>Now go ahead and worship him for eighteen seconds because

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<v Speaker 2>I got up because he got in.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, who whoa, whoa.

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<v Speaker 2>I find somebody saying that is significant, Not that I

0:26:45.320 --> 0:26:48.400
<v Speaker 2>loved God, but that he loved me, and.

0:26:48.440 --> 0:26:51.560
<v Speaker 3>I'm in a storm right now, but the storm is

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<v Speaker 3>not significant because help is on the way.

0:27:08.080 --> 0:27:15.200
<v Speaker 1>It's the contrast of straining versus submission.

0:27:17.480 --> 0:27:20.760
<v Speaker 2>And he was showing them to do what he commanded

0:27:20.760 --> 0:27:28.520
<v Speaker 2>the wind to do. Submit, and they they were amazed

0:27:28.640 --> 0:27:34.040
<v Speaker 2>at this. They were amazed. They were amazed at the

0:27:34.080 --> 0:27:38.280
<v Speaker 2>wind did what he said. In fact, the wind did

0:27:38.320 --> 0:27:40.080
<v Speaker 2>what he didn't even have to tell it to do.

0:27:42.560 --> 0:27:44.000
<v Speaker 1>Let me appreciate to LJ for a minute.

0:27:44.000 --> 0:27:45.760
<v Speaker 2>He gets bored back here because he has to play

0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:47.520
<v Speaker 2>three times on the weekend. And I just want to

0:27:47.520 --> 0:27:49.200
<v Speaker 2>tell him this real QUI because I didn't mentioned in any.

0:27:49.080 --> 0:27:50.720
<v Speaker 1>Other of the worst experiences.

0:27:51.520 --> 0:27:54.120
<v Speaker 2>Last time Jesus calmed the storm, he said, peace be still.

0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:57.440
<v Speaker 2>So he calmed the storm with his words this time.

0:27:57.480 --> 0:28:00.080
<v Speaker 2>If you check the record, he didn't even say anything

0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:03.560
<v Speaker 2>to the storm. The storm stopped just because he sat

0:28:03.600 --> 0:28:06.720
<v Speaker 2>down in the boat with the disciples. That lets me

0:28:06.800 --> 0:28:10.600
<v Speaker 2>know that all I need is his presence. All I

0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:13.760
<v Speaker 2>need is his presence. I don't need proof that he

0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:16.960
<v Speaker 2>is with me. When he got in the boat, the

0:28:17.000 --> 0:28:21.560
<v Speaker 2>storm sat down. When he sat down, Why he is

0:28:21.600 --> 0:28:24.800
<v Speaker 2>the puppet, He is the Lord, He is the.

0:28:24.680 --> 0:28:25.440
<v Speaker 3>Great I am.

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<v Speaker 1>He is the bread.

0:28:26.920 --> 0:28:39.800
<v Speaker 2>Of life, and he sent them against the wind because

0:28:39.840 --> 0:28:44.240
<v Speaker 2>he needed a situation to reveal his sufficiency.

0:28:45.080 --> 0:28:48.440
<v Speaker 1>That's what he needed, and so the storm.

0:28:48.160 --> 0:28:53.920
<v Speaker 2>Served that purpose, just like the hungry crowd. Just like

0:28:55.200 --> 0:28:59.800
<v Speaker 2>the hungry crowd, because verse fifty two tells us why

0:28:59.800 --> 0:29:00.680
<v Speaker 2>they were amazed.

0:29:02.040 --> 0:29:03.800
<v Speaker 1>Look at somebody said, this is significant.

0:29:04.800 --> 0:29:07.000
<v Speaker 2>Come on, only about forty five percent of you did

0:29:07.000 --> 0:29:07.840
<v Speaker 2>what I told you to do.

0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:09.800
<v Speaker 1>Tell them this is significant.

0:29:12.080 --> 0:29:16.200
<v Speaker 2>They were amazed for they had not understood about the loaves.

0:29:17.000 --> 0:29:23.760
<v Speaker 5>Their hearts were hardened. What does bread have to do

0:29:24.800 --> 0:29:27.600
<v Speaker 5>with a boat.

0:29:28.200 --> 0:29:32.360
<v Speaker 2>And this is where we need to mention a significant miracle.

0:29:32.440 --> 0:29:37.400
<v Speaker 2>This miracle is so significant that Matthew, Mark Luke, and

0:29:37.560 --> 0:29:42.360
<v Speaker 2>John all put it in their memoir their audio book.

0:29:44.520 --> 0:29:47.920
<v Speaker 2>They put it in even though it wasn't a resurrection

0:29:48.240 --> 0:29:52.680
<v Speaker 2>or a healing. One day Jesus fed five thousand men,

0:29:53.880 --> 0:29:57.760
<v Speaker 2>the women, and the children, and he did it with

0:29:57.800 --> 0:30:02.640
<v Speaker 2>a little boy's lunch. I personally think Peter beat up

0:30:02.680 --> 0:30:04.040
<v Speaker 2>the little boy and took his lunch.

0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:06.680
<v Speaker 1>Only reason why I have kids.

0:30:07.480 --> 0:30:11.440
<v Speaker 2>I've never seen my kids voluntarily do anything sacrificial. So

0:30:11.560 --> 0:30:13.920
<v Speaker 2>in my mind, the little boy did not willingly offer

0:30:13.960 --> 0:30:14.400
<v Speaker 2>his lunch.

0:30:14.440 --> 0:30:15.840
<v Speaker 1>But you read the Bible. How you want to read

0:30:15.840 --> 0:30:17.320
<v Speaker 1>the Bible on your own time? Right now? I got

0:30:17.360 --> 0:30:20.320
<v Speaker 1>the microphone. Peter beat up the boy, took his lunch, brought.

0:30:20.080 --> 0:30:29.400
<v Speaker 2>It to Jesus. This is significant. This miracle is so

0:30:29.520 --> 0:30:34.200
<v Speaker 2>significant because Jesus, when he was feeding the crowd, he

0:30:34.320 --> 0:30:40.680
<v Speaker 2>was revealing himself as to Christ, and everybody ate and

0:30:40.760 --> 0:30:42.120
<v Speaker 2>they all got their.

0:30:42.040 --> 0:30:47.080
<v Speaker 1>Fill that day. Pointed out real quick.

0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:48.880
<v Speaker 2>While we have a moment because I don't know when

0:30:48.880 --> 0:30:50.160
<v Speaker 2>I'll get to see you again, somebody, you don't come

0:30:50.200 --> 0:30:50.760
<v Speaker 2>to church enough.

0:30:52.440 --> 0:30:53.120
<v Speaker 1>Just while we're here.

0:30:55.040 --> 0:30:58.280
<v Speaker 2>The miracle came from somebody who was not even included

0:30:58.320 --> 0:30:59.280
<v Speaker 2>in the official count.

0:31:00.680 --> 0:31:04.640
<v Speaker 1>It was five thousand men, women, and children.

0:31:05.000 --> 0:31:11.040
<v Speaker 2>God's greatest miracles often come from what people consider insignificant sources.

0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:14.320
<v Speaker 1>That's why you can't let the world.

0:31:14.080 --> 0:31:17.120
<v Speaker 2>Ever define your significance, because the world celebrates all the

0:31:17.120 --> 0:31:24.080
<v Speaker 2>wrong stuff, all the wrong stuff. We find significance in status.

0:31:25.400 --> 0:31:29.040
<v Speaker 2>We find significance sometimes and we even call it our

0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:34.080
<v Speaker 2>significant other. Okay, but this is an announcement. You don't

0:31:34.120 --> 0:31:38.680
<v Speaker 2>need any other to be significant. I'm not against the term.

0:31:38.920 --> 0:31:41.240
<v Speaker 2>I'm not against the term, but you don't have to

0:31:41.240 --> 0:31:47.080
<v Speaker 2>be a Duchess of Sussex to be significant. No, not

0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:50.920
<v Speaker 2>to be significant in the eyes of God. If significance

0:31:51.080 --> 0:31:56.360
<v Speaker 2>was predicated on marital status, Jesus was insignificant. He was

0:31:56.440 --> 0:32:00.600
<v Speaker 2>never merit. Neither was Paul. But the world breaks all

0:32:00.640 --> 0:32:03.959
<v Speaker 2>the wrong stuff and so we wait for it significance

0:32:04.160 --> 0:32:06.280
<v Speaker 2>to be assigned by something.

0:32:06.000 --> 0:32:07.720
<v Speaker 3>Outside of God.

0:32:08.960 --> 0:32:13.360
<v Speaker 2>But I am not significant because somebody recognized me as significant.

0:32:14.200 --> 0:32:17.080
<v Speaker 2>I am significant because of someone who died for me,

0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:23.400
<v Speaker 2>who created me, and who lives in me. This is significant,

0:32:27.200 --> 0:32:29.880
<v Speaker 2>real quick, real quick. I'm really proud of Elevation Worship.

0:32:29.880 --> 0:32:36.720
<v Speaker 2>They got nominated for a Billboard Award Christian Album Christian song,

0:32:37.200 --> 0:32:40.720
<v Speaker 2>Oh Come to the Altar, and I think that's really

0:32:40.760 --> 0:32:42.760
<v Speaker 2>cool and I think it's wonderful.

0:32:43.480 --> 0:32:45.240
<v Speaker 1>And I don't know if we'll win it or not.

0:32:45.480 --> 0:32:47.880
<v Speaker 2>Somebody said we probably won't win it this year, and

0:32:47.880 --> 0:32:50.080
<v Speaker 2>it's not a competition, but I'd love to beat Hillsong.

0:32:50.160 --> 0:32:53.440
<v Speaker 2>Don't put this online, edit this out, and one day

0:32:53.480 --> 0:32:57.320
<v Speaker 2>maybe we will. But I'm not waiting to see if

0:32:57.360 --> 0:33:03.640
<v Speaker 2>we win the award. Here's why I saw Oh Come

0:33:03.680 --> 0:33:07.240
<v Speaker 2>to the Altar when it was born. I remember when

0:33:07.240 --> 0:33:10.400
<v Speaker 2>we wrote it and imagined our church singing it, and

0:33:10.440 --> 0:33:13.040
<v Speaker 2>then I saw the church start to sing it, and

0:33:13.120 --> 0:33:16.200
<v Speaker 2>I saw people baptized while we were singing, Oh, Come

0:33:16.240 --> 0:33:20.000
<v Speaker 2>to the Altar. I saw people baptized while we were

0:33:20.000 --> 0:33:23.560
<v Speaker 2>singing The Father's arms are open wide. Forgiveness was bought

0:33:23.600 --> 0:33:24.760
<v Speaker 2>with the precious blood.

0:33:24.520 --> 0:33:25.440
<v Speaker 1>Of Jesus Christ.

0:33:26.440 --> 0:33:29.080
<v Speaker 2>So I don't need Billboard to tell me what baptism

0:33:29.200 --> 0:33:36.080
<v Speaker 2>already did. So if Chris Brown gets an award, that's wonderful.

0:33:37.080 --> 0:33:40.680
<v Speaker 2>But if Billboard didn't recognize, Oh, come to the Altar,

0:33:41.280 --> 0:33:46.000
<v Speaker 2>touch somebody say, it's still significant. And if people appreciate me,

0:33:46.160 --> 0:33:51.640
<v Speaker 2>that's wonderful. But if they never recognized me, I'm still significant.

0:33:51.680 --> 0:33:53.720
<v Speaker 2>There's a word for somebody.

0:33:54.480 --> 0:33:57.280
<v Speaker 3>If I got a date, great, If.

0:33:57.080 --> 0:34:01.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't, I'm still significant. If I did the job, wonderful.

0:34:01.760 --> 0:34:04.040
<v Speaker 2>If I don't, I'm still significant.

0:34:04.360 --> 0:34:07.080
<v Speaker 3>If you like me, good less hung it out, but

0:34:07.280 --> 0:34:08.360
<v Speaker 3>it not Pomps.

0:34:16.840 --> 0:34:21.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm almost Dunn. This is significant.

0:34:22.840 --> 0:34:26.080
<v Speaker 2>This is significant because I saw Chris Brown in a

0:34:26.120 --> 0:34:32.879
<v Speaker 2>prison during Love Week. He wasn't a member, was there

0:34:32.920 --> 0:34:37.640
<v Speaker 2>voluntarily for the record. He was singing, and he finished

0:34:37.640 --> 0:34:40.960
<v Speaker 2>singing and we were leaving. IP preached he's saying, and

0:34:41.000 --> 0:34:44.239
<v Speaker 2>a prisoner came up to me and said, before you go,

0:34:44.280 --> 0:34:47.959
<v Speaker 2>can you single come to the altar? That's the song

0:34:47.960 --> 0:34:52.440
<v Speaker 2>that got me through. And I hope he can get

0:34:52.440 --> 0:34:56.520
<v Speaker 2>a billboard. But I watched him single come to the

0:34:56.560 --> 0:35:06.480
<v Speaker 2>altar to one prisoner, and that was significant. This is

0:35:07.800 --> 0:35:16.239
<v Speaker 2>significant this season. It's hard to see the significance of

0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:18.000
<v Speaker 2>the season you're in. You see it better when you're

0:35:18.040 --> 0:35:21.320
<v Speaker 2>out of it. That's why it's hard to raise kids.

0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:25.759
<v Speaker 2>I love being a parent. I joke about it a lot.

0:35:26.040 --> 0:35:28.600
<v Speaker 2>Is actually my favorite thing that I do. I just

0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:30.680
<v Speaker 2>play around like as hard as really for me, it's

0:35:30.719 --> 0:35:33.160
<v Speaker 2>just super easy. I just I always know the wisdom

0:35:33.200 --> 0:35:41.840
<v Speaker 2>and I'm always like watching my kids play all these sports.

0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:44.080
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of hard sometimes because now they've got so

0:35:44.160 --> 0:35:45.600
<v Speaker 2>much pressure on us as parents.

0:35:45.960 --> 0:35:47.879
<v Speaker 1>Maybe this is a suburban thing. I don't know.

0:35:48.760 --> 0:35:52.680
<v Speaker 2>You gotta be at every recital or your kid's gonna

0:35:52.719 --> 0:35:57.920
<v Speaker 2>end up in therapy as a serial killer. It's pressure.

0:35:58.800 --> 0:36:01.560
<v Speaker 2>I try to get out there. Sometimes there's running around

0:36:01.560 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 2>and is this significant? Is this significant? And then I

0:36:05.480 --> 0:36:08.440
<v Speaker 2>get I get caught up in insignificant things and I

0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:12.400
<v Speaker 2>missed significant things like the disciples almost missed the miracle

0:36:12.840 --> 0:36:15.600
<v Speaker 2>that day of the Feeding of the five thousand, the

0:36:15.600 --> 0:36:16.760
<v Speaker 2>one that's in all four gospels.

0:36:16.800 --> 0:36:18.680
<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's why they all included it, because.

0:36:18.400 --> 0:36:21.120
<v Speaker 2>They all almost missed it because they wanted to send

0:36:21.120 --> 0:36:22.560
<v Speaker 2>the crowds away.

0:36:23.440 --> 0:36:28.840
<v Speaker 1>I show you something real quick. This is this is Graham.

0:36:29.280 --> 0:36:30.640
<v Speaker 2>You got it in the back. I didn't use it

0:36:30.680 --> 0:36:35.760
<v Speaker 2>the other times, but yeah, this is Graham pinning a joker.

0:36:39.239 --> 0:36:43.759
<v Speaker 2>It was good. It was a little tournament that was

0:36:43.800 --> 0:36:46.040
<v Speaker 2>the championship match of the tournament.

0:36:46.960 --> 0:36:48.320
<v Speaker 1>It was on a Saturday.

0:36:48.360 --> 0:36:50.799
<v Speaker 2>Normally I'd be preaching that particular Saturday, I had somebody

0:36:50.840 --> 0:36:54.040
<v Speaker 2>else preaching for me. Look who he's looking at now.

0:36:54.480 --> 0:36:57.120
<v Speaker 2>Guess who he's looking at when he's I mean, he

0:36:57.400 --> 0:36:59.800
<v Speaker 2>just pinned him. The ref just slapped the mat and

0:37:00.040 --> 0:37:05.480
<v Speaker 2>he looks up like what. And I like it because

0:37:06.760 --> 0:37:09.279
<v Speaker 2>I like it because what he said to me when

0:37:09.280 --> 0:37:13.319
<v Speaker 2>he came back up. I said, isn't the cool how

0:37:13.440 --> 0:37:14.960
<v Speaker 2>I went and preaching today so I could watch you

0:37:15.000 --> 0:37:17.879
<v Speaker 2>in this tournament? And what if I had missed it?

0:37:19.040 --> 0:37:20.959
<v Speaker 2>He said, well, if you had missed it, I probably

0:37:21.000 --> 0:37:30.120
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't have won it. And I was like, if you

0:37:30.239 --> 0:37:36.000
<v Speaker 2>never say anything, just never talk again until you go

0:37:36.040 --> 0:37:46.000
<v Speaker 2>to college. Let's end on that note.

0:37:45.120 --> 0:37:45.719
<v Speaker 1>The same thing.

0:37:48.200 --> 0:37:50.560
<v Speaker 2>You could take it down, although I'd be happy to

0:37:50.719 --> 0:37:55.399
<v Speaker 2>put it on Instagram for you Instagram.

0:37:54.440 --> 0:38:04.560
<v Speaker 6>Anyway, It's hard to know.

0:38:04.719 --> 0:38:09.239
<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you don't always get to see the gold medal.

0:38:09.239 --> 0:38:10.399
<v Speaker 1>They don't hand out a gold medal.

0:38:10.560 --> 0:38:13.640
<v Speaker 2>In fact, when it says that the disciples did not

0:38:13.840 --> 0:38:19.480
<v Speaker 2>understand about the loaves, they were amazed, because show the

0:38:19.560 --> 0:38:20.839
<v Speaker 2>verse again, verse fifty two.

0:38:21.440 --> 0:38:22.520
<v Speaker 1>This first got my attention.

0:38:23.440 --> 0:38:27.759
<v Speaker 2>Really, this is my whole message, because it says they

0:38:27.760 --> 0:38:30.080
<v Speaker 2>were amazed when he got in the boat and the

0:38:30.120 --> 0:38:33.480
<v Speaker 2>winds died because they had not understood about the loaves.

0:38:34.160 --> 0:38:38.560
<v Speaker 1>It just happened. It was the thing that happened right

0:38:38.600 --> 0:38:40.440
<v Speaker 1>before the storm. It had just happened.

0:38:40.520 --> 0:38:44.920
<v Speaker 2>It wasn't years later, and they forgot it had just happened.

0:38:44.960 --> 0:38:47.680
<v Speaker 2>You know how God provides for you, and then you

0:38:47.719 --> 0:38:50.520
<v Speaker 2>go into a different test and you forget the lesson

0:38:50.560 --> 0:38:54.520
<v Speaker 2>because it's a different test, and God provided.

0:38:54.120 --> 0:38:55.879
<v Speaker 1>For you in a bigger way back there.

0:38:55.880 --> 0:38:58.160
<v Speaker 2>But now you're struggling with a little thing here and

0:38:58.200 --> 0:39:01.360
<v Speaker 2>you trip over an insignificant thing when God has already

0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:03.280
<v Speaker 2>done the most significant thing, which.

0:39:03.120 --> 0:39:04.080
<v Speaker 1>Is to save your soul.

0:39:08.719 --> 0:39:12.440
<v Speaker 2>They understood about the loaves on one level. Physically, they ate.

0:39:13.680 --> 0:39:16.320
<v Speaker 2>They understood about the loaves on one level. The crowds

0:39:16.360 --> 0:39:20.440
<v Speaker 2>were fed. But what they didn't understand is that Jesus

0:39:20.440 --> 0:39:22.880
<v Speaker 2>did not feed the multitudes so they could know what

0:39:23.000 --> 0:39:26.560
<v Speaker 2>he did. He fed the multitude so they could know

0:39:26.600 --> 0:39:31.680
<v Speaker 2>who he was. The lesson of the loaves is not

0:39:31.920 --> 0:39:35.520
<v Speaker 2>I am your burger, king your way right away. The

0:39:35.600 --> 0:39:37.719
<v Speaker 2>lesson of the loaves is not that you will never

0:39:37.760 --> 0:39:39.799
<v Speaker 2>be hungry, or you will never hurt, or you will

0:39:39.840 --> 0:39:43.000
<v Speaker 2>never wonder, or you will never doubt. The lesson of

0:39:43.040 --> 0:39:47.040
<v Speaker 2>the loaves is I am the bread of life.

0:39:47.800 --> 0:39:50.000
<v Speaker 1>I am. It is me.

0:39:51.239 --> 0:39:53.920
<v Speaker 2>It was me when you were hungry. It was me

0:39:54.040 --> 0:39:57.239
<v Speaker 2>when you were lonely. It was me when you were depressed.

0:39:57.760 --> 0:40:00.360
<v Speaker 2>It was me when you were anxious. It was me

0:40:00.520 --> 0:40:03.840
<v Speaker 2>on the mountaintop, it was me in the valley. The

0:40:03.880 --> 0:40:06.399
<v Speaker 2>Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want, I will

0:40:06.440 --> 0:40:07.320
<v Speaker 2>fear no evil.

0:40:07.600 --> 0:40:11.719
<v Speaker 1>He is with me in this moment. It's me.

0:40:13.360 --> 0:40:17.560
<v Speaker 3>It was me then, and it's me now. It was

0:40:17.640 --> 0:40:18.880
<v Speaker 3>me that got you through that.

0:40:19.040 --> 0:40:21.719
<v Speaker 1>It's me that will see you through this. And if

0:40:21.760 --> 0:40:24.320
<v Speaker 1>I am in the boat, the wind must submit.

0:40:24.040 --> 0:40:30.640
<v Speaker 2>To my word, I am with you. And they didn't

0:40:31.520 --> 0:40:36.320
<v Speaker 2>get it. They saw the miracle, they experienced the miracle.

0:40:37.719 --> 0:40:40.200
<v Speaker 2>They're the ones who handed out the bread to the people.

0:40:42.160 --> 0:40:46.360
<v Speaker 2>But you can experience a miracle and miss the significance.

0:40:51.200 --> 0:40:54.480
<v Speaker 1>So God saved you, But what did he save you for?

0:40:55.920 --> 0:40:57.960
<v Speaker 2>So you could spend the rest of your life carrying

0:40:57.960 --> 0:41:00.280
<v Speaker 2>the shame he died to take away and nail to hiss?

0:41:00.760 --> 0:41:02.000
<v Speaker 1>Is that what he saved you for?

0:41:03.600 --> 0:41:05.279
<v Speaker 2>God saved you, But what did he save you for

0:41:05.440 --> 0:41:07.120
<v Speaker 2>so you could live the rest of your life just

0:41:07.120 --> 0:41:09.080
<v Speaker 2>as selfish as you live the first part of your life,

0:41:09.120 --> 0:41:10.759
<v Speaker 2>but with a cross around your neck this time?

0:41:11.160 --> 0:41:12.719
<v Speaker 1>What did he save you for?

0:41:16.560 --> 0:41:19.920
<v Speaker 2>You can experience the miracle of salvation but miss the

0:41:20.040 --> 0:41:21.200
<v Speaker 2>significant something.

0:41:21.440 --> 0:41:23.280
<v Speaker 1>God didn't just save you from.

0:41:23.680 --> 0:41:29.600
<v Speaker 2>He saved you for a purpose, a mission, a calling.

0:41:37.560 --> 0:41:40.200
<v Speaker 2>And the miracle was not just that the people were fed.

0:41:41.640 --> 0:41:45.600
<v Speaker 2>The miracle was not just that they ate bread. The

0:41:45.640 --> 0:41:49.200
<v Speaker 2>miracle is not just what God does for you. The

0:41:49.320 --> 0:41:54.840
<v Speaker 2>miracle is that you see who He is. This is beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>It is so beautiful that it bears repeating. It bears repeating,

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<v Speaker 2>and in Mark chapter eight, this miracle is so significant

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<v Speaker 2>it happens again. One way you can tell when something

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<v Speaker 2>is important is when.

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<v Speaker 1>It is repeated.

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<v Speaker 2>So the disciples find themselves in a situation that is

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<v Speaker 2>very similar. There's a big crowd and there's no food.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, like last time when you were worried and

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<v Speaker 2>upset and you didn't think you were gonna make it,

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<v Speaker 2>and you made it. And now here you are again,

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<v Speaker 2>and the wind's blown again, and you don't think you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna make it. A spoiler alert, you will. That's the

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<v Speaker 2>lesson of the lows. That's the lesson of the I

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<v Speaker 2>didn't mean to ruin the movie for you, But at

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<v Speaker 2>the end of this thing, you're gonna be in bed, saydom,

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<v Speaker 2>because if he told you I'll meet you on the

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<v Speaker 2>other side, you don't die in the lake in the middle.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the nine.

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<v Speaker 3>Come on, cherch has he not shown you? Don't you

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<v Speaker 3>see it? Don't you hear it?

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<v Speaker 2>It's the same voice, the same God.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he feeds the crowd. In Mark chapter eight,

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<v Speaker 1>and the.

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<v Speaker 2>Bible says Mark eight fourteen, the disciples had forgotten to

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<v Speaker 2>bring bread. Stand up, it'll make me close, quicker, don't leave,

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<v Speaker 2>it'll make me angry. The disciples had forgotten to bring bread,

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<v Speaker 2>except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't mean to.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct the scripture, but there were actually.

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<v Speaker 1>Two loaves in the boat. One of them was the

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<v Speaker 1>bread they could see.

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<v Speaker 2>Be careful, Jesus warned them, watch out for the yeast

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<v Speaker 2>of the Pharisees and that of Herod. He is warning

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<v Speaker 2>them against the seemingly insignificant compromises.

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<v Speaker 1>That corrode your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch out, said, your words are significant, your habits are significant,

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<v Speaker 2>your friendships are significant. Watch out for that that yeast.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he said yeast, they thought about bread. And

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<v Speaker 2>they discussed this with one another and said, it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is because we have no bread. They still didn't get it.

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<v Speaker 2>They saw him do it, and they still didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>that he was it. They're still worried about provision. You're

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<v Speaker 2>still worried about bills. You're still worry We're still thinking

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<v Speaker 2>on the level of what we can see. Jesus, aware

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<v Speaker 2>of their discussion, asked them a question, why are you

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<v Speaker 2>talking about having no bread? Why are you worrying about

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<v Speaker 2>something that I've already worked out. Why are you doubting

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<v Speaker 2>something that you've already seen me do so many times before?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you still not see or understand?

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<v Speaker 2>Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail

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<v Speaker 2>to see? And ears but failed to hear? Do you

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<v Speaker 2>still hear Laurel when it's really Yanny?

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<v Speaker 1>And don't you remember.

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<v Speaker 2>When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand,

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<v Speaker 2>how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?

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<v Speaker 1>Twelve? They reply.

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<v Speaker 2>When I read that, I thought the significance of the

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<v Speaker 2>miracle is in the numbers. You know, five is the

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<v Speaker 2>number of grace in the Bible. It represents grace symbolic,

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<v Speaker 2>twelve disciples, twelve tribes, a number of government. So I

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<v Speaker 2>thought it was about the numbers. But then verse twenty

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<v Speaker 2>says when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand,

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<v Speaker 2>how many basketballs and pieces did you pick up? And

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<v Speaker 2>then I said, well, seven is the number of completion

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<v Speaker 2>and four thousand, really I can't really do anything with that.

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<v Speaker 2>They answered seven. He said, do you still not understand?

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<v Speaker 2>And then I read it again verse nineteen, Verse nineteen,

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<v Speaker 2>verse nineteen when I broke, And then I read verse

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<v Speaker 2>twenty when I broke, and I realized the significance of

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<v Speaker 2>the miracle is that the bread had to be broken

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<v Speaker 2>They wouldn't understand this really until he went to the cross.

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<v Speaker 2>They ate the bread, but they did not understand the

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<v Speaker 2>significance until he was crushed for our transgressions and bruised

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<v Speaker 2>for our iniquities, because the bread couldn't be given until

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<v Speaker 2>it was broken. When you were in a breaking season

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<v Speaker 2>of your life, and you are being broken of your

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<v Speaker 2>pride and your stubbornness, your opinions, and you're straining against

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<v Speaker 2>the wind, it is easy to begin to believe that

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<v Speaker 2>it is going to break you. But God will not

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<v Speaker 2>allow life to break you. That's his job. And when

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<v Speaker 2>you're in his hands, like the song said, prepare that

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<v Speaker 2>chorus of do it again, we're going to sing it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still in your hands. We're going to sing that,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're going to understand that. The lesson of the

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<v Speaker 2>loaves is not that everybody went home with a full belly.

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<v Speaker 1>The lesson of the loaves is this. The end of

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<v Speaker 1>your story is not that you are broken. The end

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<v Speaker 1>of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Story is the basket false. This story does not end

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<v Speaker 2>in brokenness. This story ends with leftovers.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to let you know today this is significant.

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<v Speaker 1>God is not done with you. That God is not

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<v Speaker 1>done with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm reaching this word for somebody who's been straining against

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<v Speaker 2>the wind.

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<v Speaker 1>Grace is coming to your pope.

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<v Speaker 2>The bread is in the Master's hands, and the bread

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<v Speaker 2>was only broken to be given. Lift your hands in

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<v Speaker 2>the presence of God, no one moving.

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<v Speaker 1>This is my.

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<v Speaker 2>Confidence that he is faithful, faithfulness.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm stealing you hands.

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<v Speaker 3>This is my conference.

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<v Speaker 1>You never.

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<v Speaker 3>You promised.

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<v Speaker 2>See its greed is your faithfulness, faithness. I'm sealing you.

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<v Speaker 2>This is my contents, you nevers.

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<v Speaker 3>You've drawn, missieus. It greed is your faith faith See,

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<v Speaker 3>this is my confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen, here's what you do. You take what you learned

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<v Speaker 1>from the loaves, and you remember it in the storm.

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<v Speaker 1>You take the basketful.

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<v Speaker 2>From the last time that God provided for you, and

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<v Speaker 2>the next time the wind begins to rage in your life,

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<v Speaker 2>you remember that if Jesus is in this boat with me,

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<v Speaker 2>if I draw near to God, he will draw near

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<v Speaker 2>to me. And as we worship him as the Son

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<v Speaker 2>of God. Today the wind has to die down, anxiety

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<v Speaker 2>has to shut it fro out in the presence of God.

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<v Speaker 3>Because we know who he is and we've seen what

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<v Speaker 3>he's done. We have faithful what he's gonna do?

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<v Speaker 2>Does anybody believe He's with you in this season in time?

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