WEBVTT - Before & After

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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 2>I wanted to thank you for joining us today. Hope

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

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

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoy the message. One thing I want to point out

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<v Speaker 2>to you that you may not be aware of. We

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<v Speaker 2>typically group our messages a different series, and I decided

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<v Speaker 2>to preach a series called Savage Jesus. Why I did

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<v Speaker 2>it is because I'm tired of us pretending like Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is safe. And one reason I wanted to use the

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<v Speaker 2>term savage Jesus is because.

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<v Speaker 1>I knew that religious people wouldn't like it.

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<v Speaker 2>We typically like our heroes sath and we typically like

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<v Speaker 2>them better after they're dead. You notice this sometimes, don't you?

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<v Speaker 2>That the way that we present our heroes is that

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<v Speaker 2>we prefer a certain version of them that is safe,

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't offend us. And one of the things that

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<v Speaker 2>I hope about doctor Graham's legacy is that he is

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<v Speaker 2>not just remembered for only the amazing invitations that he gave,

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<v Speaker 2>but for the barriers that he broke down.

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<v Speaker 1>It's good that we take a little time.

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<v Speaker 2>This week to share some of his quotes about heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>But what he did here on earth in bringing Heaven

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<v Speaker 2>to earth and driving back darkness, I mean doctor Graham,

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<v Speaker 2>doctor Demas.

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<v Speaker 1>Was a savage in his own way.

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<v Speaker 2>What he did in Chattanooga, Tennessee in nineteen fifty three,

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<v Speaker 2>that was the most savage thing I ever read about,

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<v Speaker 2>where he tore down the barriers that they had set

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<v Speaker 2>up to keep black people separated from white people at

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<v Speaker 2>his crusade and looked at two white ushers and said,

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<v Speaker 2>you can either leave those down or have the crusade

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<v Speaker 2>without me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty savage.

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of like that version of doctor Graham, not

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<v Speaker 2>just you know, my wife and I often talk about this,

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<v Speaker 2>how for us growing up, Ray Charles was the pepsi

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<v Speaker 2>guy because we came into his legacy at a time

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<v Speaker 2>when he was older, and that's what we knew him as,

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<v Speaker 2>and we disregarded You see this happen every year on

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<v Speaker 2>the day that we celebrate doctor Martin Luther King Jr.

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<v Speaker 2>You see the same three quotes. I've decided to stick

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<v Speaker 2>with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

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<v Speaker 2>The same three quotes I've been to the mountain, same

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<v Speaker 2>three quotes I've had. But doctor King did a whole

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<v Speaker 2>lot more than go to the mountain and have a dream.

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<v Speaker 2>He went to prison, he suffered not only the scorn

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<v Speaker 2>of those that he was trying to fight against, but

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<v Speaker 2>those he was fighting for. And so when you forget that,

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<v Speaker 2>when you sanitize some body down to the point that

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<v Speaker 2>you try to make them almost like we make them

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<v Speaker 2>a mascot. You ever see those little toys where you

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<v Speaker 2>pull the string and they have a few sayings that

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<v Speaker 2>they say, and there's like five.

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<v Speaker 1>Things that they say.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm afraid we've done that with Jesus. I'm afraid that

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<v Speaker 2>we've got it down to the point now where we

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<v Speaker 2>have a few things that Jesus said, you know, love

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<v Speaker 2>people and turn the other cheek, and you know a

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<v Speaker 2>few little things images of Jesus. Shepherd Jesus with a

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<v Speaker 2>pull string and he says nice comforting things. This little

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<v Speaker 2>little Jesus that we put on the shelf, and he

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<v Speaker 2>says the things that we want to hear. You even

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<v Speaker 2>hear people sometimes they'll say, well, that doesn't sound very

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<v Speaker 2>much like Jesus. Did you ever read some of the

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<v Speaker 2>things that Jesus really said. Jesus was more than free

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<v Speaker 2>hugs and warm feelings.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus was Are you ready a savage? Gee?

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus walked in church one day. The poor people were

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<v Speaker 2>being exploited by being sold sacrifices at a marked up price,

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<v Speaker 2>and they could.

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<v Speaker 1>Not afford them, and so they were excluded.

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<v Speaker 2>From worship because the temple had become more about profit

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<v Speaker 2>and power than it had about the presence of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you know what Jesus did. He prayed about it.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh oh oh, he posted on Pinterest about it. This

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<v Speaker 2>is not Pinterest, Jesus. This Jesus started kicking over tables.

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<v Speaker 2>He ripped out the ATM machines.

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<v Speaker 1>He drove out the tax collectors with the whip. Put

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<v Speaker 1>that on Pinterest.

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<v Speaker 2>Well to you, pharisees, blind guys, strain out a NAT's

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<v Speaker 2>swallow a camel. You're of your father, the devil. I

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<v Speaker 2>never saw that on a coffee. You are of your father.

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<v Speaker 2>I am the way, the truth in the life. We

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<v Speaker 2>like that Jesus. Jesus was a savage. He answered them

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<v Speaker 2>not a word, because he was the word. He got

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<v Speaker 2>so mad at death that he decided to overturn it.

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<v Speaker 2>He got so cramped in his grave that after the

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<v Speaker 2>price had been paid, after he had done what needed

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<v Speaker 2>to be done, watch how savage he kicked the end

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<v Speaker 2>off of a borrowed grave. Why borrowed. He wasn't gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be there long. He was a savage when he got up,

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<v Speaker 2>I got to show you one thing, and I shall

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<v Speaker 2>save this for Easter. But the Bible says that he

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<v Speaker 2>folded the linen they had wrapped him in. He was

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<v Speaker 2>so savage that he folded it, because when you fold

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<v Speaker 2>a linen at a meal, it means I will be

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<v Speaker 2>back when he comes back. He's not coming back like

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<v Speaker 2>a lamb. He is the lion of the trial Judah,

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<v Speaker 2>and I feel his presence in this place.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's get started.

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<v Speaker 2>In the series, Mark, chapter one, verse one.

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<v Speaker 1>Through fifteen records these words the.

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<v Speaker 2>Beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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<v Speaker 2>It is written in Isaiah the prophet, I will send

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<v Speaker 2>my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,

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<v Speaker 2>A voice of one calling in the desert. Prepare the

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<v Speaker 2>way for the Lord, Make straight paths for him. Interesting

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<v Speaker 2>that Mark does not start with the birth of Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if he does that so that we will

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<v Speaker 2>not be so attached to our image of him as

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<v Speaker 2>a baby. Do you remember that movie with the race

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<v Speaker 2>car driver, And do you remember he said, I like

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<v Speaker 2>the baby Jesus the best a lot of us. Do

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<v Speaker 2>we worship a certain version of Jesus? That is said, well,

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<v Speaker 2>Mark isn't going to give us that portrait of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's correctly called a portrait. Because scholars say that

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<v Speaker 2>Mark's gospel is not only the oldest gospel from which

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<v Speaker 2>the other gospel writers would take the base information and

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<v Speaker 2>add their own commentary. But one of the things about

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<v Speaker 2>Mark's gospel that we will notice, because I plan to

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<v Speaker 2>host our entire study from this gospel account, is that

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<v Speaker 2>he wrote in terms of action, and you don't get

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<v Speaker 2>in this gospel a lot of the commentary about what

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus actually taught. You get more of a picture. The

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<v Speaker 2>scholar that I studied said that Mark writes with a

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<v Speaker 2>paint brush. He would rather show you than tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>because the highest level of proclamation of the gospel is demonstration,

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<v Speaker 2>not explanation.

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<v Speaker 1>Some people can explain.

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<v Speaker 2>To you all about propitiation and atonement, but there's so

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<v Speaker 2>mean to their wife, that why I wanted Jesus. That

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<v Speaker 2>can't keep you from treating your family like crack. And

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<v Speaker 2>so Mark is going to show us portraits of Jesus.

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<v Speaker 2>We will be looking at least five or six in

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<v Speaker 2>this series. But he starts it off and he goes

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<v Speaker 2>to this scene in verse four, And so John came.

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<v Speaker 2>And so John came baptizing in the desert region and

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<v Speaker 2>preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

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<v Speaker 2>and the whole Judean countryside, and all the people of

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<v Speaker 2>Jerusalem went out to him, confessing their sins. They were

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<v Speaker 2>baptized by him in the Jordan River. John was a savage.

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<v Speaker 2>He wore clothing made of camels hair, with a leather

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<v Speaker 2>belt around his waist, and he ate locust and wild

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<v Speaker 2>gluten loaded honey. And this was his message. After me

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<v Speaker 2>will come one more powerful than I. After me, will

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<v Speaker 2>come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose

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<v Speaker 2>sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and Untie,

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<v Speaker 2>I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you

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<v Speaker 2>with the Holy Spirit. At that time, Jesus came from

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<v Speaker 2>Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

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<v Speaker 2>As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he

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<v Speaker 2>saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on

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<v Speaker 2>him like a dove, and a voice came from heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>You are my son, whom I love. With you, I

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<v Speaker 1>am well pleased.

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<v Speaker 2>At once the spirit sent him out into the desert,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was in the desert forty days being tempted

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<v Speaker 2>by Satan. He was with the wild animals and angels

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<v Speaker 2>attended him. After John was put in prison, Jesus went

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<v Speaker 2>into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. The time

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<v Speaker 2>has come, he said, the Kingdom of God is near

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<v Speaker 2>pent and believe.

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<v Speaker 1>The good news.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to use as a construct for this first message,

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<v Speaker 2>before and after, before and after, the way that I

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<v Speaker 2>study scriptures.

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<v Speaker 1>I was telling him Buck the other day. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know if he was listening, but I was trying to

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<v Speaker 1>explain to him between.

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<v Speaker 2>Sets, how I look for little words and commonalities in

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<v Speaker 2>a text. And that's a great way for you to

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<v Speaker 2>study the scripture as well. To observe patterns in the scripture.

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<v Speaker 2>It help you know what to pay attention to. And

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<v Speaker 2>I was noticing in this passage of scripture. In verse four,

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<v Speaker 2>it says John came. In verse seven, it says after me,

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<v Speaker 2>one will come. In verse nine, it says that Jesus came.

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<v Speaker 2>And in verse eleven it says a voice came. In

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<v Speaker 2>Verse thirteen, it says that the angels came. So John came,

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<v Speaker 2>one will come, Jesus came, avoid angels came.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess you could see.

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<v Speaker 2>We're getting a picture here of Jesus Christ on the

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<v Speaker 2>come up. And we start with this very powerful statement

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<v Speaker 2>of validation where the Father says, you are my son

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<v Speaker 2>whom I love with you, I am well please. But

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<v Speaker 2>before that validation happened, there is a preparation that is mentioned.

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<v Speaker 1>I think preparation is.

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<v Speaker 2>So important, and obviously so does God, because when he

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<v Speaker 2>sent his son into the world, before he performed any miracles.

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<v Speaker 1>Before he.

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<v Speaker 2>Raised any dead people, before he opened any blinded eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>he went through the waters of baptism, and before he

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<v Speaker 2>went through the waters of baptism, this man called John,

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<v Speaker 2>who was an unlikely looking preacher who did not fit

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<v Speaker 2>the stereotype of how a clergyman should dress, was preparing

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<v Speaker 2>the way the Lord I broke in this introductory message

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<v Speaker 2>into four sections the first one is called preparation. Preparation

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<v Speaker 2>and prepare the way for the Lord. And so John

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<v Speaker 2>came to prepare the way for Jesus. And Jesus came

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<v Speaker 2>verse nine from Nazareth. And Mark said, this is the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of the Gospel. But it was not the beginning

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<v Speaker 2>of the life of Christ. The life of Christ in

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<v Speaker 2>its early years took place primarily in Nazareth. When I

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<v Speaker 2>say Nazareth, it means nothing to you other than that

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<v Speaker 2>you associate it, perhaps with Jesus, and it meant next

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<v Speaker 2>to nothing to the people in Jesus' day. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>Nazareth was the kind of place. Now, I grew up

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<v Speaker 2>in a place that is famous for its culture and

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<v Speaker 2>its impact. I grew up in Monk's Corner. But some

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<v Speaker 2>of you grew up in places like Nazareth. Nazareth was

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<v Speaker 2>a no name place for no name people. So when

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that Jesus came from Nazareth, it means

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<v Speaker 2>that the Son of God and the Savior of the

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<v Speaker 2>world came from.

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<v Speaker 1>An unexpected place.

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<v Speaker 2>John, the Baptists, who many scholars associate with the tribe

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<v Speaker 2>of the Essenes, was preparing the way in the wilderness,

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<v Speaker 2>and Jesus was coming up in Nazareth. Perhaps you've heard

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<v Speaker 2>that he was a carpenter. I think it must have

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<v Speaker 2>been a real trip to be making wood out of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Trees that you spoke into existence.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you ever thought about what it would be like

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<v Speaker 2>to make a table out of a tree that you

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<v Speaker 2>put in the ground. You know, the Bible says in

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<v Speaker 2>Colossians that all things were created and are sustained by

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<v Speaker 2>the power of his word. Yet Jesus meant the first

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<v Speaker 2>thirty in obscurity in Nazareth. Hey, they had us saying,

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<v Speaker 2>where you're from Valdosta, Valdosta State.

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<v Speaker 1>They had a saying about Nazareth.

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<v Speaker 2>They would say, can anything good come from Nazareth? They

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<v Speaker 2>said that about Jesus because the authority that he spoke

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<v Speaker 2>with did not match the background that he came from,

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<v Speaker 2>and the works that he would do so outstrip the

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<v Speaker 2>expectations of the people. He taught with authority and not

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<v Speaker 2>as one of their teachers of the law. They had

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<v Speaker 2>us saying, can anything good come from Nazareth? That no

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<v Speaker 2>name place for no name people, that place that we.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't plan our vacations to.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus came from Nazareth, not from Jerusalem. It would have

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<v Speaker 2>made sense for him to come from Jerusalem, the center

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<v Speaker 2>of the temple call.

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<v Speaker 1>It would have made sense for him to come from

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps a.

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<v Speaker 2>Place in the Roman Empire that was more empirically important.

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<v Speaker 1>But Jesus came from Nazareth.

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<v Speaker 2>He came from Nazareth, and the people wanted to know

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<v Speaker 2>can anything good come from Nazareth? But it was his

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<v Speaker 2>place of preparation. And when God has a great purpose

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<v Speaker 2>for your life, he will often involve a season of obscurity.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's be honest about it.

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<v Speaker 2>In the beginning was the Word, and the word was

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<v Speaker 2>with God, and the.

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<v Speaker 1>Word was God.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not like Jesus needed to learn what he already was.

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<v Speaker 2>But even Jesus went through a season of obscurity before

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<v Speaker 2>he fulfilled his purpose. And some of you are in

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<v Speaker 2>Nazareth right now, and you're wondering the same thing that

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<v Speaker 2>the people wondering about Jesus. Can anything good come from Nazareth?

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<v Speaker 2>Can anything good come from singleness? Can anything good come

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<v Speaker 2>from losing my job? Can anything good come from cancer?

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<v Speaker 2>Can anything good come from middle school? Can anything good

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<v Speaker 2>come from a broken heart? Can anything good come from depression?

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<v Speaker 1>Can anything good come from divorce?

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<v Speaker 2>But I love him because he takes the most unlikely

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<v Speaker 2>places and fulfills the greatest purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>How need you do to shout right now?

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<v Speaker 2>If you've ever been in Nasareth wondering God, what am

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<v Speaker 2>I doing here?

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus came from Nasareth.

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<v Speaker 2>Great things come from small places, New beginnings come from

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<v Speaker 2>dead ends. Jesus came from Nazareth. It was his place

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<v Speaker 2>of preparation. Preparation is kind of the opposite of the

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<v Speaker 2>primary value of our day.

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<v Speaker 1>We live in the age of instant validation.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead of thinking an issue through, we post it immediately

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<v Speaker 2>to see if we can get someone to agree or

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<v Speaker 2>disagree with us, just because we want attention.

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<v Speaker 1>See how quite gets when I preach real good.

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<v Speaker 2>Just see how they were shouting like forty seven seconds ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you see how quickly all the shouts.

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<v Speaker 2>Dissipated from the room, just because I told you the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>There is nothing off limits.

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<v Speaker 2>We will stage our kids instead of raising them, We're

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<v Speaker 2>staging them for the.

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<v Speaker 1>Approval of people.

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<v Speaker 2>Stand here, shut up, smile, Stand here, shut up, smile

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<v Speaker 2>Because I yelled at you all day. But if I

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<v Speaker 2>can post something that made it look like we had

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<v Speaker 2>a good day. Maybe somebody will tell me I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>good mom.

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<v Speaker 1>If it's too much, come give me chunks. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to tear the church apart on the first week

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<v Speaker 1>of the series. I was planning to do like six weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't know if we're gonna survive. The first

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus came from Nazareth and he was baptized John. That

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<v Speaker 1>confused me at first.

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<v Speaker 2>And so if you're reading this and you're like, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't read the Bible much, but that's kind of weird.

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you get baptized because you need to be forgiven

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<v Speaker 2>of your sin?

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<v Speaker 1>And isn't Jesus the one who didn't have any sin?

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<v Speaker 1>That's what John thought.

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<v Speaker 2>John was surprised when Jesus came to be baptized, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's lining them up and he's dunking them,

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<v Speaker 2>and John did not. John's baptism was not like ours,

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<v Speaker 2>you know how our baptism we let you read something

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<v Speaker 2>and share something. John was such a savage one time

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<v Speaker 2>he looked at the crowd and said, who told you

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<v Speaker 2>to come out here?

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<v Speaker 1>You brew the viperse?

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<v Speaker 2>What if when you got in the tank, let's go

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<v Speaker 2>to Gaston for a baptism. Can you imagine Kid Hester

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<v Speaker 2>telling that big boy that was in the tank today.

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<v Speaker 1>I was so nervous Ken was gonna drop him.

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine if he called him a snake before he talked

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<v Speaker 2>to him. And John's baptism was a baptism of repentance.

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<v Speaker 2>He was fighting against the oppression of the system that

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<v Speaker 2>had made principles more important than people, and so was

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<v Speaker 2>he was rebuking really the leaders. And he'd say, you snakes, repent,

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<v Speaker 2>you snakes, repent, you snakes, repent. He turns around and

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<v Speaker 2>there's the savior of the world. You Savior of the world.

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<v Speaker 2>I should baptize you. I was just telling them I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not fit.

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<v Speaker 1>To tie your shoes. This isn't right.

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<v Speaker 2>But Jesus says something, and Mark doesn't give it to us,

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<v Speaker 2>because probably I really believe this hold on I'm ocd in.

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<v Speaker 1>This thing's crooked.

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<v Speaker 2>Probably Mark was writing his recollections not based on his

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<v Speaker 2>own personal experience. We don't even historically know who who

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<v Speaker 2>Mark was with one hundred percent accuracy, but we have

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<v Speaker 2>reason to believe that these recollections were based on the

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<v Speaker 2>memory of Peter Peter, who tried so hard to keep

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus from the Cross Peter, who had an expectation of

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<v Speaker 2>an earthly kingdom that would overthrow Rome. And it really

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<v Speaker 2>matches the style of Peter that Mark's gospel would include

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<v Speaker 2>very little detail. Is just really one thing after another

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<v Speaker 2>after another. His favorite word that Mark uses, and you'll

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<v Speaker 2>see it over and over again when you come back

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<v Speaker 2>to church.

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<v Speaker 1>Every week of this series.

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<v Speaker 2>Is immediately or suddenly, and it's just Jesus is on

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<v Speaker 2>the move.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The thing about it was that for half of Mark's gospel,

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus is on the move through Galilee where he did

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<v Speaker 2>his ministry. The other half he's headed to the Cross,

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<v Speaker 2>the place he came for all along. Peter did not

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<v Speaker 2>understand that before, but he did after. And there's a

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<v Speaker 2>breathlessness of this god gospel that comes across because Jesus

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<v Speaker 2>is headed to the cross, headed to his purpose, headed

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<v Speaker 2>to redemption, which makes possible reconciliation, and he has no

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<v Speaker 2>time to waste. So we will forgive Mark if he

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<v Speaker 2>leaves out a lot of the details. He just tells

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<v Speaker 2>us that Jesus came and was baptized, But Matthew tells

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<v Speaker 2>us because there are four gospel accounts that Jesus told

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<v Speaker 2>John the reason that he did it. He said, this

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<v Speaker 2>must be done to fulfill all righteousness.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, it was an act of obedience.

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<v Speaker 2>And if there's any word that might be more unpopular

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<v Speaker 2>than preparation in our culture, it's obedience. Nobody tells me

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<v Speaker 2>what to do. I pray to Jesus during football games.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody tells me what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus power than his submission to the will of his father.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, I've got to do this in obedience.

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<v Speaker 2>John said it doesn't make sense, and Jesus said, it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't have to make sense. It is written, and therefore

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<v Speaker 2>it must be accomplished. And so John doesn't argue with

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<v Speaker 2>him about it. He just does it. And when he

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<v Speaker 2>does it, the Bible says that a dove came from

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<v Speaker 2>heaven descended on him. The dove is often used to

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<v Speaker 2>symbolize peace. Here, it is a symbolic indication of the

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<v Speaker 2>presence of the Holy Spirit and God validates the sonship

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<v Speaker 2>of Jesus Christ. This is different than the transfiguration Holly.

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<v Speaker 2>In the Transfiguration, which happens many chapters later, he will say,

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<v Speaker 2>this is my son whom I love. Listen to him here.

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<v Speaker 2>It's personal. He says, you are my son whom I love.

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<v Speaker 1>With you, I am well pleased.

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<v Speaker 2>It is a direct validation of Jesus' ministry, and it

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<v Speaker 2>came after Jesus' obedience. I'm afraid that a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>times we want validation before obedience. But validation does not

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<v Speaker 2>come before obedience.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes say the word.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a message of before and after. Now, notice

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<v Speaker 2>what hasn't happened yet. At the moment that God the

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<v Speaker 2>Father validates his son, Jesus has not opened the first

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<v Speaker 2>blinded eye. Jesus has not healed anybody of leprosy or

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<v Speaker 2>cleansed them of their condition. Jesus has not caused any

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<v Speaker 2>lame people to walk.

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<v Speaker 1>Not at this point.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus has not even taught the crowds in a way

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<v Speaker 2>that would captivate them to the point that they would

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<v Speaker 2>stay and skip dinner just to hear what this man

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<v Speaker 2>has to say. Jesus has not packed out the house

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<v Speaker 2>to the point that some men will tear off a

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<v Speaker 2>roof to get their friend.

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<v Speaker 1>In so he can be healed. He has done none

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<v Speaker 1>of that yet.

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<v Speaker 2>And before he ever performs his first miracle, the heavenly

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<v Speaker 2>Father speaks a word a validation, and maybe you need

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<v Speaker 2>to hear that God's love for you is never based

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<v Speaker 2>on your performance before he ever did anything. It's kind

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<v Speaker 2>of like he got the trophy before he even showed

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<v Speaker 2>up for practice.

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<v Speaker 1>It's kind of like God does not validate.

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<v Speaker 2>How people validate, because people will validate you based on

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<v Speaker 2>what you do for them. People will validate you based

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<v Speaker 2>on the value that your actions carry that will contribute

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<v Speaker 2>directly to their well being. But God does not validate

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<v Speaker 2>based on performance. He validates based on relationship. He did

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<v Speaker 2>not v validate what Jesus would do. He validated who

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<v Speaker 2>he was. And just in case you haven't heard it

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<v Speaker 2>in a while, and you feel kind of dirty and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of ashamed of yourself and kind of like you

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<v Speaker 2>don't belong in the presence of God and like you're

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<v Speaker 2>not one of those good church people. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to know you're still his child, You're still made in

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<v Speaker 2>his image, You're still blood with his blood. Every drop

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<v Speaker 2>he's spilled was on purpose, and one of those drops

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<v Speaker 2>had your name on it.

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<v Speaker 1>And if the blood was enough for me, it was

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<v Speaker 1>enough for you.

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<v Speaker 2>And you don't have to stand here ashamed and look

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<v Speaker 2>forward to one day when God will never love you anymore,

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<v Speaker 2>that he loves you right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I set You're free right now, loved right now, cleansed,

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<v Speaker 1>right now, healed, right now. Somebody shout, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Am I am his child, I am accepted. Jesus did

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<v Speaker 2>not perform his ministry for acceptance.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why he.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't care what anybody thought about it. When you know

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<v Speaker 2>somebody more important approves of you, it makes the opinions

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<v Speaker 2>of people a whole lot less significant, isn't that true?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't care. This sounds bad, this

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<v Speaker 2>sounds unpastoral, But.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care as much what you think about this sermon.

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<v Speaker 1>I care. I will check Facebook, Instagram.

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<v Speaker 2>But before that, before ever, I said, before I'll walk

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<v Speaker 2>off the stage, Holly will meet me and I look

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<v Speaker 2>at her and she'll be like you slated.

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<v Speaker 1>When she says.

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<v Speaker 2>That, that will matter a little bit more, a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit more because she lives with me. And if the

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<v Speaker 2>person who knows me the best here's what I have

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<v Speaker 2>to say and feels like it was aligned with the

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<v Speaker 2>character of my life, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't need the Graham.

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<v Speaker 2>No.

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is important.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's so important that we receive the validation

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<v Speaker 2>of God each day, or we will need from people

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<v Speaker 2>what they are not capable of giving us. How are

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<v Speaker 2>they going to accept you unconditionally? They don't even like

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<v Speaker 2>themselves some of the time. And a voice came, and

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<v Speaker 2>a voice came. John came. That's preparation. A voice came,

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<v Speaker 2>that's validation. But notice when he came, when he when

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<v Speaker 2>the voice spoke, church, pay did you just little stuff

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible?

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<v Speaker 1>Don't just read seventy seven verses I'm getting coffee and

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<v Speaker 1>then post about it and post about it. Read it?

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<v Speaker 2>Do read it. It came before he performed any miracles.

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<v Speaker 2>It was not contingent upon his performance, and it came

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<v Speaker 2>after his obedience.

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<v Speaker 1>At that time, Jesus came from Nazareth.

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<v Speaker 2>The galley was baptized by John and the Jordan check

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<v Speaker 2>it out first in his first in on the screen.

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<v Speaker 1>Is it on there?

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<v Speaker 2>As he was coming up? That means, as he was

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<v Speaker 2>doing what he was supposed to do. As he was

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<v Speaker 2>coming up, he saw heaven torn open? Is that what

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<v Speaker 2>it says? My eyes are closed and depending on you

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<v Speaker 2>to validate the heavens torn open? And the voice spoke,

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<v Speaker 2>so he saw vision and he heard a voice, but

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't see it until he was on the way up.

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<v Speaker 2>So it meant that he went all the way out

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<v Speaker 2>to the Jordan, got in the water, went down, and

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<v Speaker 2>on the way up, God said, I'm proud of you.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he came up noticed this. The synergy of

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<v Speaker 2>the text is this, when he came up, the dove

0:29:35.080 --> 0:29:39.400
<v Speaker 2>came down. When he came up to fulfill that which

0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:42.000
<v Speaker 2>was spoken of, that which was prophesied about him in

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<v Speaker 2>obedience when he came up.

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<v Speaker 1>Now here's where a lot of us get it twisted.

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<v Speaker 2>We want the dove to come down before we get

0:29:49.600 --> 0:29:54.200
<v Speaker 2>into the waters of obedience. We want God to give

0:29:54.280 --> 0:29:56.160
<v Speaker 2>us peace about a decision that.

0:29:56.080 --> 0:29:57.360
<v Speaker 1>We know we need to make.

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<v Speaker 2>But I found out that peace comes after obedience. So

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<v Speaker 2>when Jesus went down into the waters, which signified his death,

0:30:09.680 --> 0:30:13.440
<v Speaker 2>and came back up, which signified his resurrection, it was

0:30:13.600 --> 0:30:17.200
<v Speaker 2>on the way up. It was as he was doing

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<v Speaker 2>the will of his father. It was as he was

0:30:20.080 --> 0:30:23.080
<v Speaker 2>in the process of fulfilling the purpose that he was

0:30:23.120 --> 0:30:25.920
<v Speaker 2>put on the earth for that he saw the heavens

0:30:25.960 --> 0:30:28.800
<v Speaker 2>open and he heard the voice of God saying, this

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<v Speaker 2>is my son, and the dove came down, But the

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<v Speaker 2>dove didn't come down until Jesus came up.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what, You are not going to get

0:30:37.520 --> 0:30:38.400
<v Speaker 1>the peace of.

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<v Speaker 2>God in your situation until you commit yourself to obey

0:30:42.880 --> 0:30:50.280
<v Speaker 2>what he's speaking to your heart. Peace comes after obedience.

0:30:51.520 --> 0:30:53.400
<v Speaker 2>And if you don't have the peace of God in

0:30:53.440 --> 0:31:04.000
<v Speaker 2>your situation, God's peace might be awaiting your obedience. But

0:31:04.080 --> 0:31:08.840
<v Speaker 2>we want to experience before what we can only experience after,

0:31:13.720 --> 0:31:15.000
<v Speaker 2>So we put stuff off.

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<v Speaker 1>You note like, well, I'll do it when I feel

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<v Speaker 1>a peace about it. That's a Christian thing. Only Christians

0:31:20.400 --> 0:31:20.840
<v Speaker 1>talk like that.

0:31:22.360 --> 0:31:26.200
<v Speaker 2>People who don't have this religious jargon to throw around

0:31:26.240 --> 0:31:28.560
<v Speaker 2>to cover up their lack of decisiveness have to either

0:31:28.600 --> 0:31:29.160
<v Speaker 2>do it or don't.

0:31:29.200 --> 0:31:33.080
<v Speaker 1>But we wait for a peace. I was just reading

0:31:33.080 --> 0:31:33.960
<v Speaker 1>that text over and over.

0:31:34.120 --> 0:31:36.440
<v Speaker 2>And as he was coming up, the dove didn't follow

0:31:36.480 --> 0:31:38.440
<v Speaker 2>him down to the water. Come on, Jesus, you got this.

0:31:39.600 --> 0:31:41.160
<v Speaker 2>Come on, this is the right thing to do. I

0:31:41.240 --> 0:31:44.520
<v Speaker 2>promise you, I promise you. The dove did not make

0:31:44.840 --> 0:31:48.080
<v Speaker 2>its appearance until Jesus was already wet.

0:31:51.640 --> 0:31:55.800
<v Speaker 1>Until you die to yourself and go down in the water.

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<v Speaker 1>And as he was coming up, came down.

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<v Speaker 2>So I had to do something the other day, and

0:32:06.920 --> 0:32:09.960
<v Speaker 2>I didn't want to do it in my flesh, in

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<v Speaker 2>my spirit, I am reborn, and I told somebody I

0:32:19.720 --> 0:32:20.760
<v Speaker 2>was gonna do it, and they said, oh, do you

0:32:21.000 --> 0:32:21.640
<v Speaker 2>have a peace about it?

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<v Speaker 1>I guess you have a peace about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I said no, That's why I'm doing it because I

0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:32.960
<v Speaker 2>want peace and I don't have peace. And I have

0:32:33.080 --> 0:32:38.600
<v Speaker 2>spent the last several months waiting for peace that only

0:32:38.760 --> 0:32:46.600
<v Speaker 2>obedience can produce. Now, the love of God did not

0:32:46.720 --> 0:32:51.480
<v Speaker 2>come because Jesus obeyed, but the peace of God, the dove,

0:32:52.640 --> 0:32:58.200
<v Speaker 2>the validation came as he obeyed. I said, I'm gonna

0:32:58.240 --> 0:32:59.720
<v Speaker 2>do what I need to do.

0:33:00.240 --> 0:33:01.920
<v Speaker 1>And the peace will follow.

0:33:02.880 --> 0:33:05.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna do what doesn't make sense and the peace

0:33:06.400 --> 0:33:07.080
<v Speaker 2>will follow.

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:11.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna join an e group at Elevation Church.

0:33:12.200 --> 0:33:16.760
<v Speaker 2>I thought my leaders would shout and the peace will follow.

0:33:17.480 --> 0:33:24.240
<v Speaker 2>But the peace came after the obedience. Peace comes after obedience.

0:33:24.840 --> 0:33:29.200
<v Speaker 2>Peace comes after obedience. It's my whole message, and so

0:33:29.280 --> 0:33:31.280
<v Speaker 2>I'm repeating it in case you think this.

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<v Speaker 1>Is a sub point, it is not.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything up until now was just to tell you this

0:33:35.800 --> 0:33:42.440
<v Speaker 2>Lake Norman, peace comes after obedience. Jesus went down Jesus

0:33:42.480 --> 0:33:45.760
<v Speaker 2>came up. As he's coming up, the doth comes down.

0:33:46.000 --> 0:33:49.479
<v Speaker 2>The voice from heaven speaks, and the validation of Jesus

0:33:49.600 --> 0:33:50.560
<v Speaker 2>Christ came.

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<v Speaker 1>After his obedience.

0:33:52.800 --> 0:33:56.000
<v Speaker 2>Stop waiting to feel like it, Stop waiting for people

0:33:56.080 --> 0:33:59.800
<v Speaker 2>to understand it. Stop waiting until everything gets just right.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the day that the Lord has made. I

0:34:03.160 --> 0:34:06.719
<v Speaker 2>will rejoice today. If you hear his voice, do not

0:34:06.800 --> 0:34:15.640
<v Speaker 2>hearden your heart, and then the peace of God, which

0:34:15.680 --> 0:34:17.600
<v Speaker 2>passes all understanding, will guard your heart and your mind.

0:34:17.600 --> 0:34:23.560
<v Speaker 2>In Christ Jesus and peace. Here comes to dove, Here

0:34:23.560 --> 0:34:29.080
<v Speaker 2>comes to dove, Here comes to dove. But this dove,

0:34:30.920 --> 0:34:34.000
<v Speaker 2>this dove has a mind of his own. This dove,

0:34:34.080 --> 0:34:36.280
<v Speaker 2>this holy spirit. That's what it symbolizes in the Bible.

0:34:37.640 --> 0:34:40.880
<v Speaker 2>And the dove comes down, and the dove is so beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, Eljay, play some dove music, some dove descending music.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star. And then abrupt change.

0:35:12.080 --> 0:35:13.879
<v Speaker 1>You gotta get used to Mark, because he's our tour

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<v Speaker 1>guide for this entire series. At once, verse.

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<v Speaker 2>Twelve, he doesn't even give us time to hang out

0:35:19.960 --> 0:35:22.160
<v Speaker 2>with the dove, get a selfie with the dove at once.

0:35:23.719 --> 0:35:31.239
<v Speaker 2>At once, immediately suddenly the spirit the dove sent him

0:35:31.280 --> 0:35:36.440
<v Speaker 2>into the desert. Why is he going to the desert

0:35:36.680 --> 0:35:37.440
<v Speaker 2>verse thirteen?

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<v Speaker 1>Fill it in.

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<v Speaker 2>And he was in the desert forty days being tempted

0:35:42.840 --> 0:35:43.520
<v Speaker 2>by Satan.

0:35:45.160 --> 0:35:47.160
<v Speaker 1>Why would the dove lead you.

0:35:47.920 --> 0:35:53.200
<v Speaker 2>Into a place where the devil was waiting. I don't

0:35:53.320 --> 0:35:57.759
<v Speaker 2>like that dove. I want the other dog. Give me

0:35:57.760 --> 0:36:15.239
<v Speaker 2>another dove real quick. And suddenly, right after the validation

0:36:15.480 --> 0:36:22.839
<v Speaker 2>came the temptation. Because anytime God speaks a promise over

0:36:22.920 --> 0:36:29.040
<v Speaker 2>your life, you will immediately have the opportunity to prove

0:36:29.120 --> 0:36:30.240
<v Speaker 2>the promise.

0:36:31.520 --> 0:36:32.240
<v Speaker 1>In the desert.

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<v Speaker 2>The same death that presided over his baptism now leads

0:36:37.400 --> 0:36:40.960
<v Speaker 2>him into the desert, which seems on the surface to

0:36:41.000 --> 0:36:43.960
<v Speaker 2>be a contradiction of the Lord's prayer. You know our Father,

0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:46.719
<v Speaker 2>who are in heaven, Hello, will be your name, your

0:36:46.800 --> 0:36:49.560
<v Speaker 2>kingdom Come. Jesus taught us this prayer, you will be.

0:36:49.560 --> 0:36:50.399
<v Speaker 1>Done on earth.

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<v Speaker 2>I know people think that football locker room made this

0:36:52.680 --> 0:36:53.120
<v Speaker 2>prayer up.

0:36:53.200 --> 0:36:55.640
<v Speaker 1>But Jesus taught this prayer on earth as it is

0:36:55.680 --> 0:36:57.480
<v Speaker 1>in Heaven. Give us us there daily bread, forgive.

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<v Speaker 2>Us our deathtints, we forgive our debtors, and lead us

0:36:59.800 --> 0:37:06.200
<v Speaker 2>now into temptation. So why did the spirit of God

0:37:06.719 --> 0:37:10.839
<v Speaker 2>lead Jesus into the very temptation that he told us

0:37:10.920 --> 0:37:21.080
<v Speaker 2>to pray against. See, Jesus was a savage and he

0:37:21.160 --> 0:37:24.520
<v Speaker 2>knew what to do in the desert, and he knew

0:37:24.520 --> 0:37:27.640
<v Speaker 2>that the desert is the place where you.

0:37:27.680 --> 0:37:30.080
<v Speaker 1>Prove the promise of God.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to include this point because some of you

0:37:34.760 --> 0:37:38.480
<v Speaker 2>are not in the place of validation as I speak today.

0:37:38.600 --> 0:37:46.799
<v Speaker 2>You are in the place of temptation. So remember, Mark

0:37:46.880 --> 0:37:49.760
<v Speaker 2>doesn't really break it down. He just tells us real quick,

0:37:51.640 --> 0:37:54.640
<v Speaker 2>because Peter's just given him the highlights, and he's writing

0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:58.440
<v Speaker 2>in a style that keeps the action moving, because this

0:37:58.480 --> 0:38:02.080
<v Speaker 2>thing is headed to the conflict of the cross, and

0:38:02.120 --> 0:38:03.640
<v Speaker 2>he has no time to waste. So he just tells

0:38:03.719 --> 0:38:07.400
<v Speaker 2>us simply, he was in the desert forty days. He

0:38:07.440 --> 0:38:10.360
<v Speaker 2>doesn't even mention that Jesus didn't eat in those forty days,

0:38:11.680 --> 0:38:15.360
<v Speaker 2>doesn't even mention it being tempted by Satan. He was

0:38:15.400 --> 0:38:16.600
<v Speaker 2>with the wild animals and angels that did.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's all he says about it.

0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:21.600
<v Speaker 2>If I went forty days with the animals, I would

0:38:21.600 --> 0:38:26.600
<v Speaker 2>want to describe every detail of it. But Mark says

0:38:26.600 --> 0:38:29.359
<v Speaker 2>he was there and he was tempted, but it didn't work.

0:38:30.040 --> 0:38:33.600
<v Speaker 2>By the way, you don't have to do You don't

0:38:33.600 --> 0:38:37.120
<v Speaker 2>have to explain every nuance of all of the trials

0:38:37.160 --> 0:38:41.520
<v Speaker 2>that you go through. Sometimes we are so busy describing

0:38:41.640 --> 0:38:45.200
<v Speaker 2>what we are going through that we miss the opportunity

0:38:45.440 --> 0:38:48.359
<v Speaker 2>to declare the praises of the one who brought us

0:38:48.400 --> 0:38:56.399
<v Speaker 2>through it. He gives one verse to forty days he

0:38:56.480 --> 0:39:01.319
<v Speaker 2>was tempted, and then the angels came. But the angels

0:39:01.440 --> 0:39:06.600
<v Speaker 2>did not come to protect him from the temptation. The

0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:12.440
<v Speaker 2>angels came after the temptation. And sometimes we are expecting

0:39:12.760 --> 0:39:16.759
<v Speaker 2>God to protect us from stuff when He wants to

0:39:16.880 --> 0:39:20.759
<v Speaker 2>use the stuff to prove his power in our lives.

0:39:21.719 --> 0:39:24.759
<v Speaker 2>And so he puts you in a lonely place. But

0:39:24.960 --> 0:39:28.560
<v Speaker 2>even in a lonely place, you are under and open heaven.

0:39:29.320 --> 0:39:33.560
<v Speaker 2>The greatest temptation of life is to find your validation

0:39:33.800 --> 0:39:38.320
<v Speaker 2>in a source other than Christ. It is life's greatest temptation.

0:39:38.920 --> 0:39:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Where will you find your validation? And so Satan says

0:39:43.200 --> 0:39:46.640
<v Speaker 2>to Jesus, if you're hungry, turn the stones into bread.

0:39:46.960 --> 0:39:49.480
<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, I don't need it. I don't live by

0:39:49.520 --> 0:39:52.520
<v Speaker 2>bread alone. I live on every word that proceeds from

0:39:52.560 --> 0:39:53.440
<v Speaker 2>the mouth of God.

0:39:53.840 --> 0:39:55.040
<v Speaker 1>By the way, it's.

0:39:54.920 --> 0:39:57.800
<v Speaker 2>A bad idea to get in a scripture quotation. Contest

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<v Speaker 2>with the one who is the word of God. He

0:40:00.239 --> 0:40:01.200
<v Speaker 2>didn't just write it.

0:40:01.360 --> 0:40:02.040
<v Speaker 1>He wasn't.

0:40:02.320 --> 0:40:04.640
<v Speaker 2>Now you're debating scripture with the one who is it

0:40:04.800 --> 0:40:10.279
<v Speaker 2>in plesh.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, then prove it.

0:40:10.680 --> 0:40:14.480
<v Speaker 2>This is life's great temptation to find your validation in

0:40:14.600 --> 0:40:15.799
<v Speaker 2>anything other than God.

0:40:16.040 --> 0:40:16.400
<v Speaker 1>Prove it.

0:40:16.600 --> 0:40:19.560
<v Speaker 2>Throw yourself off the temple, prove it, make more money,

0:40:19.719 --> 0:40:22.120
<v Speaker 2>prove it, show him how great you are. Prove it.

0:40:22.239 --> 0:40:24.960
<v Speaker 1>Jes said, I don't need to prove it. It is written.

0:40:29.200 --> 0:40:33.280
<v Speaker 1>It is written. I've already been.

0:40:33.239 --> 0:40:38.439
<v Speaker 2>Validated in the waters, so I don't have to prove

0:40:38.480 --> 0:40:39.799
<v Speaker 2>anything in the wilderness.

0:40:44.719 --> 0:40:45.520
<v Speaker 1>I already ate.

0:40:49.360 --> 0:40:51.600
<v Speaker 2>I do this anytime I'm going over to somebody's house

0:40:51.640 --> 0:40:52.799
<v Speaker 2>and I'm not sure if they can cook.

0:40:55.880 --> 0:41:03.640
<v Speaker 1>It's just preemptive. It's wisdom.

0:41:03.840 --> 0:41:07.640
<v Speaker 2>Jesus said, I'm not hungry for that. Bow down and

0:41:07.680 --> 0:41:12.000
<v Speaker 2>worship me. Why would I bow down to what is

0:41:12.040 --> 0:41:13.280
<v Speaker 2>already under my feet?

0:41:15.680 --> 0:41:19.640
<v Speaker 1>And the angels came, and then the angels.

0:41:19.200 --> 0:41:25.080
<v Speaker 2>Came, and then the angels came, not before the temptation,

0:41:25.880 --> 0:41:30.600
<v Speaker 2>but after the demonstration. And so if God has put

0:41:30.680 --> 0:41:34.320
<v Speaker 2>you in a wilderness situation today, this could feel lonely,

0:41:34.680 --> 0:41:37.560
<v Speaker 2>this could be emotional, this could be in your body.

0:41:37.960 --> 0:41:41.520
<v Speaker 2>Every wilderness looks different. But the purpose for your wilderness

0:41:41.920 --> 0:41:45.960
<v Speaker 2>is that you demonstrate the power of God in your life.

0:41:46.200 --> 0:41:49.360
<v Speaker 2>And the power of God does not come until.

0:41:49.000 --> 0:41:54.800
<v Speaker 1>After, after after.

0:41:57.160 --> 0:42:03.840
<v Speaker 2>Maybe that's what faith is. Wow is believing before what

0:42:03.960 --> 0:42:05.879
<v Speaker 2>you will only understand.

0:42:07.360 --> 0:42:07.640
<v Speaker 1>After.

0:42:15.800 --> 0:42:21.440
<v Speaker 2>By the time Mark writes down these miracles, it's been thirty.

0:42:21.239 --> 0:42:22.640
<v Speaker 1>Years since stay happened.

0:42:24.560 --> 0:42:26.799
<v Speaker 2>And Peter is talking to Mark, telling him what to write,

0:42:26.800 --> 0:42:31.600
<v Speaker 2>and he said, he said, I want you to use

0:42:31.640 --> 0:42:35.479
<v Speaker 2>half of half of this gospel account to talk about

0:42:35.520 --> 0:42:40.600
<v Speaker 2>the last week in Jesus's life. Peter was the one

0:42:40.680 --> 0:42:44.040
<v Speaker 2>who told Jesus, you can't go to the cross. It

0:42:44.080 --> 0:42:51.839
<v Speaker 2>will mess up our pr campaign. You can't die, that's

0:42:51.880 --> 0:42:53.800
<v Speaker 2>bad for ratings.

0:42:56.520 --> 0:42:57.279
<v Speaker 1>But after.

0:42:58.880 --> 0:43:01.440
<v Speaker 2>He had risen from the day and that then they

0:43:01.480 --> 0:43:08.319
<v Speaker 2>remembered his words, and the same disciple that spent all

0:43:08.400 --> 0:43:10.799
<v Speaker 2>three years of jesus ministry trying to keep him from

0:43:10.800 --> 0:43:14.319
<v Speaker 2>the cross took half of the gospel account that he

0:43:14.440 --> 0:43:17.920
<v Speaker 2>recollected to talk about the very thing that he wanted

0:43:17.920 --> 0:43:23.359
<v Speaker 2>to keep Jesus from Wow. It goes to show that

0:43:23.400 --> 0:43:26.600
<v Speaker 2>some of the dry places that we would avoid are

0:43:26.640 --> 0:43:32.960
<v Speaker 2>the very places that God will use the most. The

0:43:33.040 --> 0:43:37.680
<v Speaker 2>key is, can I believe it before I see it?

0:43:42.160 --> 0:43:48.399
<v Speaker 2>Can anything good come from Nazareth? Can anything good come

0:43:48.400 --> 0:43:53.520
<v Speaker 2>from my dysfunctional past? Can anything good come from this

0:43:53.640 --> 0:43:55.880
<v Speaker 2>season that I want out of so bad?

0:43:57.520 --> 0:44:05.359
<v Speaker 1>And then the angels I came with an announcement. Your

0:44:05.400 --> 0:44:15.400
<v Speaker 1>angel is already on the way. Your angel is on

0:44:15.520 --> 0:44:19.600
<v Speaker 1>the way. And don't give into the temptation.

0:44:19.360 --> 0:44:21.840
<v Speaker 2>To bow down and worship something that is less than God,

0:44:23.000 --> 0:44:25.160
<v Speaker 2>or to compromise your values in this season.

0:44:25.200 --> 0:44:27.680
<v Speaker 1>You know who you are. You heard it in the

0:44:27.719 --> 0:44:31.480
<v Speaker 1>waters of baptism. This is my child. I am well

0:44:31.520 --> 0:44:32.359
<v Speaker 1>pleased with him.

0:44:32.600 --> 0:44:35.560
<v Speaker 2>This is my daughter, I am well pleased with her.

0:44:35.760 --> 0:44:38.800
<v Speaker 2>That's my boy, that's my girl. I got a purpose

0:44:38.880 --> 0:44:41.919
<v Speaker 2>for you. Do not doubt in the wilderness what God

0:44:41.960 --> 0:44:46.760
<v Speaker 2>showed you in the water. Your Angel is on the way.

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<v Speaker 2>Your Angel is on the way. Don't turn the stone

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<v Speaker 2>into bread just yet. You brought to get some angel

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<v Speaker 2>food cake. Your angel is on the way. And the

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<v Speaker 2>God of all grace, after that you have suffered, after

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<v Speaker 2>you have suffered a little while, will himself, restore you,

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<v Speaker 2>make you strong.

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<v Speaker 1>The strength comes after the suffering.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what Jesus knew. That's what he knew with

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<v Speaker 2>the animals. That was proven after the angels came. There

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<v Speaker 2>is something today that you need to believe that you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot see, something that you need to believe that you

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<v Speaker 2>cannot feel. And it only makes sense on this side

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<v Speaker 2>of the cross, and after you have suffered. What verse

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<v Speaker 2>was that that said after you've suffered?

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<v Speaker 1>We just talked about it first what first? Who Saint Peter?

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<v Speaker 1>We finally got it after after. But let's just take

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<v Speaker 1>a moment. Let's do something that will really drive the

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<v Speaker 1>devil out of our desert.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go ahead right now at every location and praise

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<v Speaker 2>God before for what we will only understand after. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>let's worship in the wilderness a little bit. If you

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<v Speaker 2>don't feel it good, that gives you a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>prove that.

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<v Speaker 1>It is faith, not feeling faith not silent.

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<v Speaker 2>Heavenly Father, we thank you for this moment you have

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<v Speaker 2>brought us to, and we thank you for the voice

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<v Speaker 2>that came from heaven that spoke into our souls today

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<v Speaker 2>that before we were ever created, you had a plan

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<v Speaker 2>for our lives that before we ever did anything right

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<v Speaker 2>or wrong, you had already determined our purpose in the earth.

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<v Speaker 2>We thank you that everything that we're going through in

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<v Speaker 2>this season and the wilderness will prepare us.

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<v Speaker 1>For the purpose that you know about in our lives.

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<v Speaker 2>That you know about, you know the plans you have

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<v Speaker 2>for us, plans to prosper us, not to harm us,

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<v Speaker 2>to give us hope and a future. We thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for the after, but we want to thank you for

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<v Speaker 2>the after while we're still living in the before. We

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to wait for the angels to come.

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<v Speaker 1>To give you glory.

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<v Speaker 2>We know that one day every knee will bow and

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<v Speaker 2>every tongue will confess that you are Lord to the

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<v Speaker 2>glory of God the Father.

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<v Speaker 1>But we don't want to wait for that day.

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<v Speaker 2>So we make our decision to worship you right now

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<v Speaker 2>and to declare right now that Jesus.

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<v Speaker 1>Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

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