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Speaker 1: Mark one eleven. As I step into my purpose, I

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Speaker 1: thank you that, like Jesus, I am being baptized into

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Speaker 1: even begin. I thank you that, also, like Jesus, you

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Speaker 1: have affirmed and validated me as your child. With my

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Speaker 1: the deserts of temptation, you are with me and have

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Speaker 1: am tempted with comfort instead of commitment, I will remind

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Speaker 1: Satan tries to get me to doubt my identity, I

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Speaker 1: will remind him that I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

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Speaker 1: When Satan tempts me with the luxury and fame of

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Speaker 1: my fulfillment comes from you, Lord, and that it is

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Speaker 1: I thank you, Lord, that through your word I have

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Speaker 1: supernatural steadfastness and resolve. Satan has no authority over my life,

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Speaker 1: and through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, I

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Speaker 1: have complete victory in Jesus name. Amen. Listening to these

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Speaker 1: daily prayers strengthens your relationship with God. Continue hearing from

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Speaker 1: the Lord by listening to Today's Bible in a Year

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Speaker 2: Com Baptism and temptation. In our last story, we peered

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Speaker 2: into the childhood of Jesus. Even as a young boy,

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Speaker 2: his purpose was clear. He was to teach the word

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Speaker 2: of flesh. Although his family did not entirely understand, Jesus

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Speaker 2: grew up with purpose and omission. He grew in strength

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Speaker 2: Christ through baptism. He preached repentance until the day of

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Speaker 2: enters in inspired by the Gospels.

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Speaker 3: In our last episode, we heard how Jesus, at just

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Speaker 3: be near to the Father, and when his parents went

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Speaker 3: sitting with teachers and rabbis, answering questions, but also sharing

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Speaker 3: the depth of his understanding, so that all around him

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Speaker 3: understand it. Today we'll see John the Baptist preaching repentance

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Speaker 3: and baptizing people, preparing the way for Jesus' ministry to begin.

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Speaker 3: God was using him to soften the hearts of his people,

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Speaker 3: meet the Messiah. Then we'll hear how Jesus came onto

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Speaker 3: the scene God's very presence Immanuel among his people, the

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Speaker 2: John rose to the sounds of birds chirping in the trees.

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Speaker 2: He strapped his cloak of camel fur securely around his

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Speaker 2: As John was baptizing, he saw a group of hooded

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Speaker 2: It is with him. I am pleased. This event marked

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Speaker 2: Yet he was not sinful nor broken. Already, Jesus, this

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Speaker 2: Jesus hiked the hills outside Judea. There he fasted for

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Speaker 2: hungry for food, Yes, However, Jesus was more hungry for

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Speaker 2: the restoration of his people. As he was praying to

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Speaker 2: the Lord, a slithering presence entered his midst. Jesus looked

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Speaker 2: that spoke to Eve in the garden, Satan. The two

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Speaker 2: make these stones into bread. Surely you are able. Jesus

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Speaker 2: Man does not live by bread alone, he said, but

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Speaker 2: Satan spat and took Jesus up into a high place

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Speaker 2: He had Jesus gaze upon the multitudes. He whispered softly

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Speaker 2: not test the Lord, your God, Jesus said. His last

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Speaker 3: As we begin today's reading, we meet a very unusual man.

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Speaker 3: John the Baptizer didn't fit the mold of society. He

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Speaker 3: strong and sure. He spoke boldly, proclaiming that the Kingdom

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Speaker 3: were being warmed toward God, and as they heard Jod's

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Speaker 3: call for repentance, they came to be baptized as a

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Speaker 3: sign of their commitment to turn away from their sin

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Speaker 3: powerfully through John the Baptist, just as he said he would,

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Speaker 3: the powerful and oppressive Pharisees and Sadducees who wielded power

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Speaker 3: They watched from a distance, sneering, seething at this man

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Speaker 3: John did not cower before them. He was courageous. He

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Speaker 3: called them out. He called them actually a brute of vipers,

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Speaker 3: poisonous snakes, threats. John called them to repentance as well,

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Speaker 3: warning them that the day was coming when they would

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Speaker 3: The people were ready for a savior, and they wanted

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Speaker 3: correct their misconception. His baptism was with water, but the

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Speaker 3: And behold, a voice from heaven said, this is my

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Speaker 3: the Father spoke, God's Spirit ind the form of a dove,

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Speaker 3: the Triune God, all three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Speaker 3: The meeting was abundantly clear to everyone present, and it

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Speaker 3: Jesus was more than a prophet or a teacher. He

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Speaker 3: was God's one and only son, and God's Spirit anointed

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Speaker 3: Immediately after this event, Jesus went alone, filled with God's spirit,

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Speaker 3: by God's adversary, the devil. Satan, knew that Jesus' presence

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Speaker 3: he attacked him at the very outset of his ministry,

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Speaker 3: had done with Adam and Eve. Satan twisted God's word,

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Speaker 3: but Jesus stood firm against every attack, each temptation he

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Speaker 3: fired back with scripture showing that with God's word we

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Speaker 3: It is a sword, the sword of the spirit. This

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Speaker 3: that he can identify with us and the temptations we face,

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Speaker 3: because just as he faced and overcame temptations in his life,

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Speaker 3: he empowers us now by his spirit to overcome every temptation.

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Speaker 3: He went to the cross and died for our sins

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Speaker 3: so that we no longer need to be bound by

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Speaker 3: our sins. Satan is soundly defeated, and now we can

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Speaker 3: live in the victory that is ours in Christ. Thank

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Speaker 3: you Jesus for coming to this earth to take away

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Speaker 3: our sins. We know that you are the Lamb of God,

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Speaker 3: the precious One who gave your life on the cross

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Speaker 3: so that we could be forgiven. Thank you for taking

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Speaker 3: on every temptation of the enemy so that we could

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Speaker 3: live in the promise and in the peace of victory

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Speaker 3: in You. And we pray this in your powerful and

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Speaker 3: saving name. Amen. Thank you for listening to today's Bible

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

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Speaker 3: You can download thepray dot com app and make Bible

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Speaker 3: I also want to encourage you to go to Jack

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Speaker 3: Graham dot org. That's Jack Graham dot org for we

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Speaker 3: have resources that are free and available for you so

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

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Speaker 3: bless you