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Speaker 1: this day, is this scripture fulfilled in your ears? Luke

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Speaker 1: as my life begins to take form and the ministry

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Speaker 1: will only do what I see you doing. I will

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Speaker 1: only speak what you tell me to speak. I declare

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Speaker 1: change that I am called and I am chosen in

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Speaker 1: Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for making prayer a priority

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Speaker 1: in your day. To learn more about the Bible, stay

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Speaker 2: Possession and Rejection. In our last story, Jesus revealed himself

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Speaker 2: to be the Messiah towards an outcast. She had spent

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Speaker 2: most of her life ridiculed and rejected, but in Jesus

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Speaker 2: she found hope. This woman was the adulteress from Samaria.

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Speaker 2: When she discovered Jesus was the Messiah, she ran to

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Speaker 2: beginnings of Jesus's ministry. He heals a man's son with

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Speaker 2: with a command, and he ignites a crowd of friends

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Speaker 2: against him with his preaching. Jesus's words are beginning to heal,

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Speaker 2: set free, and divide. It is the beginning of a

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Speaker 3: Hello, this is Pastor Jack Graham with another episode of

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Speaker 3: the Bible in a Year podcast. In our last time together.

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Speaker 3: In our story of Jesus, we learned and how Jesus

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Speaker 3: showed himself as Messiah to a Samaritan woman, a very

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Speaker 3: her heart and changed her forever. She received living water,

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Speaker 3: and as a result, she brought many others to meet Jesus,

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Speaker 3: and they also believed in him. Today we'll hear as

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Speaker 3: Jesus begins to travel about healing different people in different ways,

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Speaker 3: from healing physical maladies to casting out demons. Jesus is

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Speaker 3: because he is God, his deeds, that his words bring

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Speaker 2: Word of Jesus's presence spread like wildfire. Stories of his

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Speaker 2: They were beginning to believe the words proclaimed by John

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Speaker 2: Every sentence presented new and fresh truths. Yet not all

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Speaker 2: As he said this, the man's twitching body began to

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Speaker 2: After a few weeks of healing, preaching, and relieving people

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Speaker 2: Everyone's gaze was fixed on Jesus. The silence was so

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Speaker 2: Jesus sighed. He was heartbroken over his old friends. Truly

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Speaker 2: When the prophets proclaimed repentance before the time of captivity,

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Speaker 3: more than a miracle worker. So as he's walking, one day,

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Speaker 3: Salvation came to that household through faith in God's grace

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Speaker 3: The demonic presence, demon's spirit spoke through the man, asking

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Speaker 3: News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.

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Speaker 3: They were skeptical. They even scoffed. Some became angry, not

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Speaker 3: In John chapter one, verse twelve, the Bible says he

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Speaker 3: but as many as received him, Jesus to them gave

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Speaker 3: you the power to become the sons of God. Rejection

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Speaker 3: it would lead to his crucifixion. They tried to cancel him,

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Speaker 3: I want to encourage you today, Never reject Jesus. Don't

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Speaker 3: As many as received him to them gave you the

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Speaker 3: right to be called the children of God. Lord, we

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Speaker 3: thank you for this promise that we can become your children,

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Speaker 3: that because of what you have done for us in

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Speaker 3: eternal life. May we receive this promise now and forever

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Speaker 3: in your name, we pray, Amen. Thank you for listening

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Speaker 3: to today's Bible. In a year, I'm Pastor Jack Graham

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Speaker 3: from Dallas, Texas. You can download the pray dot Com

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