1 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,000 Welcome to all our visitors here. 2 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:14,600 This is your first time we bless you in the name of the Lord 3 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,400 Jesus. If this is home for you, welcome 4 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,700 home. If you are home here then you 5 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:21,600 know that we're in the gospel of Mark as a series. 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,300 But before we turn to Mark, I asked you to turn your attention 7 00:00:24,300 --> 00:00:27,900 to the prophet Zechariah. I want to make a brief comment 8 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:32,700 about the atrocious event that took place in Highland Park the 9 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:36,600 massacre at the parade, where several lives were lost because 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:41,700 of a man who Clearly was influenced by a devil. 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,300 Had no fear of God, it just turned to Zechariah. 12 00:00:46,300 --> 00:00:49,100 I'm not going to take too much time here because I can spend 13 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:53,000 this time explaining biblically. Why these things happen? 14 00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:57,700 And why we're seeing what we're seeing. 15 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:00,800 But I want to give a message of Hope. 16 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:14,100 Zechariah Chapter 8. In verse 3. 17 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,700 This is a prophecy of the millennial reign of Jesus 18 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:21,900 Christ. That means that we believe Jesus 19 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:24,600 Christ will return. And when he does return 20 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,700 physically, he will establish an Earthly Kingdom for 1,000 years. 21 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:33,100 And in that we see so many prophecies in the Bible that 22 00:01:33,107 --> 00:01:36,500 give us a little window into what that world will look like. 23 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:41,400 And here is a snippet of what the millennial reign will look 24 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,200 like under the perfect dictatorship. 25 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,600 Yes, dictatorship. Of Jesus Christ. 26 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:49,900 Dictatorship. Intimidates. 27 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:52,600 Us and the reason is because we've had evil dictators, but 28 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:56,600 he's a righteous dictator and is Zechariah 8, verse 3, I want you 29 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,500 to see something. Thus, says the Lord, I have 30 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:05,300 return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem and 31 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:08,300 Jerusalem shall be called the faithful City. 32 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:12,000 And the mountain of the Lord of hosts the Holy Mountain. 33 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:16,100 Now, look at verse for thus, says the Lord of hosts all the 34 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:20,000 men and old women shall see. Again, sit in the streets of 35 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,600 Jerusalem, each with staff in hand, because of great age. 36 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:29,100 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls 37 00:02:29,100 --> 00:02:33,800 playing in its streets. Not wonderful. 38 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:43,500 We saw elderly people shot. In their backs, we saw children 39 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:45,500 scrambling. If you've seen any footage on, 40 00:02:45,500 --> 00:02:48,200 the news children with their little bicycles and the little 41 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,100 lawn chairs running, not knowing what's happening. 42 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:56,500 And this prophecy tells us that when Jesus comes and he rules 43 00:02:56,500 --> 00:03:00,300 and Reigns, there will be safety in our streets again. 44 00:03:01,700 --> 00:03:05,100 There will be no fear of looking and wondering if something will 45 00:03:05,100 --> 00:03:07,700 happen or if something will do, somebody will do something. 46 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:12,000 They will be total Serenity trust Comfort because the world 47 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,500 will know, Christ is King over our Earth. 48 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,600 And so I want you to understand that this is what we're headed 49 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,800 to this is what we will know one day but I want to, I want to use 50 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:28,300 this text to say If any politician is listening that if 51 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:32,400 you want this reality in America, again make Jesus 52 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,600 Christ, King of this nation submit to his word that you may 53 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,900 know, peace, like a river that you may know, righteousness that 54 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:45,000 will rule this land only until you submit to the lordship of 55 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,300 Jesus Christ. Or what we have seen over the 56 00:03:47,300 --> 00:03:49,600 past weeks, and months, and years will only grow and 57 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,000 increase because you push God out. 58 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:54,700 You invite the devil in, it's plain and simple. 59 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,000 But I praise the Lord that when he comes even children will be 60 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,800 able to play in the streets again and that amazing thing 61 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:04,900 Jesus when he rose he wants kids to play, that's why I love. 62 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:06,600 Single children, run around in church sometimes. 63 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:07,700 Yeah, sometimes it makes us nervous. 64 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:09,600 We don't want to hurt themselves or do anything crazy. 65 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,400 But Christ himself loves the little children when they feel 66 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:17,300 free to play in his presence, turn with me to the gospel of 67 00:04:17,308 --> 00:04:21,200 Mark. In chapter one, please. 68 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:30,500 Mark chapter 1. We're beginning here together in 69 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:33,900 our Bibles and verse 29, verse 29. 70 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:35,900 Here's what the word of God says. 71 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:40,800 And immediately he being the Lord left the synagogue and 72 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:44,100 entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. 73 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:49,100 Now, Simon's mother-in-law, I lay ill with a fever And 74 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:53,100 immediately they told him about her and he came and took her by 75 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:56,200 the hand, and lift her up, and the fever left her, and she 76 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:00,600 began to serve them that evening at sundown, they brought to him 77 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,500 all who were sick or oppressed by demons and the whole city was 78 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:08,200 gathered together at the door. And he healed many who were sick 79 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,700 with various diseases and cast out many demons. 80 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,900 And he would not permit the demons to speak because they 81 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:18,100 knew him. Pray with me, please. 82 00:05:18,700 --> 00:05:23,200 This is your word. We Revere it, we cherish it. 83 00:05:24,100 --> 00:05:27,600 And we asked by your grace that you would help us understand it. 84 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,700 And that Lord, everything that the Holy Spirit intended to say 85 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:34,000 through these verses would be communicated clearly in this 86 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,100 place. Lord, we have heard of the 87 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:39,700 authority of your son Jesus Christ, while he was on the 88 00:05:39,700 --> 00:05:42,000 earth. We've heard of his anointing. 89 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,500 We've heard of his power. We heard that when he speaks, he 90 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:47,800 did not speak like the scribes who are void of conviction and 91 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,100 unction. But Lord, in this place 92 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:53,500 together, we urge and we plead with you Lord, please let us 93 00:05:53,500 --> 00:05:55,100 know something of your Authority. 94 00:05:55,500 --> 00:05:57,200 Let us know something of that anointing. 95 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:00,900 The anointing of the holy spirit that brings about a great force 96 00:06:00,900 --> 00:06:03,100 behind Ministry. A great power that reaches 97 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:07,500 beyond the mind but touches the soul, we ask Lord as we submit 98 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,900 to you with great eagerness that we would know something of your 99 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:12,900 presence in our midst and we give you maximum praise and 100 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:15,800 honor through our submission to what we hear today and the 101 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,600 precious name of the resurrected Christ. 102 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:22,100 We pray Amen, and amen. At the end of the Gospel of 103 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:27,000 John, John leaves us with an interesting phrase, an 104 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,000 interesting statement after giving us the account of his 105 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,900 perspective of the life and Ministry of the Lord. 106 00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:34,800 Jesus Christ, I'm paraphrasing. But he says something on the 107 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,100 long life of Jesus did many, many things, and if all the 108 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:41,700 things that were written about him, were to be recorded in 109 00:06:41,700 --> 00:06:43,300 books. There would not be enough books, 110 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:46,800 not enough space to tell us every single thing that the Lord 111 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:50,200 himself had done when he was in his three-year. 112 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:54,600 And that statement is is incredible, but it's realistic 113 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,900 because when you and I come to this text that we just read 114 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:00,000 today, we have to understand that what we learned last week 115 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,600 if you were here last week and what we are about to hear today, 116 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,100 happened all in one day in real time. 117 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:10,800 And so you can almost say that in the morning of this sabbath 118 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,900 day, Jesus was casting out a double and for lunch, he was 119 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:18,600 Healing The Sick and it's as though, Mark gives us just a 120 00:07:18,608 --> 00:07:20,700 glimpse on a particular day of what an average. 121 00:07:20,900 --> 00:07:24,000 Average day look like for the Lord Jesus Christ. 122 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,100 When he walked through those streets in Jerusalem and Beyond 123 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:30,800 and that is exactly what is happening here in marks account. 124 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,200 What Mark is doing by the spirit is that he is Shifting. 125 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,500 Our Focus away from Jesus Christ. 126 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:41,500 Possessing authority over demons and unclean spirits and is now 127 00:07:41,500 --> 00:07:45,600 showing us that this same. Jesus Christ has authority, over 128 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,000 sickness and disease. That there is nothing in the 129 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,700 body, no matter what the doctor report is, no matter what, 130 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:55,300 people have said, no matter who signed off on who Jesus Christ. 131 00:07:55,300 --> 00:08:00,200 When he speaks even disease, not just demons have to bow to his 132 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,200 rebuke. And so that's what's happening. 133 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,500 As we come into these verses, here we are seeing the Lord 134 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:10,800 showing us that there is nothing that can resist his power and 135 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,500 his authority. But a passage like this that we 136 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:17,700 just read has more to offer us than just a topical study. 137 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:22,300 Of how God operates in the realm of sickness and ailment and 138 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:25,000 infirmity. We can take these Texans speak 139 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,100 about how do we understand God's will for suffering and for 140 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:31,100 healing and does he heal? All why doesn't he heal all? 141 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,100 That's true. We can touch on that, but 142 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:37,100 there's something here in Mark throughout the gospels. 143 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:40,000 That is that is important as well beyond that. 144 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:44,300 If you look at Mark, which is a great emphasis on Miracles as 145 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:48,600 you heard so many times before, with every Miracle there is a 146 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,300 message and the message is beyond, just the fact that it's 147 00:08:52,300 --> 00:08:56,000 a declaration of the deity of Jesus Christ, that's important. 148 00:08:56,100 --> 00:09:00,200 But the circumstances around the events of his healing and the 149 00:09:00,208 --> 00:09:04,000 different diseases that he's dealt with the situations before 150 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,600 and after teach us something else. 151 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,200 There are there are other nuggets. 152 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,500 There are other Jewels there that would require Meditation. 153 00:09:11,500 --> 00:09:12,200 It's okay. Lord. 154 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,400 What else are you saying? Beyond the fact that you have 155 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:17,000 the power to heal and that is what you. 156 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,400 And I will explore in a very short way, though we can expand 157 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,600 greatly on them of what these things here that the house and 158 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:27,300 Simon's mother-in-law and the response and the reaction. 159 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:30,100 What is that have to say for us as Believers today? 160 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,500 Beyond the fact that Christ is Sovereign over sickness and we 161 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:36,900 will endeavor to do that by understanding three simple 162 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:38,300 points. We're going to organize our 163 00:09:38,300 --> 00:09:40,300 thoughts here and three simple ways. 164 00:09:40,300 --> 00:09:45,000 The first One is, we are going to consider the residence of the 165 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,200 healing. The residents of the healing, 166 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:49,800 where did this healing take place? 167 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,500 Why is that important? What does that say to us? 168 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:56,600 Secondly, we will explore the request for the healing. 169 00:09:57,300 --> 00:10:00,500 How was it? How was it asked for what's 170 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:03,300 there for us to understand in terms of how Christ liens and 171 00:10:03,300 --> 00:10:06,600 listens to the way we request something from him. 172 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:10,100 And lastly you and I will also see you get the, you get the 173 00:10:10,100 --> 00:10:12,300 point here. The third arm, sure, the 174 00:10:12,300 --> 00:10:15,500 response to the healing, the reaction to the healing. 175 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,100 The residents of the healing, we read here in verse 29, that 176 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:23,600 immediately he being Jesus left, the synagogue and enter the 177 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,900 house of Simon. And Andrew remember Jesus called 178 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:28,700 a pair of brothers to follow him. 179 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:30,400 They did, they surrendered everything. 180 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,600 Then we're told by Mark, that Jesus goes into Capernaum, and 181 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,100 he stands in a synagogue and he speaks with authority and a 182 00:10:37,108 --> 00:10:39,400 demon manifest in the middle of his preaching. 183 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,500 And with one simple word, this, this man possessed with a devil 184 00:10:43,900 --> 00:10:49,200 Falls and is rescued and his say Eat from that oppression and you 185 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,200 see that Simon and his brother James and his brother. 186 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:53,700 They see this. They witness they were in 187 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:57,600 attendance of that particular service and this this obviously 188 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:01,500 moved their heart to see this is unlike anybody else that we have 189 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:05,500 met and so after church so to speak that day, they invite 190 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:09,200 Jesus. They invite Jesus to come over 191 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,900 to be in their home, namely Peter and Andrew. 192 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:17,800 And we see here that Jesus is a type of servant through that. 193 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,900 I love this. You look at it through Jesus 194 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:23,800 perspective and you see the kind of Minister that he was. 195 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:27,400 You see when Jesus preached in that synagogue, it was a very 196 00:11:27,500 --> 00:11:30,000 public thing. It was a spectacle and I had 197 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,000 such an effect that when you look at verse 28 very quickly, 198 00:11:33,300 --> 00:11:36,300 what you will see is that his Fame spread everywhere 199 00:11:36,300 --> 00:11:39,100 throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee. 200 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,500 He did something very, very known and it became even more 201 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:45,900 known. But I love the Lord Jesus in 202 00:11:45,900 --> 00:11:50,600 this because when he was asked to come to a home, he gladly 203 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,900 went to that home When he was about to be asked to serve 204 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:59,500 within a Galilean house, he was willing to serve within that 205 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:02,300 Galilean home. In other words, the 206 00:12:02,300 --> 00:12:06,400 demonstration of Jesus compassion was not limited or 207 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,800 strictly reserved for large platforms. 208 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:14,400 His Spirit empowered Ministry was ready to be exercised 209 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,400 wherever the opportunity presented itself. 210 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,800 And so if Christ was on the hilltops where you saw a sea of 211 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:24,200 people and he could have just with one word so multiplication 212 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,300 of food, he would do it out of compassion, but when a family 213 00:12:28,300 --> 00:12:31,900 would invite him over to his house and the only audience can 214 00:12:31,900 --> 00:12:35,400 be counted on one hand, he was still with the same compassion 215 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,600 and eagerness willing to bless that family and blessed that 216 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,300 household. What we see here is just another 217 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:45,700 example of the the awesome humility of Jesus. 218 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:51,100 This is not a man who is moved by honorariums how much you can 219 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:55,000 give him, what kind of what kind of press he would get, who knew 220 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,200 what he was doing. He served with the same Vigor, 221 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:03,000 the same Zeal, whether people saw him or they didn't see him. 222 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:06,500 And we see that his compassion for people was the same 223 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:10,500 privately as it was publicly. And this is our example, Jesus 224 00:13:10,500 --> 00:13:13,600 is your example, if you long to serve the Lord know that this is 225 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:17,800 your, your example to look too. Shouldn't we be just As 226 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,600 passionate about serving and honoring the father. 227 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,900 In private. If nobody's willing to even 228 00:13:26,900 --> 00:13:29,600 witness our sacrifice, are we still willing to sacrifice? 229 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,100 Are we content and honoring God, regardless of whether crowds 230 00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:37,200 hear about it or not, this is the perfect servant capital P 231 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,600 Capital as perfect. Servant who not only gave 232 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,400 himself when he was invited to synagogues or he was invited to 233 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:47,100 the homes of a Pharisees or a regularly held worship service. 234 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:50,800 This was a man ready to demonstrate the character and 235 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,600 the nature of God and all places and all times and may, we be by 236 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,700 his grace like But I like to see this verse from the perspective 237 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:03,000 of Peter and his brother Andrew. Yes, Jesus was a humble servant, 238 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,600 but look at these two brothers here. 239 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,900 After the meaning of the synagogue, we see that they, 240 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:11,700 they didn't, they didn't want Jesus to be encountered just at 241 00:14:11,700 --> 00:14:14,900 the synagogue. They want to take Jesus home. 242 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:22,100 They wanted to know more, they want to no greater blessing and 243 00:14:22,100 --> 00:14:24,400 so they called Jesus over to their home. 244 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,500 And that's an incredible thing to see because unfortunately 245 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:32,200 what you have as many people who attend their local church, maybe 246 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,300 even regularly to worship Christ or at least in the name of 247 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:38,100 worshiping Christ and hope. That's not you today. 248 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:42,700 And they're content with that only to dismiss Christ and leave 249 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,200 him at the church that they were just on. 250 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,600 That nominal kind of faith. There's an only robbed God of 251 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:53,800 Glory. It will definitely rob you and 252 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:54,900 strip. You a blessing. 253 00:14:56,700 --> 00:14:58,900 I mean, look at these eager disciples and learn from them. 254 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:04,200 The testimonies that await The life that awaits, that could be 255 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,200 known when we intentionally and mindfully, practice. 256 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:09,700 Our faith beyond the walls that you. 257 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:12,800 And I are in right now. When we say Lord, I'm not just 258 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:15,100 coming here to visit you for a couple of hours. 259 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:20,700 Would you come home with me? Would you come home with me? 260 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:23,100 I'm about to shock you with a statement, but brace yourselves. 261 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,200 We don't come here to worship God. 262 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:29,900 Take a breath. We come here to worship god with 263 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:34,400 God's people. You and I worship God, we should 264 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,200 at least throughout the week. We should love him. 265 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,000 Adore him pursue him. Be mindful of him. 266 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,900 And when we come here once a week, we do it with other people 267 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:45,100 who also have been doing that throughout the week. 268 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:49,800 That's what it should be. And these men here, they want 269 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,000 Christ to come, they don't want to just thank you Lord, for the 270 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,700 service that was powerful and then just walk out. 271 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:57,600 Not thinking about I'm not engaging him. 272 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,500 Seeking him, not obeying him not being mindful of him, not 273 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:04,100 practicing his presence only to come to the synagogue and 274 00:16:04,100 --> 00:16:05,500 hopefully, Jesus will be there again. 275 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:10,700 That is not the Christian Life. That is a defeated life. 276 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:14,700 That is a less than ideal. That is not the standard for 277 00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:17,300 you. And I and you see this principle 278 00:16:17,300 --> 00:16:21,500 throughout the scripture that whenever cries whenever God is 279 00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:27,200 intentionally invited and to any setting there is always blessing 280 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:32,100 consider John Chapter 2, a family wisely invited Jesus to 281 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:34,900 their wedding, that's a wonderful thing. 282 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:38,400 We almost have these events and things in our minds where we 283 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:42,300 say, okay, this is sacred, this is not, this is religious and 284 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:45,000 this is not, that is foreign to standard. 285 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Christianity Christ goes, wherever you go. 286 00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:52,000 If he lives in you then he goes where you go. 287 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,400 And so don't be ashamed, right? Don't be ashamed of his name 288 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,800 wherever you are. Whether it's celebratory or its 289 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:04,000 somber Christ is with us and Christ longs to be with us. 290 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,500 Let me give you an example of this in the Old Testament. 291 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:10,200 Cement at one point in Israel's history, the symbol of God's 292 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,900 presence which was known as the Ark of the Covenant was missing. 293 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:16,400 The Philistines took it and they brought it to their land, bad 294 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,500 idea, God began to curse them, so they send it back to the 295 00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:23,099 nation and there is no sacred place where the ark should be. 296 00:17:23,099 --> 00:17:26,599 And so it was kind of hopping around in different places and 297 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:29,800 at one point it laid in the home of a man named, I've been a dad. 298 00:17:30,900 --> 00:17:34,800 And it stayed that have been in that house for 20 years, 299 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:39,200 finally, David becomes king and one of the first assignments 300 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,800 that comes to David's mind because he longed for God's 301 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,200 presence, he said we need to go back and we need to get that Arc 302 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,000 and we need to bring it back to the city of worship where he 303 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,100 belongs. And so they make this whole 304 00:17:50,100 --> 00:17:52,700 campaign where they go and they fetch for this Arc and is a 305 00:17:52,708 --> 00:17:55,100 whole sermon on that by itself because they did it in the wrong 306 00:17:55,100 --> 00:17:58,300 way. Eventually, because they didn't 307 00:17:58,300 --> 00:17:59,600 do it. According to the protocol of 308 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,700 God's word. God, judges them. 309 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:05,800 David is afraid and angry at the same time and he goes, I can't 310 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,600 handle it. This is how holy God is. 311 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,500 I got to retract your and rethink this whole thing. 312 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:14,500 So he sends the ark to the man named obed-edom. 313 00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:18,200 And here's what God's word says, the moment. 314 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:22,700 The Arcane to this man's house. And second, Samuel 611 and the 315 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:26,700 Ark of the Lord remain in the house of obededom, the gittite 316 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:32,300 three months and the Lord blessed obededom, and all his 317 00:18:32,300 --> 00:18:37,000 household. The blessing of God's presence 318 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:42,200 being in that man's home was so obvious that Outsiders 319 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,000 recognized it, they were able to see it. 320 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:49,300 So much so that word gets to King David and verse 12 and he 321 00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:53,400 says, let's get it. I want that, I want the 322 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,600 blessings that obededom is experiencing from my life and 323 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:57,900 for the nation's life. And so he goes and he does it 324 00:18:57,900 --> 00:19:01,500 according to God's word this time, but I find so amazing. 325 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:04,800 Is that when the ark was an abinadab, his house. 326 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,800 There is no mention that that there was blessing there for 20 327 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,800 years, you don't get one verse one hint that have been in two 328 00:19:11,808 --> 00:19:15,700 halves household was being over overwhelmed with God's blessing. 329 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,500 It's silent. In fact, one of his sons died 330 00:19:19,500 --> 00:19:23,200 for irreverently touching the ark when he shouldn't have, but 331 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,900 for three months, obededom experiences, a shower of grace. 332 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:30,700 And the only explanation that comes to mind is that Shirley 333 00:19:30,700 --> 00:19:35,900 obed-edom practiced and walked and lived with an awareness of 334 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:41,200 the presence of God in his home. Unlike a better dad, abinadab in 335 00:19:41,208 --> 00:19:44,900 his sons had an irreverence and I think part of the irreverence 336 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:46,900 is part of the irreverence that you see, a lot of people who 337 00:19:46,900 --> 00:19:50,900 grow up in the church, They become so comfortable with the 338 00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:54,500 presence of God, with the name of Jesus, with his word that 339 00:19:54,500 --> 00:19:55,600 they are. Able to handle it. 340 00:19:55,608 --> 00:19:59,200 In a way that actually violates the word of God for 20 years, 341 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,800 they grew up with the presence of God and what happens, you 342 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,200 have kids and God forbid, that it would be true here who grow 343 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,500 up and because I'm sure it came from their father who did not 344 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:12,300 know how to reverently act around the presence of God. 345 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:17,100 It translated to the children. Perhaps we're now they were 346 00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:21,300 judge instead of blessed, but obededom, I'm sure he had this 347 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:25,300 Ark and God saw his heart pross. Sure, a man who intentionally 348 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:28,800 lived with the knowledge that God is in my home. 349 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:35,500 God is with us at dinner, God is with us at Family Vacation. 350 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,900 God is with us. When guests come over the Lord 351 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:40,900 saw, his heart, Pasha and blessed him. 352 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:44,300 And bless them and bless them and bless them. 353 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,200 In the Old Testament, the emphasis of blessing is 354 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,400 physical. The number of children, you have 355 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,200 the wealth that you have the crops that you have in the New 356 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,500 Testament. It's spiritual And you and I 357 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:56,900 have an opportunity to. So live with an awareness of 358 00:20:56,900 --> 00:20:59,500 Christ in our day-to-day living, that people can actually see 359 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:03,600 there's a piece in your home. There's a joy in your life. 360 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:08,600 There is a Harmony amongst yourselves and maybe that are 361 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:12,100 answered because Christ lives. Here, he doesn't live in some 362 00:21:12,100 --> 00:21:14,300 guest room. He has the deed of this home. 363 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:17,700 He is the one who is the king of this house. 364 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,300 And so, you see example, after example, of the times, when 365 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:23,400 people make an intentional effort to say, Lord you are 366 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:25,800 here, we will obey you. We will walk in the fear of your 367 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,700 presence and reverence to your name that God cannot help but 368 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:31,200 overwhelm them with his Blessing. 369 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,200 And so we see that here, so, here's my question to you before 370 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,700 you move on, And love. I asked this in my desire for 371 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:42,600 you to know great joy in life in your walk with Christ, this 372 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:48,300 Christ abide with you, Or do you just visit him once a week? 373 00:21:49,700 --> 00:21:53,000 Come on, be honest. Please be honest, this Christ 374 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,300 live with you. Or do you just visit him and 375 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,500 maybe once a year? You skip a year or two? 376 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:02,000 You go on vacation with Jesus at a conference. 377 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:07,900 Does he live with you? You alone can answer that and if 378 00:22:07,900 --> 00:22:11,700 you're not sure, I beckon you to ask him to come home with you 379 00:22:11,700 --> 00:22:15,000 today and that you would live with him day after day that you 380 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,600 wake up with him, that you go to sleep with him and your mind in 381 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,400 Christ will bless you. I'm sure the residents of the 382 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,400 healing consider. Now, the request for the 383 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,000 healing. We see here in verse 30 now. 384 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,600 Simon's mother-in-law I lay ill with a fever and immediately 385 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,900 they told him about her, Mark loves that word immediately. 386 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,500 Lee and we see here that Peter and Andrew with his, their 387 00:22:38,500 --> 00:22:41,400 friends come over, they're aware of the condition of Peter's 388 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,600 mother-in-law. And after they come from the 389 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,400 service in the synagogue, these men had a strong faith. 390 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,200 Obviously, what they just perceive to bring Christ to a 391 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,800 situation that was also beyond their control. 392 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,800 Therefore, Peter and the rest here, immediately came to the 393 00:22:57,808 --> 00:23:01,700 house and they immediately told the rabbi about a loved one's 394 00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:05,100 need for relief. And if we were encouraged by the 395 00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:08,500 fact that Peter and Andrew brought Jesus to their home, be 396 00:23:08,500 --> 00:23:11,400 further encouraged by the manner of their supplication. 397 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,900 They told them about their precious, loved one, when, if 398 00:23:15,900 --> 00:23:21,400 immediately not later, not next week, immediately, there was no 399 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,300 hesitation on their part. There were not reluctant there 400 00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:28,700 reflex by being in the presence of a great need was to bring it 401 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:32,200 before a great God. And we see here that for many 402 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,200 professing Believers, the relationship between a need a 403 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:38,600 real need and that causing of faith-filled. 404 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:43,300 Cry is either an afterthought or non-existent all together. 405 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:50,900 Why is it that there's so many delays and on our laying of our 406 00:23:50,900 --> 00:23:53,100 requests down before the feet of the master? 407 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:58,400 Why is it that we don't think about him as our Shepherd, as 408 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:03,300 the first person to call tuned to ask for to intervene with his 409 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:06,300 wisdom and his power. Why is it that we sense 410 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:08,700 confusion? Or we feel lost or we feel 411 00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:12,400 hopeless or in danger that we do not, we do not immediately turn 412 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:16,300 to the Lord and our hearts, Underneath our breath, maybe 413 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:19,100 even desperately coming before him on your knees, as you close 414 00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:22,300 your bedroom door and say, Lord, you need to come and you need to 415 00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:24,400 help. I'll give you two reasons. 416 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,800 I believe. Number one, many believers, do 417 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,100 not comprehend the capability of Christ. 418 00:24:31,700 --> 00:24:33,900 They don't comprehend the capability of Christ. 419 00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:37,400 Could it be that the faith of these men was fueled by the fact 420 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:40,200 that they just saw him speak to a man filled with the devil and 421 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,600 that devil immediately had to leave? 422 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,300 And they said this, this is something, this is something? 423 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,400 Do you think he can heal, mom? Do you think he can call that 424 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,400 fever to come out the same way? He called that demon to come out 425 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,800 and they had this image so fresh in their minds that they brought 426 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,400 the Lord, and they informed them of a personal challenge that 427 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,500 they could not control. And I believe the reason, So 428 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:06,100 many Christians do not pray much, it's because they have a 429 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:11,200 small view of God. A little view of God. 430 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:17,100 He's the source of everything that we have and he is able to 431 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:20,200 provide everything that we need everything. 432 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:24,500 There's not one Avenue want, not one area in life that Christ is 433 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:27,800 I don't know if I can help you. There every aspect he has a 434 00:25:27,808 --> 00:25:31,900 remedy for every situation, he has a solution for. 435 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,000 So let me ask you. This are any of you suffering 436 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:38,900 today this afternoon from a broken heart, a broken heart. 437 00:25:38,900 --> 00:25:40,300 I'm not talking about a broken arm. 438 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,300 I'm talking about a crushed Spirit. 439 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,500 I'm talking Emotional distress. I'm talking about something that 440 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,800 is so profound that you wish you would had a broken arm instead 441 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:51,000 that can be true. Here's what I say to you. 442 00:25:51,008 --> 00:25:55,600 According to Psalms 147 verse 3, he heals the Brokenhearted. 443 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,800 And he binds up their wounds. He doesn't just heal bodies. 444 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,300 He heals hearts. He doesn't just put skin 445 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:06,800 together. He doesn't just put fresh power 446 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,700 and legs that couldn't walk for years together. 447 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:12,600 He's able to breathe life into your soul where you can know a 448 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:16,900 joy again and you can know something of a satisfaction 449 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:19,500 beyond the fact that you are being distressed by something 450 00:26:19,500 --> 00:26:25,300 that is lacking. Do any of you need wisdom as you 451 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:27,700 endure trial. Well, James 1:5 says if any of 452 00:26:27,700 --> 00:26:31,300 you lacks wisdom let him ask of God, ask God. 453 00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:35,300 Who gives generously to all without reproach and will be 454 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:41,200 given him. this fear harassed you this anxiety attack you 455 00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:46,400 constantly And that precious verse in Philippians 4, 6 & 7 456 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,600 verse 7 says, and the peace of God, which surpasses all 457 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,300 understanding will guard your hearts. 458 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:55,800 That's your emotional state, your hearts and your minds. 459 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,500 That's your thought process. He will guard both of those 460 00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,500 things in Christ. Jesus. 461 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,800 What's the diagnosis? He has the Cure. 462 00:27:05,300 --> 00:27:08,400 What's the problem? He has a prescription. 463 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:12,200 So why is it that we hesitate? I believe it's. 464 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,600 It's because we don't know the capability of Christ. 465 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,600 We don't know how much he is able to zoom in on a particular, 466 00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:20,900 in a particular situation and deal with it accordingly with 467 00:27:20,900 --> 00:27:24,900 surgical precision. People do not comprehend the 468 00:27:24,900 --> 00:27:28,200 capability of Christ. And secondly, they don't realize 469 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,200 the compassion of Christ. They don't realize the 470 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:33,400 compassion of Christ. I can't help but think that 471 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,200 these disciples not only learn something of the power of Jesus. 472 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,200 I believe they tasted something of his tenderness. 473 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,300 I believe they walk with him, though. 474 00:27:43,300 --> 00:27:46,100 It was brief up to this point, but they caught on very quickly 475 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:49,400 that this Jesus does not serve people under compulsion, he 476 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,800 chooses with compassion. I when you look at him in the 477 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,600 eyes and when you see the way he handles people, you cannot help 478 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,700 but think that he genuinely loves those that he serves. 479 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,700 And so, they did not hesitate to bring this person. 480 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:07,800 Their mother-in-law who was Ill who is sick, because they knew 481 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:10,900 that this was not cause Christ to sigh, but like a great 482 00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:13,600 physician, he would be moved in the innermost parts of who he 483 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,600 was to provide some kind of healing. 484 00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:19,200 Is it good? Doctor have a patient come in 485 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,200 ago. Another 10K, come here, do this? 486 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:25,500 No, they love what they do, and yes, they have bad days but 487 00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:30,900 Christ does not have bad days. He is perfectly loving and we 488 00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:35,200 see here that they believe that to some degree and Jesus is 489 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,100 willing to move quickly upon our needs though. 490 00:28:38,100 --> 00:28:41,200 He does know as a great physician would went to allow 491 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,200 for painful resistance to remain knowing that it will produce a 492 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,600 greater strength and maturity as a result. 493 00:28:48,100 --> 00:28:50,500 That's why Jesus doesn't answer every single prayer, every 494 00:28:50,500 --> 00:28:52,900 single time because sometimes the best thing is, for that, 495 00:28:52,900 --> 00:28:55,100 burden to stay there. Guess what? 496 00:28:55,100 --> 00:29:00,600 Because he put it there. I bring this point I because you 497 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,000 have many people who have this thought this false impression 498 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,400 that God is just too big to care about the little things. 499 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:07,900 You know what I love about this, there's a debate about what the 500 00:29:07,900 --> 00:29:09,200 fever was. How intense was? 501 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:12,100 It was, it was it a deadly fever with it, just a mild fever. 502 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:15,000 I was enough for this person, not to be able to move, but when 503 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,100 we hear fever in comparison to the dead being raised and in 504 00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:20,500 comparison to the blind seeing in the deaf hearing for the 505 00:29:20,500 --> 00:29:24,600 first time, I mean, if we had a scale of sickness, this isn't 506 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:29,900 seem that big of a deal but it is to the Lord He cares. 507 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:31,800 He cares about the little things. 508 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:35,900 He cares about the things that hinder us, even at a small 509 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:40,600 percentage and the Lord shows up here and he wants to prove that 510 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,900 he actually does have this deep longing for us to be whole for 511 00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:46,600 us to know something of his touch. 512 00:29:47,700 --> 00:29:50,600 And so this idea that God is too distant, and he only cares about 513 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:54,000 like, big things in our lives is false. 514 00:29:54,900 --> 00:29:57,000 It's absolutely false. And what's amazing? 515 00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,300 I was having this conversation with a couple of Brothers last 516 00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:03,300 night is when you look at mark from the cover of it and the 517 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:07,700 start to the finish, what you will see is Jesus ministering 518 00:30:07,700 --> 00:30:12,700 often with his hands with his hands over and over. 519 00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:17,300 You see several times the Lord using his hands too. 520 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:19,900 Watch those who are in need of that touch. 521 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,700 Let me ask you a question, you have to answer it audibly and I 522 00:30:23,708 --> 00:30:27,200 hope we can all agree with this. Cannot the Lord Heal any disease 523 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,400 or casts out. Any Devil by just his word. 524 00:30:30,300 --> 00:30:32,800 We've seen a more than one occasion where he's just sends 525 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,700 his word. He doesn't need to even be in 526 00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:37,600 the same space as the person who is suffering for them to be 527 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,000 relieved and rescued. And yet what you see in the 528 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:45,300 Bible is that Jesus intentionally comes close to 529 00:30:45,300 --> 00:30:50,000 people and he holds them by the hand or he lays his hand 530 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,000 wondering Why would the Holy Spirit? 531 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,100 Show us that? Let me prove it to you first. 532 00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:58,000 You have your Bibles right? Good Mark chapter 1 we read it. 533 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,100 Verse 31, and he came and took her by the hand. 534 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:09,400 Scroll down to verse 41, here's a man with leprosy Moved with 535 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,900 pity, he stretched out his hand and touched them. 536 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,800 A leper and said to him, I will be clean. 537 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:27,900 Go to Mark, chapter 5 verse 41, Mark 5:41. 538 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:36,400 Taking her, by what the hand, he sets her Talent Akuma, which 539 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:40,600 means little girl, I say to you arise, Mark, 8, chapter 23, and 540 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,600 there are other places, but I'm just coming to just a few of 541 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:49,300 them Mark 8:23. And he took the blind man by 542 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:53,200 what by the hand and led him out of the village. 543 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,400 And when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he 544 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,000 asked, do you see anything by the hand, by The Hand, by the 545 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,600 hand? Why, why does it matter for one 546 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:05,100 simple reason? His touch would communicate that 547 00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:07,800 he is not only able to heal, but he was deeply willing to be 548 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,900 involved. The hand of God willing to be 549 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:17,300 near a variety of fragmented lives. 550 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:23,600 Shows us that he is willing to be near not in a compromising 551 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,000 way. But in a way in which He is 552 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,800 wanting to make us whole regardless of how broken we are. 553 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,100 So why hesitate to come broken before the Lord when he is eager 554 00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:35,500 to embrace you in that state of Brokenness? 555 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:38,100 Why hesitate to come with your concern? 556 00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:42,700 When he launched to put the pieces together, this is Christ. 557 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,500 We should not hesitate. We should not be reluctant for 558 00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:49,500 one simple reason. Through this action alone, we 559 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,500 see that he is showing us that he's ready to be near hand in 560 00:32:52,500 --> 00:32:53,700 hand. If you will, here's what 561 00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:57,900 Spurgeon said, quote, make a practice Spurgeon said, make a 562 00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:01,200 practice of telling the Lord all about your family concerns, 563 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,400 bring sicknesses and other troubles to your best friend. 564 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,600 Do it at family prayer but do it also at your bedside alone. 565 00:33:09,700 --> 00:33:13,800 If Jesus has come to stay with you .1, bring them home. 566 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,400 If Jesus has come to stay with you, he will not hold himself 567 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,700 aloof. From your anxieties. 568 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,900 He comes with his great sympathetic, heart to be 569 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:26,200 afflicted in your afflictions and quote. 570 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:31,500 Mark, here wants us to see the faith of these men by saying 571 00:33:31,500 --> 00:33:35,200 immediately, Lord, hears our mom would you do something with her? 572 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:36,500 Please. We saw what you did in that 573 00:33:36,500 --> 00:33:38,000 synagogue. You can surely do something 574 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,300 here, but I love what Matthew does. 575 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,600 He tells the same story, but he puts a different emphasis and I 576 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,500 want you to see it because it will encourage you to do 577 00:33:45,500 --> 00:33:48,400 something that we call people. The practice, read your Bible 578 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,900 slowly. Matthew chapter 8, verse 14. 579 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,600 Look at this in your Bibles and it's so comforting. 580 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,500 When you realize the detail that he adds to the scene, Matthew 581 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:02,400 8:14, the same story. Same Miracles, same Jesus, 582 00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:07,600 different emphasis. And when Jesus entered Peter's 583 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:12,699 house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 584 00:34:15,300 --> 00:34:17,500 Matthew doesn't mention the faith of these men, Matthew 585 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:19,199 doesn't mention their prayer. He doesn't mention their 586 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:22,800 request, the focus turns to Jesus that when he enters into 587 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,199 that same house, he himself sees the Mother-in-law who is sick, 588 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:32,300 and then acts accordingly Mark. He was told he was asked and 589 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:36,300 then he moved upon their faith. Matthew, he saw it and he did 590 00:34:36,300 --> 00:34:38,600 something about it. Teaching us what? 591 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:43,300 That in Matthew, we learn Christ is already aware of the 592 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:45,500 situation that you need to be answered. 593 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,100 He already recognized that he already sees it, he's already 594 00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:55,199 there with the problem in mind completely mindful of you as you 595 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:59,400 deal with it. And that comforts me because as 596 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,500 I come before the Lord and pray, I'm not asking about something 597 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:05,200 that he is not aware of. He's already there, he already 598 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,700 perceives it. He's already calculated, he's 599 00:35:07,700 --> 00:35:10,600 actually there. He sees it. 600 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:12,800 Well, then if he sees it, why doesn't he just do something 601 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,500 about it? Well, Mark tells us because he 602 00:35:15,500 --> 00:35:20,000 moves by faith, your faith, and he awaits for you to call upon 603 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,900 him. He waits for you to seek him, to 604 00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:26,400 honor him with that request. So that he can move and bring 605 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,200 glory to him. Through that prayer, being 606 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,100 answered. But I love to know that the Lord 607 00:35:31,100 --> 00:35:35,100 sees it because even though I pray about something because I'm 608 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:37,200 not going to use a text like this and say, everything you 609 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:41,600 pray for, Jesus will immediately answer, but I can be comforted 610 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,200 when I come to Matthew to see that even though he doesn't 611 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,300 answer it immediately, at least he's aware of it, and if he 612 00:35:47,300 --> 00:35:50,500 doesn't answer it, then it means that he knows that it's best to 613 00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:51,300 delay. It. 614 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,200 And I rejoice in the Lord because of that, we see the 615 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:58,500 request of the healing last. So, we come to the response 616 00:35:58,500 --> 00:35:59,500 after the healing. Let's go back. 617 00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:01,400 Mark together as we close on a moment. 618 00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:09,900 In Mark, chapter 1 verse 31. And he came and took her by the 619 00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:14,900 hand and lifted her up and the fever left her and she began to 620 00:36:14,900 --> 00:36:19,000 serve them. You see the reaction of the 621 00:36:19,008 --> 00:36:23,800 woman? Humble domestic service was the 622 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:27,500 response of the woman. After she received fresh 623 00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:32,500 strength, she got up and she saw Christ, and she realized the 624 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,800 healing came from his hand. And she said, I want to serve my 625 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:40,100 healer. And so she begins to do so and I 626 00:36:40,100 --> 00:36:42,700 believe that the reaction should be no less for those who have 627 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:45,200 experienced way more than healing from a fever. 628 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:46,900 She was raised from her sick bed. 629 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:51,800 You know what you were raised from the dead spiritual death 630 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:54,000 and you were raised into New Life. 631 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,100 How much more should we be willing to immediately? 632 00:36:57,100 --> 00:36:59,800 Say Lord, you've touched my heart. 633 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,500 Now, I want to serve you from the same heart. 634 00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:06,500 You are worthy of my life being surrendered, for your service, 635 00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:08,700 whatever it is. And in the case of this woman, 636 00:37:08,700 --> 00:37:12,300 like a good middle eastern Mom. I'm sure the service had to do 637 00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:16,000 something with food. What else do you do in the home? 638 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:20,100 Hosting people here. She begins to host, she begins 639 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:23,800 to show honor and glory to the one that touched her. 640 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,400 And I find it very difficult for people who claim that Jesus 641 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:31,900 transform their hearts while showing no evidence of service 642 00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:34,300 to him. How? 643 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:38,000 That would be like this woman being healed. 644 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,300 You getting up and leaving the house immediately to go about 645 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:44,800 your own affairs. It seems also almost insulting 646 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:46,000 there's an it. When you hear it that way. 647 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,800 And yet you have so many people who claim. 648 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,400 Yeah. Jesus he's my, he's my Lord and 649 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:55,600 He transformed my life. I when And they just there's no 650 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,400 evidence of service. There's no evidence of 651 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:00,000 gratitude, there's no evidence of Lord. 652 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,000 Here's my life, here's an aspect of my life that when I dedicate 653 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,300 to you in a particular Ministry but here's my whole life. 654 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:09,000 For what you have done. But what I find amazing here is 655 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,800 that Peters mother-in-law did not only direct her service to 656 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,900 Christ. She ministered to his followers 657 00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:15,000 as well. What does it say? 658 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:21,800 She began to serve them. Not just the Lord them his 659 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:27,400 followers, his disciples she spread out a banquet and how 660 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,400 you? And I love and serve the body of 661 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:34,900 Christ is a major indication of what Christ has done in you. 662 00:38:36,100 --> 00:38:40,300 And who Christ is to you? She served them. 663 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,300 And for those who are discouraged because they think 664 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:46,800 that they cannot serve Christ unless it's in a particular way, 665 00:38:46,900 --> 00:38:50,900 realize that this woman serve Jesus in her home. 666 00:38:53,700 --> 00:38:55,600 The very same place where she slept every night, the same 667 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,800 place, where she cleaned the same place where she had many 668 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:02,300 responsibilities is a very same place where Jesus Christ was 669 00:39:02,300 --> 00:39:05,200 served. And glorified. 670 00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:09,400 And I think that is an encouragement to many people who 671 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,200 feel limited, because they have a desire, great desire to do 672 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,500 great things, but they feel like their life is at home, mom's pay 673 00:39:16,500 --> 00:39:18,700 attention future, mom's pay attention. 674 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:23,600 Jesus can be served at home. He can be blessed at home. 675 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:28,200 He can be pleased at home. And I want you to see that these 676 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,000 disciples also were blessed at the home of these men. 677 00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:37,400 And Peter's family was Pious, indeed, Peter invited Christ to 678 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:40,400 the house and his mother-in-law hosted Christ in that same house 679 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,400 and what became of this home as seem to be just an average home 680 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:49,400 in the streets of Capernaum. Look at verse 33 and the whole 681 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,200 city was gathered together at the door. 682 00:39:51,900 --> 00:39:57,800 Imagine that one day, you've a handful of people and it within 683 00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:02,300 a few hours you have the city at your door, lined up to meet with 684 00:40:02,300 --> 00:40:04,000 the Jesus. That is at that house. 685 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,300 I'm not saying that will happen every single time but there is 686 00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:13,200 no knowing listen. What can happen to a person who 687 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:18,000 says Lord even my home is yours, Even where I live. 688 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,400 Is yours, my resources are yours, whatever it is that you, 689 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,900 you asking me belongs to you, there will be no telling what 690 00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:25,700 Christ will do. As a result of that. 691 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,000 For some it will look like hosting disciples from time to 692 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,000 time with good Middle Eastern food. 693 00:40:34,300 --> 00:40:36,000 For others. It may be using that home and 694 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,800 blessing. Ministers who are out there 695 00:40:38,300 --> 00:40:41,700 serving on the streets serving in the synagogue's, I am a 696 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:46,500 recipient of many people who have said, I'm sending something 697 00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:49,600 to your house. It's at the front door, I hope 698 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,100 you enjoy it and you know who you are. 699 00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:54,800 I say thank you from this Pulpit because that has helped me study 700 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,400 more that has helped me Council more and your services unto 701 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,600 Christ for others. It may look like you being at 702 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,300 the synagogue regularly and teach It may be like the 703 00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:07,900 disciples going out into the streets, going out into the 704 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:12,500 city's, to preach, whatever it is, that it looks like Christ is 705 00:41:12,500 --> 00:41:15,600 worthy to be served wherever his Providence places us. 706 00:41:17,900 --> 00:41:20,900 And in this case, this Highbridge Galilean home with no 707 00:41:20,900 --> 00:41:25,000 Revival in their living room, And that excites me and not 708 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,700 shows me that you have no idea what awaits when you take this 709 00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:31,800 thing beyond the meeting. Please do that. 710 00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:36,900 I'll end with a story when I was in college, I moved into an 711 00:41:36,900 --> 00:41:38,900 apartment after I first got saved. 712 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:44,100 A my roommate was a Christian first Christian roommate, he's 713 00:41:44,100 --> 00:41:46,200 from The Young Adult Ministry that we were part of that was 714 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:50,600 not too far from our church. And so we began to move in and 715 00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,100 we began to ask what we needed to purchase and all that. 716 00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:55,100 And finally, it came down to the living room. 717 00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:57,200 Some of, you know, this story, some of you don't I hope it 718 00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,600 encourages you. And so we were there in the 719 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:02,200 living room and he looked at me. He says, well I think we need to 720 00:42:02,207 --> 00:42:03,500 get a TV. What do you think? 721 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:05,200 And I looked at him, I said, I don't know. 722 00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:11,300 Why don't we not? Let's do something. 723 00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,500 This is what we stood there. In the empty living room. 724 00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:17,800 We looked at each Isis. Why don't we why don't we pray 725 00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,400 and dedicate this living room to the Lord? 726 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,500 And he did not even hesitate. He says listen to it. 727 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:29,700 So he grabs my hand this and we put our foreheads against one 728 00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:32,800 another. This is the first time for me, 729 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:39,100 but I went with it. And there was an earnestness in 730 00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:41,400 that prayer. Lord. 731 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:45,500 This living room is yours. Not very big, not much. 732 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,000 We're going to leave it empty for you, do as you please. 733 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,000 Within a few weeks. We had a regular meeting in our 734 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:56,200 apartment. We weren't too far from the 735 00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,300 college. We weren't too far from the 736 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:04,100 downtown area of Toronto. And five people came and we 737 00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:06,100 worshipped in that living room. We read our Bibles. 738 00:43:06,100 --> 00:43:09,000 We would go into the college campus and witness a few weeks. 739 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:13,900 Came 15 people few weeks came 20 people it became a meeting of 50 740 00:43:13,900 --> 00:43:18,500 people on a regular basis. And Not only was there. 741 00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:20,300 No room for a TV. We didn't even use the TV. 742 00:43:20,300 --> 00:43:22,900 We had one, we had to get rid of our couches. 743 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:28,200 And our living room was filled with foldable black chairs. 744 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,200 That's all look like. So if you walked into the 745 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:34,500 apartment you would just see black chairs stacked up in the 746 00:43:34,500 --> 00:43:38,500 living room with nothing else because we reserve that space 747 00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:41,000 for those meetings we would pray on Friday night, go out on 748 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:45,600 Saturday. And that prayer that we prayed 749 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:50,400 didn't come to mind, but when we were leaving that apartment, we 750 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:55,100 didn't have much to move out. It dawned on me, he heard that 751 00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:58,600 prayer. He heard that prayer and he 752 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:02,800 filled it with people. And it was an easy all the time, 753 00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:07,500 it wasn't because we would have people sleep over a lot to go to 754 00:44:07,500 --> 00:44:09,500 church on Sunday morning. We didn't have space. 755 00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:13,600 We have to serve people, we have people would come late, people 756 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:14,900 would all these different things. 757 00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:17,600 People would stay late to be prayed for and all these things, 758 00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:19,800 and it's just like this. I mean, you see these people 759 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,500 coming to the front door as a much of that. 760 00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:24,200 That's a blessing, there's natural burdens that come with 761 00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,600 that. So worth it. 762 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,100 So worth it. Am I saying if you leave here 763 00:44:31,100 --> 00:44:32,800 tonight and you go to your living room, put your head on 764 00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:36,200 somebody else's head and you pray They have to get rid of 765 00:44:36,207 --> 00:44:38,500 your furniture. And your, I'm not saying that 766 00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:43,700 I'm just giving you one real example. but if you really 767 00:44:43,700 --> 00:44:47,800 sanctify, it unto the Lord, He might blow your mind. 768 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:53,300 And he is faithful. Bring Jesus home. 769 00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:57,000 And watch what he'll do with it. Let's pray. 770 00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:11,700 We thank you for this this study. 771 00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:17,800 In a few verses. That has shown your Supremacy 772 00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:22,000 over sickness. You can still heal today. 773 00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:25,700 But thank you for the lessons underneath. 774 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:38,100 Lori ask. That with the difficulties of 775 00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:41,500 different scenarios even from this church where you have one 776 00:45:41,500 --> 00:45:46,000 spouse, who's a believer? And the other is not. 777 00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,200 Or you have one sibling who's a Believer. 778 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:57,400 And the others are not. Whatever the situation may be 779 00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,500 Lord. We just ask that on the 780 00:46:00,500 --> 00:46:03,800 individual basis, you would be more real in our day-to-day 781 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:08,300 lives. And that whether or not a spouse 782 00:46:08,300 --> 00:46:11,500 wants Christ in that home or the children want Christ in that 783 00:46:11,500 --> 00:46:14,000 home. Your word tells us in First 784 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,300 Corinthians 7, that when a believing spouse remains in the 785 00:46:17,300 --> 00:46:20,200 house of an unbelieving spouse, they are sanctified. 786 00:46:21,500 --> 00:46:24,700 And those children are made holy because of the presence of that 787 00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:28,800 believer in that house. We asked for that Christ would 788 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:32,600 be more real even in the homes where there is not a unanimous 789 00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:34,500 decision for Christ to be in that home. 790 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,100 And Lord, we just ask that you would have your way Beyond these 791 00:46:39,100 --> 00:46:41,600 meetings, but that Lord, they would be testimonies in our 792 00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:46,700 living rooms. In our kitchens and our 793 00:46:46,700 --> 00:46:51,700 conversations over dinner. And Lord, we just pray that you 794 00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:55,800 would be magnified. And that you would be glorified. 795 00:46:57,100 --> 00:46:59,500 Where we sleep, and where we eat, and where we have memories 796 00:46:59,500 --> 00:47:02,800 and where we celebrate Christmas and Easter Lord be there. 797 00:47:04,300 --> 00:47:07,800 Today, we make a conscious decision that as we leave this 798 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:12,000 place, you will come with us. You'll be worshipped and praise. 799 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:16,700 And lugged where we do life, you are the author of life. 800 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,100 We give you praise in Jesus name. 801 00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:21,100 Amen. Can we stand and Worship the 802 00:47:21,100 --> 00:47:21,700 Lord together?