1 00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:05,080 So much to give Thanks to God for so much. 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:10,440 What a good God we serve. I invite you to come with me to 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,120 the Book of Books in Mark Chapter 7. 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,440 Please meet me in your Bibles. It's always an honor and a 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:23,360 privilege to be in the House of God with you in Mark Chapter 7. 6 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:25,640 Please meet me in verse 31. I will wait for you. 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:32,360 I will not rush ahead. Mark 7:30. 8 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,560 One and follow with me, not just with your eyes. 9 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:39,560 But. With your heart, then he. 10 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,960 Returned from the region of tire and went through. 11 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,480 Side on to the sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapilis. 12 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,240 And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech 13 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:54,360 impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. 14 00:00:55,030 --> 00:00:57,870 And taking him aside from the crowd, privately, he put his 15 00:00:57,870 --> 00:00:59,550 fingers. Into his ears. 16 00:00:59,550 --> 00:01:03,630 And after spitting. Touched his tongue, and looking 17 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:08,470 up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, if a fafa that is be 18 00:01:08,470 --> 00:01:11,510 opened, and his ears were opened and his. 19 00:01:11,510 --> 00:01:15,790 Tongue was released and he spoke plainly, and Jesus charged. 20 00:01:15,790 --> 00:01:19,110 Them to tell no one. But the more he charged them, 21 00:01:19,110 --> 00:01:21,950 the more. Zealously, they proclaimed it. 22 00:01:22,550 --> 00:01:26,430 And they were astonished beyond. Measure saying he has done. 23 00:01:26,430 --> 00:01:31,070 All things well. He even makes the death here and 24 00:01:31,070 --> 00:01:34,990 the mute speak. Lord, give liberty to the 25 00:01:34,990 --> 00:01:38,710 delivery of this word. Let there be unction, let there 26 00:01:38,710 --> 00:01:43,150 be reverence, let there be freedom from any confusion or. 27 00:01:43,150 --> 00:01:46,190 Intrusion of thoughts. We pray, Lord, that this would 28 00:01:46,190 --> 00:01:48,030 be. A powerful time for your word is 29 00:01:48,030 --> 00:01:50,960 powerful. Or may it melt our hearts. 30 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:55,640 May it sanctify our minds are. Every part of who we are, we. 31 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,440 Pray would be in alignment with you according to this text. 32 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,200 And Lord we realize that apart from the spirits grace this will 33 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,280 be futile. But with him there can be life 34 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,440 and we pray that life would be known in this time. 35 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,120 In Jesus name we pray. Amen. 36 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,520 There is a remarkable statement in this short excerpt that I 37 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:17,600 just read to you and I'm not sure if you caught it. 38 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,520 Maybe you have. But I want you again to turn 39 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:22,520 your. Eyes to the last part of verse. 40 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:26,920 37 And focus with me on the first few words that this crowd 41 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,760 exclaimed in light of a miracle that Christ performed yet again, 42 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:33,920 it says. Here and they were astonished. 43 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:41,920 Beyond measure saying. He has done all things well, if 44 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:44,880 there is anything that you take from this message. 45 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,560 If there is only one. Thing that you can leave. 46 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,880 This place with let it. Be this marvelous declaration. 47 00:02:51,640 --> 00:02:56,840 He has done all things well. He has done all things well. 48 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:00,240 That was the response of. The people, when they learn of 49 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:05,120 this glorious grace that Jesus bestowed upon this very poor 50 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,600 man. But it wasn't just the immediate 51 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,640 response, it was a unanimous conclusion that the. 52 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:14,600 People have made about. The ministry of Jesus thus far. 53 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:17,180 All the reports that they've heard, all the things that. 54 00:03:17,180 --> 00:03:18,900 They have witnessed. Brought them to. 55 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:27,100 This moment where they said he has done all things well and we. 56 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:30,340 Could take it further, can't we? We should take it further 57 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:34,420 because all things means all things, not some things, 58 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:37,180 everything. What has he done? 59 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:40,660 Well, does any create has any created? 60 00:03:40,980 --> 00:03:42,540 He's done it. Well, his. 61 00:03:42,540 --> 00:03:44,990 Creation. Not just his creation of this 62 00:03:44,990 --> 00:03:47,870 world, I'm not sure how many of us would be confident enough to 63 00:03:47,870 --> 00:03:49,710 say that he has created. Me Well. 64 00:03:50,870 --> 00:03:53,910 He has done all things well. His creation. 65 00:03:54,830 --> 00:03:56,270 What about his? Provision. 66 00:03:57,150 --> 00:04:00,390 Has he not done it well? Has he not been sufficient? 67 00:04:00,790 --> 00:04:02,070 Has he not been? Faithful. 68 00:04:02,710 --> 00:04:05,590 What about his permission, what he has sovereignly? 69 00:04:05,590 --> 00:04:09,630 Allowed in your life what he has given to you, though in the 70 00:04:09,630 --> 00:04:13,190 package that seemed to be. Sorrowful and dark and 71 00:04:13,190 --> 00:04:15,590 questionable in. Hindsight, you look. 72 00:04:15,590 --> 00:04:17,070 Back. And you realize if it had not 73 00:04:17,070 --> 00:04:20,630 been for my affliction, I would not have kept his precepts. 74 00:04:21,430 --> 00:04:23,630 What about his direction in your life? 75 00:04:23,950 --> 00:04:26,430 Though not always clear. Though not always with an 76 00:04:26,430 --> 00:04:27,790 audible. Voice if at all. 77 00:04:28,230 --> 00:04:30,950 But here you are. God has brought you, and you see 78 00:04:30,950 --> 00:04:35,070 it exactly where you need to be. Through his direction, through 79 00:04:35,070 --> 00:04:37,670 his. Protection and how about his 80 00:04:37,670 --> 00:04:40,930 salvation? Everything that he has ever. 81 00:04:40,930 --> 00:04:43,730 Done. He has done well, he has. 82 00:04:43,730 --> 00:04:46,930 Never done anything halfheartedly, he has never 83 00:04:46,930 --> 00:04:48,010 been. Misdirected. 84 00:04:48,570 --> 00:04:52,010 He has never made a wrong calculation and. 85 00:04:52,010 --> 00:04:54,450 Certainly he has. Never, ever. 86 00:04:54,610 --> 00:04:56,770 Failed. He has done. 87 00:04:56,810 --> 00:04:59,450 All things. Well, remember that. 88 00:04:59,770 --> 00:05:02,410 Don't just. Remember the reference I? 89 00:05:02,410 --> 00:05:07,230 Encourage you to inscribe it. On the trophy case of all of 90 00:05:07,230 --> 00:05:12,190 God's past mercies in your life. More than that, would you please 91 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:16,030 etch it on your heart? Would you etch those words? 92 00:05:16,030 --> 00:05:19,830 He has done all things well in order to prepare you for the 93 00:05:19,830 --> 00:05:22,950 times in which you will be. Challenged and your trust in the 94 00:05:22,950 --> 00:05:26,470 goodness of God he has. Done all things well. 95 00:05:26,470 --> 00:05:29,910 Would that be a statement prepared in your mouth? 96 00:05:30,470 --> 00:05:33,230 To share it with great conviction to those who might 97 00:05:33,230 --> 00:05:37,510 doubt or question the Lordship. Of Jesus Christ He has done all 98 00:05:37,510 --> 00:05:42,590 things well, and what we see here is an example of just that 99 00:05:43,590 --> 00:05:47,310 in this specific testimony of a blind and a mute man. 100 00:05:48,230 --> 00:05:52,230 Who received from the? Hands of this gracious God, and 101 00:05:52,230 --> 00:05:54,110 when you. Consider Matthew's account of 102 00:05:54,110 --> 00:05:56,510 this story. You will quickly. 103 00:05:56,510 --> 00:05:59,070 Learn that this story is important. 104 00:05:59,510 --> 00:06:01,950 That God had put. It in this gospel account for a 105 00:06:01,950 --> 00:06:04,990 specific reason, and I want you to see that with. 106 00:06:04,990 --> 00:06:07,510 Your own eyes in Matthew 15 go to Matthew 15 very. 107 00:06:07,510 --> 00:06:11,950 Quickly and come to verse 29 at this point Matthew is following 108 00:06:11,950 --> 00:06:14,550 with Mark here chronologically. So what we're going to see in 109 00:06:14,550 --> 00:06:17,430 Matthew is what we're seeing here at this point of Jesus 110 00:06:17,430 --> 00:06:20,670 ministry in Mark Chapter 7. But notice what Matthew does 111 00:06:20,790 --> 00:06:24,550 with this season of Christ. Ministry by the Sea. 112 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:28,790 Of Galilee, Matthew 15 verse 29. Jesus. 113 00:06:28,790 --> 00:06:32,230 Went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. 114 00:06:32,470 --> 00:06:34,110 And he. Went up on the mountain. 115 00:06:34,110 --> 00:06:37,030 And sat. Down there, and great crowds 116 00:06:37,030 --> 00:06:39,790 came to him, bringing with him the lame, the blind, the 117 00:06:39,790 --> 00:06:41,630 crippled, the mute, and many others. 118 00:06:41,630 --> 00:06:45,270 And they put them at his feet, and he healed them so that the 119 00:06:45,270 --> 00:06:47,870 crowd wondered. When they saw the mute. 120 00:06:47,870 --> 00:06:51,910 Speaking the crippled healthy, the lame walking and the blind 121 00:06:51,910 --> 00:06:53,870 seeing. And they glorified the God of 122 00:06:53,870 --> 00:06:57,530 Israel. So Matthew's version is very 123 00:06:57,530 --> 00:07:00,730 general, and Matthew tells us that there are many more, 124 00:07:00,730 --> 00:07:03,450 possibly hundreds, thousands of people who are healed. 125 00:07:03,930 --> 00:07:07,370 But when you read Mark's. Version he hones in he. 126 00:07:07,370 --> 00:07:10,450 Zooms into one of those healings out of the many. 127 00:07:11,210 --> 00:07:15,650 Clearly there is something about this particular encounter that 128 00:07:15,650 --> 00:07:19,770 the Holy Spirit wants us to. Learn there are some gleanings. 129 00:07:19,770 --> 00:07:24,170 In here that are absolutely vital for our instruction and I 130 00:07:24,170 --> 00:07:27,910 believe the best way. Perfectly preparing this message 131 00:07:27,910 --> 00:07:31,950 is to divide our thoughts. Divide our thoughts as 132 00:07:32,270 --> 00:07:35,750 meticulously as possible. If we want to know what it is 133 00:07:35,750 --> 00:07:38,230 that the Lord has to say to us through this text, and consider 134 00:07:38,230 --> 00:07:40,510 with me #1 the. Region where the healing took. 135 00:07:40,510 --> 00:07:42,310 Place the. Region where the healing took. 136 00:07:42,310 --> 00:07:45,110 Place and from there look at the request. 137 00:07:45,110 --> 00:07:48,430 For the healing and. Then from there we would look at 138 00:07:48,430 --> 00:07:50,990 the method. Of the healing and then. 139 00:07:50,990 --> 00:07:54,030 From there, we would look at the instructions after the healing. 140 00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:58,630 And lastly, we will conclude. With the remarks about the 141 00:07:58,630 --> 00:08:03,110 healing the region of the. Healing Mark was more specific. 142 00:08:03,550 --> 00:08:05,870 He said that it was not just by the sea of Galley, it was in the 143 00:08:05,870 --> 00:08:09,430 region of the Decapilis. The capitalist is just a word 144 00:08:09,430 --> 00:08:13,550 that means 10 cities and it was heavily populated by gentiles. 145 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:16,910 And there is more to that than just Jesus having extra crumbs 146 00:08:16,910 --> 00:08:19,550 in his pocket to give to. Gentiles concerning his. 147 00:08:19,550 --> 00:08:21,870 Power and mercy. Remember, right before this 148 00:08:21,870 --> 00:08:25,370 there was a Lebanese woman. Or one Syrian by birth. 149 00:08:26,250 --> 00:08:28,650 In the southern region of Lebanon, who received mercy from 150 00:08:28,730 --> 00:08:31,290 Jesus concerning her daughter. But that mercy now spills over 151 00:08:31,290 --> 00:08:34,049 into the Decapilis, and now these other Gentiles are 152 00:08:34,049 --> 00:08:37,130 receiving a touch from the Lord. But here's. 153 00:08:37,130 --> 00:08:39,490 What's so interesting is. This the first time that. 154 00:08:39,490 --> 00:08:41,370 We read of the Decapilis. In the book of Mark. 155 00:08:41,570 --> 00:08:44,169 If you've been with us, somebody nodded and said no, you're 156 00:08:44,169 --> 00:08:45,850 right, this. Isn't the first time. 157 00:08:45,850 --> 00:08:47,290 That the Decapilis has been made known to. 158 00:08:47,330 --> 00:08:51,050 Us and I want you to see where was first mentioned and you will 159 00:08:51,050 --> 00:08:52,730 see how this is so. Significant. 160 00:08:53,030 --> 00:08:56,430 Go to Mark chapter 5. This is where Jesus does. 161 00:08:56,430 --> 00:08:59,910 Another powerful demonstration of His Grace, and it wasn't. 162 00:08:59,910 --> 00:09:02,310 For a blind man, it wasn't for a deaf man, it wasn't for a 163 00:09:02,310 --> 00:09:05,430 crippled man. It was for a man who had 10. 164 00:09:06,830 --> 00:09:10,710 Thousands of demons living inside of him, nobody knows the 165 00:09:10,710 --> 00:09:11,870 exact. Number It could have been two, 166 00:09:11,870 --> 00:09:14,670 could have been three, but there were thousands of demons living 167 00:09:14,670 --> 00:09:17,390 inside of this man. And Jesus delivered him. 168 00:09:18,210 --> 00:09:20,570 And this man was right in his own mind, and he was rightly 169 00:09:20,570 --> 00:09:23,770 clothed and we're told there. That after he was touched by 170 00:09:23,770 --> 00:09:26,010 Christ, he comes to Christ, He says, Would you let me travel 171 00:09:26,010 --> 00:09:28,730 with you? Please don't leave me here. 172 00:09:28,730 --> 00:09:30,050 I want to go with you where you go. 173 00:09:30,250 --> 00:09:32,050 I know there's some extra room on that boat. 174 00:09:32,730 --> 00:09:37,210 Please let me come. And in Matthew 519 you see 175 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:41,730 Christ's response. And he did not permit him, but 176 00:09:41,730 --> 00:09:43,650 said to him, go home to your friends. 177 00:09:44,330 --> 00:09:46,250 And tell them how much the Lord has done for. 178 00:09:46,250 --> 00:09:48,880 You. And how he has had mercy on you. 179 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,680 And he went away and began to proclaim into the capitalists 180 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:58,760 how much Jesus had done for him. And everyone marveled, Lord 181 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,800 says, you can't come with me. I need you to be an evangelist. 182 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,040 And so go to the Decaplis. Go to those ten cities and 183 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:08,080 proclaim to them what you just experienced. 184 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,080 And here we. Are two chapters. 185 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,920 Later, Jesus visited the capitalists and there are 186 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,040 thousands of people waiting for him. 187 00:10:17,140 --> 00:10:18,340 I want you to think about that for a moment. 188 00:10:18,460 --> 00:10:24,140 One man's testimony stirred the hearts of 10 cities. 189 00:10:25,380 --> 00:10:28,420 One man's testimony. It was an undeniable testimony. 190 00:10:28,420 --> 00:10:30,740 It was a profound testimony. It was. 191 00:10:30,780 --> 00:10:33,260 It was incredible. But the the. 192 00:10:33,340 --> 00:10:35,860 Point is more than just the man's testimony, because we 193 00:10:35,860 --> 00:10:38,140 might not be that encouraged with that I wasn't filled. 194 00:10:38,140 --> 00:10:41,460 With 10 thousands of demons. That's not something that I can 195 00:10:41,460 --> 00:10:46,110 really share without lying. I grew up in the church and I 196 00:10:46,150 --> 00:10:49,110 love the Lord as early as I can imagine. 197 00:10:49,430 --> 00:10:51,590 What does this have to do with me in terms of inspiration? 198 00:10:51,590 --> 00:10:53,390 Well, it goes deeper than his testimony. 199 00:10:54,350 --> 00:10:55,670 It has. More to do with his. 200 00:10:55,670 --> 00:10:58,030 Submission to the wisdom of God than anything. 201 00:10:58,030 --> 00:11:01,150 Else, what was his initial desire after he was? 202 00:11:01,150 --> 00:11:05,230 Restored by Christ, Please let me go with you. 203 00:11:06,310 --> 00:11:07,790 That was his. Dream so to. 204 00:11:07,790 --> 00:11:09,030 Speak. That was his hope. 205 00:11:09,430 --> 00:11:13,070 That was his greatest desire. And what happened? 206 00:11:13,790 --> 00:11:17,710 Christ denied it. No, you can't come with me. 207 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:19,110 And you know. What didn't happen? 208 00:11:20,070 --> 00:11:21,630 His zeal. Wasn't dampened. 209 00:11:23,190 --> 00:11:25,750 He wasn't offended. And began to question the. 210 00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:29,390 Kindness of God and his providential leading He didn't. 211 00:11:29,510 --> 00:11:32,150 Pull back from serving the. Lord, because he didn't really 212 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:36,270 get what he wanted. He chose to obey regardless. 213 00:11:36,590 --> 00:11:38,550 He chose to serve him. Regardless. 214 00:11:38,910 --> 00:11:40,750 He chose to go where he told him to go. 215 00:11:40,790 --> 00:11:43,390 Though he may not have understood it immediately. 216 00:11:44,710 --> 00:11:45,990 And so it's more than just a man's. 217 00:11:45,990 --> 00:11:47,150 Testimony. It was his. 218 00:11:47,150 --> 00:11:50,710 Willingness to trust. In God's leading and here's the 219 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:53,550 point for you and I. What will you do? 220 00:11:53,910 --> 00:11:56,550 When the Lord does not. Give you what you want, as holy 221 00:11:56,550 --> 00:11:59,270 as it might seem, as great. As it might seem as. 222 00:11:59,270 --> 00:12:04,110 Good as it might seem, will you in some form of payback become 223 00:12:04,110 --> 00:12:05,990 bitter and say, well, Lord, if you're not going to answer my. 224 00:12:05,990 --> 00:12:08,270 Cry after I've been faithful. For this long, then, I'm not 225 00:12:08,270 --> 00:12:10,390 going to give you what you want. You may not say it out rightly, 226 00:12:10,390 --> 00:12:13,190 but maybe in your. Actions maybe in your devotion. 227 00:12:14,450 --> 00:12:18,010 And what you have to understand is that on the other side of you 228 00:12:18,010 --> 00:12:20,610 willing to say, OK, Lord, if this is where you want me to be, 229 00:12:20,930 --> 00:12:23,570 if this is who you've called me to be, if this is where I'm 230 00:12:23,570 --> 00:12:26,250 supposed to be an endure. Then I will do it. 231 00:12:26,770 --> 00:12:29,370 Maybe on the other side of. That there are blessings that 232 00:12:29,370 --> 00:12:30,330 you can't even. Imagine. 233 00:12:32,410 --> 00:12:35,490 Take that from this truth. Here's a man who thought the 234 00:12:35,490 --> 00:12:38,650 best thing was for him to be with Jesus and Jesus. 235 00:12:38,650 --> 00:12:40,580 I know better than you. Going to the. 236 00:12:40,580 --> 00:12:43,660 Decapolis And he goes. And revival breaks out. 237 00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:48,580 What if he had said no, But he said I thought you were. 238 00:12:48,580 --> 00:12:49,860 Kind and merciful. What's this? 239 00:12:49,860 --> 00:12:51,540 Well, thanks for the healing, but I'm going to go my way. 240 00:12:51,540 --> 00:12:54,020 What if? What if? 241 00:12:54,980 --> 00:12:56,580 And it's so sad. Over the years, I've seen 242 00:12:56,580 --> 00:12:59,900 Christian. Shrivel up and become sour. 243 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:03,180 Because they've made desperate pleas to God, and God hasn't 244 00:13:03,180 --> 00:13:05,940 realized it for them, and they're nowhere to be found. 245 00:13:06,980 --> 00:13:09,730 Who knows? What God could have done through 246 00:13:09,730 --> 00:13:11,930 them, they said. Well Lord, if you don't give me 247 00:13:11,930 --> 00:13:14,450 what I think is best for me, I will still serve you regardless 248 00:13:14,450 --> 00:13:18,730 and or what blessings he has in mind for those who trust and 249 00:13:18,730 --> 00:13:24,770 obey the region of the healing. This man prepared others to meet 250 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:26,370 Christ. But now? 251 00:13:26,370 --> 00:13:30,290 We come to the request of the healing mark zooms in. 252 00:13:30,450 --> 00:13:32,680 And verse 32. And we see here that. 253 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:35,560 They brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech 254 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:36,960 impediment. And they begged him. 255 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,840 Here's more begging. They begged him to lay his hand 256 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:41,240 on him. Who are the they? 257 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,000 We don't know. But whoever they are clearly are 258 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,920 people who love this man. They love this man enough to 259 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,600 take the time out of their day. To make the effort to cross. 260 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:56,200 Through the chaotic crowd. And to present to Jesus someone 261 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,160 who is in a desperate condition, they brought him to Christ. 262 00:14:02,990 --> 00:14:05,150 You know when it comes. To bringing people to Christ, 263 00:14:05,150 --> 00:14:07,550 there is energy involved. There's sacrifice involved. 264 00:14:07,550 --> 00:14:12,030 There is effort involved, and sometimes it may seem demanding. 265 00:14:12,030 --> 00:14:14,870 But no matter how demanding it is, it is our primary calling 266 00:14:15,230 --> 00:14:19,150 among many other callings. And it's amazing how so many 267 00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:23,110 temptations flood our hearts in the pursuit of witnessing to the 268 00:14:23,110 --> 00:14:26,550 loss, right. It's incredible how much? 269 00:14:26,550 --> 00:14:28,830 Encourages us to do just the opposite, and I'm one of them. 270 00:14:28,830 --> 00:14:30,550 I can attest to those temptations. 271 00:14:31,060 --> 00:14:34,340 For some, it's fear. We're just terrified of the idea 272 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:37,940 of confronting or. Communicating or sharing others 273 00:14:37,940 --> 00:14:40,220 it's it's a sense of. Unworthiness I I just don't feel 274 00:14:40,220 --> 00:14:42,420 like my life is. Holy enough in order. 275 00:14:42,420 --> 00:14:44,740 To be a representative Christ. And then there are others. 276 00:14:44,740 --> 00:14:49,460 If the honest St. is honest, that the thing that tempts them 277 00:14:49,460 --> 00:14:53,820 the most to reserve their witness is their schedule, their 278 00:14:53,820 --> 00:14:56,320 schedule. And I want to. 279 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,440 Re encourage you here right I want to realign. 280 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,640 This is the point of coming to church, we we remind. 281 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,200 Ourselves through singing and preaching. 282 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,000 Why I'm here? Why it is that I? 283 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,680 Have been left here on earth and not rapture the moment I confess 284 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,720 Christ. No matter what our personal 285 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:11,400 projects are, no matter how ambitious they are. 286 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:13,040 No matter how. Much they promise. 287 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,360 You know it, don't you? Nothing is more rewarding than 288 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,400 knowing you planted the seed of the gospel in the heart of a 289 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,600 receptive person. Nothing. 290 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:24,720 Nothing. And here are these friends. 291 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,400 Who willingly, intentionally took this man? 292 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:29,760 Who? Who was probably very. 293 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,200 Disoriented, being deaf, who had no. 294 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,400 Ability to share what he. Desired at least with his 295 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,640 tongue. And they said we're bringing you 296 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,360 to Christ. They loved him by bringing him 297 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:42,920 to Christ. And more than that, then they 298 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,400 begged Christ that that's a picture of intercession. 299 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,080 We're going to ask Christ on your behalf to do something in 300 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,920 your life. But there's more than just the 301 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,920 bringing. There's more than just the 302 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,610 begging. There is the specific request. 303 00:15:56,610 --> 00:15:59,010 That they made that is worthy of our meditation. 304 00:15:59,650 --> 00:16:02,490 What did they ask Jesus to do for the man? 305 00:16:03,290 --> 00:16:07,770 Put your hands on him. Christ, lay your hands on him. 306 00:16:07,850 --> 00:16:10,130 That that doesn't seem like an outlandish thing, That that's 307 00:16:10,130 --> 00:16:11,890 something that they probably witnessed with their own eyes. 308 00:16:12,050 --> 00:16:15,130 Maybe they saw Christ, according to Matthew, do it with hundreds 309 00:16:15,130 --> 00:16:17,290 of others. And so they just knew what they 310 00:16:17,290 --> 00:16:18,290 saw. They just. 311 00:16:18,620 --> 00:16:20,260 Interpret it as out. Christ does things. 312 00:16:20,460 --> 00:16:22,980 What would you lay your hands on him Now we might just read pass 313 00:16:22,980 --> 00:16:24,420 through that say well that. That just something that's 314 00:16:24,420 --> 00:16:27,140 obvious. Right until you look at verse 315 00:16:27,140 --> 00:16:28,580 30. Three, and see how Christ 316 00:16:28,740 --> 00:16:32,420 answers their plea. Does he lay hands on him, and 317 00:16:32,420 --> 00:16:35,860 taking him aside from the crowd, privately he put his fingers 318 00:16:35,860 --> 00:16:39,540 into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue and. 319 00:16:39,540 --> 00:16:43,940 Looking up to heaven, he sighed. That's not the same of laying 320 00:16:43,940 --> 00:16:46,560 hands on him. That's not. 321 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,760 That's very elaborate. Very different. 322 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:54,160 Might be even very curious. And so these men. 323 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:57,120 Came to Jesus. Asking for a specific. 324 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:59,480 Method and Christ had another method in mind. 325 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,360 And I think this is important for us to consider. 326 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,800 You saying why? Because if we're not. 327 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,200 Careful and our. Petitioning to Christ, and our 328 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,119 seeking of Christ and our waiting of Christ. 329 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:14,530 We might have. A list of things that we believe 330 00:17:14,530 --> 00:17:17,170 Christ should do and how he should do it, and when he 331 00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:21,050 doesn't, if you're not prepared to realize that he's sovereign. 332 00:17:21,530 --> 00:17:23,490 You might set. Yourself up for disappointment? 333 00:17:26,290 --> 00:17:27,890 Do you remember naming the Syrian? 334 00:17:28,610 --> 00:17:31,290 Maybe you don't naming the Syrian was. 335 00:17:32,090 --> 00:17:35,650 Littered with leprosy, he hears of a man in Israel who can heal 336 00:17:35,650 --> 00:17:38,250 the sick who is in tune with God, Elijah the prophet. 337 00:17:38,250 --> 00:17:40,890 So he comes to Elijah's house after he was directed by the 338 00:17:40,890 --> 00:17:43,010 government. And when he arrives there, 339 00:17:43,930 --> 00:17:48,850 Elijah doesn't even come out to say hi to the guy he sends a 340 00:17:48,850 --> 00:17:51,490 messenger out the front door to. Give him instructions. 341 00:17:52,050 --> 00:17:56,010 Like, talk about disrespect. At least in the eyes of a man 342 00:17:56,010 --> 00:17:57,330 who deserved who thought he deserved. 343 00:17:57,330 --> 00:17:59,130 Respect. He sends a message. 344 00:17:59,130 --> 00:18:02,490 That's like a politician coming over to your house, knocking on 345 00:18:02,490 --> 00:18:04,170 your door, asking for your attendance and you. 346 00:18:04,170 --> 00:18:07,810 Send out somebody else to deal with them. 347 00:18:07,970 --> 00:18:08,810 That's what, Elijah. Does. 348 00:18:08,810 --> 00:18:09,570 Why? Is he rude? 349 00:18:09,570 --> 00:18:11,570 No, he he's trying to highlight his pride. 350 00:18:12,340 --> 00:18:16,060 And it was highlighted because the instruction that Elijah gave 351 00:18:16,060 --> 00:18:18,860 to this man, you know it well, OK, if you want to be healed. 352 00:18:18,860 --> 00:18:23,020 And verse ten of Second Kings 5 going washing the Jordan 7 353 00:18:23,020 --> 00:18:25,740 times, and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean. 354 00:18:27,060 --> 00:18:29,540 Simple, straightforward, just like the gospel. 355 00:18:29,620 --> 00:18:31,900 Repent and believe. Nothing complicated, nothing 356 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:35,500 philosophical, nothing sophisticated, Just go to the 357 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:37,140 foot of the cross, repent and believe. 358 00:18:37,220 --> 00:18:38,900 And what happened to this man? Name it he. 359 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:41,260 Was offended. Let me read to you his response 360 00:18:41,260 --> 00:18:46,060 in verse 11 and 2nd Kings 5 But Naman was angry and went away, 361 00:18:46,060 --> 00:18:50,540 saying, Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me 362 00:18:50,660 --> 00:18:53,860 and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave 363 00:18:53,860 --> 00:18:56,060 his hand over the place and cure the leper. 364 00:18:58,940 --> 00:19:05,420 I I wanted something more honorable than this, more showy 365 00:19:05,420 --> 00:19:10,230 than this. More sophisticated in this I had 366 00:19:10,230 --> 00:19:12,430 an expectation and it wasn't realized. 367 00:19:12,510 --> 00:19:14,470 And he became angry and he almost missed out on the 368 00:19:14,470 --> 00:19:15,950 blessing. If it wasn't for. 369 00:19:15,950 --> 00:19:21,510 A servant who reminded him. And how does that work for us? 370 00:19:22,630 --> 00:19:24,990 I think it works in many ways. Lord, I want to serve you. 371 00:19:26,070 --> 00:19:28,470 I want to serve you in this way, and I want to serve you at this 372 00:19:28,470 --> 00:19:31,390 time, and I want to serve you with this kind of an influence, 373 00:19:31,390 --> 00:19:34,510 and I want to serve you with this kind of people, and I want 374 00:19:34,510 --> 00:19:37,230 to serve you at this capacity, with these kind of giftings and 375 00:19:37,230 --> 00:19:39,370 the Lord. Is pleased to use. 376 00:19:39,370 --> 00:19:42,810 You and I. But then he gives you a ministry 377 00:19:42,810 --> 00:19:46,930 that he wants you to have. Will you be like naming? 378 00:19:48,130 --> 00:19:54,370 Behold, I thought. Lord, at this point of my life, 379 00:19:54,370 --> 00:19:56,130 let me just check. Here my blueprint for my 380 00:19:56,130 --> 00:19:59,410 existence at this point I would like to have this kind of a 381 00:19:59,410 --> 00:20:02,570 spouse, this kind of a house, this amount of. 382 00:20:02,570 --> 00:20:05,050 Kids, this kind of. Region this kind of property 383 00:20:05,050 --> 00:20:08,370 taxes. This kind of church, a church 384 00:20:08,370 --> 00:20:09,930 that preaches. Well, and does things well. 385 00:20:09,930 --> 00:20:11,570 Doesn't get involved in my business and. 386 00:20:12,410 --> 00:20:14,330 I have all these things, Lord, that I have in mind. 387 00:20:14,330 --> 00:20:18,170 Here you go and the. Lord is pleased to provide for 388 00:20:18,170 --> 00:20:19,730 you. But then in his. 389 00:20:19,730 --> 00:20:23,370 Providence, When he brings you where you're at, does it meet 390 00:20:23,370 --> 00:20:27,330 your expectations? And if it doesn't, will you be 391 00:20:27,330 --> 00:20:31,050 like naming? Behold, I thought. 392 00:20:33,010 --> 00:20:36,830 Here are these men, they said. Lord, would you place your hands 393 00:20:36,830 --> 00:20:38,950 on him? And he honored their faith. 394 00:20:39,030 --> 00:20:41,350 You see the point that I'm trying to drive into your soul? 395 00:20:41,550 --> 00:20:43,670 Is not that. Trusting in God means that you 396 00:20:43,670 --> 00:20:45,910 should expect less. Than what you hope for. 397 00:20:46,470 --> 00:20:49,350 It's to believe that he is better than what you prayed for. 398 00:20:50,270 --> 00:20:52,950 It's to realize that he will honor your faith and he will do 399 00:20:52,950 --> 00:20:55,310 above and beyond what you. Expected or imagined? 400 00:20:55,910 --> 00:20:57,390 No matter. How much you think that? 401 00:20:57,390 --> 00:21:00,830 It is the way it should be. Christ comes and. 402 00:21:02,030 --> 00:21:05,840 He brings this man privately. He honored their faith. 403 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:06,760 He didn't. Scold them. 404 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,440 Notice that because. We should be specific. 405 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,800 In our request. We should seek, we should ask, 406 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,200 we should knock, but we should also have the faith enough to. 407 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,000 Believe that if it does not come in the specific way that we had 408 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,040 imagined, that His sovereignty is greater than mine. 409 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,800 And so this man comes. Helplessly, Jesus brings him 410 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,440 privately, which transitions us perfectly into the next thought. 411 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,240 Not just the region of the healing, not just the request 412 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:33,400 for the healing, but the method of the healing. 413 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,290 You read it. Jesus takes him. 414 00:21:36,730 --> 00:21:40,130 He doesn't want to make this show in front of people. 415 00:21:40,130 --> 00:21:41,930 He doesn't want to advertise this man. 416 00:21:42,570 --> 00:21:45,290 He has enough attention. And so he pulls him. 417 00:21:45,290 --> 00:21:48,850 Aside, he looks at him. And maybe the the friends that 418 00:21:48,850 --> 00:21:50,530 came with the man. Look from a distance and they 419 00:21:50,530 --> 00:21:52,290 said OK, it shouldn't take too long. 420 00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:57,890 And Jesus sticks his fingers in his ears and he spits and takes 421 00:21:57,890 --> 00:22:00,210 some of his saliva and he places it on his tongue. 422 00:22:01,580 --> 00:22:03,620 And then more than that, we're told by Mark, very 423 00:22:03,620 --> 00:22:05,780 descriptively, that he looks up to heaven. 424 00:22:08,340 --> 00:22:12,020 He sighs. He uses an Aramaic word that 425 00:22:12,020 --> 00:22:16,260 simply says it means be opened and the man was healed. 426 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:20,060 That's not the method that they had thought. 427 00:22:20,260 --> 00:22:25,330 Christ has different methods. Be careful of comparing. 428 00:22:25,330 --> 00:22:27,210 Your life. Because the way he provides for. 429 00:22:27,210 --> 00:22:29,330 You the way he uses, you the way he leads. 430 00:22:29,330 --> 00:22:32,330 You may have some overlap with other people, but it is often 431 00:22:32,330 --> 00:22:33,130 very. Unique. 432 00:22:34,130 --> 00:22:37,370 It's very unique. I mean, just think about the way 433 00:22:37,370 --> 00:22:39,130 people were saved in this very room. 434 00:22:39,850 --> 00:22:42,130 Some of you heard a preacher in person. 435 00:22:42,490 --> 00:22:44,610 And that's how God got your attention. 436 00:22:44,970 --> 00:22:47,410 Some of you receive a tract while you went to the mall. 437 00:22:47,890 --> 00:22:49,810 Some of you read your Bible privately. 438 00:22:49,810 --> 00:22:53,250 In your own room. Some of you got saved through a 439 00:22:53,250 --> 00:22:55,410 podcast, others through miraculously. 440 00:22:55,730 --> 00:22:58,570 TikTok, TikTok. I've been hearing that TikTok, 441 00:22:58,570 --> 00:23:02,290 TikTok, TikTok, TikTok of all places. 442 00:23:02,690 --> 00:23:07,930 Some of you through Divine. Healing God has different ways 443 00:23:08,290 --> 00:23:12,890 of working and we see here that he proves that and in the case 444 00:23:12,890 --> 00:23:13,650 of this. Healing. 445 00:23:13,650 --> 00:23:17,290 It was very unique. And for a glorious reason, why 446 00:23:17,290 --> 00:23:18,530 couldn't he have just said a word I. 447 00:23:19,250 --> 00:23:20,410 Would have saved a lot more time. 448 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,600 Why didn't he do? What Naman would have imagined. 449 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:28,200 Just waved his hand and this man's ears could have popped 450 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,080 open and his tongue could have been loosened. 451 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,840 Why this complicated and technical procedure? 452 00:23:36,120 --> 00:23:39,640 It's no accident. You should know that by now. 453 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,400 I think that what Christ is doing at this time with this 454 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,840 specific man is. Showcasing what we've seen in. 455 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:54,300 Christ and many of his healings. A deep personal concern and care 456 00:23:55,140 --> 00:23:57,620 oozing. Out of a place of compassion, 457 00:23:58,980 --> 00:24:01,940 here's this man again, Death unable. 458 00:24:01,940 --> 00:24:07,180 To speak, unable to really. Speak for himself and in the 459 00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:09,740 natural. Sense, not really knowing 460 00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:10,660 what's. Happening. 461 00:24:11,460 --> 00:24:13,380 We don't know how long he was deaf for. 462 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:15,700 And so you can just imagine these friends. 463 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:18,060 Trying to communicate with him, We're taking you. 464 00:24:18,580 --> 00:24:20,620 And here he is just going along with them. 465 00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:23,690 And they come before this. Jesus, did he see it? 466 00:24:23,850 --> 00:24:25,730 Did he himself see him perform miracles? 467 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:28,410 We don't know. But here he is before Christ, 468 00:24:28,410 --> 00:24:30,650 not knowing what is about to take place. 469 00:24:32,090 --> 00:24:36,890 And it could be that when Christ comes to this man and using his 470 00:24:36,890 --> 00:24:40,490 hands and signaling to him in this way, he is in essence 471 00:24:40,490 --> 00:24:43,610 communicating to him. In other words. 472 00:24:43,610 --> 00:24:49,090 This is Jesus using sign language to meet this man where 473 00:24:49,090 --> 00:24:53,700 he was at. This is Jesus coming to this man 474 00:24:55,380 --> 00:24:59,060 and placing his fingers in his. Ears to say, I know where the 475 00:24:59,060 --> 00:25:02,580 problem. Is placing his finger with. 476 00:25:02,580 --> 00:25:06,500 His saliva on his tongue to say I know that you cannot speak. 477 00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:10,860 Looking up to heaven right before him to show I I'm showing 478 00:25:10,860 --> 00:25:13,100 you where the. Source of this power comes from. 479 00:25:14,220 --> 00:25:16,980 And even Mark giving us the exact. 480 00:25:16,980 --> 00:25:20,540 Words of Jesus at this time. We have reason to believe that 481 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:25,140 this man could read lips. And so, as Jesus says, be. 482 00:25:25,180 --> 00:25:29,660 Opened, this man would also see the authority of Jesus. 483 00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:32,660 Christ. And so you have these friends 484 00:25:32,660 --> 00:25:36,780 begging Jesus, would you lay your hands on him? 485 00:25:37,740 --> 00:25:40,700 And here's Christ in his mercy and grace, going above and 486 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:44,420 beyond what they've even asked? I will heal him, but I want to 487 00:25:44,420 --> 00:25:48,530 show him that I am deeply. Concerned for him, and I care 488 00:25:48,530 --> 00:25:50,050 for him as an individual, as a person. 489 00:25:50,050 --> 00:25:52,050 I realize his condition at this time. 490 00:25:52,370 --> 00:25:55,250 And so let me take him away from the crowd and give him my full 491 00:25:55,290 --> 00:25:58,330 undivided attention. And let me place my hands in 492 00:25:58,330 --> 00:26:01,850 these ways and perform these gestures so he knows what is 493 00:26:01,850 --> 00:26:04,530 about to take place. So his faith can be encouraged, 494 00:26:04,890 --> 00:26:08,650 so he is aware of why he is here and why I am here. 495 00:26:10,410 --> 00:26:15,210 This is Christ showing that he cares. 496 00:26:17,310 --> 00:26:19,670 And would you know it, this is Christ performing this. 497 00:26:19,670 --> 00:26:21,830 Kind of a miracle. Of all the Gospels in the Gospel 498 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:22,950 of Mark. I hope you didn't. 499 00:26:22,950 --> 00:26:26,750 Forget what the theme of Mark is concerning Jesus, the perfect 500 00:26:26,750 --> 00:26:29,630 servant of God, the perfect minister. 501 00:26:30,670 --> 00:26:32,750 And here's Jesus ministering to this man. 502 00:26:33,590 --> 00:26:35,310 And it's no. Wonder why this account is? 503 00:26:35,310 --> 00:26:36,990 Provided under Mark's authorship. 504 00:26:38,190 --> 00:26:39,590 It's for our instruction as well. 505 00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:42,510 Yeah, this is unique to Christ's authority anointing in power. 506 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,080 But his model as a as a servant serving people, you know what 507 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:48,760 Jesus is doing here. He's meeting this man at his 508 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:54,960 level of understanding. He's willing to take the time to 509 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,880 convey in the language that he might have understood the most, 510 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,280 because Jesus doesn't see ministry as some drivethru 511 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,160 experience. Jesus doesn't minister here out 512 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,440 of compulsion, and he never does. 513 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,720 Jesus' heart is in what he does. No matter how weary his bones 514 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,440 were, no matter how much the demands were on his flesh at 515 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,840 this time, he gives his full attention, and he speaks to a 516 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:24,960 man in the language that he would have known most. 517 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,280 I was reading this thinking about this laying in bed last 518 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:35,480 night, and I and I said, Lord, give me the wisdom, please. 519 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:39,240 And give me the. Grace and the patience to know 520 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:44,700 how to convey your truth. Help me be mindful. 521 00:27:44,700 --> 00:27:49,860 Help me be patient. And understanding that every 522 00:27:49,860 --> 00:27:51,820 single. Person has a different condition 523 00:27:53,540 --> 00:27:55,660 and not one method works the same for all. 524 00:27:56,780 --> 00:27:59,060 Help me understand. That if I'm going to. 525 00:27:59,060 --> 00:28:01,860 Reach people. There's a grace that I need to 526 00:28:01,860 --> 00:28:06,020 exercise an awareness that needs to be implemented in order to be 527 00:28:06,020 --> 00:28:10,970 most effective. I hope you leave with that truth 528 00:28:10,970 --> 00:28:11,730 in your. Heart. 529 00:28:13,970 --> 00:28:15,610 There are people. Who are broken in different 530 00:28:15,610 --> 00:28:18,170 ways. And it's not that we compromise 531 00:28:18,170 --> 00:28:20,450 in order to minister and disciple them, but it does 532 00:28:20,450 --> 00:28:25,050 require an attentiveness and A and a willingness to be able to 533 00:28:25,770 --> 00:28:30,650 meet them at their level, meet them at their level, and help 534 00:28:30,650 --> 00:28:33,930 them to grow in the revelation of the goodness of God. 535 00:28:35,410 --> 00:28:38,410 So here's Christ, fingers in his ears, touching his tongue. 536 00:28:38,870 --> 00:28:43,590 Looking up to heaven wording with his mouth so that this man 537 00:28:44,430 --> 00:28:47,870 could see and understand what was about to take place. 538 00:28:48,230 --> 00:28:50,750 That his heart would be comforted, that his faith would 539 00:28:50,750 --> 00:28:53,310 arise, and Christ would be glorified. 540 00:28:54,870 --> 00:28:58,470 The method of the healing. What a wonderful master we 541 00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,550 serve. But notice now after the method, 542 00:29:01,550 --> 00:29:05,520 the instructions. Verse 35. 543 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,320 And his ears were open, his tongue was released, and he 544 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,160 spoke plainly. You know what's so significant 545 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,120 about speaking plainly? The word they're. 546 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,560 Plainly is that he became fluent in the language. 547 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,520 It could be that this the man didn't even know how he he 548 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,800 didn't know anything, right? People debate whether he was 549 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,640 born deaf or not, but he. Couldn't speak. 550 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,680 And the miracle? Is that it? 551 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,920 Passed through all the need for therapy, all the need for 552 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,600 sitting in a room with a tutor to learn how to speak and he was 553 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:38,320 able to communicate right away. It was a complete restoration. 554 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,360 And so this man was able to put sentences together, to 555 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,920 understand verbs, to to give speech right in that moment. 556 00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:53,880 And then Jesus does something. Remarkable verse 36, he charged 557 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:59,520 them. To tell no one, Lord, the guy. 558 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,680 The guy just started to speak and you're telling him not to 559 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:09,170 speak. We feel the same way sometimes. 560 00:30:09,170 --> 00:30:11,490 Don't worry about the commands of Christ and our natural 561 00:30:11,490 --> 00:30:12,770 thinking. It doesn't make sense. 562 00:30:14,650 --> 00:30:16,690 He charged them, not just. The men, but his friends, I'm 563 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:18,650 sure they. Were fully aware of what? 564 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:23,690 Just happened. Don't say anything to anybody. 565 00:30:23,930 --> 00:30:26,450 Not one. Soul charge is a very. 566 00:30:26,450 --> 00:30:28,690 Strong word sternly commanded them. 567 00:30:29,450 --> 00:30:31,130 Now one person should hear about this. 568 00:30:33,030 --> 00:30:35,670 And hear what we see in the second part of. 569 00:30:35,670 --> 00:30:38,830 Verse 36 the. More zealously, they proclaimed 570 00:30:38,830 --> 00:30:41,030 it. The more he charged them. 571 00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:43,270 The more zealously they proclaimed it. 572 00:30:45,270 --> 00:30:48,670 Can you imagine that? The Lord more than once telling. 573 00:30:48,870 --> 00:30:52,550 Don't say a word. And the more he said no, the 574 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:53,710 more they were. Wanting to do, it does. 575 00:30:54,830 --> 00:30:56,510 That sound familiar to a specific. 576 00:30:56,510 --> 00:31:02,550 Demographic in life, yeah. We get facial hair, we get 577 00:31:02,550 --> 00:31:05,110 taller, we. Get wrinkles and some of us 578 00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:12,110 still act like children don't okay. 579 00:31:13,230 --> 00:31:14,350 And the moment he turned his back. 580 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:16,430 Go, go, go, go, go. Tell as many people as you can. 581 00:31:18,950 --> 00:31:21,270 Why? Is the Lord asking not Lord? 582 00:31:21,710 --> 00:31:24,350 Don't you want people to be exposed to your power, Your 583 00:31:24,350 --> 00:31:28,110 unmatched mercy? And we've explored this, haven't 584 00:31:28,110 --> 00:31:31,750 we before? But it's here again, And it's 585 00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:34,750 here again to remind us and to teach us and to because we're 586 00:31:34,750 --> 00:31:36,830 creatures of. Repetition to solidify this 587 00:31:36,830 --> 00:31:39,790 truth. Why is Jesus saying no? 588 00:31:40,550 --> 00:31:42,470 And we've touched on this, so let me remind you 2. 589 00:31:42,470 --> 00:31:46,550 Reasons at least. From the human standpoint of why 590 00:31:46,550 --> 00:31:47,510 they. Would do it though. 591 00:31:47,510 --> 00:31:50,190 He said no. The first one is something that 592 00:31:50,190 --> 00:31:51,830 we kind of see plainly. They were excited. 593 00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:55,670 How can you hold it in? This man couldn't hear, he 594 00:31:55,670 --> 00:31:58,990 couldn't speak, and now he can formulate sentences. 595 00:31:59,870 --> 00:32:03,430 You're asking us not to say anything, Lord, we love you, but 596 00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:07,470 come on. And so here they are, exploding 597 00:32:07,470 --> 00:32:11,270 with exuberance and. They go to the streets and they 598 00:32:11,270 --> 00:32:18,790 proclaim this good news at the expense of obedience, and it's a 599 00:32:18,790 --> 00:32:21,670 lesson for us to remember that. Often times you were here Friday 600 00:32:21,670 --> 00:32:22,950 and some of. You were here Friday. 601 00:32:23,310 --> 00:32:26,830 That emotions can often lead us into disobedience. 602 00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:30,540 That we can be emotionally invested in something to the 603 00:32:30,540 --> 00:32:32,220 degree. That it steers us away. 604 00:32:32,220 --> 00:32:35,820 From Christ's clear commands and we looked. 605 00:32:35,820 --> 00:32:38,260 At that this Friday with Saul, Saul slaughtered. 606 00:32:38,260 --> 00:32:40,580 The Gibianites and the Gibianites. 607 00:32:40,580 --> 00:32:44,020 Were protected people among the Israelites through a covenant. 608 00:32:44,340 --> 00:32:46,380 They were to never be harmed for the rest of their. 609 00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:49,100 Days and yet. Saul It says there in Second 610 00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:53,340 Samuel 21 verse two that out of his zeal for the. 611 00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:56,580 People of Israel and Judah. He slayed them. 612 00:32:57,220 --> 00:33:01,380 His zeal, he felt very. Strongly about this cause, even 613 00:33:01,380 --> 00:33:03,900 at the expense of. A covenant that was made. 614 00:33:05,980 --> 00:33:07,260 And so let me repeat what I said. 615 00:33:07,260 --> 00:33:11,380 Friday that there is a. Culture now. 616 00:33:11,460 --> 00:33:13,620 That we're in, that is more and more. 617 00:33:13,620 --> 00:33:15,820 Permitting absolutely, almost everything. 618 00:33:16,180 --> 00:33:18,460 As long as you feel strongly about it. 619 00:33:19,340 --> 00:33:21,940 You'd be made to know what you do in counseling sessions. 620 00:33:22,350 --> 00:33:24,390 And all you're trying to deal with, really, is people who feel 621 00:33:24,430 --> 00:33:26,750 strongly. About something, though, it is 622 00:33:26,790 --> 00:33:30,310 plainly wrong. And so these. 623 00:33:30,310 --> 00:33:34,070 People felt very strongly about telling others of what Jesus 624 00:33:34,070 --> 00:33:36,910 did, though. Jesus command was as plain as 625 00:33:36,910 --> 00:33:41,070 can be don't do it. But we were excited about it. 626 00:33:41,990 --> 00:33:43,390 And that. Excitement can lead us. 627 00:33:43,390 --> 00:33:46,550 Into sin and sometimes lack of excitement can lead us into. 628 00:33:46,550 --> 00:33:49,150 Sin, the presence of certain. Feelings. 629 00:33:49,150 --> 00:33:51,590 The absence of certain. Feelings should never determine. 630 00:33:52,220 --> 00:33:54,300 The driving seat of your devotion to the Lord. 631 00:33:57,260 --> 00:34:00,260 Or maybe it's something else. Maybe it wasn't the. 632 00:34:00,700 --> 00:34:04,780 Sheer emotion of it, maybe. It was the human wisdom element 633 00:34:04,780 --> 00:34:07,660 of it and. So here's Jesus, who just does 634 00:34:07,660 --> 00:34:09,699 this awesome thing. And the people hear. 635 00:34:09,699 --> 00:34:11,860 From him, right after tell. No one. 636 00:34:12,699 --> 00:34:17,179 And I'm sure some of them thought really no one. 637 00:34:18,699 --> 00:34:21,389 Lord, we love you. We're so grateful for what you 638 00:34:21,389 --> 00:34:26,389 just did here. But telling no one doesn't. 639 00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:30,550 Really help your cause. We heard some of your teaching. 640 00:34:30,550 --> 00:34:31,790 We heard. Some of your claims and there 641 00:34:31,790 --> 00:34:32,989 are other people who are a little. 642 00:34:32,989 --> 00:34:35,989 Confused about who you are? Wouldn't this help? 643 00:34:35,989 --> 00:34:40,830 You wouldn't. This give less ammunition to the 644 00:34:40,830 --> 00:34:42,949 spiritual leaders. Who try to? 645 00:34:42,949 --> 00:34:45,590 Accuse you of such. And such let us. 646 00:34:45,670 --> 00:34:49,989 Assist you in this. You're great in so many ways, 647 00:34:50,070 --> 00:34:52,630 but in this area, Lord, I think you need a little help. 648 00:34:53,190 --> 00:34:59,430 We'll go and do it anyway. And again, this is a reflection 649 00:34:59,430 --> 00:35:02,510 of human nature. You have people who love. 650 00:35:02,510 --> 00:35:06,470 Christ, you have people who who who love components of who he. 651 00:35:06,470 --> 00:35:09,030 Is and what he has done. But there are some parts in his 652 00:35:09,030 --> 00:35:13,950 word that don't seem to. Help his cause in this day of 653 00:35:13,950 --> 00:35:17,840 age. And so it's clear, it's playing, 654 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,480 It's obvious, but this might push people away. 655 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:26,280 From Jesus and so let's. Tweak it a little bit. 656 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:29,400 Let's skip over it. Let's reinterpret it. 657 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,280 Christ means well, and maybe this meant something at some 658 00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:36,400 time, but for now this doesn't apply. 659 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,040 So, Lord, we know what you're saying, but we're here to. 660 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,840 Help. This is why we're seeing the 661 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:47,390 nominations fall apart. This is why we're seeing 662 00:35:47,390 --> 00:35:50,670 different churches invite things because their intentions might 663 00:35:50,670 --> 00:35:52,670 be just like these. People we're trying to aid, 664 00:35:53,110 --> 00:35:57,990 we're we're trying to assist. When in reality, in Christ's 665 00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:59,950 wisdom, he knew that this was going to bring more harm than 666 00:35:59,950 --> 00:36:00,950 anything. Else. 667 00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:03,830 So what's the take away from this? 668 00:36:03,910 --> 00:36:05,750 With these instructions, it's very simple. 669 00:36:06,590 --> 00:36:09,110 Whatever, he says, just trust it. 670 00:36:09,350 --> 00:36:11,970 Okay. Just trust it, no matter what, 671 00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:13,690 he says. No matter how your feelings 672 00:36:13,690 --> 00:36:16,330 attest to it, no matter how much you think that it is 673 00:36:16,330 --> 00:36:19,250 counterintuitive. Just trust his word. 674 00:36:20,050 --> 00:36:23,170 You'll never go wrong and more importantly, your honor the one 675 00:36:23,170 --> 00:36:26,170 that matters most. They don't. 676 00:36:26,530 --> 00:36:31,330 They were zealously running in the other direction, and with 677 00:36:31,330 --> 00:36:32,770 that, quick. Disappointment, we said. 678 00:36:32,770 --> 00:36:34,290 We see some. Kind of light. 679 00:36:35,170 --> 00:36:37,410 At verse 37 with the remarks. About the healing. 680 00:36:38,110 --> 00:36:39,630 They were. Astonished beyond measure, 681 00:36:39,630 --> 00:36:42,670 saying he has done all things well. 682 00:36:44,830 --> 00:36:48,870 If you don't believe that now, precious St. if you're attempted 683 00:36:48,870 --> 00:36:52,230 to doubt that, there is a day coming where you will be 684 00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:55,870 glorified and you will look back, and despite all the pain 685 00:36:56,590 --> 00:37:01,470 and all the strange providential leadings, you can look back and 686 00:37:01,470 --> 00:37:02,870 you'll say he's done all things well. 687 00:37:03,350 --> 00:37:04,990 That day's coming. I'm encouraging you. 688 00:37:05,070 --> 00:37:06,870 I'm encouraging your little faith today. 689 00:37:07,620 --> 00:37:10,380 That they will come. He's done all things well. 690 00:37:10,700 --> 00:37:14,500 He even makes the death here and the mute speak. 691 00:37:15,020 --> 00:37:20,060 Now here's what's fascinating. The word mute here is not the 692 00:37:20,060 --> 00:37:25,060 same word that Mark uses when he narrates the request for the 693 00:37:25,060 --> 00:37:27,780 healing. What was the specific request 694 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:30,460 and what was the? Diagnosis according to Mark, 695 00:37:30,460 --> 00:37:32,660 verse 32. Again, look with your Bibles. 696 00:37:32,940 --> 00:37:35,060 And they brought to him a man who was deaf. 697 00:37:35,550 --> 00:37:39,630 And had a speech impediment. Do you see those collection of 698 00:37:39,630 --> 00:37:44,270 words there had a speech impediment in the. 699 00:37:44,270 --> 00:37:46,190 Greek. That's one word. 700 00:37:47,510 --> 00:37:51,230 It's one word in the Greek. And this one word in the Greek 701 00:37:51,230 --> 00:37:54,470 is actually only found. Here in this place, in all of 702 00:37:54,470 --> 00:37:57,670 the New Testament, mute is a different. 703 00:37:57,670 --> 00:38:03,270 Word the word in the Greek here. Which is Mogo lalos is actually. 704 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,400 A very simple definition, very difficult to speak. 705 00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,240 That's all it means. But it's a rare word, and Mark 706 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:13,560 chooses to use it to describe this man's ailment. 707 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,640 And you think, well, why? Why didn't you just go with what 708 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,680 the word? The people used and here's 709 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,120 what's so fascinating it is. The only word that is. 710 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,240 Found in the New Testament in the Greek language. 711 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:30,440 But there is one other. Place in all of the Bible that 712 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,920 this word is used. It's actually in the Old 713 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:34,320 Testament. You think? 714 00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,400 Hold on. The Old Testament was written 715 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:37,960 in. Hebrew, you're right. 716 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,320 But there was a Greek version written of the Hebrew scripture. 717 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:45,000 It's called the Septugent that was compiled 2 to 300 years 718 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,720 before. Christ and it was a. 719 00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:49,520 Translation of the Hebrew scriptures that was very 720 00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:53,960 available at this time in history with Jesus and the 721 00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:59,040 disciples and so in all of the Bible if you go with the Greek 722 00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:00,920 version of the Hebrew scriptures. 723 00:39:01,340 --> 00:39:04,500 You would realize that this Greek word that Mark uses is not 724 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:08,980 just found here, it's actually found somewhere else, a total of 725 00:39:08,980 --> 00:39:12,700 two times that it is mentioned. And when you realize where it is 726 00:39:12,700 --> 00:39:15,260 mentioned, that you also realize why. 727 00:39:15,260 --> 00:39:19,540 Mark used it. Do you know where it was used? 728 00:39:20,380 --> 00:39:23,380 I'll tell you where it's used in the book of Isaiah. 729 00:39:24,180 --> 00:39:27,780 Go to Isaiah with me very quickly and go to chapter 35 and 730 00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:28,660 allow. Me to read a few. 731 00:39:28,660 --> 00:39:39,350 Verses. Isaiah 35 will begin in verse 3. 732 00:39:43,150 --> 00:39:47,390 This is a prophecy. And it's a. 733 00:39:47,590 --> 00:39:51,710 Prophecy of a specific era. And here's what the prophecy 734 00:39:51,710 --> 00:39:54,790 says. Strengthen the weak hands and 735 00:39:54,790 --> 00:39:55,990 make. Firm the. 736 00:39:55,990 --> 00:39:59,590 Feeble knees, say to those who have an anxious heart. 737 00:39:59,950 --> 00:40:02,190 Be strong. Fear not. 738 00:40:02,670 --> 00:40:05,110 Behold your God will. Come with vengeance with the. 739 00:40:05,110 --> 00:40:08,190 Recompass of God he will. Come and save you. 740 00:40:08,590 --> 00:40:10,990 Verse five, then the. Eyes of the blind. 741 00:40:10,990 --> 00:40:14,990 Shall be opened and the. Ears of the deaf unstopped, then 742 00:40:14,990 --> 00:40:16,830 shall the layman leap like a deer. 743 00:40:16,830 --> 00:40:19,590 And the tongue of the mute sing for. 744 00:40:19,590 --> 00:40:24,590 Joy for waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in 745 00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:30,030 the desert for the. Tongue of the mute sing for joy. 746 00:40:32,450 --> 00:40:34,330 And so if you had a Greek version of the Hebrew 747 00:40:34,330 --> 00:40:36,770 scriptures. And you saw Mark's letter. 748 00:40:37,850 --> 00:40:39,530 And you? Read that word there. 749 00:40:40,370 --> 00:40:43,530 For speech impediment. You would look back at Isaiah 750 00:40:43,530 --> 00:40:46,250 and realize. That he uses the very same word 751 00:40:46,930 --> 00:40:50,170 that the prophet used. So you see. 752 00:40:50,170 --> 00:40:54,530 Why Mark used it now, right? To show that Jesus is the 753 00:40:54,530 --> 00:40:57,250 fulfillment of what is being said here, though partially. 754 00:40:57,250 --> 00:41:00,200 Why do I say partially? Because what Isaiah is depicting 755 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,000 and describing here concerns the millennial reign of Christ. 756 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,520 He describes what will happen to the. 757 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,320 Universe itself, namely what will happen with. 758 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,400 Us who are creating in the image of God and what we see here with 759 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,880 Mark and Jesus miracle being performed is a preview of what's 760 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:17,840 going to happen when he does rule and reign on the earth 761 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:22,920 forever. And so Jesus here gives us a 762 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:26,360 taste of what the world. Will be like. 763 00:41:27,270 --> 00:41:31,270 When he exercises his governance in the nations. 764 00:41:31,670 --> 00:41:34,710 When he comes to rule from that throne in Jerusalem, what will 765 00:41:34,710 --> 00:41:36,270 take? Place in the lives of so many, 766 00:41:36,270 --> 00:41:39,470 not just one or two. It will be even greater. 767 00:41:39,470 --> 00:41:44,070 Than his days here on earth 2000 years ago and Mark wants you to 768 00:41:44,070 --> 00:41:47,470 get a sample of it. And Mark wants you to realize 769 00:41:47,670 --> 00:41:50,590 that this Jesus is who Isaiah spoke about. 770 00:41:50,750 --> 00:41:51,950 And this Jesus. Will. 771 00:41:51,950 --> 00:41:55,390 Fully realize all that Isaiah spoke about in this text when he 772 00:41:55,390 --> 00:42:02,480 comes again. When he comes again be opened. 773 00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,640 And it was opened. And they said he has done great 774 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:14,360 things, He has done all things well, I want to let you know I'm 775 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:18,840 closing as we prefer prepare to partake in the table that yet 776 00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:22,600 again we have another testimony that Christ can do the 777 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:29,060 impossible. And if you just come, if you, if 778 00:42:29,060 --> 00:42:32,740 you just let go and allow yourself to come to the foot of 779 00:42:32,740 --> 00:42:36,980 the cross, wonders can take place in your life. 780 00:42:38,620 --> 00:42:41,060 I want to speak to the person here who does not know Jesus 781 00:42:41,060 --> 00:42:43,940 Christ. You have not opened your life to 782 00:42:43,940 --> 00:42:45,700 him yet. You haven't. 783 00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:48,860 You've heard about him, but you're spiritually deaf. 784 00:42:50,210 --> 00:42:52,290 And your mouth. You can't find yourself. 785 00:42:52,290 --> 00:42:54,610 With your mouth to proclaim the glories of God. 786 00:42:54,610 --> 00:42:57,330 You Can't Sing about it. You can't testify about it. 787 00:42:58,650 --> 00:43:03,650 You haven't tasted it in one moment. 788 00:43:03,730 --> 00:43:06,770 Christ can change it. He can. 789 00:43:06,930 --> 00:43:09,610 He can actually change you in this very setting, right here, 790 00:43:09,610 --> 00:43:12,370 right now. And maybe one or two friends 791 00:43:12,370 --> 00:43:15,490 have brought you in love. And though they might have. 792 00:43:15,490 --> 00:43:17,970 Been nervous because they understand that. 793 00:43:18,780 --> 00:43:21,020 Sometimes from this pulpit, things can get a little intense. 794 00:43:22,380 --> 00:43:25,580 But they brought you in love. Not to meet with a preacher, not 795 00:43:25,580 --> 00:43:28,140 to meet with some musicians, but to meet with the living Christ. 796 00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:31,020 Do you? Realize that that person. 797 00:43:31,020 --> 00:43:32,340 Loves you. More importantly, do you realize 798 00:43:32,340 --> 00:43:35,340 the love of Christ to bring you at this moment and to receive 799 00:43:35,340 --> 00:43:40,220 him? And maybe you're in this place 800 00:43:40,220 --> 00:43:44,300 and you're a believer already, but you're a disappointed 801 00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:47,980 Christian. You had expectations. 802 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:54,080 Before you even dare to question, please take the time 803 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,160 to ask yourself, Am I here because of my own sin and 804 00:43:57,160 --> 00:44:02,240 foolishness? If you are, if you are, Christ 805 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:05,240 is still willing to forgive you and still willing to restore you 806 00:44:05,240 --> 00:44:07,480 and do incredible things in you and through you. 807 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,000 But if you believe wholeheartedly, well, I've tried 808 00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,440 to walk in as much obedience as I can, and yet still here I am 809 00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:20,550 with a mess. With an absolute mess, I've made 810 00:44:20,550 --> 00:44:22,590 these specific prayer requests and they have not come. 811 00:44:22,590 --> 00:44:24,710 In fact, it seems like the opposite is experienced. 812 00:44:25,790 --> 00:44:28,110 Realize that if you are honest before the Lord, if you're 813 00:44:28,110 --> 00:44:31,870 broken before the Lord, he has something in mind for you. 814 00:44:31,870 --> 00:44:34,390 Through this, it may not make sense. 815 00:44:35,630 --> 00:44:39,150 The method may not make sense, just like the ear thing and the 816 00:44:39,150 --> 00:44:43,670 tongue thing and all of that. You may not understand it, but 817 00:44:43,670 --> 00:44:45,510 he's doing something you don't get. 818 00:44:46,370 --> 00:44:49,450 You just want him to lay hands, but he has something more 819 00:44:50,530 --> 00:44:53,490 because he knows more. Trust in him today. 820 00:44:53,930 --> 00:44:56,930 Let your heart be renewed and trust in him today. 821 00:44:57,130 --> 00:45:01,570 I want you to leave this place for you to be able to say he has 822 00:45:01,570 --> 00:45:04,490 done all things well. He will do all things well. 823 00:45:06,970 --> 00:45:10,650 And that's what we pray. Lord, in this time of 824 00:45:10,650 --> 00:45:16,580 meditation, we trust in you. And the feebleness of our faith. 825 00:45:17,300 --> 00:45:20,220 We trust in you and the strength of our devotion. 826 00:45:21,460 --> 00:45:24,220 We rehearse our trust in you and Lord. 827 00:45:24,220 --> 00:45:28,780 As we come to this table. We reflect upon what really 828 00:45:28,780 --> 00:45:32,420 matters the most, the salvation of our souls, that despite the 829 00:45:32,420 --> 00:45:37,100 temporal trials and pain, we have eternal life. 830 00:45:37,580 --> 00:45:41,140 And there is a time coming, like Isaiah foretold, Where there. 831 00:45:41,140 --> 00:45:44,380 Will be no more tears. There will be no more handicap. 832 00:45:45,190 --> 00:45:48,150 There'll be no more sorrow. There'll be no more. 833 00:45:48,150 --> 00:45:51,510 Fear looking over our shoulder. To see who will fail us next. 834 00:45:52,030 --> 00:45:55,550 There is a time coming where all of that will be removed and you 835 00:45:55,550 --> 00:45:59,030 will be the object of our desire, our love and our joy. 836 00:45:59,950 --> 00:46:02,030 And we come to this table to remember that you will feast 837 00:46:02,030 --> 00:46:04,670 with us one day. And so, Lord, please help us 838 00:46:04,670 --> 00:46:09,030 reflect, selfexamine to repent, to be cleanse of all 839 00:46:09,030 --> 00:46:11,870 unrighteousness, so that we may come in a worthy manner in your 840 00:46:11,870 --> 00:46:14,110 presence. In Jesus name we pray. 841 00:46:14,620 --> 00:46:15,100 Amen.