1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,300 Is it a joy to sing among people who believe what they're 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:05,300 singing. Amen. 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,200 And you believe this word, do you not? 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,900 Amen. And so we come together to Mark 5 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:26,700 chapter 5 as we continue in our study of this book, Mark 5. 6 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:33,800 Let's begin together in verse 1. They came to the other side of 7 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:39,100 the sea to the country of the gerasenes. 8 00:00:40,300 --> 00:00:43,900 And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat immediately there 9 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:50,500 met him out of the tombs, a man with an unclean Spirit, he lived 10 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:54,100 among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even 11 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:58,600 with a chain for, he had often been bound with shackles and 12 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:03,300 chains, but he wrenched the chains apart and he broke the 13 00:01:03,300 --> 00:01:09,100 shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to 14 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:15,500 subdue him night and day among the tombs and on the mountains 15 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:22,700 he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. 16 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,100 Lord, this is your word and we believe your word. 17 00:01:27,900 --> 00:01:31,700 This is your voice. And in so many places in your 18 00:01:31,708 --> 00:01:36,800 word, you've told us to to here. Help us here. 19 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:40,400 Would your Holy Spirit? Help us here. 20 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,000 And we do, Holy Spirit help the delivery of this word to be 21 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,900 faithful, pure the way you intended it to be delivered. 22 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:52,900 Free from confusion, free from man's interpretation. 23 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:56,400 Lord, would you be blessed this afternoon? 24 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,300 By what you see in here in this place. 25 00:01:59,300 --> 00:02:03,000 And more importantly, what will come about this meeting in Jesus 26 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,500 name? Amen. 27 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:07,700 If you've been with us for a while, you know that it is our 28 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:13,500 custom Fridays and Sundays that when we teach the word, we tend 29 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:18,100 to take smaller portions of scripture and to expand on them, 30 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:21,900 rather than digesting larger portions of the word at one 31 00:02:21,900 --> 00:02:26,900 time. But occasionally it is helpful. 32 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:29,800 It is beneficial to look at the entirety of a scene. 33 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:36,000 And to communicate a truth from the entirety of a scene without 34 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,700 interruption. And that is what we will seek to 35 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:43,600 accomplish today. The miracle that we are ready to 36 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,900 explore in. This chapter is when you compare 37 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:52,100 to the rest of the word of God, the most exhaustive and detailed 38 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:57,200 account of Jesus exorcising a demon from a man. 39 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:02,900 It is a total of twenty verses as you're going to see and this 40 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:06,800 account is so important to the Lord that the Holy Spirit had it 41 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:11,100 included by Matthew and by Luke as well. 42 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:16,000 And so we have three Witnesses. So to speak of this one event. 43 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:18,900 Matthew has a little different detail. 44 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:21,700 Matthew tells us that there wasn't just one man who was 45 00:03:21,700 --> 00:03:23,900 possessed with a devil. There are two men who were 46 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:26,300 possessed with Devils take heart. 47 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:30,000 There's no contradiction here. And because the spirit obviously 48 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:35,600 LED Mark and Luke to focus on Jesus encounter with one of the 49 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,300 two men. And it seems as though that one 50 00:03:39,300 --> 00:03:45,200 man was the dominant one out of the two in this confrontation in 51 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:50,100 this dramatic conflict between holy and evil. 52 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:53,300 Now before getting into the details, I think it's worth 53 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:57,800 asking what value what message does this miracle? 54 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:02,700 I provide us and if there is one thing, I can say, apart from the 55 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:06,100 fact that it just another Testament of the absolute power 56 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:10,600 of Jesus Christ, we see here that it is safe to say that the 57 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:15,600 Lord in coming to this moment with such dramatic rescue is to 58 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:20,000 demonstrate his great and strong love that he has for people. 59 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:26,900 Humanity is not just one category in creation on the same 60 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:29,500 level of different classes of the universe. 61 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:40,000 Jesus loves people personally. The creator of all things, your 62 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:47,200 creator loves you beyond comprehension and you see so 63 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,600 many signs of that throughout the Bible. 64 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:52,900 Ultimately climaxing at the cross. 65 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:57,100 Yes, but just even little instances of God's interaction 66 00:04:57,100 --> 00:04:59,800 with us who are created in His image. 67 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,500 I mean, I look at the Old Testament and I see how the Lord 68 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:06,600 at times makes, great effort to ensure that certain certain 69 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,500 people were identified with a certain name. 70 00:05:11,700 --> 00:05:15,600 And we see how many occasions of this awesome God, whom the 71 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,100 heavens cannot contain. The Earth Is His footstool. 72 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:23,000 And yet this God, Gives us direct access to his throne 73 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,400 through prayer. And there is this reception that 74 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,300 he has and we have this direct line with our maker. 75 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:34,500 It was Moses who said, in Deuteronomy 47, what other great 76 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:40,900 nation is there, who has a God as near to them as our God is 77 00:05:40,900 --> 00:05:43,400 near to us whenever we call upon him. 78 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:48,100 Oh yeah, many religions expect their people to pray but our 79 00:05:48,100 --> 00:05:52,100 faith we believe God hears us. And that he has answered as and 80 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:58,300 he will answer us when we pray. and this inexplainable affection 81 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:04,000 that almighty God has for us, is now presented in a unique 82 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:09,500 fashion here in this record before us in this chapter, We 83 00:06:09,500 --> 00:06:13,400 see the Lord Jesus. Coming to this man's rescue. 84 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,200 And I want to remind you from last week that it was Jesus idea 85 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:24,400 to go to this side of the lake at the end of a very tiring day. 86 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:27,000 It was Jesus, who said to his own? 87 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Let us go to the other side. Why? 88 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,300 Why did he propose this campaign? 89 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:38,300 Why did he Advocate this Voyage? It was because he knew that 90 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:42,200 there was a man waiting on the other side and oh, Jesus wanted 91 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:46,300 to meet him. Jesus wanted to meet him. 92 00:06:47,300 --> 00:06:52,400 Jesus wanted to deliver him and think about it after teaching 93 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:57,300 after rebuking after absorbing the scorn and the slander of his 94 00:06:57,300 --> 00:07:02,900 enemies after healing and delivering at the evening, what 95 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:08,000 was on the heart of the master? We must not wait. 96 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:12,400 Let us go to the other side. I have a Divine appointment with 97 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:16,700 someone and though he did not include that part, he was 98 00:07:16,700 --> 00:07:20,700 walking according to the perfect steps of the will of the father. 99 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:24,800 And now he comes here. Eagerly making his way to this 100 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,100 tormented soul and ordered to bring relief once and for all, 101 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:32,400 that's a glorious truth. That's a glorious truth. 102 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,400 And with that, glorious truth is another message that this 103 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,800 miracle provides. And I here's my prayer. 104 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,000 My prayer is not just for us to study this from a distance and 105 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,500 to appreciate clever points there in. 106 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,900 It's for you to realize that the same Jesus that we are 107 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:51,900 discussing today is the same Jesus, who can perform the same 108 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:57,600 work in your life. and the lives of others because what the Lord 109 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:02,000 here is going to do is demonstrate to his disciples and 110 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:07,000 to his disciples today, that he alone offers hope to the most 111 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:13,100 hopeless cases you can imagine there are many reasons why this 112 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:18,800 is the most exhaustive account of a demoniac being saved. 113 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:22,900 And I think for the purpose of the study, the reason that we 114 00:08:22,900 --> 00:08:28,100 must consider is that as you realize that description of the 115 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:32,600 devastation of this, man, you would be impressed to sense, 116 00:08:32,700 --> 00:08:39,700 what a mess. What a hopeless case. 117 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:47,000 And yet you would also see but Christ can solve it and Christ 118 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:52,400 can rescue and restore the most ruined situation. 119 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,800 You can possibly imagine. And that is what you and I will 120 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:02,200 do today. This message I pray will impart 121 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,100 a faith and a hope in. You not just for someone else 122 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:08,800 because it's possible that even today. 123 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,400 You are in bondage, someone listening to, this is an 124 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:17,600 absolute bondage. And I tell you, right from the 125 00:09:17,608 --> 00:09:21,600 beginning of this message, as I preach it, that Christ brings 126 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,600 hope to the Hopeless. And so, we will look together at 127 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:29,900 the ruin of the man. We will also look at the rescue 128 00:09:29,900 --> 00:09:34,200 of the man and finally we will look at the renewal of the man 129 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,100 and so we read the first five verses, which give us three main 130 00:09:38,100 --> 00:09:42,300 characteristics of just how miserable this fellow was. 131 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:45,700 Let's look at it again. We see here that the first thing 132 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:47,700 Mark tells us that's worth noting. 133 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,100 In verse 2 and when Jesus had stepped out of the boat 134 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:56,700 immediately, there met him out of the tombs, a man with an 135 00:09:56,700 --> 00:10:02,300 unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. 136 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:08,900 He did not live by the tombs. He did not live around the tombs 137 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:15,000 but among the tombs this man was led by unclean spirits to make 138 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,100 his Abiding Place among the dead now. 139 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:24,100 Personally you couldn't give me anything to just take a stroll 140 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:28,300 through a cemetery at night. Never mind, make your bed there. 141 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:31,000 And yet, this is what we see of this man. 142 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,500 The host of these vile Spirits, cause this poor soul to be 143 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:39,300 separated from his home. To be disconnected from his 144 00:10:39,300 --> 00:10:44,400 friends. To be removed from any human 145 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:51,200 decency for shelter and comfort and is now resting among 146 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:55,900 Corpses. His neighbors were skeletons. 147 00:10:58,100 --> 00:11:00,500 And there is no doubt that the location of this man's 148 00:11:00,500 --> 00:11:06,600 residents, Is something of an indication of the condition of 149 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:11,400 his own life. This man is a walking dead, man. 150 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:17,100 He is a Walking Dead Man and we see here very clearly. 151 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,000 That he is living what perhaps you have heard others say. 152 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,900 Or maybe you've even said it that person is as good as dead 153 00:11:24,900 --> 00:11:28,000 that situation is as good as dead implying. 154 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,400 That it is possible to be in a predicament in life with 155 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,500 irreversible consequences that will inevitably lead to 156 00:11:35,500 --> 00:11:41,200 self-destruction at some point. And this man's poor condition 157 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,800 was so severe that it really did not make much of a difference 158 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,300 whether he was alive or if he had just dropped that at any 159 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:52,200 moment. His situation. 160 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:57,200 His future were so Bleak. So without hope and light that 161 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,600 he might as well have just died anyway. 162 00:12:00,900 --> 00:12:02,500 He had nothing to look forward to. 163 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:07,500 He would never attend his kids graduations if he had kids, he 164 00:12:07,500 --> 00:12:09,500 would never be invited to any dinners. 165 00:12:09,700 --> 00:12:13,100 He would never have a job, they were just absolutely nothing for 166 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:17,300 this man to live for, and yes, we can say that. 167 00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:19,600 This is what demons have done in them, but there are people who 168 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:24,900 are doing it to themselves. Who are walking in this life. 169 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:29,500 Absolutely. Hollow like a shell, they're 170 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:33,100 there but they're not there. There's no purpose. 171 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:37,000 There's no sense of meaning. They're just giving themselves 172 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:42,500 over to ruin day after day after day, in at any time. 173 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,100 Perhaps, you know, someone like this. 174 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:48,100 You feel like you're going to get that call and learn he's 175 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:50,600 gone. She's gone. 176 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,900 This is what we're dealing with with this man. 177 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:58,500 He lived among the tombs, but secondly, we read something here 178 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:04,200 also found in verse 3 and 4. We read here in verse 44, he had 179 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:09,200 often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the 180 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,500 chains apart and he broke the shackles and pieces. 181 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:16,600 When you look at this man's behavior, it is obvious that he 182 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,100 was a threat to others. Not only, was he tormented he 183 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:24,600 was a Terrorizer. He wreaked havoc, he was 184 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,800 dangerous. And we don't know exactly what 185 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,600 kind of danger he posed. But come with me quickly to 186 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,200 Matthews version in Matthew 8. And look at this important 187 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:36,800 insight about this man's erratic Behavior. 188 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:50,500 Matthew 8:28. Matthew says by the spirit and 189 00:13:50,500 --> 00:13:55,000 when he came to the other side, that being Jesus to the country 190 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,400 of the gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him 191 00:13:58,700 --> 00:14:03,200 coming out of the tombs so Fierce that no one could pass 192 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:06,700 that way. So Fierce that, no one could 193 00:14:06,700 --> 00:14:12,800 pass that way. this guy, he lived in a certain region where 194 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,300 you would take the longer route home in order to avoid any eye 195 00:14:16,300 --> 00:14:22,600 contact with it's clear here that whatever he did he made 196 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:30,600 life harder to live for others. And so difficult, was this man 197 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:34,900 that there are great attempts to try to restrain him. 198 00:14:35,300 --> 00:14:38,700 He was a menace to society. He made people very 199 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:43,200 uncomfortable, he made perhaps work and travel unnecessarily 200 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,600 difficult. And so these ideas, these 201 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,400 schemes these mechanics up to the point where they got so 202 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:54,500 desperate that they chained him like a wild animal. 203 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,600 But to no avail. Every time they strapped his 204 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,600 wrists and his ankles he would just Shake It Off. 205 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:08,600 Like, it was nothing. And so you get the impression 206 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,000 that these people just gave up and they just avoided them all 207 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,700 together. And though, this man was 208 00:15:13,700 --> 00:15:15,500 inhabited by evil spirits, right? 209 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:18,200 It's obvious that he's able to do this because he has 210 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,000 superhuman strength energized by evil spirits. 211 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:27,300 And what I see here is though, the failed attempts is due to 212 00:15:27,300 --> 00:15:31,900 that these changes are symbolic of something. 213 00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:39,600 They point to figurative chains. They speak of man-made solutions 214 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:47,800 to try to subdue and solve that which only God can answer. 215 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,200 And whether it is demonic powers or the passions of the flesh, 216 00:15:54,900 --> 00:16:00,400 ultimately, whatever ideas man comes up with, we are incapable 217 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:03,500 in our own strength to bring about true and Lasting 218 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:09,400 Deliverance. And this man here, who's being 219 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:15,200 encouraged to destroy others? Yes, it is because of demons but 220 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,400 I want to tell you that sin is so powerful that you have people 221 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,900 destroying themselves without the help of any demons. 222 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:23,900 They're doing a fine job themselves. 223 00:16:26,500 --> 00:16:32,400 Doing a fine job themselves. How many are being pounded by 224 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:36,300 drugs? How many are choosing alcohol? 225 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:41,600 Is their Spirit of choice? How many who do not need the 226 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:47,500 assistance of? Vile fallen angels are driving 227 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:50,100 their marriages and their families to the ground because 228 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:55,200 of uncontrolled lusts and sexual immorality. 229 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:02,000 This is more than just unable to rescue a man who is being 230 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,200 controlled by demons. We're looking out into the world 231 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:08,400 and yes, demons are still working, but there are people 232 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,900 who are destroying others and themselves just because of their 233 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:15,200 submission to the flash. Now think about all the 234 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,099 solutions that secularism tries to provide to bring some kind of 235 00:17:19,099 --> 00:17:22,700 relief To put some kind of a halt. 236 00:17:23,900 --> 00:17:27,900 On the erosion and people's homes to themselves in our 237 00:17:27,900 --> 00:17:32,300 schools and our politics. Think about all the counseling. 238 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,300 There's a great great, great need for counselors today, but 239 00:17:37,300 --> 00:17:39,900 think about all the counseling without Christ. 240 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:46,300 Think about all the identity politics and all the messages of 241 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:50,200 being your true self, but divorce from the foundational 242 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,900 concept of being made in the image of God. 243 00:17:56,300 --> 00:17:58,700 Think about all the harmony that we're trying to pursue without 244 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:01,800 the Holy Spirit, think about all the substances that we are 245 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:06,600 prescribing that have no true saving virtue. 246 00:18:09,100 --> 00:18:11,400 And so we want peace without the Prince of Peace. 247 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:16,100 We want salvation without the Lord who alone can save. 248 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,100 And it will only continue to get worse and the chains will only 249 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:27,400 pile up more and more as long as Jesus is not in the picture. the 250 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,200 Apostle Paul highlights one of those figurative chains when he 251 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:35,400 speaks to the colossian church and he's trying to redirect what 252 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:38,400 true Holiness is in their belief system, and I want to show you 253 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:43,500 one of those things and Colossians 223, These Christians 254 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:47,300 were being intimidated by false teachers of what true 255 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:51,400 spirituality look like and what it means to truly be Victorious. 256 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,500 And truly mean, to be pleasing to God. 257 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:56,500 And Paul says something with the inside that he received about 258 00:18:56,500 --> 00:19:00,000 these false teachers and he corrects this church and 259 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:09,700 Colossians 223, These have indeed an appearance of wisdom 260 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:13,700 and promoting self-made, religion and asceticism and 261 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:18,100 severity to the body. Now, look at this, but they are 262 00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:22,100 of no value in stopping the Indulgence of the flesh. 263 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:27,200 What is Paul saying here? Even if you subject yourself. 264 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:32,300 Too intense and extensive fasting, even if you isolate 265 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:36,000 yourself, and bring about intentional discomfort to your 266 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,500 body, depriving yourself of social mental, emotional needs. 267 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:47,600 No matter what you do, that seems to be wise and effective. 268 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:53,200 Is in fact feudal. Legalism doesn't work, 269 00:19:54,100 --> 00:19:57,700 disconnecting yourself from day-to-day living and parking 270 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:01,000 your home in some Mountain away from civilization. 271 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,900 Ain't gonna cut it. It does not have the power to 272 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,600 stop the Indulgence of the flesh. 273 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,500 Listen, true, freedom is not what you are, others imposing 274 00:20:13,500 --> 00:20:18,000 on, you can do true. Freedom is submitting and 275 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,600 realizing that by faith, only Christ can set me free. 276 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:23,000 That's true. Freedom. 277 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,800 So Solutions, apart from the wisdom of the word of God 278 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,600 salvation, apart from the gospel piece apart from the Prince of 279 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,100 Peace. It's all a waste of time. 280 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,600 And just like these men who obviously didn't catch on to it 281 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:42,800 right away. We're running around here using 282 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:47,900 psychological and philosophical ideas to try to bring submission 283 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,700 and true transformation to others. 284 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:55,100 When all were really doing is medicating people who might have 285 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:59,500 demons and others who can overcome, what only Christ can 286 00:20:59,500 --> 00:21:05,300 overcome and that is your flesh. There's still one more 287 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:10,400 characteristic to consider. About the misery of this 288 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:14,100 lunatic. If you thought that he was 289 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:17,100 messed up, thus far, there's still more to consider and this 290 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:22,900 Insight, we must underscore in. It is found in verse 5, Mark, 55 291 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:30,300 Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was 292 00:21:30,300 --> 00:21:34,700 always crying out and cutting himself with stones. 293 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,600 This man was filthy, this man was unclothed. 294 00:21:42,500 --> 00:21:46,500 I wonder what it was like to live in a nearby town or in a 295 00:21:46,508 --> 00:21:48,200 country home in the middle of the night. 296 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:56,200 You would hear the shrieks. of this devil filled man, who Had 297 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:01,700 blood-stained rocks around him. And scars covering his body, 298 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:07,400 from top to bottom. You might look at somebody and 299 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,000 think okay there's something wrong with him if he was able to 300 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,300 drive out everybody from his life because of his selfishness 301 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,800 or his evil. But how much more hopeless can 302 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:28,100 you get when you harm yourself? What kind of future does someone 303 00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:33,800 have when they voluntarily afflict pain to themselves? 304 00:22:35,300 --> 00:22:40,700 When they are their own enemy. When their own hands is capable 305 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:43,400 of committing murder to themselves. 306 00:22:46,100 --> 00:22:52,500 Mankind has an innate sense of nurturing and protecting their 307 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:54,700 own bodies. That's not just true for 308 00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,700 Christians. That is true for Humanity as a 309 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:58,200 whole. Can I prove that to you go to 310 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:01,700 Ephesians 5 quickly in 29 and Ephesians 5? 311 00:23:01,700 --> 00:23:05,400 We know that passage were Paul gives and a large portion of 312 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,900 that chapter instructions to husbands and wives and how they 313 00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:11,700 ought to serve one another in christlikeness. 314 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:15,700 And in Ephesians 5 29, he says something that I thought was 315 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:18,300 interesting in light of what we're discovering with this man. 316 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:26,100 Ephesians 529 reads for No One. Ever hated his own flesh. 317 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:32,000 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and 318 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:35,600 cherishes it just as Christ does the church. 319 00:23:36,300 --> 00:23:40,700 You see his logic here when he says, no one has ever hated his 320 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:41,900 own flesh? He's not implying that. 321 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:43,500 No one ever has. What he's saying? 322 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:48,100 Is that naturally speaking, when a man does, have some soundness 323 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:52,600 left in his mind, He takes care of himself. 324 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,700 Even your own body, the fact that you blink, and the fact 325 00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:59,900 that you feel adrenaline when you're approaching danger, there 326 00:23:59,900 --> 00:24:05,300 is a wiring in you that seeks to protect you when you are in the 327 00:24:05,300 --> 00:24:08,800 presence of danger. And what Paul is saying is in 328 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,100 the same way that it is natural for you to take care of yourself 329 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,300 because you are in Christ, there is a new conviction that you 330 00:24:16,300 --> 00:24:19,400 should grow into as a natural principle. 331 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,700 And that is take care of your wife, she's part of your flesh. 332 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:25,100 Now. You guys are one flesh. 333 00:24:25,500 --> 00:24:29,100 And so you now should protect her and nourish her and shelter 334 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:32,500 her and supervise her. But besides the point, we're not 335 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:35,400 speaking about marriage here. Notice here that he says, it's 336 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,500 natural. No one has ever hated his own 337 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:42,400 flesh. Now if that is natural, then 338 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:47,100 what do we say of someone who again, intentionally afflicts 339 00:24:47,100 --> 00:24:50,800 themselves, They've crossed some kind of a line. 340 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:56,100 They've crossed some kind of a line. they've gone beyond what 341 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:59,100 is natural and normal to something that is abnormal and 342 00:24:59,700 --> 00:25:06,300 very questionable concerning what is going on internally And 343 00:25:06,300 --> 00:25:09,300 I want to say something and I hope you hear in compassion. 344 00:25:10,500 --> 00:25:13,800 My personality type is when I'm compassion, I'm very passionate. 345 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,100 There's strength in my voice and I flare my arms around. 346 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:23,300 But let me say this to anybody who is finding delusional 347 00:25:23,300 --> 00:25:27,500 Solace, some kind of reprieve, some kind of rest. 348 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:33,900 In harming yourself. You'd be amazed to know. 349 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,100 Not just Christians who contemplate suicide but 350 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:43,900 Christians who actively in secret hurt themselves. 351 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:49,600 To try with that pain. Erase a greater pain. 352 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:56,600 I say this to you in love, that's demonic. 353 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,900 That's not normal. That's not natural. 354 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:07,000 And the reason why I present that to you is because your 355 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:13,400 source is Supernatural if the reason for such behavior and 356 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:18,800 thinking is also Supernatural than you can only combat it with 357 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:21,900 that which is Supernatural. And I present you the only 358 00:26:21,900 --> 00:26:30,200 solution Christ Christ. To come in and to deliver you 359 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:36,900 because Christ doesn't afflict greater pain to erase what you 360 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:38,900 feel to be greater pain. That's not how that's not how he 361 00:26:38,900 --> 00:26:42,000 delivers, he washes you with peace. 362 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:46,700 He assures, you of love. He gets in here and he does 363 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:50,400 surgery to you and in you. And finally, you were able to 364 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,700 come off of that table of Truth and realized I'm Healed. 365 00:26:54,300 --> 00:27:00,600 I'm saved, I'm rescued. And so I want you to just step 366 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:03,300 back as we consider the ruin of the man and just just 367 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:06,600 contemplate it for a moment. The Holy Spirit presents us. 368 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:13,800 This person who is demented. He's disfigured physically He 369 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,900 lacks any ounce of human decency. 370 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:22,100 And virtually everyone who knows him or who knows about him has 371 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:25,200 written him off has given up on him. 372 00:27:27,700 --> 00:27:31,300 And by the design of that description, we are to feel the 373 00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:36,500 utter Darkness. That this man is living in. 374 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:44,200 Until something happens. Christ appears. 375 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:50,900 And that's what we see in verse 6. and when he saw Jesus from 376 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:55,100 afar, he ran and fell down before him. 377 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,100 And crying out with a loud voice. 378 00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:02,400 He said, what have you to do with me, Jesus? 379 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:07,400 Son of the most high God, I adjourn You by God. 380 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:11,300 Do not torment me for. He was saying to him, come out 381 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:17,600 of the man, you unclean spirit. Here's Jesus with his disciples 382 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,600 and they Park their boat on the dock and Christ. 383 00:28:22,900 --> 00:28:28,200 Places his holy feet on the same terrain that this man occupied 384 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:33,500 and dominated. And here's this man filled with 385 00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:36,500 evil spirits, charging towards Jesus. 386 00:28:36,500 --> 00:28:39,700 And I'm under the persuasion that from a distance. 387 00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:44,100 He thinks now that he can shoo away this man, whoever he is, 388 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:46,400 like he did so many who try to pass that way. 389 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,600 And yet, whether he knew it before or not, as he comes 390 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:55,900 closer, He realizes that this man is different. 391 00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:00,600 More importantly, more specifically the beings inside 392 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,600 of him. They've seen this man before. 393 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:14,100 And we were told here that the man ran and fell down before 394 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:17,700 him. You realize how significant that 395 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:26,200 is? That what chains and ropes and 396 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,600 cuffs? Could not do. 397 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:39,400 The appearance of the Son of God did. when the Son of God just 398 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:46,400 appeared, it made every single one of those Critters crumble 399 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:51,800 His presence, even without a command, without a word, without 400 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:57,500 a touch, his presence alone. Exudes power. 401 00:29:57,700 --> 00:30:02,200 Oh, how we need his presence? Oh, how we need the Manifest 402 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,200 presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. 403 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,100 That is Paul said, could even cause the sinner appearing to 404 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:12,600 their local church in their neighborhood and fall to their 405 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:16,900 face and say, surely God is among you New Testament. 406 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:21,400 That's not Old Testament. The presence of Christ brought 407 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:25,100 this man to his face more importantly than the things 408 00:30:25,100 --> 00:30:28,800 inside of him. And Jesus begins to exercise 409 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,400 these demons and a dialogue breaks out. 410 00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:37,000 Now, we have a confrontation. There's so many things to learn 411 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,700 from this engagement. Well, let me just draw some 412 00:30:38,700 --> 00:30:40,600 thoughts first. Look at verse 7. 413 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:44,600 Crying out with a loud voice. He said, what have you to do 414 00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:48,600 with me, Jesus? Son of the most high God That's 415 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:53,500 theologically right? I mean, look, I know, I know 416 00:30:53,500 --> 00:30:56,400 it's a demon but that's beautifully said that's 417 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:00,200 eloquent. You have some Believers that 418 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,500 talk about Jesus like he's just there neighborhood friend. 419 00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:04,200 Oh no. What do we see here? 420 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:05,600 Look at this. Jesus. 421 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,800 Son of the most high God. Yeah. 422 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:12,900 But they're still devils. They're still destined for 423 00:31:12,900 --> 00:31:17,200 wrath, they're still headed toward the abyss and you know 424 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:21,900 this we've talked about this before that it is no indication 425 00:31:22,300 --> 00:31:25,600 of one being and belonging to the Lord if they can just 426 00:31:25,700 --> 00:31:29,500 Express the illogical descriptions and doctrines. 427 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:36,900 Such a person does not have any more hope than the person. 428 00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:42,400 Like this devil. Who knew that he was headed 429 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:47,100 towards Eternal judgment and I could Define the characteristics 430 00:31:47,100 --> 00:31:49,500 and the Holiness and the Majesty of God still. 431 00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:53,500 True salvation is not what you know about him, it's knowing 432 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:57,000 him. It's not just agreeing with what 433 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,800 is true, it's submitting to the truth, and ultimately 434 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,400 surrendering to the lordship that he demands. 435 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,800 Secondly and interestingly Jesus asked the name of the demon 436 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,200 verse 9, and Jesus asked them, what is your name? 437 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:21,500 The Jesus not know his name. He knew his name and he replied. 438 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:25,000 My name is Legion for we are many. 439 00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:32,000 Why did Jesus ask the name? It's not because Jesus didn't 440 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,700 know because he wanted the disciples to know. 441 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,200 In other words, it went something like this. 442 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,600 I'm going to ask this demons name, so that my man and those 443 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,800 who are around this whole event, would realize the extent of 444 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:50,900 this. The souls torment, the severity 445 00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:54,900 of his suffering. The things that he had to 446 00:32:54,900 --> 00:32:57,700 undergo night after night, and morning after morning and 447 00:32:57,700 --> 00:33:00,600 everything in between, there isn't just one double in here, 448 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:03,500 by asking the name. It exposed that there is a 449 00:33:03,508 --> 00:33:07,700 legion, which is a military term that the Romans used to identify 450 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:10,000 a group of soldiers, that numbered anything in between 451 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:17,000 3,000 to 6,000 soldiers. And it is also an indication by 452 00:33:17,008 --> 00:33:20,200 the fact that so many pigs would be inhabited by these. 453 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,900 Same demons to convince us that these demons were actually 454 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:29,000 telling the truth. You had a minimum of a few 455 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:33,500 thousand Spirits living in this one man's life. 456 00:33:36,300 --> 00:33:42,000 Imagine the inward chaos and just imagine the the confusion 457 00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:47,900 and the inability to shake yourself off of such control and 458 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:50,700 that is precisely what the Lord wants to convey. 459 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:55,100 This isn't some trick, this isn't some like others who 460 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,600 proposed having conversations with demons four hours before, 461 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,000 delivering them. This is Christ preparing the 462 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,900 audience to see the extent of his power and the power of His 463 00:34:05,900 --> 00:34:08,199 word. You may be a legion but I'm 464 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:11,800 about to tell you to leave. And they are all going to 465 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:19,000 listen. and so when he says, just that you can imagine the 466 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,300 gasp of the disciples if there was You can imagine how some 467 00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:25,300 might have peddled a little bit towards the boat. 468 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,199 And there is Christ strong. What a champion. 469 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:35,000 Fearless. The Lord of all even the Lord 470 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:39,000 over these Legions. He says. 471 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,300 Come out of him. Come out of the man, you unclean 472 00:34:43,300 --> 00:34:46,300 spirit. But look at this, last point in 473 00:34:46,300 --> 00:34:52,600 verse 10. And he Legion Begged him 474 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:54,699 earnestly. Not to send them out of the 475 00:34:54,699 --> 00:34:58,000 country. Now, a great herd of pigs was 476 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:02,700 feeding there on the hillside, and They begged him saying, send 477 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:05,600 us to the pigs. Let us enter them. 478 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,300 And I love this phrase in verse 13, so he gave them permission. 479 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:15,100 You have my permission, this is not Christ operating with 480 00:35:15,100 --> 00:35:20,100 compassion for these Devils. You see elsewhere in Luke where 481 00:35:20,100 --> 00:35:22,900 they asked, and They begged the Lord to not be sent to the 482 00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:25,100 abyss. They did not want premature 483 00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:27,700 judgment. They knew that they were headed 484 00:35:27,700 --> 00:35:33,100 towards eternal torment. But they did not want to meet 485 00:35:33,100 --> 00:35:37,500 their fate this early and so they asked the Lord, send us 486 00:35:37,500 --> 00:35:39,700 into the pigs. Now, why would the Lord agree 487 00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:43,800 with that? Why wouldn't he bring immediate 488 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,300 judgment? And I give you the answer, the 489 00:35:46,300 --> 00:35:47,900 way I would give it for the same question. 490 00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:51,300 You might ask about evil today. Why doesn't the Lord deal with 491 00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:54,900 the devil? Now, why are we in during all of 492 00:35:54,908 --> 00:35:56,600 this? And here's the same answer for 493 00:35:56,600 --> 00:36:00,700 both because there is a Time Coming There is a day coming. 494 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:05,400 There is justice that will be served that time is just not yet 495 00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:08,700 and it wasn't for these evil spirits either. 496 00:36:10,200 --> 00:36:13,200 And at the same time, the Lord is also going to compound the 497 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:17,100 truth that he tried to convey earlier by identifying this 498 00:36:17,100 --> 00:36:19,800 demon. And now, they would visually 499 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:21,600 see. The disciples would visually 500 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:26,100 see, just how horrific and vicious these Spirits were 501 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:28,900 because now they're going to enter these herds of pigs. 502 00:36:29,100 --> 00:36:31,600 And these pigs are going to commit mass suicide. 503 00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:37,900 And so here is a very strong illustration. 504 00:36:38,100 --> 00:36:43,300 You Disciples of just how much this one person was undergoing 505 00:36:43,300 --> 00:36:49,200 day after day. And so he tells them and he 506 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:55,100 gives them permission. And I am also under the 507 00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:57,500 persuasion that it wasn't just the fact that they don't want to 508 00:36:57,500 --> 00:37:03,700 be judged early. These minions of Satan. 509 00:37:05,500 --> 00:37:08,900 Could not fathom also being in a state of inactivity. 510 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,200 They could not think and they could not accept. 511 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:20,000 Being placed. In a position where they could 512 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:24,400 not fulfill their destructive desires on the Earth. 513 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,300 And they knew that they couldn't ask Jesus to live in someone 514 00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:32,400 else's life Christ would never permit that. 515 00:37:33,500 --> 00:37:35,500 And so they try to find the next best thing. 516 00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:42,400 And so they asked for the pigs. Isn't it convicting that demons 517 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:48,200 don't want to be idle? Shouldn't do something in US. 518 00:37:50,100 --> 00:37:52,600 That these Servants of the kingdom of darkness. 519 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:58,000 Attempted to make a negotiation so that they would not be in a 520 00:37:58,008 --> 00:38:02,500 state of paralysis. They wanted to continue to 521 00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:05,300 advance their purposes in one way or another. 522 00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:08,000 And here we are. We have been called to a holy 523 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,400 calling a pure calling, a Heavenly calling. 524 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,300 May we never ever be found in different. 525 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,200 How much more should we? How much more should I beg? 526 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,600 My Lord? Lord, you send me where you want 527 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,600 me to go. If these demons are going to beg 528 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,100 Jesus to bring destruction and Lord, I beg you to use me with 529 00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:32,200 my little short life, to seek and save, whom you would have me 530 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:37,500 seek and save the Lord gives them permission. 531 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,700 And through the the identification of the man and 532 00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:45,600 through the illustration of the destruction that they brought to 533 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:51,400 these creatures, we have an idea more of the ruin, but we also 534 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:56,500 see the rescue of this man. It says here, the unclean 535 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:59,200 spirits and verse 13 came out and entered the Pigs and The 536 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:04,400 Herd numbering about 2000. Rushed down the Steep Bank, into 537 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:08,100 the sea, and drowned in the sea. I mean, just think about what 538 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:12,200 that look like. And so we looked at the ruin of 539 00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,300 the man, we looked at the rescue of the men. 540 00:39:14,300 --> 00:39:19,200 Now we look at the renewal of the man and in verse 14 we read 541 00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,800 the herdsmen fled. So it wasn't just the disciples 542 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,900 You had the managers of this one Pig business that were all 543 00:39:25,900 --> 00:39:29,300 there. Let me talk about a shift to be 544 00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:34,800 at talk about calling in sick. The herdsmen fled and told it in 545 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,700 the city and in the country they witnessed it. 546 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:40,100 They saw something, they could never unsee. 547 00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:44,600 They saw some that was worth telling everybody else about and 548 00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,100 here's here's what you would think, what happened, right. 549 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,900 Here's what you would think would happen after seeing 550 00:39:49,900 --> 00:39:55,200 someone that, you know, Who is as hopeless as hopeless can be. 551 00:39:56,500 --> 00:40:00,000 And after seeing Christ authority of relocating demons, 552 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:03,800 you would think. Hey, let's punch out early. 553 00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:05,800 Let's go back and let's bring back. 554 00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:07,900 So, and so they need a touch from this man. 555 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000 Let's bring back. So and so they need Deliverance 556 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,300 as well. Let's grab so. 557 00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:18,100 And so perhaps the Messiah, perhaps, this is the Messiah. 558 00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:22,700 Let's let's inquire further. You would think that this would 559 00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:27,200 break out into Revival and instead it inspired rejection, 560 00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,600 For those who are persuaded that Miracles is what is needed to 561 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:34,600 see. People get saved. 562 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,400 How do you how do you deal with this? 563 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,100 The herdsmen fled and told it in the city and in the country. 564 00:40:40,100 --> 00:40:43,500 And people came to see what it was that had happened. 565 00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:49,900 And they came to Jesus and saw the demon possessed, man, the 566 00:40:49,900 --> 00:40:55,400 one who had the legion, look at this Serene scene sitting there. 567 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:03,300 Clothed and in his right mind sitting there clothed and in his 568 00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:11,400 right mind and they were afraid. We should be afraid to some 569 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,300 extent of what Christ is capable of. 570 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,200 There should be this. Holy reverence that arises in us 571 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,900 to believe that we can bring someone. 572 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,500 Who might not even be sound in mind. 573 00:41:24,900 --> 00:41:29,900 And introduce them to Christ and believe with all of our hearts 574 00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:32,100 Lord, you can do something with this person. 575 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,200 You are able to do something with this person and there 576 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,100 should be an expectation and holy anticipation. 577 00:41:38,100 --> 00:41:41,800 Yes, we should have some kind of a fear of what Christ can do, 578 00:41:41,900 --> 00:41:46,300 not just in his judgment, but in his goodness, but unfortunately, 579 00:41:46,300 --> 00:41:49,000 that's not the quality of fear that these people had. 580 00:41:51,300 --> 00:41:58,200 They were afraid of Jesus. The authority of Christ, 581 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,100 astounded them to the point of trembling. 582 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,000 But not in a way that would have them worship Him. 583 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:11,500 But the drive him away. Do you think? 584 00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:18,400 Again, that this wood. Cause a move of the spirit in 585 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:23,400 this region, but no, we instead reading verse 16 and those who 586 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:24,800 had seen it, describe it to them. 587 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,700 What had happened to the demon-possessed men? 588 00:42:26,900 --> 00:42:33,100 Let's get this and to the pigs. And they began to beg Jesus to 589 00:42:33,100 --> 00:42:38,300 depart from their region. There's a lot of begging in this 590 00:42:38,300 --> 00:42:41,900 text, a lot of begging. You have begging from the demons 591 00:42:41,900 --> 00:42:43,900 and you have begging from, the people who witnessed this man 592 00:42:43,900 --> 00:42:49,400 delivered from demons. I can't register it in my 593 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:52,700 imagination. How they began to beg. 594 00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:56,300 Not ask not politely persuade beg. 595 00:42:57,100 --> 00:43:02,900 Get out of here. Please leave. 596 00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:08,300 We want nothing to do with you. I mean, I don't know what's more 597 00:43:08,300 --> 00:43:10,300 stunning. The pigs being possessing 598 00:43:10,300 --> 00:43:11,900 jumping off a cliff or seeing that. 599 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,300 I don't know. What's more jaw-dropping if I 600 00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:19,300 was one of the disciples like are you serious? 601 00:43:21,700 --> 00:43:23,300 He began to beg and you might think. 602 00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,900 Why would they beg? Well, look back here at verse 603 00:43:26,100 --> 00:43:33,700 15. 16 rather. It says that they were beginning 604 00:43:33,700 --> 00:43:35,300 to describe to them. What had happened to the 605 00:43:35,300 --> 00:43:37,500 demon-possessed man, but it doesn't stop there and to the 606 00:43:37,500 --> 00:43:44,800 pigs and to the pigs. When Christ delivered, this man, 607 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:47,200 there was some loss to their financial Enterprise. 608 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,300 Now, we have more reason to believe that this is a gentile 609 00:43:53,300 --> 00:43:55,900 region, because Jewish law will not accept. 610 00:43:57,100 --> 00:43:58,700 The raising and the herding of pigs. 611 00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:02,300 It was an unclean animal. So, either their Gentiles or 612 00:44:02,300 --> 00:44:07,000 they are Jews who are disobeying the law, but more likely it is 613 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,300 Gentiles in this region of gallery. 614 00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:16,800 What do you think would be a more important and more 615 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,900 considerable concern for these people. 616 00:44:18,900 --> 00:44:24,700 The fact that this Terrorizer of their city is now a brand new 617 00:44:24,700 --> 00:44:29,300 man, or the fact that they lost some profit. 618 00:44:30,900 --> 00:44:34,700 And their business got hurt. How are you? 619 00:44:34,700 --> 00:44:36,200 Not. Look at this and we have to be 620 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,500 careful not to lift up our nose too high. 621 00:44:39,600 --> 00:44:44,400 Because the attitude of these herdsmen and these citizens is 622 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:49,600 still alive today, isn't it? Isn't it alive today? 623 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:55,100 Do you not have people today who want nothing to do with Jesus 624 00:44:55,700 --> 00:44:58,800 because they understand enough about the lordship that he calls 625 00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:01,100 for that might meddle with their affairs. 626 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:06,900 Isn't there enough understanding in the Simplicity of the 627 00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:09,100 presentation of the Gospel that would cause people to 628 00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:12,100 understand? So you're telling me that this 629 00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:15,300 Jesus can enter into my life and there's something of my 630 00:45:15,300 --> 00:45:19,400 property, my projects, my Pursuits, that could be 631 00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:22,000 affected. No, thank you. 632 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,600 Keep them away, listen to this. And people are willing to do 633 00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,800 that. Even if bondage in them or 634 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:36,400 around, them still continues. They have such an esteem and 635 00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,400 such a value and the temporal that they're willing to let go 636 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:45,100 of the Eternal. even if it means torment with the little toys 637 00:45:45,100 --> 00:45:50,500 that you want to enjoy in this life, Here's the thing, this is 638 00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:52,300 the scariest part of this. We thought the demons was the 639 00:45:52,300 --> 00:45:56,000 scariest part. You thought the shrieking and 640 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,500 The Cutting was disturbing? It is. 641 00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:01,900 Here's what I personally believe is the most hard dropping part 642 00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:09,700 when they begged Jesus to leave. He agreed. what happens here and 643 00:46:09,700 --> 00:46:13,900 those who began to beg Jesus to depart from the region, Verse 644 00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:20,100 18, and as he was getting into the boat, you want me to go? 645 00:46:20,100 --> 00:46:24,300 I'll honor it. Turns his back makes his way 646 00:46:24,300 --> 00:46:26,200 towards the same boat that he came in. 647 00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:30,400 And we see another kind of begging. 648 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:33,100 We saw a begging with the demons. 649 00:46:33,100 --> 00:46:37,900 We saw begging with these people who needed just as much 650 00:46:37,900 --> 00:46:41,300 Deliverance as this man did. But look at this kind of begging 651 00:46:41,300 --> 00:46:43,500 and verse 18. And as he was getting into the 652 00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:46,000 boat, the men who had been possessed with demons begged 653 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:51,100 him, Begged him that he might be with him. 654 00:46:54,500 --> 00:47:02,800 I mean, talk about talk about a site, begging demons begging 655 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:08,400 unregenerate, man, and now a begging freshly saved soul. 656 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:13,700 Pectin. He begged him that he might be 657 00:47:13,700 --> 00:47:15,400 with him. Do you want to know one of the 658 00:47:15,408 --> 00:47:18,300 strongest? If not the strongest sign that 659 00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:23,300 someone has truly undergone a work of God in their hearts? 660 00:47:25,500 --> 00:47:28,400 They want to from that moment on be with Jesus. 661 00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,300 They don't just want to be delivered from something, they 662 00:47:33,300 --> 00:47:35,400 don't want to be just saved for something. 663 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:37,900 They want to be with the Savior himself. 664 00:47:39,300 --> 00:47:41,700 That's how you know someone met this man. 665 00:47:42,100 --> 00:47:45,100 That's how you know, the gospel had its full work in a man. 666 00:47:46,100 --> 00:47:50,200 Lord you saved me, you change me but don't keep me here. 667 00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:54,700 I want to be with you. I want to go. 668 00:47:54,700 --> 00:47:56,400 Where you go. I want to hear you speak. 669 00:47:56,400 --> 00:47:59,300 I want to obey what you say take me with you. 670 00:47:59,300 --> 00:48:03,100 Lord grab my hand and allow me to walk with you throughout this 671 00:48:03,100 --> 00:48:04,600 life. I will follow you. 672 00:48:04,900 --> 00:48:08,000 I'll let you leave me. I want you, there's this new 673 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:12,800 birth. This newly desired, implanted 674 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:16,800 Pursuit that you never known before and it's I want to be 675 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,400 with him. I want to follow him wherever he 676 00:48:20,408 --> 00:48:26,600 tells me to go and with that. With that desire being so 677 00:48:26,600 --> 00:48:31,500 strong. So truly moved and impregnated. 678 00:48:31,500 --> 00:48:34,300 If I can use that word by the spirit, that you could care 679 00:48:34,300 --> 00:48:37,000 less. What the crowd says, remember, 680 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:39,800 this man is the minority in the popular vote. 681 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:42,900 Everybody else said, get out of here and yet you have this one 682 00:48:42,900 --> 00:48:44,300 man. It says I'm coming with you. 683 00:48:45,100 --> 00:48:50,300 Please take me with you. So everybody else is headed 684 00:48:50,300 --> 00:48:52,600 towards back their homes. And you have this one man on his 685 00:48:52,600 --> 00:48:56,100 knees, perhaps grabbing a hold of the Lord saying, please don't 686 00:48:56,100 --> 00:49:02,300 get in that boat without me. Christ can become so real, that 687 00:49:02,300 --> 00:49:06,600 the crowd disappears and their opinions, and their ideas and 688 00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:10,100 their intimidations. And what's popular means nothing 689 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:17,000 We have to, we have to reclaim and restore that kind of 690 00:49:17,008 --> 00:49:22,000 Christianity. We have to how the gospel leads 691 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:27,000 to True, saving power, and opens the way for True intimate 692 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:32,500 relationship with the master. So, the crowd doesn't mean 693 00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:35,300 anything. And here's his men, begging and 694 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:38,700 surely Jesus. Jesus will not reject such a 695 00:49:38,707 --> 00:49:40,600 request. Surely. 696 00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:43,000 Jesus will make space in that boat. 697 00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:48,100 What does he? Because look at the response of 698 00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:53,300 Christ verse 19. And he did not permit him. 699 00:49:55,600 --> 00:49:58,600 And he did not permit him but said to him go home to your 700 00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:02,400 friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you and 701 00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:08,600 how he has had mercy on you. Isn't it amazing that when the 702 00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,700 people begged Jesus to leave, he gave them what they wanted. 703 00:50:11,700 --> 00:50:19,200 But when this meant begged to be with him, Jesus denied it He 704 00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:22,300 would think that Jesus will put up a protest and try to convince 705 00:50:22,300 --> 00:50:25,800 the crowd for him to stay. Doesn't do anything of the sort. 706 00:50:28,700 --> 00:50:31,200 And you would think with this man beg to be with Jesus. 707 00:50:32,300 --> 00:50:35,300 That Jesus would praise him for his faith, pick him up, and 708 00:50:35,300 --> 00:50:39,700 Brace him. And Adam to a very close 709 00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:46,700 proximity to his ministry. I'm not allowing you to come 710 00:50:46,700 --> 00:50:48,300 with me. I believe he said that with 711 00:50:48,300 --> 00:50:53,400 gentleness And I believe that, as he said those words, the men 712 00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:58,000 felt the perfect wisdom of the all-knowing Messiah. 713 00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:04,000 You're not coming with me, but in fact, I need you to go and 714 00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:06,200 tell first your home and your friends, what has happened to 715 00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,500 you? And I think what you see here is 716 00:51:08,500 --> 00:51:12,100 just one example of the great mystery of God's ways. 717 00:51:14,300 --> 00:51:17,100 He knows things that we do not know and his guidance sometimes 718 00:51:17,100 --> 00:51:21,500 seems strange to us at the moment, but all we have to do is 719 00:51:21,500 --> 00:51:25,600 trust that he knows exactly how to answer and direct the cries 720 00:51:25,600 --> 00:51:30,300 of men. But I want to be with you know, 721 00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:33,000 it's like but Lord what how do I reconcile with the fact that you 722 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,800 want followers and you want us to be close to you trust in him 723 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,900 trust and how he takes your prayers and answers them, no 724 00:51:40,900 --> 00:51:44,800 matter how pure and promised fill they are with the Bible 725 00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:48,900 just trust that he knows something that you don't know. 726 00:51:53,100 --> 00:51:55,800 And this man did just that he obeyed. 727 00:51:57,600 --> 00:52:00,400 And he makes his way in verse 20. 728 00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:04,500 He went away began to Proclaim in the decapolis how much Jesus 729 00:52:04,500 --> 00:52:06,600 had done for him and everyone marveled. 730 00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:13,600 You would think you know what? You have a very powerful 731 00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,700 testimony, but you need. You know what? 732 00:52:15,700 --> 00:52:18,000 Come to my Seminary. You need three years with these 733 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:20,500 guys, get some theological training and then maybe I'll 734 00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:25,200 send you out. All right away. 735 00:52:26,900 --> 00:52:30,900 Go. Not everybody's training and 736 00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:35,600 Ministry is alike. God doesn't have a cookie cutter 737 00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:42,000 way of raising up servants. Some need some training, some 738 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,600 have a particular purpose, and their testimony is very powerful 739 00:52:45,600 --> 00:52:46,800 in the Lord can make use of them. 740 00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:51,200 Very, very soon. This man gets up and he goes to 741 00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:55,300 the capitalist was just a name to identify 10, Gentile, 742 00:52:55,300 --> 00:53:02,800 saturated cities. and he goes, and he proclaims and he shares, 743 00:53:04,300 --> 00:53:06,000 I wonder if he showed some scarves. 744 00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:13,100 I wonder what the reaction of his family was when he knocked 745 00:53:13,100 --> 00:53:19,100 on that door and that afternoon. I wonder what his friends said. 746 00:53:19,700 --> 00:53:22,100 I wonder what the people who try to chain them. 747 00:53:23,700 --> 00:53:26,100 Try to reconcile in their reasoning when they saw this 748 00:53:26,100 --> 00:53:30,200 man, completely sane through the word of another man. 749 00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:39,600 And this man went out. And the next time that we see 750 00:53:39,600 --> 00:53:42,500 mention of the capitalists, would you like to see it? 751 00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:57,900 Mark chapter 7, Verse 31. Then he returned from the region 752 00:53:57,900 --> 00:54:01,700 of tyre went through side on a to the Sea of Galilee and the 753 00:54:01,700 --> 00:54:05,500 region of the decapolis and they brought to him a man who was 754 00:54:05,500 --> 00:54:09,300 deaf and had a speech impediment and They begged him to lay his 755 00:54:09,300 --> 00:54:14,300 hand on him and taking him aside from the crowd privately. 756 00:54:15,300 --> 00:54:17,700 But his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his 757 00:54:17,700 --> 00:54:22,600 tongue, could be very well that this eager crowd of people were 758 00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:28,400 stimulated inspired and prepared at the capitalists to meet with 759 00:54:28,800 --> 00:54:34,700 this Christ, because of this testimony that this man shared 760 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:39,800 who was hopeless, but found Hope in Jesus. 761 00:54:43,900 --> 00:54:47,500 I close with an invitation. People get nervous with 762 00:54:47,500 --> 00:54:52,900 invitations. Here's my invitation to you. 763 00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:00,400 And your heart. To believe God afresh. 764 00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:06,500 To stand in the gap. To not give up for that person. 765 00:55:06,500 --> 00:55:14,100 That seems hopeless. Not the one that's like, They 766 00:55:14,100 --> 00:55:16,000 have a chance, you know. There are those kind of people 767 00:55:16,300 --> 00:55:20,000 like, respectable citizens of society, they work hard, they 768 00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:22,400 have a nice family like everything, everything seems 769 00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:24,800 very christianese, but they just need Jesus. 770 00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:27,100 You know, those kind of people not talking about those kind of 771 00:55:27,107 --> 00:55:30,800 people. I'm talking about the most 772 00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:36,600 unlikely, the most stubborn destructive, terrorizing 773 00:55:36,700 --> 00:55:46,300 difficult. help lunging rebellious person, you can think 774 00:55:46,300 --> 00:55:50,600 of and believe that Christ can change them. 775 00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:56,900 And reignite your prayer life for them. 776 00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:03,000 And give up on the change that you tried to apply to them, and 777 00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:05,500 come back to the Simplicity of the power of the Gospel. 778 00:56:07,500 --> 00:56:12,200 And just believe until God calls you home. 779 00:56:12,500 --> 00:56:16,100 As long as you are here, you have the ability with your 780 00:56:16,100 --> 00:56:17,400 faith. Yes, Christ. 781 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:21,000 Can honor your faith on behalf of, someone else's lack of 782 00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:23,300 faith. That the Lord can do something 783 00:56:23,300 --> 00:56:25,400 in them. And so as we close, I'm going to 784 00:56:25,408 --> 00:56:28,800 invite you to bring that person back to mind. 785 00:56:30,300 --> 00:56:33,600 And to bring that person before Jesus Christ even now and 786 00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:37,300 believe that even now as you pray for that person Christ, can 787 00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:40,500 he can't appear and do something in them. 788 00:56:41,600 --> 00:56:47,000 And rescue them. And give them a testimony that 789 00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:51,400 can touch others as well. Lord, we thank you. 790 00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:00,800 That is story like this is more than just to give us a 791 00:57:00,800 --> 00:57:02,800 historical account of what you've done. 792 00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:07,000 And do your time on Earth was unique. 793 00:57:08,900 --> 00:57:13,500 You were the same Christ. Who is assured us? 794 00:57:13,500 --> 00:57:18,000 That there is power in the name. Of Jesus. 795 00:57:22,100 --> 00:57:24,900 And Lord, we think about those who are ruined. 796 00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:29,900 Who maybe even right now are sitting in their rooms with 797 00:57:29,900 --> 00:57:37,300 bottles or needles. Or making decisions to hurt 798 00:57:37,300 --> 00:57:39,800 themselves, to disfigure themselves. 799 00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:45,800 To challenge the author of Life by taking their own life into 800 00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:55,500 their own hands. Lord, we confess only you can do 801 00:57:55,500 --> 00:58:01,100 something. The sessions didn't work, the 802 00:58:01,100 --> 00:58:09,000 substances didn't go very far. The family interventions only 803 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:15,400 infuriated things. And so Lord, we just stand in 804 00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:20,100 the gap on behalf of someone that we love, and we think about 805 00:58:20,100 --> 00:58:22,400 them in this moment as we receive truth. 806 00:58:23,500 --> 00:58:25,300 And we look back to you now, and we responded. 807 00:58:25,300 --> 00:58:27,300 We say Lord. Would you do something? 808 00:58:28,800 --> 00:58:34,400 Would you do something? We can't, we give up. 809 00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:36,600 We're done Lord, but you are able. 810 00:58:37,500 --> 00:58:40,900 And so set that, son free set, that daughter, free set, that 811 00:58:40,900 --> 00:58:44,200 father, free set, that mother free, that Uncle, that cousin 812 00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:48,500 that best friend. Even now Lord, as they are 813 00:58:48,500 --> 00:58:51,700 preparing to sin. In this very moment, we pray 814 00:58:51,700 --> 00:58:57,400 that you would intervene you would show right up and that you 815 00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:03,300 would extend undeserved mercy. And with that Mercy would come a 816 00:59:03,300 --> 00:59:09,100 power, a power that would make your love and your freeing power 817 00:59:09,100 --> 00:59:14,900 undeniable. And so Lord, we sing to you. 818 00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:20,800 And we also think of those perhaps were listening that now 819 00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:23,100 who are in bondage in one way or another. 820 00:59:25,900 --> 00:59:31,100 They are subject to slavery. And that could be an evil 821 00:59:31,100 --> 00:59:37,200 spirit. Could very likely Simply Be sin. 822 00:59:38,800 --> 00:59:43,100 Lord with him, with a Mustard Seed, Faith, arise in their 823 00:59:43,100 --> 00:59:47,000 hearts to believe that you Lord, Jesus, the resurrected Messiah 824 00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:52,800 can bring liberation. Salvation soundness of Mind. 825 00:59:52,800 --> 00:59:56,400 Peace and heart Assurance of divine love. 826 00:59:57,000 --> 01:00:01,300 Lord, have your way. And we sing to you with 827 01:00:01,300 --> 01:00:03,400 Thanksgiving that you are this Christ. 828 01:00:05,900 --> 01:00:07,800 Who, when we beg to you you answer. 829 01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:10,500 But even when we beg to you and you don't answer, we trust in 830 01:00:10,500 --> 01:00:15,900 your wisdom. and we believe that, you know, best and 831 01:00:15,900 --> 01:00:19,500 oftentimes your nose is because you have a plan in mind like 832 01:00:19,500 --> 01:00:22,800 this man who did not understand what his testimony would do in 833 01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:25,300 preparation for a future Ministry for Christ. 834 01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:32,600 Help us trust you in the nose. No matter how good and holy that 835 01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:35,100 request has helped us trust you in the nose. 836 01:00:36,300 --> 01:00:38,900 Receive more Glory. Now as we sing in Jesus name, 837 01:00:39,300 --> 01:00:41,400 amen would you stand with me as we sing?