1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:06,400 Can someone say holy? But the revelation says they'll 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,440 stand around the throne crying, holy, holy, holy, Amen. 3 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:15,240 And there's nothing wrong with us doing that now on this side 4 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:16,960 of heaven. Amen. 5 00:00:17,560 --> 00:00:19,480 You can stand with me here tonight. 6 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,320 For the past several services we have had evangelist Adrian 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,880 Sanford with us, a man. He's a full time evangelist and 8 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,880 crisscrosser the United States holding meetings such as this 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,760 and we're glad to have him tonight. 10 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:38,840 He's from Walnut, Ms. And so with that, he understands that 11 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:43,240 sidewalks roll up around some cities like at 9 O clock like 12 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,640 they do in Mount Carmel. You know how hard it's to find 13 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,200 somewhere to eat after church is over in Mount Carmel? 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,040 Difficult. You've almost expired your 15 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:53,840 options then, even when you go to Princeton. 16 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,560 And so we brought a basket and we're going to do a picnic 17 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,320 tonight out on the lawn after. I'm joking. 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,000 But nonetheless, Amen, It's good. 19 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,360 It's good to have somebody that understands Amen that. 20 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,680 But we're glad to have him tonight. 21 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,520 He's going to come and minister the word of the Lord. 22 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,240 And if you've not been here any of these nights, we want the 23 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,080 Lord to minister to you through his word, Amen. 24 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,720 He's capable of doing so in Scripture. 25 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,320 If He sent His Word and He healed them, then His Word can 26 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:24,520 be sent in any aspect here tonight and do what it needs to 27 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,760 do in your life tonight. Can we honor the Lord one more 28 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,920 time as Evangelist Adrian Sanford? 29 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:30,720 Amen. Comes here. 30 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:36,080 This evening. Hallelujah, brother. 31 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:39,280 Hey man, let's continue to magnify the Lord in this house, 32 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,400 all with your hands and with your voice. 33 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,800 Why don't you give Him praise that He's worthy of? 34 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,760 Oh, that men would praise the Lord. 35 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,600 Amen. I think that's why the Bible 36 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,840 tells us to praise Him according to His excellent greatness. 37 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,080 That means my praise ought to match how great God's been to 38 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,120 me. Because I praise Him according 39 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,000 to His excellent greatness. I know that our praise will 40 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,480 never match the greatness that we've experienced, but I believe 41 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,080 it is an admonishment that every time we get an opportunity, we 42 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,720 are to come in the House of the Lord and do our very best to 43 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,720 give Him praise. Amen. 44 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,280 Why don't we do that one more time? 45 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,480 Why don't we in your own way, if you want to lift your hands, if 46 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:36,800 you want to lift your voice, if you want to clap your hands, the 47 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,960 Bible says that praise is comely. 48 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,920 It's just the right thing to do. You don't know what else to do. 49 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:46,320 It's always in order to give God praise. 50 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:49,280 Amen. In fact, David said in one 51 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:51,320 place, My praise waiteth for thee. 52 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:56,080 I think Dave was saying, man, there's been an expectation and 53 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,480 an anticipation to get in the House of the Lord and just give 54 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,800 him praise. And what would happen if we had 55 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,960 that kind of attitude? And I'm waiting to get in the 56 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,720 House of the Lord because my praise is waiting to get in the 57 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,040 House of the Lord. Hey, man, I know what would 58 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,440 happen. We'd get God's attention because 59 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,520 he still inhabits the praises of Israel and what great singing 60 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,920 and music and worship we've heard in this house. 61 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:25,520 And thank you again to the praise team and the musicians 62 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,840 for leading us into worship and creating an atmosphere for the 63 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,880 Lord to move in. Because we want the Lord to 64 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,200 move. That's why we're here. 65 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,320 Anybody want the Lord to move in your life this evening? 66 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:41,680 Amen. And I believe the Lord is in 67 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,760 this room to meet specific needs tonight, Amen. 68 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,520 I just want the Lord to be Himself. 69 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,080 God, just be yourself, whatever you want to do, that's what we 70 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,240 want you to do. If you want to heal, we want you 71 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,800 to heal. If you want to deliver, we want 72 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,040 you to deliver them. If you want to give answers and 73 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,040 give direction, we want whatever you want to do in this house, 74 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,200 Amen. If you have your Bibles, I will 75 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:13,000 go to Mark Chapter 7, begin at verse #24 and as you're finding 76 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:18,320 Mark 7, verse 24, give honor again, brother and sister McGee 77 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,600 and their family, and thank them for allowing me to come and for 78 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:25,400 giving me the invitation to come and for all of their kindness 79 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,320 and hospitality. I give also honor to your Bishop 80 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:31,560 and his wife. And that's all. 81 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:33,840 I've never pastor, but I'm around some. 82 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:40,640 Every now and again people show up and it's if nobody was going 83 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,800 to show up, we wouldn't do this. But we're, we're glad that 84 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,560 people show up because it's an opportunity for God to do 85 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,800 something in their life. And I want to give God an 86 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,960 opportunity tonight. Amen. 87 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:59,320 So Mark Chapter 7 and verse #24 the Bible says, and from thence 88 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,200 he's Speaking of, Jesus arose and went into the borders of 89 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:07,720 Tyree and Saddam, and entered into a house, and would have no 90 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,880 man know it. But he could not be hid. 91 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,560 For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, 92 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,440 heard of him, and came and fell at his feet. 93 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,600 The woman was a Greek, a sorrow Phoenician by nation, and she 94 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,480 besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her 95 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,320 daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the 96 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:35,440 children first be filled, for it is not meat, or it's not time to 97 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,000 take the children's bread and cash it into the dogs. 98 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:45,000 And she answered and said, Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the 99 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,400 table eat of the children's crumbs. 100 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:52,760 And he said unto her, For this saying, Go thy way, the devil 101 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,440 has gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her 102 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:01,280 house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid up on 103 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:04,360 the bed. Anybody know what it's like to 104 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:11,360 leave problems at the house, issues at the house, things 105 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:14,400 you're worried about? Wouldn't it be good that by the 106 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,800 time we get back home tonight, all those issues will be 107 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,880 resolved, All those needs could be met? 108 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,520 I believe that's what the Lord wants to do in this house 109 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,880 tonight. My text is going to come from 110 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:33,040 verse #24 when the Bible says he goes into the borders of Tyree 111 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:39,360 and Saddam enters into a house would have no man know it, but 112 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:45,240 he could not be hid. My title tonight is those last 113 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,520 five words of verse 24. I'm preaching. 114 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:54,320 He could not be hid. He could not be hid. 115 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,000 If you want the Lord to manifest himself in this room, I wonder 116 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,880 if you could one more time lift your hands all over this house. 117 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,800 And if you've got a need right now, I want you to vocalize that 118 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,360 need to the Lord. Come on, let's open our mouth 119 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:10,560 right now and say, Lord, this is what I need tonight. 120 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,320 This is what I'm believing that you're going to do in this room 121 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:17,800 for the next few moments. Lord, we love you tonight in 122 00:07:27,870 --> 00:07:29,950 Jesus name. Lord, let our faith be released 123 00:07:29,950 --> 00:07:33,390 in this room to believe you for the impossible and for the 124 00:07:33,390 --> 00:07:37,670 miraculous to believe you for the supernatural to manifest in 125 00:07:37,670 --> 00:07:42,430 this house in Jesus name. And why don't you give the Lord 126 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:44,910 a great hand clap of praise one more time. 127 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,800 Come on a hand clap and expectancy. 128 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:55,720 The gods about to do something in this room in Jesus name and 129 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,200 you may be seated tonight. Thank you for standing. 130 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,360 Due to having to lay some groundwork. 131 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,760 I will quickly go to the arena of our text because it is in the 132 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:11,200 Gospel of Mark where you find where you and I find Mark making 133 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,800 a very interesting statement concerning Jesus. 134 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:19,240 He informs us that Jesus is going into the borders of Tyree 135 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,240 and Sadan. He's entered into a house and 136 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,760 would have no man know it, but he could not be hid. 137 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:30,000 First of all, as we begin, we must focus our attention on the 138 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,360 region Jesus is entered into. March 7 Because it is of 139 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,880 significance to note that the Bible tells us exactly where 140 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,200 Jesus had travelled to. Mark informs us that he had gone 141 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:46,040 into the borders of Tyree and Saddam. 142 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,680 The commentators have come to suggest that this particular 143 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:54,360 instance is one of the very few times, as far as the biblical 144 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,640 record goes, that Jesus goes out of Palestine and into strictly 145 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,800 Gentile territory. But the location of Jesus is not 146 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,600 the only important thing to know in the text, because secondly, 147 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,920 it's also of the utmost importance to know that the 148 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:14,560 purpose of Jesus going into this region, the reason why Jesus 149 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:18,760 went to Tyree and Saddam, was not to minister to the 150 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,560 multitudes. Now I understand that that 151 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:25,280 almost seems like a ludicrous and even blasphemous statement 152 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:29,080 to make about Jesus because it is something we continually see 153 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,600 him doing all throughout the Gospels. 154 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,640 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Those four men record for us 155 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:40,680 those miraculous moments when Jesus would travel to certain 156 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:44,480 cities for the purpose of ministering to those who were 157 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,840 present with needs. We see in one place that he goes 158 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,800 to Bethany and there he raises Lazarus from the dead. 159 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,360 He goes to Cana and turns water into wine. 160 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,800 He goes to a city called Capernaum and heals. 161 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,560 A paralytic man heals heals 2 unnamed blind men, heals the 162 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:07,600 dumb demoniac, and also heals a man with a withered hand. 163 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,560 He goes into the region of Gadera and it's there where he 164 00:10:11,560 --> 00:10:14,960 delivers a man possessed with a legion of devils. 165 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:19,040 It's in the city of Jericho where he opens the eyes of a 166 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,520 blonde Bartimaeus. It is at the pool of Bethesda 167 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:26,760 where he tells that lame man to take up his bed and walk. 168 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,600 There's even verses in the Gospels that tells us how Jesus 169 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,240 would enter into villages, cities and countries just to 170 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,320 meet the needs of everybody who was present. 171 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:42,320 You see, this is something we continually see Jesus doing 172 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:46,000 throughout his ministry, but we must understand that this was 173 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,080 not the case when he travelled into the borders of Tyree and 174 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:53,320 Sardan. Something was different about 175 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,640 Mark Chapter 7. And so you may be wondering how 176 00:10:56,640 --> 00:11:00,280 I came to the conclusion that he did not go to that region to 177 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:02,840 perform the miraculous or the supernatural. 178 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,440 I mean, all it tells us is Jesus arose, went into the borders of 179 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,600 Tyree and Sodon and enters into a house. 180 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,120 We understand that it's not for him that Jesus goes in the 181 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:18,080 cities and performs the miraculous, but it's also not 182 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,600 for him that Jesus would go in the homes and perform the 183 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:25,040 miraculous because we understand that he goes into the House of 184 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,640 Peter and heals his mother-in-law. 185 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,640 He goes into the House of Jarius and raises is his daughter from 186 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,000 the dead. There's even one place that the 187 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,920 Bible says it was noised that Jesus was in one particular 188 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,080 house, that the people packed themselves in the room so 189 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,160 tightly just so their needs could be met. 190 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:48,000 So knowing all of this, knowing that Jesus has brought his 191 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:52,760 ministry in the cities and territories and homes time after 192 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:56,240 time, you're probably wondering how I came to the conclusion 193 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,200 that this time it was different. This time he did not bring the 194 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,800 miraculous to Tyree and Sadan. He did not even bring the 195 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,680 supernatural into the house he was in. 196 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:09,800 So what was so different about March 7? 197 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,840 The answer is given in the same verse because Mark informs us 198 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:20,040 that Jesus arose, went into the borders of Tyree and Saddam, 199 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,720 entered into a house and would have no man know it. 200 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,440 You've got to look closely at what Mark is telling us because 201 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,120 he's travelled to Tyree and Saddam and he's entered into a 202 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:36,840 home by himself. Now just 7 verses earlier in 203 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:42,080 March, 7 and 17, we found that same Jesus and a home with his 204 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,920 disciples. But now 7 verses later, he's 205 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,360 walked away from that house, He's separated himself from his 206 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:54,040 disciples and now he's left the territory of the Jews, walked 207 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:58,800 into Gentile territory, goes into a house and doesn't tell 208 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:02,920 anybody where he's going to understand. 209 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,840 While the Bible makes that statement, he would have no man 210 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,040 know it. You've got to understand that 211 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:12,200 leading up to this moment, Jesus has spending had been spending 212 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,280 much time of his time ministering throughout the 213 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,160 provinces. And because his ministry was 214 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:21,840 drawing crowds, he was drawing overwhelming crowds. 215 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,080 He had become exhausted due to his ministry. 216 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,040 And so when Mark says he would have no man know it, it is 217 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,880 imperative to understand in the context of what I'm preaching, 218 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:36,440 that Jesus pulls himself away from the ministry from that 219 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:38,720 moment. It literally gives you an all 220 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,160 the understanding that Jesus needed rest. 221 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:46,560 And so he leaves the land of the Jews and goes into Gentile 222 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:49,600 territory for the purpose of rest. 223 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:53,880 This is why the Bible says he didn't tell anybody where he's 224 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,560 going. I think it was his way of saying 225 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,960 that right now I'm going to find rest. 226 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,400 Right now I'm not here healing anybodies body. 227 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,760 Right now I'm not answering anybodies prayers. 228 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,080 Right now I'm not meeting anybodies needs. 229 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:16,520 He goes into a house and told no man where he's going because his 230 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,960 ministry is on pause. Are you with me this evening? 231 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:25,480 And so knowing these important details, this is where the story 232 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:27,120 really begins to get interesting. 233 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,400 Because even though Jesus had not come for the multitudes, and 234 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,080 even though Jesus had not come for the individuals at this 235 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:40,040 particular time, you and I are quickly introduced to a certain 236 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,440 woman. In fact, the Bible says this 237 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:47,000 certain woman was a Greek, a sorrow, Phoenician by nation. 238 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:51,400 In other words, she's a Gentile. That makes sense because he's 239 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:55,680 now in Gentile territory. But understand this woman is in 240 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,800 Gentile, meaning she is a stranger to the Commonwealth of 241 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,040 Israel. She is an alien to the covenant 242 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:06,240 of promise. She's not a Jew, meaning she's 243 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:10,240 not from the lineage of Abraham. In other words, at this moment 244 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,520 in human history, she has no access to God. 245 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,200 She has no access to the miraculous. 246 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:21,600 She has no access to the supernatural, but if that's not 247 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,240 bad enough, not only is she living on the wrong side of 248 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:29,760 Calvary, but her daughter is possessed with an unclean 249 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:34,480 spirit. Her daughter is demon possessed. 250 00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:38,200 You got to understand that this was no small matter in biblical 251 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,720 times because in order to understand the severity of her 252 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:46,360 situation in New Testament times, demon possession was 253 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,400 considered to be the most impossible malady to cure. 254 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,160 You see, people including religious leaders were often 255 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:57,520 powerless in the presence of devils that the people who were 256 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:01,240 possessed were chained up and left in remote conditions. 257 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,240 This is why the man named Legion is chained up in the tomb, 258 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,160 because they have no answers. They have no cure. 259 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,640 There is no remedy. And so the best thing we can do 260 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:18,280 is put them out of town. This is the pitiful plight of 261 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:22,880 this gentile lady's daughter. She's about to end up just like 262 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:25,840 that man Legion. She's in the house right now. 263 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,760 But when news gets out, they're going to see that we have no 264 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,320 power over this and they're going to pull her out of the 265 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,600 home and they're going to separate her from her mother. 266 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,600 This woman is in a desperate need. 267 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:46,640 And while Jesus is hiding, somehow this lady finds out that 268 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:50,280 he's in Tyree and Sao Dawn. Somehow, Brother McGee, she 269 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:54,680 finds out that he's in a house. And This is why Mark tells us 270 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:58,640 that when she finds him, she besought the Lord that he would 271 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,560 cast the devil out of her daughter. 272 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,359 But we understand Jesus looks at her and says the children must 273 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,280 first be filled because it's not me to give the children's bread 274 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:12,200 and cast it to the dogs. And that woman doesn't argue. 275 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:17,200 She doesn't dispute his words she said yes Lord true, but even 276 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,200 the dogs deserve crumbs that fall from the masters table. 277 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:27,319 And the Bible says, when Jesus hears this, he says, for thy 278 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:31,840 saying, go thy way, the devil has gone out of your daughter. 279 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:36,120 And by the time that Lady gets back to the house, the devil has 280 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:40,240 gone out of her daughter and she's sitting up upon the bed in 281 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:44,520 her right mind. It was in that moment her need 282 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,880 had been met. But the most interesting part of 283 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:53,600 the entire story, at least to me, is not when the Bible says 284 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:58,720 he goes to Tyree and Saddam. It's not when the Bible says he 285 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,520 enters into a house. It's not even when the Bible 286 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,880 says he would have no man know it. 287 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:08,040 But the phrase that caught my attention some time ago is when 288 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:12,400 Mark says, but he could not be hid. 289 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:16,280 He doesn't tell anybody where he's going. 290 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,240 He goes into strictly Gentile territory. 291 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:26,200 He's tucked away in a house. No man knows where he is, but he 292 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,520 could not be hid. It's about to make sense because 293 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:32,840 you've got to understand that Mark is letting us understand 294 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,640 the context of which this is unfolding. 295 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,480 He's left the Jewish community. He's departed from his 296 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:42,480 disciples. He's in Gentile territory. 297 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:46,000 He's in a house and nobody knows where he is. 298 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:49,720 Understands Jesus. He's in a place of inactivity. 299 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,960 He's in a place of rest. In this moment. 300 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,160 He has no intention of performing a miracle. 301 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,400 His agenda does not include operating him the supernatural. 302 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,320 His hands are not healing. His words are not delivering. 303 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:09,000 His Spirit is not moving. The miracle ministry of Jesus 304 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:15,880 has been put on pause, but he doesn't stay in a place of rest 305 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,520 for too long because Mark tells us, even though he separates 306 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:24,840 himself from his miracle crusade and goes into a house and 307 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,560 doesn't tell anybody where he's going, he lets us understand. 308 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:33,120 He could not be hid in order to understand that statement. 309 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,880 There's other times in the Gospels when Jesus would seek to 310 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,400 be alone. He would pull himself away from 311 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,320 ministry in order to find rest, but his rest was always 312 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,280 interrupted by the zeal of his followers or the need of those 313 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:51,080 who had heard of him. And so it is with this Gentile 314 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,520 lady. You want to know why Mark tells 315 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,320 us he could not be hid? He said he could not be hid for 316 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:02,320 a certain woman. You know what Mark is telling 317 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,480 us? Jesus could not stay hidden 318 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,400 because there was a woman who needed him. 319 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,600 Cannot tell this congregation. Her situation and her 320 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:15,000 desperation poured him out of a place of hiding. 321 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:19,960 It was the level of her need that caused him not to stay 322 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:25,520 where he was. I don't know how she found out 323 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,440 where he was. I don't know how she found out 324 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,560 he's in Tyree and Saddam, I don't know how she found out 325 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,160 what house he was in. The Bible gives us no 326 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:38,640 information at all, but all it says is he could not be hid. 327 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:43,120 And I think that's enough because Mark is trying to let us 328 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:48,200 know that it's my need and it's your need that we'll always find 329 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:50,200 him. I've come to tell you, when you 330 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:54,520 can't find God, your need will always find Him. 331 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,160 I've come to preach to somebody in this house who may have 332 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,520 needs. I've got good news to tell you. 333 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,280 You may feel like God is hidden. You may feel like God's not 334 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:09,000 answering prayers. But if somebody can make their 335 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:17,200 need known, he's not going to stay hidden for a certain woman. 336 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,800 And I just feel like there's a certain man in this room. 337 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:24,240 I just feel like there's a certain woman in this room. 338 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:28,080 There may be a certain young person or a certain young adult 339 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:33,000 who needs him. And while you may feel like 340 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,880 God's not answering your prayers, and while you may feel 341 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,080 like God's turned to death, here, I've got the solution. 342 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,920 Your need is going to pull him out of hiding. 343 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,840 Your need is going to get him involved. 344 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,640 See, I don't know what your need is. 345 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,200 Hers was a devil possessed daughter. 346 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,040 We've all got different needs in this room, but the principal 347 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,040 remains the same. If you've got a need only God 348 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,280 can take care of. If you've got a need that goes 349 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,000 beyond your ability, if you've got a need that's met your 350 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,000 limitations, I've come to tell you that if you can become 351 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:15,480 desperate, your desperation and your determination is going to 352 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,080 pull him out of hiding. You see, I've come to preach 353 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:21,960 about a God who cannot stay inactive when somebody needs 354 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:24,000 him. I've come to preach about a God 355 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,960 who cannot rest. When somebody needs a miracle, 356 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:31,880 I've come to preach about a God who cannot remain Incognito when 357 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:38,760 somebody's desperate. I remember sitting in a pastor's 358 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,840 office in Louisiana and the knock comes on the door Bishop, 359 00:22:42,360 --> 00:22:44,200 and it's the drummer walking in the office. 360 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,400 And that young man looks at the pastor and says, pastor, it's me 361 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,640 again. Here's my needs. 362 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,320 I need you to pray for it. He's begin to apologize to his 363 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:54,840 pastor. I know I'm always in here. 364 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,080 I know I've always got prayer requests. 365 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,560 I know I've always got needs. And that pastor looked back at 366 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,320 that young man who was his drummer and said, Son, never 367 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:06,000 apologize for needing something from God. 368 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,720 Can I tell somebody in this room, don't despise your need 369 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:13,240 because it's your need that's going to pull him out of hiding. 370 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,640 I don't know how she found him. I don't know how she found out 371 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,920 he was in town, but there was a need that put her exactly where 372 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,040 she needed to be. I've come to learn through God's 373 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:26,840 Word and I've come to learn through experiences. 374 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:33,400 When and I cannot find him, my need is always going to find 375 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:38,200 him. She has an issue of blood. 376 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,160 She's had it for 12 years, spent all that she had and grew worse 377 00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:47,920 and not better. One translation lets us know 378 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,680 that she was as good as dead because she hasn't been at home 379 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,320 because of that infirmity. She hasn't been able to see her 380 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,640 family or kids, if she had any, for years. 381 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,840 She's been isolated. She's alone. 382 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,920 But the day comes when she hears that Jesus is walking downtown 383 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,840 and she leaves that place of oscillation. 384 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,000 She leaves that place of abandonment. 385 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,760 The Bible lets us know that in Mark chapter 5, verse 24, that 386 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:23,480 Jesus went with him, Speaking of Jarius, and much people followed 387 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,480 him, and many people thronged him. 388 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,880 That word thronged means to compress. 389 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:35,720 It was a multitude of people, crowds on every side. 390 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,480 Jesus is hidden by the multitude. 391 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,040 He's hidden by the crowd, but there's a lady with an issue of 392 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:49,040 blood who needs him. I don't know if she could see 393 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,560 him or not because the Bible says she touches the hem of his 394 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,880 garment. Some people have come to suggest 395 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,320 that she crawled her way through that crowd. 396 00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:59,640 I don't know. I don't know if she knew where 397 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:01,960 he was at or not. I don't know if she could see 398 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,400 him in her vision or not. But can I tell you that it was 399 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,760 her need that put him right at his feet? 400 00:25:08,120 --> 00:25:11,560 It was her need that put him right where she needed to be. 401 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,320 And she pushes her way through the crowd, touches the hem of 402 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:19,520 his garment, and straightway the fountain of her blood was dried 403 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:27,120 up because the crowd could not hide him from a woman who needed 404 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:31,520 him. Don't you let a crowd full of 405 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,360 people that don't need him keep you from getting to him. 406 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:40,480 Boy, I feel a little something right here. 407 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,400 Can I tell you that there were, there may have been a crowd of 408 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:47,080 people on every side, but bumping into Jesus is different 409 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,440 from grabbing Jesus. I know a lot of people that 410 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,840 wants to bump into him. I know a lot of people that 411 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,960 wants to be in his presence, but don't let people that's just 412 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,720 here keep you away from getting a hold of him. 413 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,080 I've come to challenge somebody on a Tuesday night. 414 00:26:01,360 --> 00:26:04,720 Whatever your need is, you want to push past comfort. 415 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:08,560 You want to push past those that don't need Him and make up your 416 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:14,280 mind. Nothing is going to keep me from 417 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:19,880 getting my need met because he cannot be hid from those. 418 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,800 He cannot stay hidden when somebody needs him. 419 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:34,760 My kids growing up, not so much anymore, but growing up, they 420 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:43,200 love to play hide and seek. And because I was very 421 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,720 competitive and I had a lot of years under my belt, I would 422 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:51,840 always hide, let them come look for me because I was 423 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,000 competitive. I'm not telling you where I am. 424 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,600 You find me. That's the game. 425 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,360 I hide and you seek. Good luck. 426 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,800 And I would always notice what would start out as a game, 427 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,880 laughing and giggling and kids laughing. 428 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,080 And where are you, dad? Look under bed and he's not 429 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:14,800 there, They'd laugh. Look in the closet, he's not 430 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,160 there, they'd laugh. But I'd always notice after four 431 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:23,680 or five minutes past Bishop and they hadn't found me, it wasn't 432 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,240 games anymore. Because while it's a game, the 433 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:32,200 dad, they're getting worried because they can't find me. 434 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,720 Can I tell you? There's been times in my life 435 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,280 when it felt like God was playing hide and seek with me. 436 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,280 Anybody know what it's like? You go to prayer and you can't 437 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,440 find him. You come to church and you feel 438 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,440 like he's hiding himself. Anybody know what Job meant when 439 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:50,400 he said, behold, I go forward but he's not there and I go 440 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,600 backward, but I cannot perceive him on the left hand where he 441 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,120 does work. I can't behold him. 442 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:59,000 He hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him. 443 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:03,640 What caused Jesus to come out of hiding for a Gentile lady? 444 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:09,280 What caused him to leave a place of what caused him to go from 445 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,040 inactive to active? I'll tell you what it was. 446 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,120 It was somebody that got desperate to. 447 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,160 It was somebody that was determined. 448 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:22,040 It was somebody who faith, because nobody can lay faith at 449 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:25,880 the feet of Jesus and watch him walk away without responding. 450 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,320 Her need prompted him to come out of hiding. 451 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,760 And I've come to tell somebody, you want to get that same 452 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:35,240 desperation. You want to get the same 453 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:39,320 attitude that says I'm not leaving this house until my 454 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:45,480 needs are met. You want His glory to be 455 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,400 revealed. He want His power to be 456 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:51,440 experienced. He want His manifest presence to 457 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,680 move in this house. Why don't you get desperate? 458 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:02,800 Because He will supply all your need according to His riches and 459 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:08,200 glory. Let me show you how God moves 460 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,760 out of a place of rest when there's need. 461 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:17,920 After six days of creating a wonderful world, after six days 462 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:23,120 of light and darkness, land and sea, thousand things that fly 463 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:27,200 and fish in the sea. After six days, Bible says on 464 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:31,720 the 7th day he rested from all of his work. 465 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,080 Now when the Bible says that the Lord rested, it doesn't give us 466 00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,640 the indication that he had to sit down and catch his breath 467 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,040 because he was exhausted from creating this world. 468 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:49,440 The Bible's not saying that he had to take a time out because 469 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,840 God doesn't get tired. He that keeps Israel neither 470 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:56,760 slumbers nor sleeps. The Hebrew word for rested there 471 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,120 gives more ideas than just being physically tired. 472 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,000 It's the word Shabbat and it means to cease or to stop. 473 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,720 So the little understanding is on the 7th day God just stopped 474 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,840 working. God says I'm done for right now. 475 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:19,080 He ceased on the 7th day. But watch this Adam and Eve, the 476 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:26,280 apex of his creation, disobeys sins and partakes of the fruit. 477 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:32,880 And a God who was resting now, the Bible says, and they heard 478 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:40,240 the voice of the Lord, the same God that was inactive, the same 479 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:44,720 God that was resting and no longer working is now active 480 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,680 walking in the garden because he understands I've got to leave my 481 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,200 place of rest because my creation needs me. 482 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,560 And from that moment all throughout his life when he 483 00:30:56,560 --> 00:31:01,000 walked the earth, we continually seeing him coming to those who 484 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,240 needed him. You see, I'm preaching about a 485 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:08,080 God this evening who cannot stay hidden because at his birth, God 486 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:11,680 displays a star over Bethlehem the night he was born. 487 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:14,840 And then there's a group of angels proclaiming to those 488 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,920 shepherds on a hill, glory to God, him the highest on earth, 489 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,440 peace, goodwill toward men. Because at his birth he couldn't 490 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,920 be hid. You see, when he was dedicated, 491 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,240 at his presentation, he couldn't be hid. 492 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,840 Because it said when those days were fulfilled, Mary brought 493 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:34,000 Jesus to the temple to present him to the Lord as the law 494 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,240 commanded in the temple. There was a man named Simeon 495 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,160 whom the Holy Ghost had revealed to him, You will not see death 496 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:45,320 until you see the Lord's Christ. And when Simeon looks at Jesus, 497 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:50,400 he takes him in his arms, bless his God, and says, Lord, now let 498 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:54,400 your the servant depart in peace, because mine eyes have 499 00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:59,040 seen my salvation. And his baptism he couldn't stay 500 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,920 hid because John the Baptist proclaimed there's one coming 501 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,720 after me who's mightier than I I'll baptize you under 502 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:10,440 repentance, but he's going to baptize you with Holy Ghost and 503 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,680 fire. And when Jesus tops the hill, he 504 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:18,160 says, behold the Lamb of God. And there's a voice from heaven 505 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,400 that says, thou art my beloved Son, and whom I'm well pleased. 506 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,800 In his earthly ministry, He can't be hid because in places 507 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,560 such as our text needs, pull him out of hiding. 508 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:36,040 When he's being crucified, he can't be hid, because the veil 509 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,040 in the temple was rent from top to bottom, and the earth did 510 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,200 clake, and the rocks were rent, and the graves were opened up, 511 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:44,760 and the bodies of the Saints that slept rose. 512 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,600 And after all this happened, the Bible tells us after his 513 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:52,400 resurrection went into the holy city and appeared unto Menia. 514 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:56,840 And even at his burial he couldn't be hid. 515 00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,880 They put his body in a borrowed tomb. 516 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:02,960 They put a stone in front of the door. 517 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:08,800 Roman soldiers are standing there to guard him because he 518 00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:13,880 did say in three days, so let's just stand here just in case. 519 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:18,280 But even though they placed a Roman seal at the door, and even 520 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,200 though there are Roman soldiers guarding the door, when it was 521 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,120 time for scripture to be fulfilled, he came out because 522 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,720 death, hell, nor the grave could hide him, because nothing can 523 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,960 hide him. And I've come to tell somebody 524 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,520 in this room, your troubles cannot hide him. 525 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,880 Your needs cannot hide him. Whatever you're dealing with 526 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,320 will not cause him to be hidden. I wish somebody would understand 527 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:44,160 that God always comes out of hiding when I find myself in 528 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:46,760 trouble. God always comes out of hiding 529 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,040 when I need him and starts working again. 530 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,920 I've come to preach the people this evening and feel like God 531 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:58,120 has hidden himself from you. You feel like God has pulled 532 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:01,120 back his power. You feel like God's removing the 533 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,640 the supernatural. You feel like God's turned to 534 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,160 death here to prayers and removed his hands off 535 00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,920 situations. It doesn't matter how much you 536 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:13,880 pray you can't find him. But I've come to tell somebody. 537 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,679 I've come to learn how to get God from me active to act of a 538 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:21,199 just present my need. Just get desperate to just make 539 00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:24,400 up my mind that I'm not leaving this house until something 540 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,000 changes. I wish I had a Zacchaist in this 541 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:31,000 room who would get desperate to. He's small in stature and he 542 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,880 can't find the Lord because of the press. 543 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:40,760 But desperation will always cause you to act outside of your 544 00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:44,440 normal self. He's chief among publicans. 545 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:48,560 He's rich. I don't think rich people was 546 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:53,080 out climbing trees, but desperation will cause you to do 547 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:57,680 things you've never done before. And the Bible says he climbed 548 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:01,360 that tree and his need put him right in the pathway of Jesus 549 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,040 and Jesus looked at him and said, today I'm going to your 550 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,520 house today. Your needs going to be met. 551 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,520 And I've come with a simple solution to preach to somebody 552 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,040 and tell you your power, your problems cannot hide his power 553 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,000 and your circumstances cannot hide the supernatural. 554 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,200 I'm appreciate about a God who feels time, space, and eternity. 555 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,240 There's nothing too big he'll hide under. 556 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,040 There's nothing too big He'll hide behind. 557 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,560 Your problems not greater. Your sin is not greater. 558 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,480 Your sickness is not greater. Your trial is not greater. 559 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,880 Your need is not greater. But it's those very things. 560 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:46,280 Pause Him to step out of the shadows, tells God cannot sit 561 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:51,680 still or remain neutral, and somebody needs him. 562 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,560 I wish somebody would lift their hand right now and say, Lord, I 563 00:35:56,560 --> 00:36:00,640 need you right now. I don't know what your situation 564 00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:04,680 is, but God does and I've come to challenge somebody. 565 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:09,280 Why don't you, right now, let your need push you into a place 566 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:17,280 where His power is revealed? I don't believe I'm preaching to 567 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:21,160 a congregation right now who's like Laodicea. 568 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,200 You want to know the tragedy of Laodicea? 569 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,840 Bible says they were increased with goods and had need of 570 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:34,960 nothing. And I'll tell you that they had 571 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,720 needs because we're all human. We all have needs. 572 00:36:39,160 --> 00:36:42,560 It's amazing that one translation says they had needs, 573 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:47,840 but they had no need of God. Because I'm increased with goods 574 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,440 and have need of nothing. These goods and these riches can 575 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:55,560 take the place. And so if having no need of him 576 00:36:55,560 --> 00:37:01,640 puts him outside the house, what happens when we do need him? 577 00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:09,760 I'll tell you what happens. He comes in the house, see, 578 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:13,680 somebody's getting it right now, Somebody's face connecting right 579 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:15,200 now to the world. I've come to tell you he's not 580 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,320 going to stay outside the house when there's people in the house 581 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:21,040 that need him. He's not going to stay in the 582 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,200 shadows or in the corner back there when he sees somebody 583 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,280 needs him. It may just be 1 gentile lady. 584 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,720 It may just be one individual that says I'm going to be like 585 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:33,640 that Lady with an issue of blood and I don't care what everybody 586 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,920 else does, but I'm about to push my way through every barrier. 587 00:37:37,240 --> 00:37:41,160 I'm about to push my way through every set back because I've got 588 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:45,200 an understanding. It's my need that exposes his 589 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:53,480 power. The prophet said his brightness 590 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,120 was at the as the light. He has horns coming out of his 591 00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:04,440 hand, and there, there in his hand was the hiding of his 592 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,720 power. I'm telling you, there's a hand 593 00:38:07,720 --> 00:38:10,000 in this house that's not short that it cannot save. 594 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:13,040 There's an ear in this house that's not heavy that it cannot 595 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,560 hear. I'm telling somebody when you 596 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:19,400 begin to pursue God, there's a hand that's going to reach after 597 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,000 you and it's going to be there, but there's an uncovering of His 598 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:28,640 power. Why do you eat with publicans 599 00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:33,200 and sinners? Jesus says they that are whole 600 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:38,080 need not a physician, they that are sick. 601 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,040 I've not come to call the righteous, but sinners to 602 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,240 repent. You know what Jesus is saying? 603 00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:45,080 I'll tell you why. I'm around people that have 604 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,800 needs. I'm around them because they 605 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:52,960 have needs. I'm going to tell you why God 606 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,920 comes in our services the way He does. 607 00:38:55,480 --> 00:39:00,320 It's because we need Him. I don't know about you, but I 608 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,600 feel like there's some people in this house that come to church. 609 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:08,080 So I need him to move. I'm done preaching. 610 00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,240 I wonder if somebody would lift their hands right now and begin 611 00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:12,600 to pursue him. I'm done. 612 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:17,120 The Holy Ghost wants this thing right now and I want to we all 613 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,440 could stand right now and say, you know what, I need him to 614 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,440 move right now. I need him to get active in this 615 00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,600 situation right now. I don't know what it is. 616 00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,960 It may be physical, spiritual, emotional, financial. 617 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,720 The need doesn't matter. I'm just challenging somebody to 618 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:34,560 make your need known to God right now. 619 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,200 Come on. Is there a, is there a somebody 620 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,200 like that Gentile lady that says, I'm about to find him in 621 00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:45,200 this house, I'm about to go exactly where he is and I'm not 622 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,600 going to leave disappointed because God's going to respond 623 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,720 to my need. Come on. 624 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:52,680 If you've got a need, I want you to step out right now. 625 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,040 I don't want you to hesitate. I don't want you to look around 626 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:56,960 and say, who's going to step out? 627 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,520 If you've got a need, I want you to step out right now. 628 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:02,520 And we're going to come. We're going to lift our hands 629 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,720 right now. And I believe there's a 630 00:40:05,720 --> 00:40:09,360 supernatural power that's about to step in this room. 631 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:22,720 It's already here. Come on, I wouldn't wait till 632 00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:24,120 tomorrow night. I wouldn't wait till something. 633 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:27,400 If you need something, it's time to get desperate right now. 634 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:30,760 If you need something, it's time to make up your mind. 635 00:40:31,720 --> 00:40:34,400 And if I've got to act outside of my normal behavior, I'm going 636 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,400 to do it because I need him. I need a miracle. 637 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,200 I need this prayer answer. I need direction. 638 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,920 I need clarity. We're, we're being too reserved 639 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:46,080 right now. I'm not saying you got to act 640 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,960 foolish, but somebody ought to get desperate in your pursuit 641 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,160 right now. Somebody ought to lift your 642 00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:54,600 voice with desperation and be like those blind men. 643 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,400 Thou son of David, have mercy on me. 644 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:02,840 Come on. Don't worry about everybody 645 00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,600 else. Come on, blind Bartimaeus. 646 00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,040 Every time they try to shut you up, cry louder. 647 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,640 Every time somebody tries to reel you in, get louder because 648 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:21,200 Jesus is passing by. Come on. 649 00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,120 If you see somebody praying, let's pray right now. 650 00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,800 One for another. I'm there's demonstration in 651 00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:28,840 this house right now. There's an operation of the Holy 652 00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:36,160 Ghost in this room right now. I pray that healing virtue would 653 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,840 flow in this room right now. I pray healing virtue would flow 654 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:43,440 in this room right now. If you need a healing in your 655 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,840 body, you ought to lift your hand and receive it right now. 656 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,480 I don't have to leave this house with pain. 657 00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:55,240 I don't have to leave this house with discomfort because my knee 658 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,920 is going to cause him to come out of hiding. 659 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,560 Come on, involve yourself right now. 660 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,800 Involve yourself right now. The waters are troubled. 661 00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:16,160 The waters are troubled. Don't let this moment pass by. 662 00:42:22,850 --> 00:42:24,410 Come on. Let your need reach out and grab 663 00:42:24,410 --> 00:42:27,450 him. Let your need reach out and grab 664 00:42:27,450 --> 00:42:27,650 him.