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You know, throughout history we 
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certain things that have 
happened and and events that may

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have turned out different 
because of missed opportunities.

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I think of things that have 
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how things may have turned out 
with certain decisions that I 

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made in life. 
Wondering what? 

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What if I would have got that 
job? 

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What if I would have got taken 
that opportunity but I missed it

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and later regretted it? 
What if I would have left the 

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building at Stockton, CA, the, 
the, the congregational building

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there at Stockton, CA and left 
maybe 1/2 hour early and maybe 

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not have met Vicki. 
So there are certain things that

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we realize in life where we have
missed opportunities. 

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Some of us have made bad 
decisions, we've missed 

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opportunities and wish we would 
have have jumped on those 

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opportunities. 
Others have made good choices 

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and we've made good choices, the
right ones from time to time, 

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and we've benefited greatly as a
result of those choices and 

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opportunities. 
Well, then, the text of our 

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lesson this morning, we read of 
a man who made the best of one 

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opportunity, just one 
opportunity in his life. 

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His name was Bartimaeus. 
Bartimaeus was a blind beggar 

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who needed a miracle. 
And one day he was sitting on 

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the roadside, the curb, if you 
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they had curbs in those days, 
but he was sitting there 

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begging. 
Jesus was passing his way, and 

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it changed his life forever. 
But Mardamanus didn't know how 

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close he came to missing this 
miracle. 

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If he had procrastinated, if he 
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that day, he would have never 
had another opportunity to be 

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healed by Jesus. 
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his life regretting his missed 
opportunity. 

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He would have had a lifelong 
consequences from this. 

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There are opportunities that we 
have in life and if we miss 

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those, sometimes they change our
life. 

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They change our life forever of 
the decisions that we've made. 

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You see, Jesus on this day would
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again. 
So this was one chance that 

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Bartimaeus had. 
Jesus is also passing by us 

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today. 
He is here this morning with us 

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in the capacity of an invitation
for you. 

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And we want to make sure that we
make the best of that 

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opportunity. 
We have a great opportunity 

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today, but today may be your 
last chance. 

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Now let's go to our text. 
Let's go to mark the 10th 

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chapter and verse verse 46 
through 52 and we're going to 

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notice, we're going to study 
through this little by little 

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and consider the title of our 
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Jesus passes by. 
Bartimaeus story shows us three 

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things. 
It shows us what happens before 

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Jesus passes by. 
It shows what happens when Jesus

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passes by, and it also shows us 
what happens after Jesus passes 

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by. 
Notice in verse 46 that there is

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devastation before Jesus passes 
by now as they came to Jericho 

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as he went out of Jericho with 
his disciples and a great 

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multitude blind Bartimaeus, the 
son of Timaeus set by the road 

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begging. 
Bartimaeus was one who faced all

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kinds of difficulties in life 
and, and certainly there were 

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these physical difficulties, the
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you know, there I would consider
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And if I you talk to Darren, 
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his blindness so much of A 
difficulty. 

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He just works around it. 
That's all he's known. 

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He just does whatever he, he 
amazes me at what he does. 

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But there are certain things 
that that I can do that Darren 

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isn't able to do. 
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Bartimaeus here this morning. 
Bartimaeus had these physical 

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difficulties. 
He wasn't able to to take care 

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of certain things in his life. 
So it says that he sat by the 

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roadside and he was begging. 
It's very possible that he was 

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born blind. 
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about this. 
There was a lot of problems from

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what I read about this condition
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and time of Bartimaeus because 
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the lack of medicines, diseases 
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the area. 
One writer even talked about, 

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you know, ash that was flying 
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good getting people's eyes 
possibly, but it was something 

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that was common in that time. 
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resulted in blind blindness, but
Bartimaeus also endured the 

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financial problems. 
He said it set by the roadside 

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and begged. 
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probably as a result of his 
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He wasn't able to take on a job 
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site. 
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provide for himself. 
Well, there was no Institute for

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the Blind to take care for those
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opportunities, maybe teach them 
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There was no Social Security in 
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He didn't receive any kind of 
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governmental programs that were 
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There weren't present in that 
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He was a man who possibly had no
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coming from because he didn't 
have a way to earn a living 

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other than sitting on the 
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someone came by and gave him 
food, brought a meal or gave him

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some money so that he could go 
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So you see, he had these 
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and there are many people here 
today in this building that may 

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have physical problems, deal 
with similar problems and may 

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have health, health issues that 
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pain. 
I know Denny is dealing with 

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severe back pain right now. 
Others may have pain and 

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headaches in in their in their 
head or or hip problems or back 

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problems or or knee problems, 
whatever. 

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It may be some kind of physical 
thing that keeps you from doing 

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what you want to do and limits 
your physical abilities in 

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several different things. 
It's quite possible that it may 

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hinder you in in able to earn a 
living or or financial things 

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happening differently in your 
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So these are some serious 
problems that some of us may be 

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facing. 
Then there's some that don't 

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have either of these problems. 
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financially stable. 
You may be thinking that all is 

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well, but that's sometimes those
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than those that have the 
physical problems because what 

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they're doing, what happens when
their life is that they have 

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spiritual problems and their 
spiritual destitute or bankrupt.

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Bartimaeus was physically blind,
but there are some who are 

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spiritually blind, blind to 
their sinful condition, blind to

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the reality that we will stand 
before God someday in the day of

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judgement and we will answer for
our our life. 

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Bartimaeus was financially 
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state are spiritually bankrupt. 
When we think of a person that 

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is spiritually bankrupt, what 
comes to mind is that there's 

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nothing that that person can do 
to earn salvation. 

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Now Bartimaeus, if he was able 
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to fix or heal his blindness, he
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He would have done it by this 
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that. 
He didn't have the ability to 

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heal himself. 
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We cannot perform enough good 
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There's nothing within us, 
within us that we can do by 

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ourselves that can help our 
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In fact, we can be worse than 
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The Bible says that we are dead 
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Ephesians 2:00 and 1:00, and 
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So if we're living in sin, if we
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Savior and been baptized for the
remission of our sins, we are 

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spiritually bankrupt and we are 
dead in our trespasses and sins.

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But there is a solution. 
Bartimaeus needed a cure. 

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We also need a cure this 
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We need to be born again. 
And the good news is that there 

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is someone passing by today who 
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And that person's name is Jesus.
But I've got to warn you this 

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morning that this could be the 
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Jesus is the only answer and 
solution to the problem of 

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spiritual bankruptcy. 
But the devil is going to do 

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everything he can to discourage 
you, to try to turn you away to,

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to make things look different 
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The devil is going to make sin 
look very inviting and very nice

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and very comforting and very fun
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dangers of sin. 
So we have to be careful about 

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that. 
We have to be careful about how 

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the devil will try to stop us 
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There are distractions as Jesus 
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Notice verse 47. 
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was Jesus of Nazareth, he began 
to cry out and say, Jesus, son 

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of David, have mercy on me. 
Bartimaeus was so close at this 

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point to receiving this 
blessing, to receiving this 

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miracle, to receiving that what 
he had desired for his entire 

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life. 
You know, I'm, I don't know, 

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maybe if I shouldn't speak on 
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if Darren would want to receive 
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He may say I'm fine with the way
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Bartimaeus in this day and time 
with having to sit there begging

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every day for for the what he 
needed every day that if he had 

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the opportunity to receive his 
sight instantly, he would have 

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taken that on for sure. 
So he had been waiting for this.

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He hears the that Jesus was 
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him. 
Thayer says the cry out means to

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cry out loudly, speak with a 
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So this wasn't something that 
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Hey Jesus, hey, look over here, 
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He cried out as loud as he 
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Jesus was the person that could 
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And he cried out loudly. 
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this and Luke 18 and verses 36 
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And hearing a multitude passing 
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So they told him that it was 
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What was Bartimaeus's motivation
for yelling out to a man that he

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had never met before? 
Well, here in verse 47 in our 

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text, we see that there's some 
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And when he heard that it was 
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cry out and say, Jesus, son of 
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It seems that news had had 
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the miracles that Jesus had 
performed previously to coming 

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to Jericho. 
He had heard the healing of 

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lepers, the curing of the sick, 
the raising of the dead, the 

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lame to walk and the deaf to 
hear. 

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He had heard about Jesus, so he 
already knew that there's a man 

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out there, there's someone that 
could heal my blindness if I can

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just get to it. 
And all of a sudden, you know, 

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you know, sometimes I one thing 
I remember that happened this 

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last year, we were downtown at 
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parade. 
And all of a sudden we started 

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seeing the commotions, just 
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people kind of running and 
moving around quickly and, and 

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moving away from an area. 
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what happened was some some guy 
ran his truck into someone else.

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But the thing was, we were we 
were attentive to what was going

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on. 
Now Bartimaeus is sitting here 

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doing what he does every day, 
going out and sitting on the 

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roadside waiting for someone to 
put some money, whether at a cup

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or a plate or a cloth or 
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And all of a sudden he hears 
commotion going on. 

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He hears the crowd kind of 
gathering, the crowd maybe 

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getting liar louder and louder 
and, and hearing this commotion 

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going on. 
He was what in the world is 

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happening? 
But it's clear that he'd heard 

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about Jesus and he'd heard about
the changes that Jesus had made 

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in other people's lives. 
Maybe this will be something 

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that would help him as well. 
Barmaidas Bartimaeus had 

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received this important 
information about Jesus, but now

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there was some who someone who 
tried to stop him from getting 

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to Jesus. 
Today is just like back then. 

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When Jesus passes by, there will
be the intentional interruptions

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by Satan in your life, by the 
devil in your life, distractions

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and barriers and and walls put 
in front of you trying to keep 

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you from getting to Jesus, 
whatever it may be. 

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It may be a job, it may be a 
friendship and maybe a family 

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member. 
It may be some of your working 

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relationships, whatever it may 
be, but there may be someone or 

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something that is keeping you 
from making the decision to 

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follow Jesus. 
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then many warned him to be 
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more son of David, have mercy on
me. 

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You know this kind of pictures 
to me just the intensity, the 

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the the gradual intensity of of 
Bartimaeus and his excitement to

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hear about Jesus. 
He hears Jesus is coming by and 

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he's only got so much time. 
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you only have so much time to 
say something to them and then 

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they get out of years reach. 
You hear they're coming. 

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You hear the commotion here, 
they're coming here, they're 

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coming. 
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David, have mercy on me. 
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There is. 
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quiet. 
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telling us today. 
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us and Satan is telling us, be 
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You don't need Jesus. 
They're telling us He doesn't 

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have anything to offer you. 
It's just a figment of your 

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imagination. 
It's just, it's just something 

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that's a fad. 
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had to offer. 
If he can heal the blind, and I 

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mean if he can heal the leper, 
if he can make people here, if 

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he can raise the dead, 
certainly, certainly he can heal

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my blindness. 
And so Bartimaeus has only got a

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certain amount of time as Jesus 
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Jesus to try to get him and get 
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before he gets out of reach of 
hearing. 

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And so as the crowd tells 
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yells out even louder and says, 
Jesus, son of David, have mercy 

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on me. 
He was doing everything that he 

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could to get Jesus attention. 
But this this word, it says here

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that many warned him and the 
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him. 
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him sharply. 
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know, like we do sometimes with 
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down, just quiet down. 
It wasn't like that they but 

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they told him shut up. 
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Maybe they were embarrassed by 
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there was excitement going on. 
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not out of place. 
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call on the name of Jesus. 
It's never out of place. 

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The reason that there will be an
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doing everything he can to try 
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Jesus. 
They will tell you all kinds of 

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things. 
They will tell you your life is 

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too messed up. 
They will tell you you've have 

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too many things going on in your
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sinful, and that Jesus, 
certainly Jesus won't be able to

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fix you. 
Satan can use people to stop you

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from crying out to Jesus, and he
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But I want to encourage you to 
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And when people tell you to stop
seeking Jesus, to stop talking 

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about Jesus, to stop studying 
and reading your Bible, to stop 

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praying because you don't think 
it's doing any good, keep crying

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out. 
Just do it a little bit louder 

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and don't be ashamed to cry out,
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of naysayers. 
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He continued to call out to 
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miracle and he knew that Jesus 
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If you're lost, you must realize
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nothing else. 
You can't fix yourself. 

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You need Jesus. 
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to Jesus, Jesus heard him and 
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This meeting was no accident. 
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There was a divine appointment 
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me say this, that no accident 
that you are here today at this 

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place at this time and Jesus is 
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That is what happened here in 
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Notice that there was a personal
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And verse 49. 
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commanded him to be called. 
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saying to him, be of good cheer,
rise, He is calling you and 

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throwing aside his garment. 
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So Jesus answered and said to 
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for you? 
Jesus heard. 

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He hadn't got far enough away. 
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enough for Jesus to get out of 
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He didn't put it off. 
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heard Jesus was coming. 
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when Jesus was within air shot, 
he yelled out for Jesus. 

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Jesus, son of David, have mercy 
on me. 

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And Jesus hears it and he stops 
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The man who called out for me, 
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So Bartimaeus arose and went to 
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Remember, the crowd was trying 
to shut him up at that time, but

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perhaps they thought that Jesus 
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Bartimaeus. 
You may think that you're too 

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busy in life for Jesus. 
You may think that you've got 

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all the time in the world. 
You may think that you'll have 

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tomorrow. 
You may think that Jesus too 

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busy for Someone Like You as 
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But I'm telling you that Jesus 
came to this earth for people 

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just like you. 
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and especially for you. 
Jesus himself said that he came 

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to seek and save that which is 
lost. 

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Luke 19 and verse 10. 
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we might live. 
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But God demonstrates his own 
love toward us, and while we 

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were still sinners, Christ died 
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You know, there are times when 
we've done favors for other 

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people and you know, maybe they 
want 5 bucks, maybe they want a 

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little bit of something so they 
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be, and you see it and just take
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take off doing something else. 
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But while we were yet sinners, 
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Christ died for us. 
God's desire is not is that no 

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one should be lost. 
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The Lord is not slack concerning
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Some count slackness, but His 
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willing that any should perish, 
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repentance. 
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And throwing aside His garments,
He rose and came to Jesus. 

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Jesus has given the call for you
to come to Him today. 

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It is your responsibility to 
accept that invitation. 

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You will not receive the 
blessing unless you accept the 

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invitation. 
Bartimaeus would not have 

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received his sight had he not 
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towards Jesus. 
But we have to throw off all the

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old garments of sin. 
We have to get rid of those old 

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things, and we have to put on 
Christ. 

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It says He arose. 
This word means to leap up, to 

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spring up. 
And as soon as he heard the 

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invitation, he leaped up without
hesitation to accept this 

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invitation. 
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He said, well, and you know, my,
my legs are hurting. 

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My back's hurting from sitting 
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OK, OK, I'm going to get up. 
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leaped up. 
He got with it. 

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Here was the opportunity, and he
jumped on it. 

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He took advantage of the 
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We sometimes in our life just 
wait around. 

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We say well, you know God just 
let me get some things cleaned 

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up in my life 1st and then and 
then I'll serve you. 

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Let me take care of this. 
Let me take care of that and 

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then I'll live a life dedicated 
to you. 

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But it here Bartimaeus jumped 
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So Jesus answered and said to 
him, what do you want me to do 

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for you? 
Well, you know, people want all 

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what Jesus do all kinds of 
things for them. 

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But you know, Lord, I want 
salvation. 

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Lord, I want a home in heaven. 
Lord, I want the healing, Lord, 

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I want the sickness taken care 
of. 

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Lord, I want this Lord, I want 
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want all these things. 
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God, that's a different story. 
No, I don't really want to do 

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that. 
I don't want to dedicate my life

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that much. 
I've got other things to do. 

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Bartimaeus jumped at this 
opportunity. 

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And Jesus said, what do you want
me to do? 

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What do you want from Jesus this
morning? 

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What do you want Jesus to do for
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This invitation is not only 
personal, but it's also to all 

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mankind. 
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chapter, verses 28 through 30. 
Come to me, all you who labor 

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and are heavy laden, and I will 
give you rest. 

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Take My yoke upon you and learn 
of Me, for I am gentle and lowly

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in heart, and you will find rest
for your souls. 

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From my yoke is easy, and My 
burden is light. 

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Jesus is waiting for us to 
accept the invitation. 

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Revelation 3 and verse 20. 
Behold, I stand at the door and 

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knock. 
If anyone hears my voice and 

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opens the door, I will come into
him and dine with him and He 

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with me. 
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any individual, all mankind to 
salvation, it is a personal 

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invitation. 
You know, sometimes we get 

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invaded and a family may get 
invited to a wedding or whatever

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it may be, or a shower or what. 
When someone sends you a 

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personal invitation, it's a 
little bit more, it's a little 

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nicer. 
Well, the invitation to Jesus is

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something that is personal to 
you. 

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This morning we have a large 
crowd here. 

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This morning there was a large 
crowd in Jericho. 

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That day there were many others 
who were following Christ. 

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There was a great multitude. 
There were all those that were 

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following Jesus, the disciples 
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So there was a lot going on. 
But Jesus picked out this one 

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man and said have him come here 
to me. 

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One man received this personal 
invitation. 

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The same is true today for you. 
We hear that there's a 

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passionate cry hearing this man.
The blind man said to him, 

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Rabboni or Lord and Master or 
Master, that I might receive my 

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sight. 
Jesus asked him, what do you 

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want? 
He didn't say, well, I want, you

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know a better house, I want 
better clothes. 

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I want this. 
I want that. 

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This was the one thing that 
Bartimaeus had on the top of his

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list was to have his sight back.
Jesus asked him, What do you 

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want? 
He says that I might receive my 

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sight. 
I might be able to see that. 

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I might be able to do the things
that I want to do that others 

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do. 
I want to receive that blessing.

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You may be here today and you 
think that you know what you 

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need. 
You may desire for a physical 

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problem to be healed or prayers 
of the church. 

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You may be looking for someone, 
some help and, and, and, and 

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dealing with some kind or some 
form of addiction. 

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You may be desiring comfort from
certain worries or concerns or 

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problems that you have in life. 
Physical, financial, whatever it

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may be, you may be wanting 
someone in your family to be 

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restored to Christ. 
Maybe you want to get your life 

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back together and get on the 
right path. 

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Maybe you're struggling with a 
problem with dedication in your 

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life. 
Maybe your prayer life isn't 

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what it ought to be. 
Whatever it is, Jesus can do all

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of those things. 
But it's possible that you're 

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seeking one thing and Jesus sees
that you need something greater.

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You're seeking other things. 
Instead of turning to Jesus, you

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may be hoping for an earthly 
solution, and what you need is a

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spiritual solution. 
Well, the good news is that 

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Jesus can take care of that. 
He's passing by here today, 

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right now. 
But this may be the last time 

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Jesus passes by. 
If you decide to make those 

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changes and you decide to accept
that invitation, there will be 

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big changes in your life. 
Notice there's a transformation 

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after Jesus passes by in verse 
52. 

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Then Jesus said to him, go your 
way, your faith has made you 

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well or healed you, the NIV says
and immediately he received, he 

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received his sight and followed 
Jesus on the road. 

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Now he had, he had got up this 
cloaker or garments that he had 

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wrapped around him, sitting 
there begging for things. 

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He says he let go of those 
things and he leaped up and he 

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went towards Jesus, doesn't say 
anything about him going back to

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that anybody. 
He went now and followed Jesus, 

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left all that stuff behind, left
everything that he knew behind 

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and followed Jesus. 
You know, we have to leave 

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things behind in life. 
We may not want to give certain 

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things up in our life. 
We may not want to give up 

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certain sins we want to, we may 
not want to give up certain 

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habits in our life, but we got 
to give that up and we have to 

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follow Jesus. 
We have to follow Him, 

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especially after we've been 
healed, after we've had our sins

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washed away, after we've been 
been baptized for the remission 

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of our sins. 
We can't go back to that old way

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of life anymore. 
Bartimaeus realized that he can 

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do anything without Jesus. 
He couldn't heal himself. 

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He realized that Jesus was the 
only answer. 

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And because of his faith, Jesus 
made him whole. 

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Jesus made him whole, not 
Bartimaeus. 

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Jesus. 
He was healed of his blindness. 

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The key to your healing today is
your faith in Jesus Christ. 

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Hebrews 11 and verse 6. 
But without faith, it's 

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impossible to please him, for he
who comes to God must believe 

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that He is and that He is a 
rewarder of those who diligently

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seek Him. 
There may be some here today 

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that are in great need. 
Only Jesus can provide a 

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solution for that problem. 
But you need to accept the 

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invitation from Him while 
there's time. 

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Don't delay. 
Don't regret it. 

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Don't be that one person that 
says, well, I missed an 

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opportunity to see we've all 
sinned and come short of the 

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glory of God. 
Romans 3 and verse 23. 

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We all need Jesus, but we have 
to accept the invitation. 

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What would have happened if 
Bartimaeus had waited until the 

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next opportunity? 
What if he would have stayed 

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home that day? 
What if he would have 

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procrastinated and waited? 
So Jesus is coming. 

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Well, I'll get him next time. 
I'm just not feeling up to it 

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today. 
What if he had listened to the 

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crowd and told him that? 
Told him to be quiet? 

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If you continued reading through
the book of Mark, you'll find 

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that Jesus never came through 
Jericho again because he was on 

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his way to Jerusalem to be 
crucified. 

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I'm not saying that you'll never
have another opportunity to 

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accept Jesus as your Savior. 
I'm not saying that, but we're 

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never guaranteed tomorrow on 
March 21st of 2016, that's been,

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that's been eight years ago. 
Eight years ago, Bob Smith 

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walked out the front door of 
Charlotte's house, never to 

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return, never to come back 
inside. 

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Bob didn't know that was going 
to happen to him that day. 

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I didn't know. 
Bob didn't know. 

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Charlotte didn't know. 
There are people that you may 

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think of, if you may be wrong, 
reminded of in your, in your 

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life, in your memories. 
Some was brought to our 

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attention this morning and 
didn't plan on falling and 

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hurting themselves, that didn't 
plan on passing out, that didn't

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plan on getting in a car 
accident. 

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And you may not have the 
opportunity to live a life for 

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Jesus anymore because you let 
Jesus pass by. 

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Don't let it be the last time 
Jesus passes by, even if you 

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live for another 50 years. 
We are not promised that we'll 

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have the opportunity again. 
Some of us may intend to fully 

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surrender to Christ one day. 
Some others may just say that, 

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well, I'm not ready for this. 
I'm not ready to do that, Plan 

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on getting things right 
eventually. 

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Perhaps intend to change some 
things in their life before they

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repent and turn to Jesus. 
But it doesn't work that way. 

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It does not work that way. 
You can't clean up yourself 

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enough to be worthy of 
salvation. 

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It won't happen. 
So what you need to do is you 

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need to repent and turn to Jesus
and clean up. 

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Let Jesus clean you up because 
it's only the blood of Christ 

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that can cleanse you from your 
sins. 

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It was Colossians one of verse 
14 and whom we have redemption 

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through His blood, the 
forgiveness of sins. 

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Also, first, John one of verse 7
and the blood of Jesus Christ 

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his Son cleanses us from all 
sin. 

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It's only the blood of Christ 
that can cleanse your sins. 

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You can't fix your life. 
You can't take away your sins. 

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You can't you can't straighten 
your life up by yourself. 

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You need Jesus to do that. 
You need his help. 

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You need his blood. 
You need his cleansing blood to 

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do that today. 
And don't wait for other things 

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to happen. 2nd Corinthians 6 and
verse 2 says behold, now was 

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this accepted time. 
Behold, now was the day of 

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salvation, and we need to 
confess the name of Christ. 

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Matthew 10 What did I do? 
I've got it out of repent. 

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I'm sorry, I've got a little 
ahead of myself. 

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We must repent. 
I'll tell you now. 

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But unless you repent, you will 
all likewise perish. 

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There's others that will say, 
well, you know, I need to go sow

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00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,960
some wild oats before I calm 
down my life a little bit. 

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00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,400
Need to go out and have some 
fun. 

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That's why I worry about kids 
that go off to college on their 

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own by themselves, go out and 
have a little bit of fun 

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00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,800
sometimes without someone 
watching over them. 

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But as Lynwood Smith would say 
and other preachers would say, 

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you can't sow wild oats and then
pray for a crop failure. 

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That's not the way it works. 
So Jesus is calling you. 

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So we also need, we also need to
realize it. 

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We need to confess the name of 
Christ. 

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Therefore, whoever confesses me 
before men, him I will also 

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confess before my Father who is 
in heaven. 

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And then we need to be baptized 
into Jesus Christ for the 

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remission of our sins. 
Acts 2 and verse 38. 

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Then Peter said to them, Repent,
and let everyone of you be 

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baptized in the name of Jesus 
Christ for the remission of 

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00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,640
sins, and you shall receive the 
gift of the Holy Spirit. 

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Jesus is passing by. 
Once you accept that that 

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invitation this morning and 
follow the example of Bartimaeus

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and throw off the filthy 
garments of sin and rise up, 

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00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:48,520
jump up and accept Jesus as your
Savior. 

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00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,920
Galatians 3 and verse 27 For as 
many of you as we're baptized 

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into Christ have put on Christ, 
rise up, throw those old things 

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off, but put on Christ because 
this may be the last time that 

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Jesus passes by. 
The lesson is yours this 

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morning. 
I hope that we've said something

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that will benefit you in some 
way. 

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We never know those the minds of
those that are present this 

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morning. 
There may be someone here that 

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is subject to that gospel call, 
subject to that invitation and 

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hearing the word. 
Won't you believe it? 

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Won't you repent of your life? 
Won't you confess the name of 

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Christ and be baptized into 
Christ for the remission of your

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sins? 
But if you take in those steps 

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and for some reason you've 
turned away and you've, you've 

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lost your commitment to God. 
Once you come with a repenting 

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heart, confessing your faults, 
and we'll pray with you and for 

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you come while we stand and 
while we see.