WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.400 --> 00:00:04.040 line:15% This program is made possible by the giving 2 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.320 line:15% of the God-called partners of Renner Ministries. 3 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:11.360 line:15% Get ready for a teaching that feeds your spirit 4 00:00:11.360 --> 00:00:14.720 line:15% and your mind, where the word is the anchor 5 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:15.920 line:15% in uncertain times. 6 00:00:16.840 --> 00:00:20.120 line:15% And doctrine doesn't bend to culture. 7 00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:22.640 line:15% We keep it simple, but dive deep. 8 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:27.760 line:15% Revealing a truth that strengthens us, a love 9 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:32.120 line:15% that emboldens, and a mission that touches the world. 10 00:00:34.400 --> 00:00:36.120 line:15% Let's join Rick Renner. 11 00:00:38.680 --> 00:00:40.160 line:15% Welcome to today's program. 12 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:43.280 line:15% I'm so excited for what we're going to be studying today. 13 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:44.560 line:15% And today we're going to see 14 00:00:44.560 --> 00:00:48.480 line:15% that moment when Jesus cast a legion of demons out 15 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:52.360 line:15% of a single man in Mark 5. 16 00:00:52.360 --> 00:00:56.400 line:15% But this whole series is called, Miracles in Mark. 17 00:00:56.400 --> 00:00:59.600 line:15% It is a 5-part series which comes in all kinds 18 00:00:59.600 --> 00:01:01.480 line:15% of formats with a tremendous study guide. 19 00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:03.200 line:15% The study guide is huge 20 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:04.440 line:15% because I want you to be able 21 00:01:04.440 --> 00:01:05.960 line:15% to see the material while you're seeing 22 00:01:05.960 --> 00:01:07.480 line:15% or hearing the whole series. 23 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:10.240 line:15% And excited to tell you again about my book, 24 00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:12.360 line:15% which is called, The Miracles of Jesus Christ. 25 00:01:12.360 --> 00:01:13.840 line:15% It is such a beautiful book. 26 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:15.640 line:15% And I wrote this book because I couldn't 27 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:16.720 line:15% find another one like it. 28 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:18.240 line:15% Maybe it exists. 29 00:01:18.240 --> 00:01:19.440 line:15% But I surged high 30 00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:23.800 line:15% and low to find a full commentary on every miracle, healing, 31 00:01:23.800 --> 00:01:25.760 line:15% and demonic encounter in the gospels 32 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:26.920 line:15% and in the Book of Acts. 33 00:01:26.920 --> 00:01:28.880 line:15% I could not find such a book. 34 00:01:28.880 --> 00:01:32.080 line:15% So I felt like the Holy Spirit said to me, Rick, write it. 35 00:01:32.080 --> 00:01:34.400 line:15% So I wrote it and I spent thousands 36 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:38.160 line:15% of hours studying all these events and put it into this book 37 00:01:38.160 --> 00:01:40.640 line:15% because I want you to understand the ministry 38 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.320 line:15% of Jesus like you've never understood it before. 39 00:01:43.320 --> 00:01:45.760 line:15% And it is the ministry of the Holy Spirit 40 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:47.360 line:15% to reveal Jesus to us. 41 00:01:47.360 --> 00:01:49.840 line:15% And I believe that in the pages of this book, 42 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:51.760 line:15% the Holy Spirit's going to reveal Jesus 43 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:52.960 line:15% to you in a brand new way 44 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:55.640 line:15% and you're going to fall more deeply in love with Jesus. 45 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:58.600 line:15% And we're supposed to do the works of Jesus. 46 00:01:58.600 --> 00:02:01.560 line:15% So we need to see what Jesus did, how he did it, 47 00:02:01.560 --> 00:02:03.680 line:15% and then replicate it in our life. 48 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:07.360 line:15% But this is truly an amazing book, my friend, 49 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:09.680 line:15% you will devour it. 50 00:02:09.680 --> 00:02:11.880 line:15% But if you want to know how to get these resources, 51 00:02:11.880 --> 00:02:15.600 line:15% just call the number that is on the screen or go online. 52 00:02:15.600 --> 00:02:16.720 line:15% And I always tell you, 53 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:19.040 line:15% and I really mean it, that when you reach out to us, 54 00:02:19.040 --> 00:02:20.560 line:15% let us know how to pray for you. 55 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.160 line:15% You don't have to order anything. 56 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:25.040 line:15% If you need prayer, call us. We are here to pray for you. 57 00:02:25.040 --> 00:02:28.400 line:15% We believe praying for you is one of the biggest parts 58 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:30.840 line:15% of our ministry and hundreds and hundreds 59 00:02:30.840 --> 00:02:32.560 line:15% and hundreds of people call for prayer 60 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.720 line:15% and they really get prayed for. 61 00:02:34.720 --> 00:02:38.200 line:15% And if you reach out to us, we will pray scripturally. 62 00:02:38.200 --> 00:02:41.160 line:15% Jesus will hear us and Jesus will move 63 00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:42.720 line:15% and act on your behalf. 64 00:02:42.720 --> 00:02:45.840 line:15% So call the number on the screen or send us an email. 65 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.600 line:15% But today I want you to reach for your Bible. 66 00:02:48.600 --> 00:02:50.960 line:15% We're using the Bible in these programs 67 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.960 line:15% as we're looking at Miracles in Mark. 68 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:57.280 line:15% And today we're going to go to Mark 5, 69 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:59.880 line:15% and I'm going to read to you verses 1-20, 70 00:02:59.880 --> 00:03:02.040 line:15% and then we're going to take it verse by verse. 71 00:03:02.040 --> 00:03:04.080 line:15% And here is what the Bible says - 72 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:05.840 line:15% And they came over unto the other side 73 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:08.280 line:15% of the sea into the country of the Gadarenes. 74 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:10.200 line:15% And when he was come out of the ship, 75 00:03:10.200 --> 00:03:13.200 line:15% immediately there met him out of the tombs, a man 76 00:03:13.200 --> 00:03:17.200 line:15% with an unclean spirit who had his dwelling among the tombs 77 00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:19.160 line:15% and no man could bind him, 78 00:03:19.160 --> 00:03:21.200 line:15% no, not with chains. 79 00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:25.160 line:15% Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains 80 00:03:25.160 --> 00:03:27.320 line:15% and the chains had been plucked to sunder by him 81 00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:29.360 line:15% and the feathers broken in pieces. 82 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:31.680 line:15% Neither could any man tame him. 83 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:35.000 line:15% And always, night and day, he was in the mountains 84 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:39.160 line:15% and in the tombs crying and cutting himself with stones. 85 00:03:39.160 --> 00:03:44.160 line:15% But when he saw Jesus afar off he ran and worshiped him 86 00:03:44.160 --> 00:03:46.240 line:15% and cried with a loud voice 87 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:49.440 line:15% and said, What have I to do with thee Jesus, thou son 88 00:03:49.440 --> 00:03:51.240 line:15% of the most high God? 89 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:55.080 line:15% I adjure thee by God that thou torment me not. 90 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:58.120 line:15% For Jesus said unto him - Come out of the man, 91 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.200 line:15% thy unclean spirit. 92 00:04:00.200 --> 00:04:03.120 line:15% And Jesus asked him - What is thy name? 93 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:06.520 line:15% And he answered saying, My name is Legion, for we are many. 94 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.200 line:15% And he besought him much 95 00:04:08.200 --> 00:04:11.320 line:15% that he would not send them away out of the country. 96 00:04:11.320 --> 00:04:14.240 line:15% Now there was nigh into the mountains, a great herd 97 00:04:14.240 --> 00:04:17.480 line:15% of swine feeding and all the devils beside him saying, 98 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.920 line:15% send us into the swine that we may enter into them. 99 00:04:20.920 --> 00:04:23.520 line:15% And forth with Jesus gave them leave 100 00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:27.400 line:15% and the unclean spirits went out and entered into the swine. 101 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:31.120 line:15% And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea. 102 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:34.920 line:15% There were about 2,000 and were choked in the sea. 103 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:37.040 line:15% And they that fed the swine fled 104 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.120 line:15% and told it in the city and in the country. 105 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:41.360 line:15% And they went out to see what it was done. 106 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.080 line:15% And they come to Jesus 107 00:04:43.080 --> 00:04:45.760 line:15% and see him that was possessed with the devil 108 00:04:45.760 --> 00:04:49.720 line:15% and had the legion now sitting clothed and in his right mind 109 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:51.240 line:15% and they were afraid. 110 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:54.480 line:15% And they that saw it told them how it befell to him 111 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:55.800 line:15% that was possessed with the devil 112 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:57.440 line:15% and also concerning the swine. 113 00:04:57.440 --> 00:05:00.720 line:15% And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. 114 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.040 line:15% And when he was coming to the ship, he 115 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:05.760 line:15% that had been possessed with the devil prayed him 116 00:05:05.760 --> 00:05:07.440 line:15% that he might be with him. 117 00:05:07.440 --> 00:05:09.520 line:15% How be it Jesus suffered him not, 118 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:11.800 line:15% but sayeth unto him - Go home to thy friends 119 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.800 line:15% and tell them how great things the Lord had done for thee 120 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:16.760 line:15% and half compassion on thee. 121 00:05:16.760 --> 00:05:19.840 line:15% And he departed and began to publish in Decapolis 122 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:23.480 line:15% how great things Jesus had done for him and all men did 123 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.120 line:15% marvel. Now that is 20 verses, 124 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:28.880 line:15% but now we're going to take it verse 125 00:05:28.880 --> 00:05:31.440 line:15% by verse beginning in verse 1, which says, 126 00:05:31.440 --> 00:05:33.920 line:15% And they came over unto the other side 127 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:37.760 line:15% of the sea into the country of the Gadarenes. Well, 128 00:05:37.760 --> 00:05:41.600 line:15% let's talk about what is the country of the Gadarenes. 129 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.400 line:15% And the country of the Gadarenes is 130 00:05:43.400 --> 00:05:46.320 line:15% where this very notable event took place. 131 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:47.960 line:15% And in the country of the Gadarenes, 132 00:05:47.960 --> 00:05:51.000 line:15% there was an ancient village which was called Kursi. 133 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.640 line:15% Now, if you read this account in Matthew 8:28, 134 00:05:54.640 --> 00:05:56.920 line:15% it is called the country of the Ganessaret. 135 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.280 line:15% But here it's called the country of the Gadarines. 136 00:05:59.280 --> 00:06:00.760 line:15% And some people say, well, 137 00:06:00.760 --> 00:06:02.600 line:15% here we find a conflict in scripture, 138 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:04.320 line:15% but there's no conflict at all. 139 00:06:04.320 --> 00:06:06.880 line:15% Ganessaret was the name of the region. 140 00:06:06.880 --> 00:06:09.240 line:15% Gadera was the main city of the region. 141 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:12.320 line:15% So it's talking about the same region, 142 00:06:12.320 --> 00:06:16.040 line:15% but it was here that the boat landed 2,000 years ago, 143 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:20.240 line:15% but by the 6th Century, the village faded into history 144 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:24.560 line:15% and it was replaced with a vast Byzantine monastery. 145 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:27.920 line:15% In fact, the largest monastery ever built in Israel. 146 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.840 line:15% And it was constructed there to honor the encounter 147 00:06:30.840 --> 00:06:34.200 line:15% between Jesus and the demoniac in the 1st Century. 148 00:06:34.200 --> 00:06:36.600 line:15% And today, if you go to Israel, you can go to the country 149 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.400 line:15% of the Gadarenes to the ancient village of Kursi, 150 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:42.160 line:15% and you can stroll through the ruins of this monastery, 151 00:06:42.160 --> 00:06:43.520 line:15% which still stand. 152 00:06:43.520 --> 00:06:46.120 line:15% Visitors walk amidst the ruins on the banks 153 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:47.440 line:15% of the Galilean Sea. 154 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:50.440 line:15% But back in those days, not far from 155 00:06:50.440 --> 00:06:53.960 line:15% where Jesus' boat arrived, there were also rugged cliffs 156 00:06:53.960 --> 00:06:58.000 line:15% that loomed over tiny caves and a silent cemetery. 157 00:06:58.000 --> 00:06:59.800 line:15% And today the cliffs are still there 158 00:06:59.800 --> 00:07:01.680 line:15% and they overlook the remains 159 00:07:01.680 --> 00:07:05.120 line:15% of the forgotten tombs in the small cemetery in the ancient 160 00:07:05.120 --> 00:07:06.720 line:15% village of Kursi. 161 00:07:06.720 --> 00:07:09.160 line:15% I've been there. I have filmed programs there. 162 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:10.840 line:15% And my friends, it's all there. 163 00:07:10.840 --> 00:07:13.120 line:15% And when you're there, it is not hard for you 164 00:07:13.120 --> 00:07:15.520 line:15% to imagine this event in that location. 165 00:07:15.520 --> 00:07:18.200 line:15% But when you come to Mark 5:2, it says - 166 00:07:18.200 --> 00:07:21.280 line:15% And when he was come out of the ship immediately 167 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:23.840 line:15% there met him out of the tombs, a man 168 00:07:23.840 --> 00:07:26.920 line:15% with an unclean spirit. The word immediately, 169 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:31.880 line:15% the Greek word eutheos, means immediately and without delay. 170 00:07:31.880 --> 00:07:35.720 line:15% So immediately and without delay, when he was come out 171 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:38.440 line:15% of the ship, there met him out of the tombs, a man 172 00:07:38.440 --> 00:07:40.120 line:15% with an unclean spirit. 173 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:44.320 line:15% And the word met, actually is a Greek word which describes a 174 00:07:44.320 --> 00:07:48.480 line:15% dramatic encounter rather than a simple meeting. 175 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.360 line:15% Jesus boat had just touched the shore 176 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:54.840 line:15% and his feet had just hit the ground when suddenly 177 00:07:54.840 --> 00:07:57.400 line:15% and unexpectedly out of the stillness 178 00:07:57.400 --> 00:08:01.080 line:15% of the tombs emerged a tormented figure. 179 00:08:01.080 --> 00:08:03.280 line:15% And it was this demoniac. 180 00:08:03.280 --> 00:08:06.240 line:15% The Bible says there met him out of the tombs. 181 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.560 line:15% The word, out, in Greek is the word ek, means coming right 182 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:11.800 line:15% out of the tombs. 183 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:13.600 line:15% And the word tombs here refers 184 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:16.920 line:15% to the grave sites in the ancient village of Kursi. 185 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:19.480 line:15% And as a phrase, it informs us 186 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:23.320 line:15% that this demoniac literally charged right out of the graves 187 00:08:23.320 --> 00:08:27.160 line:15% of the tombs to confront Jesus head on. 188 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:30.200 line:15% Just as Jesus was throwing his feet over the edge 189 00:08:30.200 --> 00:08:33.000 line:15% of the boat and stepped on shore, bam, 190 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:34.880 line:15% he had this confrontation. 191 00:08:34.880 --> 00:08:39.000 line:15% And the Bible says it was a man with an unclean spirit. 192 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:40.880 line:15% Well, what does that mean? 193 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:45.720 line:15% This man was deeply in the grip of this malevolent entity. 194 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:49.960 line:15% And in fact, a better rendering would be a man in the grip 195 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:51.520 line:15% of an unclean spirit. 196 00:08:51.520 --> 00:08:55.560 line:15% And the words, unclean, once again speak of the nasty 197 00:08:55.560 --> 00:08:58.400 line:15% and vile nature of this entity. 198 00:08:58.400 --> 00:09:02.280 line:15% And by the way, this word, unclean, also refers to 199 00:09:02.280 --> 00:09:04.960 line:15% that which is lewd and of a sexual nature. 200 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:09.560 line:15% So this was twisted. It was lewd. It was nasty. It was vile. 201 00:09:09.560 --> 00:09:11.720 line:15% And the Bible calls it an unclean spirit. 202 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:13.720 line:15% And according to Mark 5:2, 203 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:17.160 line:15% this man was literally in the grip of an unclean spirit. 204 00:09:17.160 --> 00:09:20.920 line:15% And verse 3 says - Who had his dwelling among the tombs 205 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:24.000 line:15% and no man could bind him 206 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.920 line:15% no, not with chains. The word, dwelling, is the Greek word 207 00:09:27.920 --> 00:09:29.200 line:15% katoikeo. 208 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:32.320 line:15% It's a compound of two words. The word kata means down. 209 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:35.440 line:15% The word oikeo means to live as to live in a house. 210 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:37.600 line:15% But when you compound the 2-words together, it means 211 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:40.520 line:15% to settle down and to take up residency in 212 00:09:40.520 --> 00:09:42.160 line:15% one particular place. 213 00:09:42.160 --> 00:09:44.640 line:15% And here we find this man had settled down 214 00:09:44.640 --> 00:09:48.200 line:15% and made himself at home among the tombs. 215 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:52.600 line:15% And it's likely that in the grip of demon spirits, death was 216 00:09:52.600 --> 00:09:56.280 line:15% so on his mind that he found more comfort living 217 00:09:56.280 --> 00:09:59.080 line:15% among the tombs than he did living in his own house. 218 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:02.320 line:15% And now these dreaming spirits have driven this man 219 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.640 line:15% literally to live in the region of the shadow of death 220 00:10:04.640 --> 00:10:06.480 line:15% as he's living among the tombs. 221 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:09.880 line:15% And the Bible says he was living among the tombs, the word 222 00:10:09.880 --> 00:10:11.000 line:15% among the Greek word, en, 223 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:14.320 line:15% which means right in the very midst of the tombs. 224 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:18.680 line:15% And no man could bind him, no not with chains. 225 00:10:18.680 --> 00:10:21.160 line:15% And no man is the Greek word, oudeis. 226 00:10:21.160 --> 00:10:24.840 line:15% And this word absolutely means no person, 227 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.520 line:15% but it implies numerous attempts had been made 228 00:10:28.520 --> 00:10:30.160 line:15% to restrain him. 229 00:10:30.160 --> 00:10:34.960 line:15% But this endeavor had been abandoned by everybody who tried. 230 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:39.520 line:15% People tried, but no man was able to bind him. 231 00:10:39.520 --> 00:10:42.320 line:15% And the word bind is a form of the Greek word, deo, 232 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:45.680 line:15% which is typically used for the binding of a prisoner. 233 00:10:45.680 --> 00:10:48.120 line:15% So now we know they had tried to bind him. 234 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:51.800 line:15% And this verse says - with chains. And the word chains is 235 00:10:51.800 --> 00:10:53.320 line:15% the very Greek word used 236 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:57.000 line:15% to describe the heavy metal restraints commonly used 237 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:59.080 line:15% by Romans at that time. 238 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:01.880 line:15% These were heavy, heavy, heavy chains 239 00:11:01.880 --> 00:11:04.320 line:15% placed upon the hands and upon the arms. 240 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:07.960 line:15% But when you come to Mark 5:4, then it goes on 241 00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:09.360 line:15% and it adds more. 242 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:11.600 line:15% Because that he had been often bound 243 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:13.240 line:15% with fetters and chains. 244 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.960 line:15% And the chains had been plucked asunder by him 245 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.520 line:15% and the feathers broken in pieces, 246 00:11:17.520 --> 00:11:20.000 line:15% neither could any man tame him. 247 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.960 line:15% But notice it said he had been often bound. 248 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:26.160 line:15% The word often in Greek means frequently or time 249 00:11:26.160 --> 00:11:28.600 line:15% after time he had been bound. 250 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.200 line:15% Again, the Greek, deo: he had been restricted 251 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:34.360 line:15% with these chains and with fetters. 252 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:35.920 line:15% And guess what? The word fetters, 253 00:11:35.920 --> 00:11:38.240 line:15% the Greek word pedias from the word podos, 254 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:39.800 line:15% which is the word for the foot. 255 00:11:39.800 --> 00:11:41.000 line:15% Just like there were chains 256 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:43.240 line:15% that were binding his hands in his arms, 257 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.160 line:15% they put shackles on his feet. 258 00:11:46.160 --> 00:11:49.960 line:15% Shackles designed for the feet were designed. 259 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:51.920 line:15% They were crafted from iron, 260 00:11:51.920 --> 00:11:54.600 line:15% and occasionally they were leaked by short chains 261 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:57.880 line:15% to hold the feet together so he would thwart escape. 262 00:11:57.880 --> 00:12:02.040 line:15% But here we find this man could literally pull the chains 263 00:12:02.040 --> 00:12:05.040 line:15% asunder and pluck the fetters in pieces. 264 00:12:05.040 --> 00:12:08.800 line:15% And again, the word chains is the Greek word halusis. 265 00:12:08.800 --> 00:12:12.560 line:15% And it emphatically describes the heavy metal chains used 266 00:12:12.560 --> 00:12:15.520 line:15% to bind hands and arms. 267 00:12:15.520 --> 00:12:20.360 line:15% But this man was so demonically empowered that he was able 268 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:23.400 line:15% to break the manacles on his arms and his wrists. 269 00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:25.040 line:15% He could tear them apart 270 00:12:25.040 --> 00:12:27.360 line:15% and he could also tear apart the shackles 271 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:28.920 line:15% which were upon his feet. 272 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:32.240 line:15% And in fact, the verse says the chains had been plucked 273 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:33.480 line:15% to assunder by him. 274 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.920 line:15% I think these word studies are just amazing. 275 00:12:35.920 --> 00:12:40.920 line:15% The words, plucked asunder, means to tear apart with ease. 276 00:12:41.000 --> 00:12:42.560 line:15% And in fact, you could use this 277 00:12:42.560 --> 00:12:44.880 line:15% to describe me taking a piece of paper 278 00:12:44.880 --> 00:12:47.080 line:15% and just easily tearing it in half. 279 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.880 line:15% This man was so demonically empowered, he could take 280 00:12:50.880 --> 00:12:52.760 line:15% those chains on his arms 281 00:12:52.760 --> 00:12:56.440 line:15% and just rip them apart as easily as you could rip a piece 282 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:57.880 line:15% of paper in half. 283 00:12:57.880 --> 00:13:01.720 line:15% And it goes on to say in the fetters, the Greek word pedais, 284 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:05.640 line:15% the shackles which were on his feet were broken in pieces. 285 00:13:05.640 --> 00:13:09.560 line:15% And broken in pieces is the Greek word suntribo: 286 00:13:09.560 --> 00:13:13.000 line:15% a very well-known word which was normally used 287 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.600 line:15% to describe the smashing of grapes under your feet 288 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:20.080 line:15% or the pulverizing of bones into dust. 289 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:25.200 line:15% Hence, we find this man was so filled with demonic strength 290 00:13:25.200 --> 00:13:28.280 line:15% that he could grind his ankles together. 291 00:13:28.280 --> 00:13:31.200 line:15% Remember they were tied by a very short chain. 292 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.960 line:15% He could bind his ankles together in those shackles 293 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:38.400 line:15% until those shackles were reduced to metallic dust 294 00:13:38.400 --> 00:13:41.080 line:15% and they just fell from his feet. 295 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:43.680 line:15% So he could rip the shackles off of his arms, 296 00:13:43.680 --> 00:13:46.880 line:15% rip the shackles and grind them to dust from his feet. 297 00:13:46.880 --> 00:13:50.200 line:15% And the Bible says neither could any man tame him. 298 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:52.040 line:15% Well, even this provides insight 299 00:13:52.040 --> 00:13:54.800 line:15% because the word tame is a Greek word, damadzo. 300 00:13:54.800 --> 00:13:58.040 line:15% A word which means to domesticate, subjugate, 301 00:13:58.040 --> 00:13:59.960 line:15% or to tame an animal. 302 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:02.960 line:15% And this term was used to describe those 303 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:05.400 line:15% who are masters at capturing 304 00:14:05.400 --> 00:14:09.920 line:15% and taming the most fearsome creatures such as bears, 305 00:14:09.920 --> 00:14:11.960 line:15% lions, and tigers. 306 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:14.680 line:15% These animals which would typically be lethal 307 00:14:14.680 --> 00:14:17.560 line:15% to humans could be domesticated 308 00:14:17.560 --> 00:14:19.880 line:15% by these special animal tamers. 309 00:14:19.880 --> 00:14:23.880 line:15% But the use of this word means wild animal tamers 310 00:14:23.880 --> 00:14:25.200 line:15% who managed to subdue 311 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:29.200 line:15% and train the most formidable beasts were literally summoned 312 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:31.760 line:15% to capture and tame this man, 313 00:14:31.760 --> 00:14:36.040 line:15% but even their skills proved insufficient against him 314 00:14:36.040 --> 00:14:39.160 line:15% for even the most skilled among them could not succeed 315 00:14:39.160 --> 00:14:41.160 line:15% as they had with wild animals. 316 00:14:41.160 --> 00:14:46.120 line:15% They were unable to tame him or to domesticate him. 317 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:49.720 line:15% Wow. And verse 5 says - And always, night 318 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.280 line:15% and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs crying 319 00:14:53.280 --> 00:14:57.400 line:15% and cutting himself with stones. The word crying, is a form 320 00:14:57.400 --> 00:14:58.720 line:15% of the Greek word kradzo. 321 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.440 line:15% It is a heart wrenching cry. 322 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:05.280 line:15% It is a shriek and it informs us this man was in agony. 323 00:15:05.280 --> 00:15:08.680 line:15% He was tormented by what was taking place inside him. 324 00:15:08.680 --> 00:15:10.480 line:15% And in fact, he was so tormented, 325 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:12.720 line:15% he was cutting himself with stones. 326 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:14.920 line:15% The word cutting, in Greek, the word katakopto. 327 00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:17.960 line:15% Kata means down: kopto means to cut or to gnash. 328 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:19.840 line:15% And when you put the two words together, 329 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:21.800 line:15% he's literally gashing his skin. 330 00:15:21.800 --> 00:15:24.920 line:15% He's gnashing his skin. He's cutting his skin. 331 00:15:24.920 --> 00:15:27.400 line:15% And here we find these demon spirits were driving 332 00:15:27.400 --> 00:15:28.480 line:15% him to self-harm. 333 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:31.960 line:15% And some have speculated that perhaps he was trying 334 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:34.560 line:15% to commit suicide because he didn't know any other way 335 00:15:34.560 --> 00:15:37.040 line:15% to be set free from these demons that were 336 00:15:37.040 --> 00:15:38.440 line:15% so tormenting him. 337 00:15:38.440 --> 00:15:42.320 line:15% And 5:6 says, But when he saw Jesus a far off, 338 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:46.680 line:15% he ran and worshiped him. Now this really is an enigma 339 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:51.680 line:15% because if this man is so demon possessed, so demonized, 340 00:15:51.800 --> 00:15:54.920 line:15% you would think that he would run away from Jesus. 341 00:15:54.920 --> 00:15:57.560 line:15% He yet this verse says, when he saw Jesus, he ran 342 00:15:57.560 --> 00:15:59.320 line:15% to worship him. 343 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:01.320 line:15% Well, to understand how this took place, 344 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:03.403 line:15% you have to read what Dr. Luke writes in Luke 8:29. 345 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:07.440 line:15% And Luke adds this important detail. 346 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:09.920 line:15% For oftentimes the spirit caught him. 347 00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:14.160 line:15% That word caught is the very Greek word which is used 348 00:16:14.160 --> 00:16:16.320 line:15% to describe an epileptic seizure, 349 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:18.800 line:15% which means just like a person 350 00:16:18.800 --> 00:16:23.000 line:15% doesn't have an epileptic seizure 100% of the time, 351 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:26.520 line:15% this man was not constantly caught by the demon spirits. 352 00:16:26.520 --> 00:16:29.120 line:15% There were times when he was in charge of himself, 353 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.480 line:15% just like an epileptic. 354 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:32.640 line:15% Sometimes you don't even know they have epilepsy. 355 00:16:32.640 --> 00:16:34.960 line:15% And then all of a sudden they're thrown into a fit. 356 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:37.800 line:15% This man sometimes was in charge of his own mind 357 00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:40.680 line:15% and then suddenly he was thrown into a seizure. 358 00:16:40.680 --> 00:16:43.600 line:15% He was thrown into a fit when the demons caught him. 359 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:47.920 line:15% And when Jesus came on the shore, this man was in charge 360 00:16:47.920 --> 00:16:50.840 line:15% of himself, saw Jesus ran to worship him. 361 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:52.240 line:15% And just as he fell 362 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.840 line:15% to worship Jesus is when the demon seized him and caught him 363 00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:58.200 line:15% and threw him into a fit. 364 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:00.840 line:15% And verse seven says, That's when he cried 365 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.440 line:15% with a loud voice. And the word cried again, 366 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:07.280 line:15% the Greek word kradzo, which is a soul shattering wail 367 00:17:07.280 --> 00:17:09.000 line:15% or a piercing shriek. 368 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:11.320 line:15% He cried with a loud voice 369 00:17:11.320 --> 00:17:14.120 line:15% and said, What have I to do with thee? 370 00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:16.120 line:15% Jesus thou son of the most high. 371 00:17:16.120 --> 00:17:17.840 line:15% God, I adjure thee by God 372 00:17:17.840 --> 00:17:22.040 line:15% that thou torment me not. And notice that word, 373 00:17:22.040 --> 00:17:23.320 line:15% adjure thee by God. 374 00:17:23.320 --> 00:17:28.040 line:15% The word adjure is begging or earnestly pleading in prayer. 375 00:17:28.040 --> 00:17:30.920 line:15% And I call this the day the devil prayed. 376 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:34.480 line:15% This demon began to pray - torment me not. 377 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:39.200 line:15% And the word torment, the Greek word basanidzo, means agony, 378 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:41.240 line:15% torture, or profound suffering. 379 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.800 line:15% Jesus was doing something to torment this demon. 380 00:17:44.800 --> 00:17:48.520 line:15% And what he was doing is found in verse 8. 381 00:17:48.520 --> 00:17:50.560 line:15% For he said unto him, Come out of the man, 382 00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:51.960 line:15% thou unclean spirit. 383 00:17:51.960 --> 00:17:55.000 line:15% Here's the key. When the Bible says he said, 384 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.000 line:15% the Greek says he kept saying and saying and saying 385 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:01.480 line:15% and saying and saying, which means when Jesus first spoke 386 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:03.880 line:15% to this demon, it didn't budge. 387 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.640 line:15% But Jesus, unlike others who tried to set the man free 388 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:10.920 line:15% and walked off, was not going to walk free 389 00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:14.040 line:15% until this man was liberated from this demon spirit. 390 00:18:14.040 --> 00:18:16.200 line:15% And Jesus persistently stayed right there 391 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:18.440 line:15% and kept saying, I said, come out. 392 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:21.360 line:15% I said, come out. Jesus kept saying, he kept saying, 393 00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:25.120 line:15% he kept saying, and that is what was tormenting the spirit. 394 00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:26.720 line:15% Jesus stood there. 395 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:28.240 line:15% It was a standoff, 396 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:31.920 line:15% but this demon had finally met more than his match. 397 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:34.040 line:15% And my friends, we don't know how long the duration 398 00:18:34.040 --> 00:18:36.400 line:15% of this event was, but Jesus did not leave 399 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:38.200 line:15% until this man was liberated. 400 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:41.000 line:15% And my friends, that is how committed Jesus is 401 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:43.040 line:15% to set people free. 402 00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:46.640 line:15% But then Mark 5:9 says, Jesus asked him, 403 00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:48.000 line:15% what is thy name? 404 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.600 line:15% Some people say because of this, that when you deal 405 00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:52.880 line:15% with demons, you should always ask them what is their name. 406 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:55.360 line:15% That is the only time in scripture Jesus ever asked a 407 00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:56.800 line:15% demon, what is thy name? 408 00:18:56.800 --> 00:18:58.960 line:15% And the only reason Jesus asked is 409 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:00.200 line:15% because it wasn't budging. 410 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.520 line:15% It was the equivalent of saying, 411 00:19:01.520 --> 00:19:03.400 line:15% who in the world are you anyway? 412 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:06.120 line:15% But Jesus kept saying, kept saying, Come out, come out. 413 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:08.320 line:15% By the way, who in the world are you? 414 00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:09.920 line:15% And the demon answered saying, 415 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:12.400 line:15% My name is legion for we are many. 416 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:15.760 line:15% The word legion is the Greek word for a Roman legion, 417 00:19:15.760 --> 00:19:18.560 line:15% which was 6,826 soldiers. 418 00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:21.400 line:15% And that explains why the demon says for we are many. 419 00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:23.760 line:15% It was the equivalent of saying, you're speaking to me. 420 00:19:23.760 --> 00:19:25.080 line:15% I'm the elected spokesman, 421 00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:27.560 line:15% but inside here there's a legion of demons. 422 00:19:27.560 --> 00:19:30.960 line:15% We are many. Verse 5: 423 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:34.960 line:15% And he, that 1 demon that was speaking, besaught him much 424 00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:38.800 line:15% that he would not send them away out of the country. 425 00:19:38.800 --> 00:19:42.880 line:15% The word besought means to pray or to beg. Verse 10: 426 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:45.880 line:15% Now there was nigh unto the mountains a great herd 427 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:47.280 line:15% of swine feeding. 428 00:19:47.280 --> 00:19:50.360 line:15% The word swine described in the Jewish mind, 429 00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:54.280 line:15% the most repulsive and disgusting of creatures. 430 00:19:54.280 --> 00:19:56.720 line:15% And in verse 12, all the devils. 431 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:59.640 line:15% Now remember, Jesus began by speaking to one. 432 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:02.240 line:15% But now Jesus persistently is saying, come out, 433 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.640 line:15% come out, come out, come out. 434 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:06.240 line:15% And now all the devils are speaking. 435 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:09.240 line:15% Previously, one voice was speaking with Jesus. 436 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:12.040 line:15% Now, if you had been there, you would've heard a legion 437 00:20:12.040 --> 00:20:15.040 line:15% of demons all coming out of the man's mouth at one time. 438 00:20:15.040 --> 00:20:19.240 line:15% All the demons beside him saying, send us into the swine 439 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:21.600 line:15% that we may enter into them. 440 00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:25.760 line:15% Verse 13 - And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. 441 00:20:25.760 --> 00:20:28.440 line:15% The word leave the Greek word, epitrepo. 442 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:31.600 line:15% The word epi and the word trepo. The word epi means over. 443 00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:33.640 line:15% The word trepe denotes a turn. 444 00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.880 line:15% When you compound it together, 445 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:37.400 line:15% it means Jesus turned them over to the pigs. 446 00:20:38.280 --> 00:20:39.760 line:15% He gave them leave. 447 00:20:39.760 --> 00:20:41.520 line:15% And the unclean spirits went out 448 00:20:41.520 --> 00:20:43.840 line:15% and entered into the swine in the herd, 449 00:20:43.840 --> 00:20:46.960 line:15% ran violently down a steep place into the sea. 450 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:50.520 line:15% There were about 2,000 and they were choked in the sea. 451 00:20:50.520 --> 00:20:52.200 line:15% Ran violently. 452 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.400 line:15% Described something uncontrollable, irresistible. 453 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:59.040 line:15% It was a violent surge as the demonized man 454 00:20:59.040 --> 00:21:02.320 line:15% who had managed all along the muster the strength 455 00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:04.440 line:15% to resist these demons. 456 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:07.920 line:15% But when the demons entered into the pigs who had no mind 457 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:12.760 line:15% to resist them, they violently were controlled by the demons 458 00:21:12.760 --> 00:21:14.400 line:15% and committed suicide. 459 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:18.400 line:15% They ran down a steep place into the sea and choked. 460 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:21.800 line:15% And the word choked describes a violent seizing 461 00:21:21.800 --> 00:21:24.760 line:15% by the throat or a strangulation. 462 00:21:24.760 --> 00:21:28.280 line:15% Then in Mark 5:14, they that fed the swine fled 463 00:21:28.280 --> 00:21:30.160 line:15% and told it in the city and in the country, 464 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:32.280 line:15% and they went out to see what it was done. 465 00:21:32.280 --> 00:21:34.520 line:15% Verse 15: And they came to Jesus 466 00:21:34.520 --> 00:21:36.920 line:15% and saw him that had been possessed 467 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:38.800 line:15% with the devil and the legion. 468 00:21:38.800 --> 00:21:41.840 line:15% Now he is sitting. Now he's clothed. 469 00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:43.560 line:15% Now he's in his right mind 470 00:21:43.560 --> 00:21:45.880 line:15% and they were afraid. They didn't understand this. 471 00:21:45.880 --> 00:21:49.080 line:15% Verse 16: And they that saw it told them how it befelled 472 00:21:49.080 --> 00:21:50.680 line:15% to him that was possessed with the devil 473 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:52.760 line:15% and also concerning the swine. 474 00:21:52.760 --> 00:21:56.360 line:15% And they begin to pray him to depart out of their coasts. 475 00:21:56.360 --> 00:21:58.680 line:15% People respond to the power of God two ways. 476 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:01.000 line:15% They're either drawn near or they run away. 477 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:03.320 line:15% And here we find they were terrified. 478 00:22:03.320 --> 00:22:05.040 line:15% And now we see in verse 18 - 479 00:22:05.040 --> 00:22:07.360 line:15% and when he was coming to the ship, he 480 00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:09.760 line:15% that had been possessed with the devil, prayed him 481 00:22:09.760 --> 00:22:12.240 line:15% that he might be with him. Verse 19: 482 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.280 line:15% But Jesus suffered him not, but said to him - Go home. 483 00:22:15.280 --> 00:22:16.840 line:15% This man had a home. 484 00:22:16.840 --> 00:22:19.480 line:15% He could finally go home and live in his own house. 485 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:21.520 line:15% Go home to thy friends. He had friends. 486 00:22:21.520 --> 00:22:24.040 line:15% He didn't need to live among the tombs any longer 487 00:22:24.040 --> 00:22:27.640 line:15% and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you 488 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:29.760 line:15% and has had compassion on you. 489 00:22:29.760 --> 00:22:31.600 line:15% And verse 20: And he departed 490 00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:33.760 line:15% and began to publish in Decapolis 491 00:22:33.760 --> 00:22:36.960 line:15% how great things Jesus had done for him and all men did 492 00:22:37.880 --> 00:22:40.400 line:15% marvel. That is the story 493 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:45.400 line:15% of when Jesus really cast a legion of demons out of a man. 494 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:48.320 line:15% Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 495 00:22:48.320 --> 00:22:50.280 line:15% He's still doing it today. 496 00:22:50.280 --> 00:22:55.280 line:15% My friends, the same power of Jesus is available right now. 497 00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:56.960 line:15% I'm out of time, but I'll be back 498 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:58.880 line:15% and I'm going to pray for you. 499 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.840 line:15% Have you ever stopped to consider the weight 500 00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:04.120 line:15% of Christ's miracles and their application to ministry? 501 00:23:04.120 --> 00:23:07.440 line:15% The gospels record a ministry unlike any the world has ever 502 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:10.400 line:15% seen, filled with healings, deliverances, 503 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:12.680 line:15% and demonstrations of divine power 504 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:14.800 line:15% that transformed countless lives. 505 00:23:14.800 --> 00:23:16.000 line:15% In Miracles in Mark, 506 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:18.640 line:15% Rick Renner dives into the original Greek language 507 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:21.960 line:15% and historical context of these records to bring new depth 508 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:24.160 line:15% to familiar accounts of faith, healing, 509 00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:26.440 line:15% and victory over demonic powers. 510 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:29.240 line:15% As you follow Rick through Mark's gospel, you'll hear 511 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:32.040 line:15% of - A religious demoniac delivered. 512 00:23:32.040 --> 00:23:34.680 line:15% A woman saved from a miserable life: 513 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:37.400 line:15% An entire demonic legion cast out. 514 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:40.880 line:15% This riveting 5-part series is available in digital 515 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:44.200 line:15% and physical formats, starting at just $11. 516 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:47.240 line:15% In addition, we are offering you the book, The Miracles 517 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:51.600 line:15% of Jesus Christ, by Rick Renner for $37. 518 00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:53.960 line:15% In this detailed examination of every healing 519 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:56.280 line:15% and demonic encounter in all 4 gospels 520 00:23:56.280 --> 00:23:59.560 line:15% and the Book of Acts, Rick brings Jesus' supernatural 521 00:23:59.560 --> 00:24:03.400 line:15% displays to life in a fresh and unforgettable way. 522 00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:05.920 line:15% You can order the series, Miracles in Mark 523 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:09.600 line:15% and the book, The Miracles of Jesus Christ, by going online 524 00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:11.320 line:15% or calling our team. 525 00:24:11.320 --> 00:24:15.120 line:15% Call the number on your screen or scan the QR code to order. 526 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.600 line:15% This is Rick Renner, 527 00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:23.000 line:15% and this is the part of our Tulsa facility where we send out 528 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:24.800 line:15% our monthly teaching letters. 529 00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:27.320 line:15% And if you don't already get my monthly teaching 530 00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:29.240 line:15% letter, why not? 531 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:31.080 line:15% My friends, you will love it. 532 00:24:31.080 --> 00:24:32.480 line:15% It's filled with teaching 533 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:34.880 line:15% that will really make a difference in your life, 534 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:36.400 line:15% and we would love to send it to you. 535 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:39.920 line:15% But in this room, we also replicate all 536 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:41.800 line:15% of our teaching materials. 537 00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:46.520 line:15% DVDs, CDs, USBs, all of those materials 538 00:24:46.520 --> 00:24:48.280 line:15% that we send out to the ends of the earth. 539 00:24:48.280 --> 00:24:52.920 line:15% And it's in this room that we also print our study guides. 540 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:55.400 line:15% If you've never downloaded one of my study guides 541 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:58.960 line:15% or requested a hard copy, you should do that. 542 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:02.840 line:15% They are jam packed, and some of them are like little books. 543 00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:05.400 line:15% I mean, it's really a lot of material. 544 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:07.680 line:15% And we do all of that right here. 545 00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:11.320 line:15% It's amazing what we can do when we have resources 546 00:25:11.320 --> 00:25:13.800 line:15% to take the word of God to the ends of the earth. 547 00:25:13.800 --> 00:25:17.400 line:15% You know, the gospel's free. Praise God for that. 548 00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:20.040 line:15% But getting it to people is not free. 549 00:25:20.040 --> 00:25:22.560 line:15% It takes a lot of money to do all this work, 550 00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:25.520 line:15% to print these materials, to pay for the postage 551 00:25:25.520 --> 00:25:29.000 line:15% and the packing, and to send them to the ends of the earth. 552 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:31.840 line:15% And we do all of that in this facility. 553 00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:35.440 line:15% And right now, we've already paid off 89% 554 00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:38.240 line:15% of the debt on this facility. 555 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:40.880 line:15% We're about to knock it out of the ballpark. 556 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.800 line:15% And I want to say thank you for being a part 557 00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:44.160 line:15% of our giving team. 558 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:46.720 line:15% And if you're not a part of our giving team yet, 559 00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:49.200 line:15% please join us to help us finish this project 560 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:51.120 line:15% to release those finances 561 00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:53.760 line:15% so we can continue taking the teaching of the Bible 562 00:25:53.760 --> 00:25:55.160 line:15% to the ends of the earth. 563 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:02.400 line:15% When we come back tomorrow, we're going to see 564 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:04.640 line:15% that Jesus healed a woman with the issue of blood. 565 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:06.560 line:15% And you're going to hear that event like you've 566 00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:08.080 line:15% never heard it before. 567 00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:11.000 line:15% But this whole series is called Miracles in Mark. 568 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:13.920 line:15% It comes with a study guide in all kinds of formats. 569 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:15.400 line:15% And again, I'm excited 570 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.600 line:15% to tell you about my book called The 571 00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.960 line:15% Miracles of Jesus Christ. 572 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.480 line:15% You will devour it. 573 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:22.160 line:15% It's going to open the miraculous ministry of Jesus 574 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:25.200 line:15% to you on a level like never before. 575 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:28.000 line:15% And if you want to know how to get these resources, 576 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.800 line:15% just go online or give us a call. 577 00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:32.240 line:15% And when you reach out, let us know how to pray 578 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:34.360 line:15% because we really want to pray for you. 579 00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:36.240 line:15% And I'm going to pray for you right now. 580 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:38.000 line:15% So put your hand on your heart. 581 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:40.440 line:15% Father, I thank you for the power of Jesus, 582 00:26:40.440 --> 00:26:42.360 line:15% which is still alive and active. 583 00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:44.600 line:15% He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. 584 00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:47.560 line:15% In Jesus, we pray that you would move with your power 585 00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:51.240 line:15% to deliver all of those that are afflicted in any way. 586 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:55.640 line:15% Grab hold of it, my friend. In Jesus' name. Amen. 587 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:57.560 line:15% I'll see you tomorrow. But remember, 588 00:26:57.560 --> 00:27:01.440 line:15% Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word of a king is, 589 00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:03.560 line:15% there is power." 590 00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:05.880 line:15% If you've never received Jesus as your savior 591 00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:10.280 line:15% and Lord, now is the time for you to experience a new life 592 00:27:10.280 --> 00:27:12.360 line:15% Jesus has to give you. 593 00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:15.560 line:15% Pray this prayer with me right now. 594 00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:18.160 line:15% Lord, I repent of my sin 595 00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:21.800 line:15% and receive you as my savior and Lord. 596 00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:26.520 line:15% Wash away my sin and make me completely new. 597 00:27:26.520 --> 00:27:30.240 line:15% I thank you that my sin is removed 598 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:34.920 line:15% and Satan no longer has any right to lay claim on me. 599 00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:38.920 line:15% I Faithfully promise that I will serve you as my 600 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:41.240 line:15% Lord for the rest of my life. 601 00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.480 line:15% Amen. 602 00:27:44.520 --> 00:27:46.800 line:15% Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel 603 00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:50.080 line:15% of Jesus Christ through every available media avenue 604 00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:52.120 line:15% to the uttermost parts of the earth. 605 00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:55.120 line:15% Discover the many ways you can help us make a difference in 606 00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:58.040 line:15% lives around the world with the word of God. 607 00:27:58.040 --> 00:28:02.240 line:15% We invite you to partner with us in teaching, strengthening, 608 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:06.600 line:15% and rescuing lives for the glory of God. 609 00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:08.840 line:15% Together, we can make a difference 610 00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:10.760 line:15% that will last throughout eternity. 611 00:28:22.840 --> 00:28:25.440 line:15% This program was made possible by the giving 612 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:28.280 line:15% of the God-called partners of Renner Ministries.