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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind, where the
word is the anchor in
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uncertain times.
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And doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple, but dive deep.
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Revealing a truth that
strengthens us, a love
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that emboldens, and a mission
that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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It's the first of the week,
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and today I'm beginning
a brand new series called
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Miracles in Luke.
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We've already seen miracles in
Matthew and Miracles in Mark,
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and today we're going to
dive into the Gospel of Luke,
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and we're going to be
looking at five key miracles
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that were performed by
Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.
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And it's very interesting that
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because Luke was a medical
doctor, he employs the use
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of medical terminology,
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which you don't find in
the other gospel writers.
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But it's going to be really interesting,
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but the whole series is
called Miracles in Luke.
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It is five parts, comes in all kinds
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of formats with a study guide.
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It would just be ideal for a Bible study
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or to give to anyone who has a hunger
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to know more about the
miraculous ministry of Jesus.
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And I've had my new book,
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which is called The
Miracles of Jesus Christ.
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My friends, this is such a treasure trove.
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I really worked hard on this book,
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and I labored asking the
Holy Spirit, helping me
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to mine gems from the Greek
and to put them into the text.
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And it really is an
eye-opening examination
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of every miracle, healing,
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and demonic encounter in the
gospels and in the Book of X.
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And the reason I wrote this is
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because I searched for a book like this
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and could not find one.
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So I felt the Holy Spirit
tapping me, saying, "I want you
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to write that book." So I
went to work and here it is.
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And my friends, it really is
going to be a blessing to you.
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But if you want to know
how to get these resources,
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just go online or give us a call.
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And please, when you reach out
to us, know that we are here
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to pray for you.
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The number on the screen
is the number that you need
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to call, and please write it down
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and save it so that if you
ever find yourself in a fix
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and you're wishing you
had somebody to pray with,
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you'll always have that number
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because we will be here to pray for you.
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If you prefer, you can send an email.
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The email address is also on the screen.
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Either call or send an email
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and we're going to really pray for you
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and Jesus is going to do what
needs to be done in your life.
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But today, I want you
to reach for your Bible
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and today we're really
going to take a deep dive
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into an amazing event which
occurred in Luke chapter five.
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But when we come to the
Gospel of Luke, we find
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that Luke records 21
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different supernatural
events, and here they are.
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Jesus delivered a man with an
unclean spirit in Luke 4:33-36.
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Jesus healed Peter's
mother-in-law and other sick
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and demonized people in Luke 4:38-41.
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Jesus healed the sick
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and freed the demonized
in Luke 40:40-41.
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Jesus produced a miraculous catch of fish
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in Luke 5: 1-11.
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Jesus healed a man full of leprosy.
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Jesus healed a man with a
palsy in Luke 5:17-21.
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Jesus restored a man's withered
hand in Luke 6:6-10.
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Jesus healed the sick
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and freed those vex with
demons in Luke 6:17-19.
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Then he healed the Centorion
servant in Luke 7:1-10.
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Then he raised a widow's
son from the dead in Luke
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7:11-17.
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Then Jesus rebuked the wind
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and brought peace to the
sea in Luke 8:22-25.
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Then he miraculously cast a
legion of demons from a man
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in Luke 8:26-36.
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And then Jesus healed a
woman with the issue of blood
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and raised Jairus' daughter from the dead.
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That's in Luke 8:40-56.
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Then he miraculously multiplied lobes
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and fishes, Luke 9:10-17.
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Then Jesus delivered a
man's son from a terribly
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violent spirit.
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That is in Luke 9:37-42.
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Then Jesus cast out a dumb
spirit. That is in Luke 11:14.
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Then Jesus freed a woman from a spirit
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of infirmity in Luke 13:11-13.
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And Jesus healed a man with
dropsy in Luke 14:1-4
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and then healed 10 lepers
in Luke 17:11-19.
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Then healed a blind beggar
in Luke 18:35-43.
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And then in Luke 22:50-51,
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he miraculously healed a
man with a severed ear.
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21 supernatural events
in the Gospel of Luke.
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Now this week we only have
time to cover five of them.
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So turn in your Bible
to Luke 5.
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And today we're going to
see that Jesus produced a
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miraculous catch of fish.
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And here is what the Bible says
beginning in Luke 5:1.
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"And it came to pass that
as people pressed upon him
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to hear the word of God, he
stood by the lake of Genessaret
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and saw two ships standing by the lake,
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but the fishermen were gone out of them
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and were washing their nets.
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And he entered into one of
the ships, which was Simon's,
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and prayed him that he would thrust
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out a little from the land.
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And he sat down and taught
the people out of the ship.
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And when he had left
speaking, he said into Simon,
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launch out into the deep and
let down your nets for a drot.
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And Simon answering,
said unto him, Master,
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we have toiled all the night
and have taken nothing.
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Nevertheless, at thy word,
I will let down the net.
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And when they had done this,
they enclosed a great multitude
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of fishes and their net break.
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And they beckoned unto their partners,
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which were in the other ship,
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that they should come and help them.
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And they came and filled both the ships so
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that they began to sink.
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And when Simon Peter saw it,
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he fell down at Jesus'
knees saying, Depart from me
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for I'm a sinful man, oh
Lord, for he was astonished
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and all that were with him at the drought
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of fishes which they had taken.
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And so was also James
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and John the sons of Zebedee,
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which were partners with Simon.
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And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not.
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From henceforth, thou shalt catch men.
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And when they had brought
their ships to land,
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they forsook all and followed him.
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But when we come to this
event, this is Peter's fourth
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encounter with Christ.
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And it's interesting that
the first three encounters,
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he did not convert.
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You say, well, what were
the other encounters?
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Well, let me show you.
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First of all, there was
hearsay information from
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his brother Andrew.
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That's in John 1:39.
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Then Jesus personally
encountered Peter in John 1:42.
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And then Jesus came to Peter's house
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and healed his mother-in-law
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and performed other significant
miracles in Luke 4:38-39.
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And finally, Jesus stepped
into Peter's boat here in
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Luke 5.
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And I think this is important
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because Peter had had three
encounters with Jesus,
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but never converted.
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And it reminds me that
sometimes people have
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to have multiple encounters
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before they come to a place of repentance.
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So if you shared Christ with someone
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and they didn't immediately
convert, hey, hold on, hang on.
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They just need several more experiences.
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Eventually they're going to come
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to a place when they give
their hearts to Jesus.
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It's amazing to me that Jesus
could be in Peter's house, he,
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his mother-in-law, and many others,
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and it didn't touch his heart
enough for him to get saved.
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He was really confronted
by the power of Christ
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and converted when Jesus
touched his pocketbook.
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Different things touch different people.
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But in Luke 5:1, it says,
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and it came to pass, that as
the people pressed upon him
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to hear the word of God, he
stood by the lake of Genessaret.
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The word people here is
the Greek word ochlos.
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It depicts a gigantic throng.
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And notice the verse says
they pressed upon him.
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These words pressed upon
in Greek really describes
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to pile on, to stack on top of.
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And here we find the
multitude wanted to hear Jesus
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and they wanted to receive
if his miraculous ministry.
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And because Jesus found
it a challenge to speak
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to such a massive, massive
crowd, he began to look for a way
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to find an advantage point
from which he could address a
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larger audience.
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We do that in our own ministry.
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We're reaching a lot of people
where we're always looking
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for a way that our
voice could be amplified
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to be heard by more people.
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That's exactly what Jesus was doing.
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And verse two says, "And
he saw two ships standing
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by the lake, but the fishermen
were gone out of them
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and were washing their
nets." This word ships is
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the word word ploian.
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It is the word which was
used in the first century
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to describe the fishing boats
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that navigated the waters
on the Sea of Galilee.
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And I want to tell you about these ships.
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These ships were uniform
in their dimensions
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and stretched about 10 meters at length
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and three meters in width
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or roughly 30 feet by 10
feet in modern measurements
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with a depth exceeding four feet
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and they were crafted to
accommodate a team of rowers.
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And these boats featured
a mast for sailing,
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which made them very
versatile on the water.
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And they could carry a
crew of 10 to 12 people
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to support a load of 31,348 pounds
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or approximately 14 tons in weight.
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And in 1968,
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because of a drought
near the Sea of Galilee,
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the waters began to shrink back
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and they revealed a hidden secret.
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Right in the muddy banks,
they found a fishing boat
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that had been long buried and forgotten,
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but through carbon dating,
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they knew it was from the first century
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and matches exactly the same
kind of boats from that era.
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And though there's no
direct link to suggest
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that particular boat carried
Jesus or his disciples,
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because it was the very kind
of boat that Jesus traveled in,
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they named it the Jesus Boat.
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And today this ancient boat
can be seen at the Yagal Alan
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Museum in Israel.
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But the verse says the fishermen
were washing their nets.
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What do we mean by fishermen?
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Well, here's what the Greek word means. (Halieus)
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It depicts either fishermen
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or sailors engaging in the
pursuit of fishing on the Sea
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of Galilee wasn't just
a seasonal endeavor.
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It was a demanding year-long enterprise
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that necessitated physical
strength, collaborative effort,
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and keen business skills.
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And fishermen typically
employed circular casting nets
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or sizable drag nets,
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and they offered ventured
out under the cloak of night
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to capture fish that swam
closer to the water's surface.
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Then afterward, the bountiful
hall was preserved by salting
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or drying, and then they were transported
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to cities like Jerusalem or
the luxurious city of Sephoras.
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And those who owned multiple
fishing boats for them,
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this revenue was very sizable
and significantly lucrative.
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But notice the verse also says
they were washing their nets.
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What does that mean?
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Well, this word washing
means to plunge or to wash.
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And here we find the nets used at the Sea
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of Galilee were first dragged to the shore
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where their layers were
meticulously untangled.
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Then each strand was rinsed in water
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as debris from the night's
labor, that his stones, plants,
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and shells were carefully cleared.
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And once emptied of debris,
the nets were hung out
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to dry in the gentle breeze.
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The process was long.
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It was laborious but necessary
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and a routine part of the fishing process
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that was always carried out
after a night of fishing.
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So when the Bible says that
they were washing their nets,
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this is quite an ordeal.
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And as far as these
fishermen were concerned,
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they were finished for the day.
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They had fished all night. Now
they're washing their nets.
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And the word nets that
is used here is plural,
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which meant they had used multiple nets,
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but they'd caught nothing.
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And in fact, Luke 5:3 says
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that Jesus entered into one of
the ships, which was Simon's,
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and prayed him that he would thrust out a
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little from the land.
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And he sat down and taught the people.
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The word prayed, the Greek
word (Erotao) means Jesus really made a
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heartfelt appeal.
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Well, remember, he had
already had three previous
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encounters with Simon.
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Now knowing Simon, he's
making a heartfelt appeal.
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Simon, I need your boat so
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that my voice will acoustically carry
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to reach a larger crowd
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and said, Would you please thrust out
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a little from the land?
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Thrust out is a navigational
term, which literally means
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to thrust out from the shore.
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And again, Jesus was looking
for a way for the acoustics
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to be amplified so he could
speak to the big crowd
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that had gathered on the
shore and wanted to hear him.
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And the Bible says he sat down
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and taught the people out of the ship.
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Then verse five says, "Now,
when he had left speaking,
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he said to Simon, launch out into the deep
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and let down your nets for a
drut." This phrase, launch out,
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is again, a nautical expression
that conveys the action
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of setting sail into the open waters.
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Before this moment, Simon had
merely pushed out a little
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from the land, but now Jesus
had given him the command
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to thrust out into the deep.
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And the word deep is
the Greek word bathos,
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which really describes the
very deepest parts of the sea.
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So he essentially said, Simon,
I need you to go further.
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I need you to really thrust out,
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launch out into the deepest waters
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and let down your nets for a catch.
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The words let down really
mean to release and lower.
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The nets had been cleaned,
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they'd been dried,
they'd been tucked away.
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So obeying Jesus' command
was really something else.
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This was requiring them
to undo all of their work.
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They were ready to go home.
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But Luke 5:5 says,
Simon answering sad unto him.
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The word answering means
to repetitiously answer.
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So it really gives the
implication that he began
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to argue with the Lord.
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Simon answering and
answering or explaining
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and explaining sad unto him, Master,
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we have toiled all the night
and have taken nothing.
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Nevertheless, at thy word,
I will let down the net.
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But notice in verse five,
he calls Jesus master.
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Now, if you've got your Bible
to open either underline
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or circle this word master,
it is the Greek word epistata.
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It's a compound of two words, the word epi
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and the word histomy.
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The word epi means upon.
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The word histomy means to stand,
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but when you compound
the two words together,
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this word epistata here translated
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as the word master gives
the image of a person
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with immense authority
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who is present on site at a given moment.
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And this word also had a nautical meaning
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and could be used to refer
to the commander of a ship.
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And by using this word,
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Simon acknowledged Jesus had
authority on the site at the
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moment and he allowed Jesus to
become commander of his boat.
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And I want to ask you,
have you allowed Jesus
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to become the commander of your boat?
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But notice he explained, we
have toiled all the night.
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And the word toiled in Greek (Kopiao)
describes grueling labor
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that drains one of his energy
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and leaves him physically exhausted.
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And when he says all the
night, it literally means
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through the whole night, which means
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they had pushed themself all
the night trying to catch fish
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under the cover of darkness.
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And despite their efforts,
they came up with nothing.
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And the word nothing
is the Greek word ouden,
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which means absolutely nothing at all.
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Every time they pulled up their nets,
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they were empty of fish.
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But then Simon says,
nevertheless, at thy word.
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And in Greek, this is really interesting.
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Here we find the word epi in
a form of the Greek word rhema.
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The word epi means upon.
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And the word rhema really
means a spoken word
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or a spoken command.
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And when you put this together
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as it's used in the
Greek text in verse 5,
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it means upon your word
or upon your command
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or based on your word
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and your command, we
will let down the nets.
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Wow, this was quite a surrender
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because this word let
down again depicts the act
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of releasing and lowering
the nets back into the sea.
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I've already told you the nets
have already been cleaned.
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They've been put away from
the previous night's toil.
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They were now ready to go home,
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but at Jesus' command, they
decided to unfurl their nets
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and cast them back into
the depths of the sea.
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And verse 6 says, "And
when they had done this,
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they enclosed a great multitude of fishes
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and their net break." The word
enclosed means to capture,
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to catch, or to enclose.
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But notice it says a great multitude.
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How big was this multitude of fish?
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Well, the word great is a
form of the Greek word polus,
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which describes a great or vast multitude.
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And here, the word multitude
in Greek is the word plethos,
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which is an immense quantity
or a staggering number.
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And it depicts an
extraordinary volume of fish.
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And in fact, there were so
many fish they had caught
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that their nets, plural, break.
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And the Greek actually says
they begin to render to rupture,
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but the tense implies that the
nets were in the very process
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of breaking even as they were trying
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to pull them back up into the ship.
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And in verse 7, it says,
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"Then they beckoned unto their partners,
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which were in the other ship,
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that they should come and help them.
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And they came and filled both the ships so
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that they both began to
sink." This is just amazing.
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Notice the word partners in verse 7.
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It is a Greek word which
describes legitimate business
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associates, and it lets us know
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that Simon was managing a
significant fishing operation
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with multiple boats and multiple partners.
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This was a large time fishing endeavor.
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And the Bible says they
were in the other ship,
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that they should come and help them.
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And they came and filled both the ships.
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And the word filled is
the Greek word pletho.
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It gives the idea of these
ships being filled to the brim,
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emphasizing that both boats were
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so overloaded they began to sink.
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But wait, wait, wait. How many
fish was this if both boats
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were full and both boats
were beginning to sink?
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Well, let me show you.
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As we saw earlier,
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the Greek word used
here refers specifically
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to the fishing boats which were
used on the first century on
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the Sea of Galilee.
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And during that time,
boats were 10 meters long
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or roughly 30 meters in
length, three meters wide
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or about 10 feet wide.
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And in depth, they were
about four feet deep.
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And these vessels had
the impressive capacity
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to carry 31,348 pounds
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or about 14 tons.
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But if both boats were perilously full
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and were about to sink under
the weight of their hall,
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it implies they had
miraculously pulled in a total
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of nearly 28 tons of fish.
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They were teetering on the brink
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of capsizing from their load
of nearly 28 tons of fish.
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Now we come to Luke
5:8 which says,
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when Peter saw it, he fell
at Jesus' knees saying,
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Depart from me from I'm
a sinful man, oh Lord.
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He had already seen Jesus heal his
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mother-in-law and many other people.
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But when he saw this,
it touched him in a way
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that he had never been touched.
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He said, depart from
before I'm a sinful man.
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The word sinful really
describes a picture of a person
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that's strayed from a right path
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or one who has failed in his life.
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It's the equivalent of saying,
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I have strayed in countless ways, Lord.
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I'm a flawed man.
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But then notice he calls Jesus Lord,
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depart from me, oh Lord.
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Here it is the word kuria, a direct form
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of the Greek word kurias.
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He was recognizing
Jesus' supreme authority
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and called Jesus here the Lord of his life
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and whoever calls upon the name
of the Lord shall be saved.
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That is the moment that
Peter was converted.
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He had already had three
previous episodes with Christ,
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but this one brought him
to the brink of repentance.
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And verse 9 says, for he was astonished
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and all that were with him at
the draw of fishes which they
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had taken and the word astonished,
the Greek word thambus.
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It describes one so shocked
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that they are rendered speechless.
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He couldn't even speech
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because he was so
dumbfounded by what he saw.
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And verse 10 says, "And so was also James
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and John, the sons of Zebedee,
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which were partners with Simon.
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And Jesus said into Simon,
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fear not from henceforth
thou shalt catch men.
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And when they had brought
their ships to land,
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they first took all and they followed him.
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This was his fourth encounter with Christ.
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He had already had three, but this was the
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one that sealed the deal.
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My friend, sometimes people have
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to have multiple opportunities
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before they come to saving faith.
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But this is quite an amazing miracle
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as they brought in approximately 28
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tons of fish.
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Wow. We're out of time,
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but I'll be back in just a moment
and I want to pray for you.
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Throughout the gospel of Luke,
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Jesus repeatedly demonstrates
his divine authority,
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even in the face of
opposition and criticism.
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He forgives sins, heals
the sick, commands the wind
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and waves, and drives out
demonic powers with only a word.
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In miracles in Luke,
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Rick Renner takes you into
these extraordinary accounts
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to reveal the faith, obedience,
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and divine power behind each miracle.
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You will hear about the
miraculous catch of fish
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that changed Simon's life.
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A paralyzed man healed because he
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and his friends refused to give up.
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10 lepers who received their healing
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through obedient faith and more.
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This fascinating five-part
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and physical formats,
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In addition, we are offering
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of Jesus Christ by Rick
Renner for just $37.
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With rich insight from
the original Greek text
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and the historical setting
behind these events,
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Rick brings Jesus's supernatural
displays to life in a fresh
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and unforgettable way
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and the book, The Miracles of
Jesus Christ, by going online
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or calling our team.
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Call the number on your screen
or scan the QR code to order.
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Well, I just finished
filming today's TV programs,
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but I film here almost every
single day, multiple programs.
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But my days begin very early.
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By five o'clock in the
morning, I'm working.
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I'm praying, reading my Bible
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because I read my Bible every day
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and I hope you read your Bible every day.
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And I go online, check
my emails to make sure
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that I communicate with
everyone that's written to me.
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I spend time reviewing all of
my notes for my TV programs,
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and then I come to the studio,
have meetings, then I come
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and I do TV programs.
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And I do this day after day after day.
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And then I begin to write. And guess what?
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When it should be the end of my day,
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the day in the United
States is just beginning.
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People are just waking up,
which means the end of my day,
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another workday begins
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because people begin calling
me from the United States
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and very often I have
means till late at night.
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So my days are quite long,
but I don't need much sleep.
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And I believe in being productive.
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But every day I come
here and I film, I write.
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And my friends, we are
literally reaching people
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around the planet.
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And if you're a partner,
you are such a part of this.
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We're told in 1
Corinthians 3:6,
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one plants another waters,
God gives the increase.
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Denise and I and our team,
we do our part, we plant.
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But our partners come along
out of water with their prayers
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and with their finances
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and we can't do our
part without your part.
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But then God comes and
God gives the increase.
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So please pray about becoming a
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member of our partner family.
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And if you're already
a partner, thank you,
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thank you from the depths of my heart
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for everything that you do.
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Well, today we have seen
that Jesus miraculously
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provided 28 tons of fish into boats.
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In fact, the boats began to sink.
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But this is just one of five
miracles which we're dealing
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with this week in this new series,
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which is called Miracles
in Luke, which comes
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with a wonderful study guide
in all kinds of formats.
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And I'm excited to remind
you again about my book.
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And it's a beautiful book.
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You can use it as a coffee table
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book, but I want you to read it.
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But it's called The
Miracles of Jesus Christ,
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an eye-opening examination
of every miracle, healing
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and demonic encounter in the gospels
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and in the Book of Acts.
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You will devour this book. It
is really a treasure trope.
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But if you want to know
how to get these resources,
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just go online or give us a call
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and remember that we want to pray for you.
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Please call the number on the
screen or send us an email.
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And when we hear from you, we're
going to release our faith.
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Jesus is going to hear us.
We're going to agree in prayer.
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We're going to pray scripturally,
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and Jesus is going to do
what needs to be done.
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And you're going to be so glad
that you called or you wrote.
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But I want to pray for you right now.
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Father, we thank you in
the wonderful name of Jesus
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that you hear us and you
respond when we pray.
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And Father, I'm asking you
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to do something miraculous in
the life of my friend today.
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Just as you did something
miraculous for Peter,
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I'm asking you to step into their life,
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step into their boat,
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and Lord, that you would
show them how great
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and how powerful you are
in Jesus' wonderful name.
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Amen. Well, I'm excited to get
started here again tomorrow.
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But until then, I want you to remember.
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Ecclesiastes 8:4
says, where the word
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of a king is, there is power.
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So grab hold of the word of God
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and let it release its
power in your life today.
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If you've never received
Jesus as your savior
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and Lord, now is the time for you
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to experience a new life
Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now.
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Lord, I repent of my sin
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and receive you as my savior and Lord.
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Wash away my sin and
make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen.
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Renner Ministries is
proclaiming the gospel
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of Jesus Christ through
every available media avenue
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to the uttermost parts of the earth.
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Discover the many ways you can
help us make a difference in
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lives around the world
with the word of God.
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We invite you to partner with
us in teaching, strengthening,
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together, we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.
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This program was made
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of the God-called partners
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