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of the God-called partners
of Renner Ministries.
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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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My name is Rick Renner,
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and I've been sitting here waiting for you.
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And today we're going to return to our brand new series,
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which is called Miracles in Luke.
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And today we're going to see that Jesus rebuked the wind
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and brought peace to the sea.
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And what I'm going to be sharing with you today is really
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going to minister to you
concerning your personal life.
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But this week, we have already seen
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that Jesus brought a
miraculous provision of fish.
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We saw in the last program
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that Jesus healed a man with a palsy.
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Wow! That was good, if you didn't see that, please go back
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to the archives or order the whole series,
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which is called - Miracles in Luke.
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It is 5-parts, comes in all kinds of formats
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with a tremendous study guide.
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You know, the study guide is so wonderful
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because it has everything in
the series in the study guide
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so that you can have the double effect of seeing and hearing
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and reading the material at the same time.
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And that really scientifically
is proven to cause
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that information to get
down deep inside you.
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And right now I'm telling
you about my book,
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which is called The Miracles of Jesus Christ.
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Is that a beautiful book?
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The cover shows Jesus Turning the Water Into Wine,
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but the subtitle says,
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An eye-opening examination.
And that's really what it is.
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It was eye-opening for me.
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It's going to be eye-opening for you
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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 know, I searched high
and low for a book like this
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and couldn't find one.
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And when I couldn't find one,
I felt the Holy Spirit saying,
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Your assignment is to
write that book. So I began
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to study every single miracle healing
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and demonic encounter in the
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gospels and in the Book of Acts.
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And I begin to write, and I
really believe the Holy Spirit
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helped me to bring treasures
out of their Greek text,
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which is going to help you
see the miracle ministry
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of Jesus like you've never seen it before.
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And I didn't write this just so you'll have new information.
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Information's good.
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But friends, we're supposed to
be doing the works of Jesus.
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Well, if we're going to do the
works of Jesus, then we need
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to understand what he did
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and how he did it so
that we can replicate it.
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And this book is written
to be a manual, a companion
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that you can take alongside so
that you know how to minister
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to people who need a healing or a miracle
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or when you encounter a demonic presence.
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You can know what to do
if you see what Jesus did.
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And that's what this book is all about.
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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 when you reach out to us,
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we want to know how to pray for you.
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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 pray scripturally.
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We're told in 1 John 5:14
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15, that if we pray anything according to God's will,
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that means the Bible.
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If we pray biblically,
if we pray scripturally,
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it opens the ears of God.
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God doesn't just hear us
because of our crying.
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God hears his word.
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And when we pray biblically
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and scripturally, it opens
the ears of God to us.
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And the verse says he hears us
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and we have the petitions
that we make of him.
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So reach out to us,
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call the number on the
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We will pray biblically.
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Jesus will hear us
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and he will do what needs
to be done in your life.
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But I want you to reach for your Bible.
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And today we're going to go to Luke 8:
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and I'm going to read to you vs. 22-25.
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And here is what it says -
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And it came to pass on a certain day
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that he went into a
ship with his disciples
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and he said unto them,
let us go over under the
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other side of the lake.
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And they launched forth.
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But as they sailed, he fell asleep
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and there came down a
storm of wind on the lake
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and they were filled with
water and were in jeopardy.
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And they came to him
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and awoke him saying,
Master, master, we perish.
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Then he arose and rebuked the wind
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and the raging of the
water and they ceased
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and there was a calm.
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And he said unto them,
where is your faith?
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And they being afraid, wondered, saying one to another,
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what manner of man is this for
he commandeth even the winds
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and the water and they obey him.
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But let's go back to 22 and begin there.
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And in verse 22, we read - Now it came
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to pass on a certain day
that he went into a ship
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with his disciples and said unto them,
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let us go over unto the
other side of the lake
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and they launched forth.
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Well, I want to look at
several things in verse 22.
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First of all, let's review what kind
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of ship we're talking about.
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This word ship is the Greek word ploion,
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and I want you to listen very carefully.
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It describes the fishing vessels that once traversed the sea
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of Galilee in the 1st Century that were crafted
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with uniform dimensions.
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These vessels were approximately 10 meters in length
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and 3 meters in breadth,
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or for us, that means about 30 feet by 10 feet,
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and they had a depth of about four feet.
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They were built to carry a team of rowers
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and each ship featured a
mast, which was designed
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to harness the wind's
power, which enabled it
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to glide across the water with ease and
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provided ample space for a
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And it could carry an impressive load
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of about 31,348 pounds
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or the equivalent of more than 14 tons.
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Now that is amazing.
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So I want you to picture what kind
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of ship they have entered into.
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And the Bible says he went into a ship with his disciples.
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What does it mean to be a disciple?
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Maybe you call yourself a disciple.
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But when I tell you what
the word disciple means,
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then you'll know whether
or not you are a disciple.
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The word disciple is
the Greek word methetas.
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And listen to this. It
describes a follower, a pupil,
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a student, or a learner.
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And to qualify as a mathetes - the Greek word
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which describes a disciple - it required absolute obedience
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to everything that your teacher told you to do.
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You had to have unquestionable, unquestioning obedience.
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Anything he said to you to
do, you were to obey it.
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Otherwise, you did not
qualify to be a disciple
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or the Greek word, methetas.
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So are you really a disciple?
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Are you explicitly
obeying every single thing
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that Jesus tells you to do?
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This already tells us these
disciples had paid a price
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to be Jesus disciples.
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They were explicitly
obeying his every command.
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But it goes on to say that
they went to the other side
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of the lake.
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Here, the King James
version calls it a lake.
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But it is a reference to
what is more commonly known
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as the Sea of Galilee.
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And this body of water was
also known by other names.
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For example, it was known as Lake Tiberius, Genezareth Lake,
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or Kinneret, and it held the distinction
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of being Israel's
largest fresh water lake.
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And it was the lowest fresh
water lake on the earth,
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second only to the Dead Sea
in terms of overall depth.
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It was primarily nourished
by the Jordan River
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and events in the ministry
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of Jesus frequently
occurred along the shores
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of this notable lake
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and the area surrounding
the lake had numerous
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settlements and villages.
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And Jesus was regularly
in those settlements
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and villages where he was doing all kinds
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of wonderful things.
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And in fact, according to Matthew, Mark
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and Luke, it was there
where Jesus called Simon,
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Andrew, John, and James into the ministry.
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It was there where he delivered the Sermon on the Mount
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on a hill nearby.
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It was there that he performed
many Miracles, healings,
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and deliverances from demon spirits.
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It was there that he walked on the water.
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It was there that he calmed stormy waves.
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It was there that he caused
a miraculous catch of fish.
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It was there that he
fed a multitude nearby
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with just a few loaves and fishes.
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And it was there that Jesus
appeared to his disciples
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after the resurrection.
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So a lot of events happened
either on the Sea of Galilee,
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which here is referred to a
lake or in the settlements
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or villages around the area.
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So this is very important
to the narrative about Jesus
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and his miraculous ministry.
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But then we go to Luke 8:22
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and it continues to say -
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Now it came to pass on a certain day
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that he went into a
ship with his disciples
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and he said unto them, let us
pass over onto the other side
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of the lake. And they launched forth.
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The words, other side, in Greek is the word piran.
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It means beyond. Jesus was literally saying, let's go beyond
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or let's go way over to
the other side of the lake.
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And the verse says, They launched forth.
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And these words launched
forth means they put
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to sea or they set sail.
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And Jesus' intention was for their boat
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to leave the western shore near Capernaum
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and to reach the eastern
shore on the opposite side
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of the lake near the little town of Kursi
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where there was a demonized man
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that was terrorizing an entire community.
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And Jesus' intention,
once he arrived there, was
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to cast the demons out of that man.
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And that's precisely what took place.
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But in Luke 8:23, it continues to say, - And
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as they sailed, he fell asleep.
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And there came down a
storm of wind on the lake
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and they were filled with water
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and were in jeopardy.
But notice the verse says,
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As they sailed. Now, if
you've got your Bible open,
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either underline or circle the
word sailed and take a note.
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Listen to this. To sail evokes the image
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of this boat sailing through
waves toward its destination.
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And during biblical days on
the Sea of Galilee, the pace
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of sailboats depended on
the strength of the wind.
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boats might glide gracefully
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and a half to six knots.
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the journey often was more sluggish.
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But embarking on a voyage
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from Capernaum to the shores
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of the Gadarenes near the ancient city of Kursi
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would have been a relatively brief journey.
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Crossing spanned the narrowest stretch of the sea.
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as 2-3 hours depending on the wind.
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So that was the plan when
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But in Luke 8:23, it says,
But as they sailed, he
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fell asleep. What does that mean?
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Well, this is amazing.
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It pictures Jesus being
so lulled by the waves
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and the rocking motion of the boat
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that he literally fell
into a peaceful slumber.
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You have to remember
that this event occurred
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after a very, very long day of ministry
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where Jesus had been
ministering to multitudes
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and had been teaching many, many parables.
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Now Jesus has gotten into
the boat with his disciples.
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And as they're going across the lake
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because of the rocking motion of the ship,
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Jesus is literally lulled to sleep.
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And the Bible says there came down a storm
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of wind on the lake.
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The two words came down
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are translated from the Greek word katabaino,
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which is a compound of the
word kata and the word baino.
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The word kata means down.
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It really carries the idea of
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or dominating, coming down really hard.
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The word bino means to step,
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but when you compound the two words together,
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it really pictures a tempestuous storm
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that is descending down on the lake very, very hard.
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because at that time, all those who worked on that lake knew
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that nearby was Mount Hermon.
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the winds that were on the top
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of Mount Hermon would come
rushing down Mount Hermon
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and would literally slap the sea
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and it would cause a tremendous ruckus.
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And there came down a
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Well, naturally speaking, this
could have been attributed
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to the winds coming from Mount Hermon,
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but you're going to find
out this actually was
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a spiritual attack.
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So though it could have been
naturally explained, working
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behind the scenes, there were
supernatural powers at work.
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But notice it says a storm of wind.
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The word storm, the Greek word, lailaps,
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which describes a tempestuous fury.
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And the word wind is the Greek word anemos.
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It's where we get the English word, animosity
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and it describes a fiercely violent gale.
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Now listen, those who made
a living in boats on the Sea
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of Galilee knew that the atmospheric pressures on the top
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of Mount Hermon could abruptly change
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and those winds would come rushing down.
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And they knew because of that,
that the sea could be driven
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with the fury of those winds.
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And this crew was
literally being tossed to
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and fro by the billowing waves.
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They did not anticipate it.
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And in fact, it says they
were filled with water
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and the words filled in
Greek means to be engulfed,
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to fully, fully fill, to inundate
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or to swamp, which means the
boat was literally becoming
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so swamped with water that they were in a state of jeopardy.
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That's what verse 23 says.
What does jeopardy mean?
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The word jeopardy is a Greek word,
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which means an extremely dangerous
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or highly volatile situation.
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And it signals that they
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that was more than a mere inconvenience.
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This was a life-threatening situation.
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Now you have to remember that most
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of these disciples had lived
their whole life either along
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the shores of the Sea of Galilee
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or working as fishermen on this lake.
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They knew this lake. They
knew the weather of this lake.
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their trip that night,
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it was a perfect night for sailing.
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They did not anticipate this storm.
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And suddenly they find
the wind coming down
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so hard slapping the sea.
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It is a violent gale.
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They're facing winds like
they've never faced before
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and their little ship is
being tossed and tossed
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and tossed and tossed.
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They're in jeopardy,
which means this is an
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escalating crisis.
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And in fact, they are in a
life-threatening situation.
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And in Luke chapter 8:24, it continues -
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And they came to him - that is to Jesus -
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and awoke him saying,
Master, master, we perish.
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Then he arose and rebuked the wind
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and the raging of the
water and they ceased.
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And there was a calm. But
notice it says they came.
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Yes, I'm even going to
teach on the word came
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because the word came that is
used here means they drew near
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and the tents would be
better rendered having coming
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very near to him.
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Now you have to remember
that Jesus was laying there
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sleeping peacefully.
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Here the disciples are losing their mind.
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They think that they are in jeopardy
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and Jesus is just
sleeping peacefully in the
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peace of God.
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But they knew they needed to awaken him.
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So they drew very, very close.
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And the verse says they awoke him.
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Well, this sounds like
they gathered around him
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and very lightly they nudged him.
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But the word awoke is the Greek word, diegeiro. A compound
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of the word dia
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and the word, egeiro.
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The word dia is intended
to picture a vigorous back
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and forth movement.
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While the word egeiro, means to rise,
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and it's the same word
from which we get the word
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resurrection in the New Testament.
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And when you compound
these two words together,
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it depicts the disciples
not merely attempting
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to gently nudge Jesus, but
firmly grabbing hold of him.
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They're shaking him back
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and forth with an urgent
force, jerking him up off
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of his bed where he's sleeping
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as if they were frantically
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slumber, saying.
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So they're jerking him up
and sane at the same time.
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And the tense of the word
saying means they were saying
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and saying and saying,
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or they're literally running
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and saying, master and master.
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And here we find the word
master repeated twice.
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And in Greek both times, it
is the Greek word, epistata.
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It's a compound of the word epi.
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And the word histemi.
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The word epi means upon. The word, histemi, means to stand.
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But when you compound the two words together,
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it gives the image of
an authoritative figure
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who has a commanding presence
in the middle of a crisis.
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This word also had nautical connotations,
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and it was often used to address the ship's captain
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and underscores the desperation of the disciple's plea
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as they're calling for Jesus to take charge of their ship.
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And they were crying and saying and saying
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and saying, Master, Master, we perish.
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The word perish, the Greek word, apollumi, which is a total
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and irreversible annihilation.
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It is an obliteration so complete that it leads
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to utter ruin, and it highlights the gravity of their plight
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and why they abruptly awakened Jesus from his sleep.
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And the Bible says Jesus arose.
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The word arose again is a form of the Greek word, diegeiro.
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And here, it shows the back
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and forth movement intended in this context
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to abruptly wake Jesus up
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and the Greek could little
be translated having been
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shaken and awakened.
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Jesus was sleeping.
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But now having been shaken and awakened, he arose.
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And what did he do? He rebuked the wind.
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The word rebuked is what gives us insight
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that this was not a natural storm.
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Now they could have attributed it
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to the winds coming
down from Mount Hermon,
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but the word rebuked is a word
which really means to assault
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or to verbally humiliate someone else.
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It is the Greek word epi and the Greek word timao.
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The word epi is an intensifier, which means against.
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The word timao, carries the idea of value, honor, or esteem.
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But when you put these 2 words together, it really means
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a verbal thrashing to reprove.
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It is a reprimand particularly
aimed at diminishing
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someone's perceived value,
which means when Jesus arose,
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he lifted his face and lifted his voice
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and Jesus, epi timao, he began rebuking,
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or it was a verbal string of
words where he was assaulting
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that unseen presence, which was attempting
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to capsize their boat in the middle of the sea.
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Jesus knew this was a supernatural force
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and not a natural storm.
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And Luke 8:24 says, And they came to him
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and it woke him saying,
Master, master, we perished.
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Then he rose and rebuked the wind
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and the waging of the
water and they ceased
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and there was a calm.
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Wow. The word calm, is the Greek word, galene.
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It describes serene tranquility.
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Whereas moments earlier, the
wind roared with untamed fury
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and was lashing in the water.
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Now in an instant, the tempest subsided
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and the chaos was changed into a peaceful,
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peaceful situation.
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And in Luke 8:25, Jesus said unto them
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Where is your faith?
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And they, being afraid, wondered, saying one to another,
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what manner of man is this?
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For he commanded even the waves
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and the water and they obey him.
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But notice Jesus asked
them, where is your faith?
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And the word where is an
interrogative pronoun,
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which means Jesus is interrogating them.
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He's saying, where? Where is your faith?
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After everything they had
seen him do, Jesus was shocked
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to see that they did not
rise to a place of faith.
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Jesus says, where in the world is your faith?
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And they being afraid wondered.
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The word wondered, describes an amazement
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or bewilderment that left them completely astonished
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and noticed what they said.
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What manner of man is this?
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For he commandeth even the wind
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and the water and they obey him.
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The word commandeth is the word epitasso,
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which is a military term for the command of an officer.
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Now Jesus begins to release his spiritual power.
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And the Bible says that the winds and the water obeyed him.
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And the word, obeyed, is also a military term.
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The Greek word, hupakouo. The word, hupo, means under.
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The word, akouo, means I hear,
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but when you compound
the two words together,
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these elements convey the image of someone
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who is under authority,
someone who is listening.
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And like a soldier who obeys
the word of a commander,
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he falls in line.
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He does exactly what
he has been told to do,
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which means when Jesus began to speak
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to those invisible forces
that were assailing them,
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even these evil forces had no choice,
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but to recognize the authority
of Jesus and to fall in line.
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And likewise, my friend, if you will speak
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with the authority of Jesus, any forces
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that are coming against you
will hear that authority.
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They will fall in line and they will obey,
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but you've got to speak.
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You can't just think to those forces.
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You've got to use your voice
and release your authority.
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And those opposing
forces will fall in line.
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I'll be back in just a moment
and I'm going 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 5-part
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of Jesus Christ, by Rick
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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. in this detailed study.
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You can order the series Miracles in Luke
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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 -
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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
in 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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Today, we've been studying
from the word of God about
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that moment when Jesus rebuked the wind
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and brought peace to the raging sea.
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And that's what he wants to
do in your life right now,
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and he'll do it through you.
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As you raise your voice
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and speak with the authority
that Jesus has given to you,
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the wind and the waves will fall in line.
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And rather than assail you,
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you will end up in a state of great peace.
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That's why we need to
understand what Jesus did
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so we can learn how to
do it in our own life.
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But this whole series is
called Miracles in Luke.
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It is a 5-part series, and I love it
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because we're really taking a deep dive
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into the ministry of Jesus.
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It comes in all kinds of
formats with the study guide.
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And I'm excited about my book,
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which is called The
Miracles of Jesus Christ.
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My friends, you'll want to
put it on the coffee table
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because it's so beautiful,
but I want you to read it.
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Please read it because
it's going to show you
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what Jesus did, how Jesus did it,
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and how we can replicate
these things in our own life.
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We are called to do the works of Jesus.
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Well, then you need to know
what he did and how he did it.
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That's why I wrote this book.
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But you can get these
resources by going online
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or by giving us a call,
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and please let us know
how to pray for you.
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And Father, in the name
of Jesus right now, I pray
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for the wind to cease,
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and I pray for peace to come into my friend's life right now
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in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen. I'll see
you in the next program.
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But remember, Ecclesiastes 8:4 says, "Where the word
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of the king is, there is power."
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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 repented 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
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We invite you to partner with
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