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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue

Lawson Perdue - The Compassion of Jesus (Part 1)

April 24, 2025 | S25:E1605

Lawson Perdue - The Compassion of Jesus (Part 1)
Pastor Lawson Perdue from the Charis Christian Center outreach speaks to viewers across the globe about the practical message of Jesus Christ.
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Grace for Today with Lawson Perdue | Lawson Perdue - The Compassion of Jesus (Part 1) | April 24, 2025
  • (lively music)
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  • - [pastor] praise the lord, friends,
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  • And welcome to the broadcast.
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  • I'm so glad that you tuned in.
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  • We're gonna be talking about the compassion of jesus.
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  • When jesus saw the multitudes,
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  • He was moved with compassion
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  • And he ministered the grace,
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  • And the power of god to them.
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  • Many times we see different people out in the world
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  • And we don't know how to respond,
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  • But i believe when we truly understand the heart of jesus,
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  • We will move in compassion.
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  • (lively music continues)
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  • - beginning in verse 14,
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  • "seeing then that we have a great high priest
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  • That has passed into the heavens,
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  • Jesus, the son of god,
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  • Let us hold fast to our profession
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  • For we have not a high priest,
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  • Which cannot be touched
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  • With the feelings of our infirmities,
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  • But was in all points tempted
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  • Like we are, yet without sin.
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  • Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace
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  • That we may obtain mercy
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  • And find grace to help in time of need
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  • For every high priest taken from among men,
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  • Ordained for men in things pertaining to god
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  • That he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins
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  • Who can have compassion on the ignorant
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  • And those who are out of the way
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  • For in that he himself is compassed with infirmity."
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  • Now, as i read that, a couple
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  • Of things really stuck out to me.
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  • Number one, it says this about jesus,
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  • Our great high priest,
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  • That we do not have a high priest.
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  • Notice in verse 15 of chapter four, "who cannot be touched
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  • With the feelings of our infirmities,
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  • But was in all points tempted like we are."
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  • Jesus was tempted in every point like we are.
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  • He was tempted with the lust of the flesh,
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  • The lust of the eye, the pride of life.
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  • Jesus faced challenges emotionally, relationally,
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  • Physically, all these difficulties.
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  • He was tempted in all points like we are,
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  • And it says, "yet he was without sin."
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  • So jesus understands any difficulty, any problem
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  • That we're dealing with, even better than we do,
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  • Number one, because he was a man.
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  • He came and identified with us.
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  • The second thing is he never sinned.
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  • Because he never sinned,
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  • He is able to make sacrifice for sin to god.
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  • Praise god.
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  • And so jesus understands our pain,
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  • Understands our difficulty, understands our problem.
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  • And secondly, do you know what?
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  • He, because he's holy,
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  • Because he never sinned, can make sacrifice to god.
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  • He says in verse 16,
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  • "let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace
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  • That we may obtain mercy
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  • And find grace to help in a time of need."
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  • When you begin to understand the grace of god
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  • And who jesus really is, what it will cause you to do
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  • When you fail, it will cause you to run to god,
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  • To run to jesus rather than to run from him.
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  • Amen?
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  • This is why we need to focus on grace
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  • More than focus on sin.
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  • Do you know, the bible actually says this in romans 3:20.
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  • It says, "by the law is the knowledge of sin."
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  • If focusing on sin would free you from sin,
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  • Everybody in the old testament would've been free from sin,
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  • But nobody in the old testament was free from sin
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  • Because focusing on sin cannot free you from sin.
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  • The only way that you can be free from sin
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  • Is by receiving jesus.
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  • Praise god.
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  • Jesus said this in john 15 to those jews who believe,
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  • Or john 8, excuse me, to the jews
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  • Who believed on him, he said, "if you continue in my word,
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  • You'll be my disciples indeed
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  • And you'll know the truth and the truth will make you free."
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  • Praise god. knowing the truth.
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  • Jesus is the embodiment of grace and truth. praise god.
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  • And many times, you know,
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  • We need two things to have revival.
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  • Number one, we need the truth of god's word.
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  • But number two, we need the grace of god.
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  • And you know what?
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  • If all you do is preach truth
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  • And do not mix it with grace,
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  • You'll actually drive people from god.
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  • And if all you do is preach grace
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  • And you don't mix it with truth, people will go crazy.
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  • You know what?
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  • We need the truth of the word of god
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  • So people don't blow up.
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  • And we need the ministry of the grace of god,
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  • The ministry of the holy spirit so we don't dry up.
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  • You gotta have both of those things.
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  • If you're gonna have revival, you need the spirit
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  • And you need truth, you need grace, and you need truth.
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  • You need both of those things to have revival.
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  • And if all you do is teach truth
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  • And you have no grace in it, did you know what?
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  • You're gonna dry up. you're gonna kill people.
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  • Praise god.
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  • And if all you do is teach grace
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  • And you don't mix it with truth, did you know what?
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  • You'll blow up.
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  • So we need both of those things. praise god.
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  • We need both the truth and the grace of god.
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  • We need both the ministry of the spirit
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  • And the truth of the word.
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  • So when you understand that jesus is the grace of god,
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  • And when you understand who he is,
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  • That he was tempted in all points,
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  • That he identified with us as humans,
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  • Then you can, you know, praise god,
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  • And then secondly that he never sinned, then you run boldly.
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  • Instead of running from god when you sin, you run to god
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  • And you're like, "father, help me."
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  • And you know, he reigns from a throne of grace.
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  • But as we read on, i saw something here, and you know what?
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  • I've read this 50 times if i've read it once,
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  • But when i read it this time, it stuck out to me,
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  • And i have never really seen this, but he goes on
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  • And says in hebrews 5:1,
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  • "every high priest taken from among men is ordained
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  • For men in things pertaining to god
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  • That he could offer gifts and sacrifices for sins."
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  • Jesus could do that because he's holy.
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  • "who can have compassion on the ignorant
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  • And those who are out of the way
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  • Because he himself is compassed with infirmity."
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  • Jesus was holy, but also because he was a man,
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  • He was tempted.
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  • Did you know what?
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  • He can have compassion on people
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  • Who are ignorant, you know?
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  • And listen, i am bold for the truth, but you know what?
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  • We gotta watch that we're not so focused on the truth
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  • That we forget to have compassion.
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  • And it tells us right here
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  • That jesus can have compassion on the ignorant.
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  • There are people who are ignorant.
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  • Amen?
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  • And did you know what?
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  • The bible actually says this, hosea 4:6.
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  • It says, "my people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge."
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  • That's ignorance.
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  • It says in isaiah 5:13
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  • That they're kept in bondage because they have no knowledge.
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  • They're kept in bondage.
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  • But at the same point in time,
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  • Jesus understands what we're going through
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  • And jesus can have compassion on ignorant people.
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  • Amen.
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  • And listen, i see ignorance.
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  • Sometimes i'm looking out here
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  • And i'm like, "what is wrong with these people?
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  • What is wrong with their brain?"
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  • You know what?
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  • Praise god. it's just like crazy.
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  • You know what i'm saying?
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  • But jesus can have compassion on ignorant people.
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  • And not only that, it says this,
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  • "he can have compassion on the ignorant
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  • And those who are out of the way."
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  • When you read that term "out of the way,"
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  • It means a couple of things.
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  • In the modern english version, it says wayward.
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  • How many of you know jesus can have compassion
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  • On his wayward children?
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  • Sometimes he has children,
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  • They're born again, but they're wayward.
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  • They're going the wrong direction
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  • Even though they're born of god.
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  • That also means to me, if they're out of the way,
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  • They may not be saved,
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  • But jesus can have compassion on people
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  • Who are not saved.
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  • Praise god?
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  • In fact, they called him when he walked
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  • On the earth a friend of publicans and sinners.
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  • So i'm gonna ask you a question.
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  • How many sinner friends do you have?
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  • And i think every one of you ought
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  • To have some sinner friends.
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  • (congregation chuckling)
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  • Amen?
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  • Now, these can't be your closest associations,
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  • But you know what?
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  • This world needs jesus.
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  • And if we don't show them jesus,
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  • Who's gonna show them jesus?
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  • - exactly. - praise god?
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  • So every one of us ought to have some sinner friends.
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  • Do you know, when we moved to colorado springs,
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  • We moved over to the southwest side of the city.
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  • When i drove in, i moved in, i had a old ford diesel pickup
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  • And a 24 foot by seven foot stock trailer,
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  • Big old stock trailer, brought up three loads.
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  • But right across the street,
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  • I saw this guy had a big old ford pickup,
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  • Four wheel drive and a cowboy hat right in the middle.
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  • And i thought, i got a friend over there, hallelujah.
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  • And i started meeting this guy and talking to him,
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  • And he had a ranch in colorado and then a ranch in nebraska.
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  • And then before he died, he was trying
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  • To trade his ranch in nebraska on a big ranch in kansas.
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  • And he was a smart businessman.
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  • And this man had, before he started in ranching,
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  • He had served in the military in the air force for 30 years.
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  • He actually flew in world war ii
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  • And he was accounted.
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  • He flew over 200 missions.
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  • He's sunk a japanese tanker, but he had a lot of stories.
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  • But you know, i would go over and visit with this guy
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  • And i just made friends with him and i just loved him.
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  • And you know, he wasn't saved.
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  • As far as i know, he wasn't saved.
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  • But i would go talk to him.
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  • His wife was catholic,
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  • He had three sons, just like i do.
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  • They all went to the air force academy.
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  • His oldest son was a catholic,
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  • His youngest son was a catholic.
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  • His middle son was born again, went to james,
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  • Had his doctorate degree
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  • And taught for james dobson at the school of the family.
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  • And a little bit after i moved there, about a year,
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  • His middle son came and talked to me
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  • And he said, "lawson, my dad hates preachers.
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  • He just despises them, but he loves you."
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  • And he said, "god sent you
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  • So that you could witness to my dad."
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  • And you know, i would go talk to him.
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  • I'd talk to him about cows, talk to him about...
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  • Listen, he gave me some great investment advice
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  • That i still use, and it was good advice.
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  • This guy knew how to make money, praise god,
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  • And knew how to keep it.
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  • But you know, not only that, i would talk to him about jesus
  • 00:11:01.536 --> 00:11:05.107
  • When i got a chance, and sometimes he'd shut me off.
  • 00:11:05.107 --> 00:11:07.342
  • So when he shut me off, i'd just be quiet.
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  • And i'd go over, generally in the evening,
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  • He'd have a whiskey mixed with something.
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  • And i told him to get me some diet 7up.
  • 00:11:15.917 --> 00:11:18.120
  • So he got me some diet 7up, he'd drink a whiskey
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  • And i'd drink a diet 7up.
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  • And i'd talk to him about jesus, praise god.
  • 00:11:21.890 --> 00:11:24.292
  • Well, we were there about seven or eight years
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  • And he called me, he said, "lawson,
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  • I'm gonna have to have a little surgery.
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  • Can you watch my dog and get in the mail for a couple days?"
  • 00:11:30.098 --> 00:11:32.501
  • I said, "sure, i'll do that."
  • 00:11:32.501 --> 00:11:35.237
  • Well, did you know what?
  • 00:11:35.237 --> 00:11:37.005
  • He went in, was supposed to be for a short surgery
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  • And come out, but he never came out.
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  • He went into a coma and he was in a coma
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  • And they put him in the south saint francis hospital to die.
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  • And after he'd been in there for about 30 days,
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  • I went in to visit him and he was on a ventilator.
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  • When i went in there to visit him,
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  • He came out of his coma, hallelujah.
  • 00:11:55.056 --> 00:11:58.660
  • And i said, "ken, do you believe
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  • That jesus died for your sins?"
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  • And he said, "yes," as much as he could.
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  • Hallelujah.
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  • And i said, "do you believe
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  • That jesus christ is coming again and jesus is lord?"
  • 00:12:08.703 --> 00:12:11.373
  • He said, "yes."
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  • And you know, i was in there a few minutes, you know,
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  • Maybe a half hour visiting with him,
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  • When i went out of the room, he went back into his coma
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  • And he never woke up.
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  • But as far as i know, i believe i'm gonna see ken in heaven.
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  • Friends, we've been sharing on unspeakable joy.
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  • I trust that you've been enjoying the broadcast,
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  • But we have a lot more to share about this subject
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  • And many others.
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  • So go there and be blessed.
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  • - learn to listen to the holy ghost
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  • And listen to the...
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  • I love what barbara said when she came up today.
  • 00:13:02.624 --> 00:13:04.559
  • "turn up the word and turn down the news."
  • 00:13:04.559 --> 00:13:07.662
  • Start believing what the word says about you.
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  • And if you start believing it, you might start
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  • And you better watch what you're believing.
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  • You better watch what you're saying.
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  • You might get it.
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  • Jesus was motivated by compassion in his teaching.
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  • He saw these people,
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  • And it says, "when he was moved with compassion,
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  • He began to teach them."
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  • His teaching revealed the compassion of god.
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  • One of the first examples,
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  • A great example is in luke 10,
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  • But in luke 10, there's the parable of the good samaritan.
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  • And it says in luke 10:25,
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  • "behold, a certain lawyer stood up
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  • And tempted him saying, 'master, what shall i do
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  • To inherit eternal life?'"
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  • Did you know what?
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  • If you are focused on the law,
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  • If you are focused on the old testament,
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  • You are focused more on performance
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  • Than what jesus has done.
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  • Now, when jesus asked him a question,
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  • He said, "what is written?
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  • What do you read?"
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  • And he answered and said,
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  • "you shall love god with all your heart,
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  • All your soul, all your strength and all your mind
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  • And your neighbor as yourself."
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  • And he said unto him, jesus answered him and said,
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  • "this is right, this do and you'll live."
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  • But he willing to justify himself.
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  • You know what?
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  • Self-centeredness and legalism go hand in hand.
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  • You'll find that legalistic people
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  • Are very, very self-centered
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  • And he was trying to justify himself.
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  • And he said, "who is my neighbor?"
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  • And so jesus said, there's this man
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  • And he went down from jerusalem to jericho
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  • And he fell among these."
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  • If you go from jerusalem to jericho,
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  • It's on the east side of israel,
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  • And jerusalem is in the top of the mountains
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  • And it's a desert and it's like a rock road.
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  • And years ago when people had to travel that road,
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  • They would have...
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  • There is a river that runs down
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  • At the bottom of a deep ravine
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  • And it's kind of windy
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  • And people would have to go down there
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  • To water their livestock to get water.
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  • And he says there's a person going.
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  • And as he went, he fell among thieves.
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  • The bible actually calls it, in psalm 23,
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  • The valley of the shadow of death
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  • Because to go down there,
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  • You were taking your own life in your hands.
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  • And so jesus was telling this story.
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  • He said, "a certain man, he was traveling on this road
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  • And he fell among thieves."
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  • And it says, "they stripped him of his clothes,
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  • Wounded him, departed him, leaving him half dead."
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  • Do you know, that's how the world is.
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  • The world will destroy you, sin will destroy you.
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  • And this is how it was.
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  • "and by chance, there came a certain priest that way
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  • And he saw him, he passed by on the other side."
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  • Priests could not touch dead things.
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  • Priest said, "listen, that's unholy.
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  • I gotta go another way."
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  • And then a levite came and he went by the other way.
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  • But then as we read on down, look at this,
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  • It says, "a certain samaritan,
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  • As he journeyed, came where he was.
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  • And when he saw him, he had compassion on him."
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  • If you study the new testament,
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  • You'll find that there was this huge prejudice
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  • Between jews and samaritans.
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  • But this samaritan came,
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  • Who jews basically despised samaritans,
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  • And he had compassion on him.
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  • And he went and it says in verse 34,
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  • "he bound up his wounds, pouring in oil
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  • And the wine," that's talking about the blood of jesus,
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  • The holy spirit of time.
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  • He set him in his own beast.
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  • He put him in his car
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  • And he took him to the hotel and he took care of him.
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  • He spent a couple of days' wages, you know,
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  • Gave the guy a couple days' wages
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  • And said, listen, "you take care of him.
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  • Get him healed up.
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  • Whatever you spend, when i come back, i'll pay you."
  • 00:16:58.493 --> 00:17:00.595
  • Now, he says, "which one of these," in verse 36,
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  • "do you think was neighbor unto him
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  • Who fell among the thieves?"
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  • And he said, "he that showed mercy on him."
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  • And jesus said unto him, "go and do likewise."
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  • In other words, do you know,
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  • There's only really two new testament commandments
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  • If you read the end of 1 john 3?
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  • You know what they are?
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  • Number one, believe on jesus.
  • 00:17:23.384 --> 00:17:25.854
  • Number two, love your neighbor as yourself.
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  • And when you believe on jesus, guess what?
  • 00:17:30.258 --> 00:17:31.626
  • The love of god's shed abroad in your heart
  • 00:17:31.626 --> 00:17:33.128
  • By the holy ghost that's given to you.
  • 00:17:33.128 --> 00:17:35.230
  • But jesus shows,
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  • And he taught revealing grace that this person
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  • Who was basically despised by most legalistic jews, he said,
  • 00:17:40.301 --> 00:17:44.472
  • "listen, he's the one that had compassion.
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  • That's who your neighbor is."
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  • Praise god.
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  • And so basically, jesus just shows it.
  • 00:17:49.844 --> 00:17:53.481
  • Now, another example is found in luke 15.
  • 00:17:53.481 --> 00:17:56.851
  • And jesus tells a parable.
  • 00:17:56.851 --> 00:17:58.586
  • In luke 15, he talks about some lost coins.
  • 00:17:58.586 --> 00:18:02.657
  • He talks about a lost sheep,
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  • But then he talks about a lost son.
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  • But not only does he talk about a lost son,
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  • He talks about the loving father.
  • 00:18:08.830 --> 00:18:10.298
  • And when we read about this lost son
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  • And loving father, in verse 11, it says,
  • 00:18:12.734 --> 00:18:14.769
  • "a certain man had two sons
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  • And the younger said to his father, 'father,
  • 00:18:17.372 --> 00:18:21.342
  • Give me the portion,' he said, 'that falls to me.
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  • Give me my inheritance.'
  • 00:18:24.913 --> 00:18:26.581
  • And he divided it to them, the living.
  • 00:18:26.581 --> 00:18:28.516
  • And not many days after,
  • 00:18:28.516 --> 00:18:30.351
  • The younger son gathered everything together,
  • 00:18:30.351 --> 00:18:32.787
  • Took his journey to a far country
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  • And wasted his substance with riotous living."
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  • How many of you know
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  • That there are some people that do that?
  • 00:18:40.195 --> 00:18:41.629
  • They just live in waste.
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  • It doesn't matter what you give him, it doesn't matter
  • 00:18:43.398 --> 00:18:45.066
  • How much you give them, they're gonna waste it all.
  • 00:18:45.066 --> 00:18:48.536
  • And it says, you know,
  • 00:18:48.536 --> 00:18:50.071
  • That "after he spent all, there arose of a great famine
  • 00:18:50.071 --> 00:18:53.241
  • In that land and he began to be in want,
  • 00:18:53.241 --> 00:18:55.577
  • And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country
  • 00:18:55.577 --> 00:18:58.880
  • And sent him to the fields to feed swine,
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  • And he would've filled his belly with the husks."
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  • How many of you have ever fed pigs?
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  • (congregation chuckling)
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  • A few of you.
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  • You know what?
  • 00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:12.260
  • I've only had two pigs that i fed
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  • And i fattened 'em up.
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  • But pigs are dirty animals.
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  • They are stinky and feeding pigs slop.
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  • When i had these pigs that we were fattening 'em up,
  • 00:19:21.669 --> 00:19:23.638
  • We soak wheat in a barrel and let it rot,
  • 00:19:23.638 --> 00:19:26.140
  • And we fed 'em that, and we fattened 'em up
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  • But that was actually pretty good meat.
  • 00:19:27.709 --> 00:19:30.979
  • But i mean, pigs are dirty animals
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  • And they'll eat anything.
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  • And so, you know, number one, it's really kind
  • 00:19:37.285 --> 00:19:40.622
  • Of a insult for a jewish person to be feeding pigs
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  • And then he's eating the slop with the pigs.
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  • He has come to nothing.
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  • And when he came to himself, did you know what?
  • 00:19:49.030 --> 00:19:51.366
  • Sin will take you farther than you wanna go,
  • 00:19:51.366 --> 00:19:53.568
  • Cost you more than you wanna pay,
  • 00:19:53.568 --> 00:19:55.470
  • Keep you longer than you wanna stay.
  • 00:19:55.470 --> 00:19:57.705
  • And if you let it, you know what?
  • 00:19:57.705 --> 00:19:59.140
  • Sin will bring you to the bottom of life.
  • 00:19:59.140 --> 00:20:01.009
  • This was never god's will for this man to go to the bottom.
  • 00:20:01.009 --> 00:20:04.545
  • But he went to the bottom and he woke up.
  • 00:20:04.545 --> 00:20:06.214
  • Thank god he woke up and he came to himself.
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  • "when he came to himself, he repented in his heart."
  • 00:20:09.684 --> 00:20:12.120
  • He said, "how many servants," this is verse 17,
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  • In my father's have bread enough to spare
  • 00:20:14.789 --> 00:20:17.225
  • And i perish with hunger?
  • 00:20:17.225 --> 00:20:18.926
  • I will rise and go to my father
  • 00:20:18.926 --> 00:20:21.162
  • And say unto him, 'father, i have sinned against heaven
  • 00:20:21.162 --> 00:20:24.899
  • And before you and am no more worthy to be called your son.
  • 00:20:24.899 --> 00:20:29.137
  • Make me as a hired servant.'
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  • And he arose and came to his father."
  • 00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:34.042
  • Now look at what happened.
  • 00:20:34.042 --> 00:20:35.743
  • But his father, when he was a great way off, saw him
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  • And had compassion and ran and fell on his neck
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  • And kissed him."
  • 00:20:43.318 --> 00:20:45.420
  • Do you know what?
  • 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.788
  • His father was waiting for him to come home.
  • 00:20:46.788 --> 00:20:49.424
  • His father was waiting for this restoration,
  • 00:20:49.424 --> 00:20:52.560
  • And the son said, "father,
  • 00:20:52.560 --> 00:20:53.895
  • I've sinned against heaven in your sight,
  • 00:20:53.895 --> 00:20:55.830
  • And i'm not even worthy to be called your son."
  • 00:20:55.830 --> 00:20:59.067
  • But the father said to his servants,
  • 00:20:59.067 --> 00:21:00.902
  • "bring forth the best robe,
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  • Bring forth my ring and put it in his hand."
  • 00:21:03.137 --> 00:21:05.440
  • The robe talks about righteousness. amen?
  • 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:08.710
  • And identity.
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  • The ring talks about authority.
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  • Bring shoes, praise god.
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  • And so he says, "and put it on his feet
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  • And bring the fatted calf and kill it
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  • And let us be married for this my son was dead
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  • And is alive again.
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  • He was lost and is found," and they began to be married.
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  • Jesus' teaching, as you look at it,
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  • Was filled with grace.
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  • It was filled with compassion. praise god.
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  • Jesus was showing the compassion of god.
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  • But not only was jesus' teaching filled with grace
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  • And filled with compassion, when he ministered healing
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  • And miracles, he ministered through the compassion of god.
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  • Turn with me to matthew 9.
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  • Let's look at matthew 9.
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  • We'll read in verse 35 to verse 37.
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  • It says, "jesus went about all the cities
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  • And villages teaching in their synagogues
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  • And preaching the gospel, the kingdom,
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  • And healing every sickness
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  • And every disease among the people.
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  • When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion
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  • On them because they fainted
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  • And they were scattered abroad as sheep,
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  • Not having a shepherd.
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  • And he said to his disciples,
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  • 'the harvest is truly plenteous
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  • But the laborers are few.
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  • Pray therefore the lord of the harvest
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  • That he will send laborers into his harvest.'"
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  • Jesus was motivated by compassion,
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  • And compassion moved him to action.
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  • Compassion moved him to teach the grace of god
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  • And compassion moved him to minister healing and miracles.
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  • A great example is just here in matthew 14.
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  • In matthew 14,
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  • Herod had just beheaded john the baptist.
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  • John the baptist was close to jesus. guess what?
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  • Jesus wasn't very excited about what happened.
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  • So jesus went out in the wilderness
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  • To a place apart to pray.
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  • And look what happened after this happened
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  • In verse 13 and 14.
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  • "when jesus heard it, he departed by ship
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  • Into a desert place apart."
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  • He just wanted to have some time alone. guess what?
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  • That was emotionally, i'm sure, excruciating for jesus
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  • To see this happen to john the baptist.
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  • "and when the people heard thereof,
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  • They followed him on foot out of the cities,
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  • And jesus went forth and saw a great multitude
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  • And was moved with compassion toward them
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  • And healed their sick."
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  • You know what jesus did in response to this demonic attack?
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  • Jesus was moved with compassion.
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  • He went beyond himself and he healed the sick people.
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  • Praise god.
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  • Another example is right here in matthew 15,
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  • As we look at it in verse, i think it's...
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  • I gotta find it, matthew 15:30.
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  • It says, "great multitudes came to him
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  • Having with them those who were lame and blind
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  • And dumb and maimed
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  • And many others, and cast them down at jesus' feet
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  • And he healed them
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  • In so much the multitudes wondered
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  • When they saw the dumb to speak
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  • And the maimed to be whole and the lame to walk
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  • And the blind to see, and they glorified the god of israel.
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  • Then jesus called his disciples unto him
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  • And said, 'i have compassion on the multitude
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  • Because they continue with me now three days
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  • And have nothing to eat.'
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  • And he says, 'i will not send them away fasting
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  • Unless they faint in the way.'"
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  • Jesus worked a miracle and took a couple of loaves of bread
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  • And a few fish and fed thousands
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  • Of men, plus women and children.
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  • Jesus, moved with compassion, healed the sick,
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  • Moved with compassion, taught the grace of god,
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  • Moved with compassion, praised god and worked miracles.
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  • Another example is if we go to mark chapter,
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  • Actually matthew 20 is another example
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  • Of jesus moving with compassion.
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  • Let's turn to the end of matthew 20,
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  • And we can look at this one.
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  • Matthew 20.
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  • "there were two blind men that were following jesus,
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  • Sitting by the wayside.
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  • When they heard that jesus passed by,"
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  • This is in verse 30,
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  • "they cried out saying, 'have mercy on us,
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  • Lord, son of david.'
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  • The multitude rebuked them
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  • Because that they would hold their peace."
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  • Don't bother jesus. he's too busy.
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  • "but the more they rebuked them,
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  • The more they cried out, 'have mercy on us.'"
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  • You know what? that's a great prayer.
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  • Have mercy on me.
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  • Amen. have mercy on me.
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  • And, you know, you son of david,
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  • And jesus stood still and called them
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  • And said, "what do you want me to do?"
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  • Hallelujah. what do you want?
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  • What do you want in this situation?
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  • Friends, when we understand
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  • What the bible says about what god has promised us,
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  • We can begin to move into the good things of god.
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  • And my question today to you
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  • Is what do you want from jesus?
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  • Healing, forgiveness, peace, provision,
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  • It's all in the gospel.
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  • It's all been provided by jesus christ
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  • Through the gospel for you.
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