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Jack Graham - Why Jesus Came

October 26, 2025 | 29:30

Jack Graham - Why Jesus Came
Dr. Jack Graham's mission is to glorify God by introducing Jesus Christ as Lord to all people.
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Power Point with Jack Graham | Jack Graham - Why Jesus Came | October 26, 2025
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  • There is no person that god cannot save!
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  • There is no promise that god will not keep!
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  • There is nothing that our god cannot do!
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  • We now open god's word to the book of luke... the gospel of
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  • Luke, chapter 4.
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  • This is our series called tell me the story of jesus. and
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  • We're going to be connecting with the scenes... scenarios in
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  • Scripture found in the four gospels which, of course, tell
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  • The story of jesus.
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  • From luke's gospel chapter 4, we're going to be
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  • Talking about the fame of the lord jesus, then the claim of
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  • The lord jesus, and then the aim of the lord jesus. “why he
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  • Came” is the title of this message. and what you're about
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  • To see and hear is a message from jesus himself in which he
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  • Delivers his identity and his mission on earth. it's a sermon
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  • That is delivered by jesus. it is the grace of god delivered
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  • By the one who brought this great grace. and so beginning
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  • At verse 14:
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  • 14) jesus returned in the power of the spirit to galilee, and a
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  • Report about him went out through all the surrounding
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  • Country. 15) and he taught in their synagogues, being
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  • Glorified by all.
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  • That is the fame of jesus. more about that in just a moment.
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  • 16) and he came to nazareth, where he had been brought up.
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  • And as was his custom (note that) he went to the synagogue
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  • On the sabbath day, and he stood up to read. 17) and the
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  • Scroll of the prophet isaiah was given to him. he unrolled
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  • The scroll and found the place where it was written,
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  • And here we see his aim... why he came... and his claim.
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  • 18) “the spirit of the lord is upon me, because he has
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  • Anointed me to proclaim the good news to the poor. he has
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  • Sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of
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  • Sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are
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  • Oppressed, 19) to proclaim the year of the lord's favor.” (or
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  • Grace, salvation.) 20) and he rolled up the scroll and gave
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  • It back to the attendant and sat down. and the eyes of all
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  • In the synagogue were fixed (fastened) on him.
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  • Imagine that. locking eyes with jesus. looking at his face and
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  • Experiencing his presence. that was the privilege of these at
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  • The synagogue that day. and with every eye fastened on him:
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  • 21) he began to say to them (here's the sermon) "today...
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  • (key word) today this scripture has been fulfilled in your
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  • Hearing." 22) and all spoke... spoke well of him and marveled
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  • At the gracious words that were coming from his mouth.
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  • Jesus delivers not good advice... great advice, but
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  • Good news. it is the good news of god's grace, the good news
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  • Of god's favor. and he's speaking to all humanity,
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  • Broken and bound by sin, and he brings hope to troubled hearts.
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  • The good news. they were astonished at his words, and
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  • One translator gives it at these words of sheer grace.
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  • Grace that is marvelous.
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  • Jesus was already well-known as a preacher and a teacher of the
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  • Word of god. when we catch up with jesus here in luke chapter
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  • 4, he's already been on the road for a year and a half. all
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  • Around the sea of galilee and the small towns and villages
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  • And the cities that surrounded the sea of galilee, the
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  • Galilee. beautiful place to this very day. and there were
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  • Approximately 240 small towns and villages around the
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  • Galilee. most of these would have had a synagogue, probably
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  • All of these, and some had multiple synagogues. so jesus
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  • Was going from place to place, outdoors as well as indoors,
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  • And he is preaching this salvation. he was giving this
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  • Message that we now hear at the synagogue in his hometown, his
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  • Boyhood home of nazareth.
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  • Jesus as an evangelist, an itinerant preacher and teacher,
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  • Is making his way all around these villages. again, i say
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  • For about a year and a half. by now when he comes back to his
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  • Hometown, this hometown boy has made good and he's somewhat of
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  • A religious rockstar. people everywhere were... were
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  • Listening to him and marveling at him and the grace that was
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  • Pouring out from his lips, the sheer grace and the teaching of
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  • God's word. and the little children heard him as well.
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  • We've been showing you a few clips from the chosen because
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  • We think that's a good thing for you and families to
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  • Experience. there are two episodes, or rather, two
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  • Seasons, and now there's a third one coming out. my
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  • Friend, dallas jenkins is the producer, the executive
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  • Producer, and there's such great depth and empathy and
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  • Drama in this. and here's a great scene regarding... maybe
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  • This happened on the road with jesus with the little children
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  • With the very text that we have here today.
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  • The chosen clip:
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  • Jesus: someday soon you'll understand all of what i am
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  • Saying to you. but you ask an important question, abigail.
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  • What is my reason for being here? the answer is for all of
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  • You. “the spirit of the lord is upon me. he has anointed me to
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  • Proclaim good news to the poor. he has sent me to proclaim
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  • Liberty for the captives and recovering of sight to the
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  • Blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, and proclaim
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  • The year of the lord's favor.”
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  • Child: isaiah.
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  • Jesus: isaiah.
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  • Yes, isaiah chapter 61 is the text that jesus chose to
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  • Deliver his message. and this message was delivered in the
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  • Power of the holy spirit.
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  • And this is the secret, if you will, of his success. this
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  • Is... this is the magnetism... this is the miracle of his
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  • Life. this... this small town boy, out of nazareth who grows
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  • Up and now delivers the good news of salvation so that the
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  • Whole world could hear. and everybody is loving it so far.
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  • From town to town and place to place people of all kinds and
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  • All ages are hearing jesus and he's just bringing them into
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  • Himself. they're amazed.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • The bible is the bestselling, most translated, and most
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  • Quoted book of all time, and yet so many have neglected
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  • Reading or have completely missed what the bible is all
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  • About. in a world of chaos and confusion uncertainty out
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  • There, the bible is the only constant. the only certainty is
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  • Jesus himself and his word, who is the same yesterday, today,
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  • And forever.
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  • And i want to help you see god's word with clearer eyes.
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  • By sending you my brand-new book, “the jesus book, reading
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  • And understanding the bible for yourself.” the jesus book is my
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  • And abide in you now and forever.
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  • Thank you so much for being a powerful part of god's word
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  • Through powerpoint.
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  • Changing hearts, changing lives till the whole world hears.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Now let me tell you a little bit about synagogues because
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  • You need to know something about it in the life and times
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  • Of jesus, and even synagogues today. but frankly, once the
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  • Temple was destroyed in the old testament period, then the
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  • Synagogues... as men would gather in the synagogues in
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  • Small places, small rooms and typically the same thing
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  • Happened again and again. there would be the singing of hymns,
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  • Primarily from the psalms, there would be the reading of
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  • Scripture, after the reading of scripture
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  • From an old testament passage... first, the law (this
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  • Happens in every synagogue service... the reading from the
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  • First 5 books of the old testament, the pentateuch...
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  • The law of moses; and then from the prophets... primarily the
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  • Major prophets of jeremiah and isaiah and ezekial. but from
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  • The other prophets as well. and also from the writings which
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  • Are the psalms and proverbs and so on.
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  • But what is clear to me in this passage of scripture is our
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  • Lord was, of course, fully literate and familiar with the
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  • Scriptures. after all, he did write them! but now as a man...
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  • A young man, 30 years of age, he would have grown up in this
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  • Synagogue as a little toddler, as a little boy. synagogues
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  • Were places where boys and girls were taught as well. they
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  • Were like elementary schools in the community and it's a
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  • Precursor if you will to educating, religious training,
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  • Religious education in the church or in the synagogue. and
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  • So you would have that. it was also a place where judicial
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  • Decisions were made among the people, and the people would
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  • Gather inside these... these buildings... small buildings
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  • And they would sing the songs, they would pray prayers, read
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  • The scriptures and someone would deliver a message. there
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  • Was no fulltime preacher or fulltime rabbi in the
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  • Synagogues, but someone who was capable, someone who was
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  • Learned, someone who could was handed the scroll and delivered
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  • The scripture and then delivered an exhortation or
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  • Gave a sermon or gave a message. does this sound
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  • Familiar? because the ancient jewish form of worship in the
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  • Synagogue is very similar to what we do to this very day in
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  • The church. and we sing songs, and we offer prayers and we
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  • Read the word and we preach the bible... we give a message.
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  • Now jesus came to fulfill the law and the prophets. so when
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  • Jesus is reading the word of god from isaiah 61 and then
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  • Bringing a message, he is clearly linked to the old
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  • Testament.
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  • Jesus loved the bible. he quotes from it and alludes to
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  • It and affirms it again and again. from the books of the
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  • Law... most of the... he quoted or alluded to all the books of
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  • The law in his messages or in his conversations. he referred
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  • To most of the prophets and some of the writings. one of
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  • His personal favorites was deuteronomy which he quoted 15
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  • Or 16 times; isaiah which he quoted over 40 times; the
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  • Psalms which he quoted 13 times. he also referenced
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  • Daniel and zechariah. jesus references and quotes all 5
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  • Books of moses which means that jesus believed genesis 1:1, "in
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  • The beginning god created the heavens and the earth." yes,
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  • Jesus talked about the flood; he read about it in the first 5
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  • Books of the bible. jesus knew about the exodus and the power
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  • Of the miracles. yes, jesus grew up learning and listening
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  • To these stories.
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  • Can you imagine little jesus as a boy,
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  • This is jesus' fame now, that we're talking about. jesus
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  • Well-known. he certainly was well-known among the people of
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  • Nazareth. they've known him since he was a child. he's seen
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  • These men in the synagogue for many years. but now he comes
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  • Back after this evangelism tour, his bible-teaching tour
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  • And everybody knows him. and so the man... the attendant, the
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  • Head of the synagogue that day hands jesus the scroll and it
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  • Was the scroll of isaiah. he was going to be reading the old
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  • Testament portion of the synagogue service.
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  • And so jesus opened it up to this passage. isaiah chapter
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  • 61, and that is what he reads. and in this, he turns from his
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  • Fame to his claim. look again at the passage. jesus says, and
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  • I stop and emphasize it in verse 20, or verse 21:
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  • "today... today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."
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  • And what was fulfilled? this is a messianic prophecy! this is a
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  • Description of the messiah who would come and deliver his
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  • People! the bound, the broken, the blind, the bruised!
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  • Now the people probably in the synagogue that day, and
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  • Certainly across galilee and across israel... they were
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  • Expecting a political revolution. but jesus did not
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  • Come with a political revolution; he came with a
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  • Spiritual revolution. and he's now explaining today you're
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  • Seeing this fulfilled. he is saying, "i'm the one isaiah is
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  • Talking about! what you read in the scripture is now in front
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  • Of you." it is a radical claim!
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  • And so then jesus gives his aim. we've talked about his
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  • Fame, his claim... his messianic claim... and he would
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  • Claim many times his equality with god the father and his
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  • Mission on earth as messiah. jesus said "here's my aim."
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  • "the spirit of the lord is upon me, because he's anointed me to
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  • Proclaim good news. (again, not good advice... good news, not
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  • Religious advice... good news) to the poor. ... to the...
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  • Liberty of the captives, recovering of sight to the
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  • Blind... (this is all in verse 18 again.) to set at liberty
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  • Those who are oppressed and to proclaim the year of the lord's
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  • Favor."
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  • The sheer grace. jesus is inviting and inclusive of all
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  • Who are bankrupt, bound, blind, bruised and broken. everyone is
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  • Included, including those marginalized in the culture and
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  • In society. jesus came for four kinds of people. and you will
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  • Find yourself in this passage because he came first for the
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  • Bankrupt... for the poor. he said, "i've come for the poor."
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  • And the word that he uses for the poor is a word which means
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  • Beggar, abjectly impoverished. he's really referencing a
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  • Street person. not the working poor. jesus would have been
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  • Among the working poor. but the poorest of the poor. those who
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  • Have absolutely nothing! "i've come for the poor who are so
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  • Desperate; they have nothing."
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  • So maybe you're thinking, "well, i'm not poor." he's not
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  • Just talking about material poverty, but spiritual poverty!
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  • And every one of us... every single one of us are
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  • Spiritually bankrupt without god by our first birth. we have
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  • Nothing to bring to god! we cannot earn or buy our
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  • Salvation. we have nothing to bring to him. why? we are poor!
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  • We are left by the side of the road; we are living in
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  • Deprivation and degradation apart from god! so when we
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  • Humble ourselves and admit our emptiness and nothingness,
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  • That's when we become a candidate for this good news of
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  • Jesus christ.
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  • So many people think that they're too good or they have
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  • Too much. that's why rich people... it's hard to reach
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  • Sometimes rich people and wealthy people with the gospel
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  • Because they love their riches and they love their wealth. you
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  • Have to come to the place where you lay your pride in the
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  • Ground and say, "i have nothing and i need jesus with all my
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  • Heart!"
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  • But not only did he come for the bankrupt, but he came for
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  • The bound. he's talked about those... "he sent me to
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  • Proclaim liberty to the captives." captives here
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  • Reference war criminals or people living in slavery.
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  • Captives here who are thrown in jail because they cannot pay
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  • Their debts. jesus said, "i came to emancipate people who
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  • Are living in the chains of their sin and cannot pay their
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  • Debt. and i've come to bring them liberty. i've come to let
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  • Go the debt and to free the captives. it's a word here
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  • Which literally means forgiveness. liberty here is
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  • All about forgiveness; that god forgives the debt. the wages of
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  • Sin... the consequences of sin... this debt is death.
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  • But jesus came to go to the cross to do what we could never
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  • Do for ourselves, which was to die on the cross for our sins,
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  • To rise again. this is the gospel, and therefore, to set
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  • Us free! "he breaks the power..." wesley said... "he
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  • Breaks the power of cancel sin; he sets the prisoner free. /
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  • His blood can make the foulest clean; his blood avails for
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  • Me." this is why jesus came, to set the captive free. there is
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  • No greater bondage than the bondage of sin. sin
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  • Incarcerates the soul, imprisons the mind, enslaves
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  • The body.
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  • He also came not only for those who are bound and those who are
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  • Beggars or bankrupt, but he came for the blind... the
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  • Blind. and again, jesus is speaking of those who are
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  • Blind. blinded by satan, blinded and living in darkness.
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  • This is the world. this is you and me without the life of
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  • Christ. there's liberty in jesus; there's life in jesus;
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  • There's light in him. we see this light. now life makes
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  • Sense.
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  • And then he comes for the broken. this is his aim: to the
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  • Bankrupt, to the bound, to the blind and to the broken. look
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  • At it! "and recovering sight to the blind, to set at liberty
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  • Those who are oppressed." that is those who are beaten down by
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  • Life. life can be hard; life can beat you up. many are
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  • Oppressed and destressed and depressed in these days. jesus
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  • Said, "i came for you... i came for you."
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  • Let me remind you that these are the people who were
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  • Excluded in many ways from common culture, society and
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  • Often from the synagogue, from the religious experience. they
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  • Were cut off but jesus said, "i've come for these." the
  • 00:22:31.006 --> 00:22:35.010
  • Problem with people who are religious is they often... they
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  • Don't think they're blind, they do think they're bruised, they
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  • Don't think they're battered, they don't think they're
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  • Broken, they don't think they're bankrupt. they look in
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  • The mirror; they say, "i'm enough; i can do it."
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  • No, you can't. you cannot save yourself. you cannot pull
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  • Yourself up with your own bootstraps. you are not enough
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  • For god, but he is enough for you! jesus is enough for you!
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  • And this is the message we need to tell the world! that we go
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  • To the people... the up and up, the up and out, the down and
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  • Out, and the out and outs. because it's all of us!
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  • Everybody needs jesus!
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  • Jesus changed history and the one who changed history will
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  • Change your life. if you will accept him.
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  • Here's the sad ending of this story, however. when jesus said
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  • These things, they first loved it... they liked it. they liked
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  • His words, but then when he began to talk to them about
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  • Their own need for salvation, and he gave two old testament
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  • References; he talked about the syrian leper by the name of
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  • Naaman, a captain in the army, and also talked about a
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  • Widow... a gentile widow. so he's now talking about gentiles
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  • Coming into the family. now he's talking about a syrian
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  • Coming into the family. and it enraged many of these people in
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  • The synagogue. and when they began to think about it... "who
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  • Does he think he is claiming that he's the messiah?" and a
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  • Mob gathered. you can read about it in the end of luke 4.
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  • And the mob gathered and they began to push him out of the
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  • Synagogue and down the streets and out to the edge of a cliff.
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  • You can go to a traditional place this day, the edge of the
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  • Cliff where they would have taken jesus to... to shove him
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  • Over the cliff and end his life.
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  • You see, that's what mobs do! they want to cancel you! right?
  • 00:24:41.403 --> 00:24:48.276
  • And so this mob... this religious mob wanted to cancel
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  • Jesus. they wanted to kill jesus. they're ready to push
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  • Him over and we're not told how this happened, but something
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  • Supernatural happened in my view. because in the midst of
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  • This angry mob... the scripture says he walked out through the
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  • Midst of them.
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  • What happened to those people? they invited jesus out; they
  • 00:25:12.834 --> 00:25:18.340
  • Rejected jesus and he walked away. and the same thing can
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  • Happen to you. “he came unto his own and his own received
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  • Him not. but to as many as received him to them gave he
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  • The power to be called the children of god, even to them
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  • Who believe in his name.” john 1:12. if you accept jesus, you
  • 00:25:40.695 --> 00:25:46.201
  • Become a child of god, but if you reject him, he walks away
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  • And you may never get another opportunity like the one that
  • 00:25:50.639 --> 00:25:55.543
  • Is today. jesus said, “today the scripture is fulfilled in
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  • Your eyes.”
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  • So today... you are blinded in your sin, you are bankrupt
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  • Without a future, you are bound with addictions and sinful
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  • Behaviors, you are broken by life, but jesus can change
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  • Everything in your heart and in your eternal destiny [clap]
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  • Today [clap]! amen?
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Hello, everyone. pastor jack graham here, and i want to
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  • Personally invite you to join me for something very special.
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  • It's the patriot tour to washington, dc, april 22nd
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  • Through 27th, 2026. as we celebrate the 250th birthday of
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  • The united states, we're going to visit some of the most
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  • Powerful and historic places in our nation's capital, like the
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  • U.s. capitol, arlington national cemetery, the national
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  • Monuments, mount vernon, and the museum of the bible.
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  • This won't be just a tour. it will be a spiritual journey,
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  • Really. i'll be opening god's word along the way, teaching us
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  • About the spiritual foundations, the biblical
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  • Foundations of our nation, and the hope that we have for the
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  • Future. so registration is now open, and i'd love for you to
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  • Be a part of this unforgettable experience.
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  • Can't wait to see you there!
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