{"id":1170,"date":"2024-08-11T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/308-matthew-blewett-exhortation-principles-of-faith\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:38:12","slug":"308-matthew-blewett-exhortation-principles-of-faith","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/308-matthew-blewett-exhortation-principles-of-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"308: Matthew Blewett – Exhortation: Principles of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening an exhortation from Bro. Matthew Blewett titled \u201cPrinciples of Faith” that was given at the Idyllwild Bible School in on July 21st, 2024. <\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nI’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Jason.
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\njoining us this week.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
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\nEach week we post a talk.
\nThat we previewed from <\/p>\n

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\nsuggestions sent in by listeners
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\nThen we record a short intro
\nbeforehand as a personalized <\/p>\n

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\nrecommendation to you on why we
\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nFor a talk this week we are
\nlistening to an exhortation <\/p>\n

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\nentitled Principles of Faith
\nthat was given by Brother <\/p>\n

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\nMatthew Blewett at the Idlewild
\nBible School this past summer. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this exhortation is just a
\nreally good opening to the Bible<\/p>\n

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\nSchool.
\nFun little note is that he <\/p>\n

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\nmentions an exhortation that we
\nhave previously shared on the <\/p>\n

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\npodcast that was given in 2007
\nat the Idlewild Bible School. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it was really interesting to
\nsee him reference back to an <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation from 17 years ago
\nwhen the last time that he was <\/p>\n

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\nat the Idlewild Bible School.
\nAnd this exhortation is just <\/p>\n

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\nlooking at examples of faith in
\nthe ministry of Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was just a really good
\nway to kick off the Bible <\/p>\n

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\nschool.
\nI’m also going to use this as <\/p>\n

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\nsort of a way to introduce the
\nseries that Brother Matthew gave<\/p>\n

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\nup at the Autobot Bible School.
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\nthat he gave that sort of stands
\nalone to be good for the sort of<\/p>\n

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\nformat of a single class that we
\nshare on the podcast, but the <\/p>\n

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\nentire series was excellent.
\nHe was looking at the pattern of<\/p>\n

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\nheaven and earth.
\nI highly, highly recommend it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m going to put the entire
\nseries on the good Chris <\/p>\n

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\nDelphine talks extended feed as
\nsort of a tie into this. <\/p>\n

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\nThis expectation isn’t a direct
\nintroduction to that series, but<\/p>\n

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\nbecause it was what he used to
\nopen to it and he makes a few <\/p>\n

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\nmentions to the study that
\nthey’re going to look at. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I think the series in
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\nlisten to it.
\nSo we’ll put it over on the <\/p>\n

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\nextended feed for anybody who
\nwants to listen to it as well. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope that you enjoy both this
\nexhortation and if you go over <\/p>\n

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\nand listen to his series on
\nHeaven and Earth, that you would<\/p>\n

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\nalso enjoy that one as well.
\nSo thank you as always for <\/p>\n

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\nlistening, for sending in
\nsuggestions. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you happen to have any
\nsuggestions from this past <\/p>\n

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\nsummer for any Bible schools or
\nweekends or anything that <\/p>\n

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\nhappened while people were
\ntraveling, feel free to send <\/p>\n

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\nthem in.
\nWe always really appreciate <\/p>\n

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\ngetting kind of the new
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\nout there as well.
\nAnd with that, I will turn it <\/p>\n

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\nover to Brother Matthew Blewett
\nfor his exhortation entitled <\/p>\n

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\nPrinciples of Faith.
\nWell, good evening everyone. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a great blessing to be back
\nwith many of you after 17 years.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a privilege for my wife
\nPetrie to be with us and I’ve <\/p>\n

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\nmanaged to convince one of my
\nchildren, Jacob, to join. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope it’s been 17 years.
\nThat’s been enough time for you <\/p>\n

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\nto recover from our last visit,
\nand it’ll probably take you <\/p>\n

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\nabout a whole week to get used
\nto the accent again, I’m hoping.<\/p>\n

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\nWell, I’m sure like me, 17 years
\nis a long enough time for your <\/p>\n

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\nmemories to be pretty fuzzy and
\nfor many of you not to have even<\/p>\n

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\nbeen here because you may not
\nhave been born. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you probably don’t remember
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen I was here last, we spoke
\nabout the topic of faith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so I was quite tempted maybe
\nto repeat many of those lessons.<\/p>\n

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\nBut as I’m sure you’re aware,
\nafter two decades, lots of <\/p>\n

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\nthings change.
\nIt’s really exciting for us to <\/p>\n

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\nbe gathered here at this
\nparticular camp with all of you <\/p>\n

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\nand also in this beautiful place
\ncalled Outerwild. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s very special for us.
\nI think it’s one of the the best<\/p>\n

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\ncamps I ever go to in all the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\naudience.
\nAnd I can tell you why, because <\/p>\n

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\nalso when I think of the name
\nIdlewild, I think first of all <\/p>\n

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\nof wild.
\nAnd it is a beautiful, wild <\/p>\n

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\nplace.
\nI come from Africa. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s lots of wild and, and
\nthis is a beautiful wild place. <\/p>\n

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\nYou feel like you’re in the
\nmountains. <\/p>\n

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\nMy wife has already been stung
\nby a stinging nettle. <\/p>\n

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\nSo this is a good wild place,
\nwhich is great, and it’s a place<\/p>\n

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\nto be idle.
\nNow, I always thought the idol <\/p>\n

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\nwas just to sort of sleep and
\nrest. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I, I looked up in Google and
\nthe idol of Idlewild is actually<\/p>\n

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\nfrom the poetry of the English.
\nYou may not have known this or I<\/p>\n

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\nmay be wrong.
\nAnd it refers to peaceful and <\/p>\n

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\nrestful.
\nAnd, and that’s what we’ve come <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve really come to take a week<\/p>\n

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\nout of our very distracted and
\nbusy lives to just be restful <\/p>\n

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\nand peaceful in focusing on our
\nLord and on our Saviour, the <\/p>\n

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\nLord Jesus Christ.
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\nincredible opportunity.
\nIt’s like a, a Sabbath week <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s given to us where we can
\nhave this opportunity to deepen <\/p>\n

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\nour faith.
\nI mean, sure, we, we come here <\/p>\n

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\nto to learn Bible lessons.
\nWe come here to fellowship and <\/p>\n

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\nrenew friendships.
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\nsome volleyball.
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\nthe opportunity that is
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\nis to deepen and strengthen our
\nrelationship with our Father and<\/p>\n

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\nour Lord Jesus Christ.
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\nthat, and if we start this week
\nby saying that’s something we <\/p>\n

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\nreally want to achieve, we want
\nto leave you knowing that having<\/p>\n

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\nexperienced everything that
\nwe’re going to do this week, not<\/p>\n

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\njust the talks, but everything
\nthat makes up a worship week <\/p>\n

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\nlike this, we are going to find
\nourselves with a strengthened <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship with our Lord and
\nSaviour. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so I wanted to start the
\nexhortation and I guess this <\/p>\n

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\nweek by segwaying from 17 years
\nago, where we spoke about <\/p>\n

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\nfinding faith.
\nAnd really what I’m going to be <\/p>\n

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\ncovering in my series, Heaven
\nand Earth is really about <\/p>\n

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\nactivating your faith, about
\nmaking sure that that faith <\/p>\n

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\nbecomes a reality in our
\ndiscipleship. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I thought we might start with
\nthis evening thinking about some<\/p>\n

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\ncore practical principles of
\nfaith that we can focus on <\/p>\n

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\nperhaps as we go through the
\nweek and and try to put into <\/p>\n

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\npractice to help us to achieve
\nthe goal of deepening our <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship with our Father and
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ during <\/p>\n

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\nthis incredible opportunity we
\nhave this week. <\/p>\n

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\nSo in order to do that, I
\nthought we might lift two <\/p>\n

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\nstories that you know very well
\nfrom the Gospel of Matthew that <\/p>\n

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\nare joined, and I’ll and I’ll
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\nAnd they’re two stories that
\nactually talk to us about faith.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd I want to try and
\ndemonstrate to you that there <\/p>\n

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\nare four characteristics or
\nprinciples of faith that are <\/p>\n

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\nrepeated in both the stories
\nthat are quite simple and easy <\/p>\n

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\nto remember.
\nAnd perhaps we can try to put <\/p>\n

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\nthem into practice and to think
\nabout them as we move through <\/p>\n

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\nthe week.
\nAs we know, there are many, many<\/p>\n

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\nexamples of faith that we could
\ngo to. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve got the whole of Hebrews
\n11, that great portfolio of <\/p>\n

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\nfaith, men and women who have
\ndemonstrated faith. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it’s interesting that Jesus
\nin his ministry only ever <\/p>\n

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\ndeclared two people to have
\ngreat faith. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat an incredible thing to hear
\nfrom the Lord Jesus Christ that <\/p>\n

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\nyou have great faith and there
\nwere only ever two people that <\/p>\n

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\nhe encountered that he said had
\ngreat faith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd these are the two
\nindividuals we want to think <\/p>\n

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\nabout a bit this morning and to
\ntry and, and get these <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples that I’ve I’ve
\nmentioned already. <\/p>\n

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\nThe interesting thing about the
\ntwo is that they cover the full <\/p>\n

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\nspectrum, as it were, of
\npotential people who can have <\/p>\n

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\ngreat faith.
\nSo the two individuals from the <\/p>\n

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\nGospel of Matthew we have read
\nabout, the one, if you were <\/p>\n

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\nlistening carefully, it was
\nthere in Matthew chapter 8, the <\/p>\n

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\ncenturion who Jesus marvelled at
\nbecause of his great faith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the other just want to make
\nsure they’re not sleeping <\/p>\n

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\nalready.
\nThe, the Zara Phoenician. <\/p>\n

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\nWe love saying the Zara
\nPhoenician or the Canaanite <\/p>\n

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\nwoman as she’s referred to in
\nMatthew’s Gospel, Mark Korsu, <\/p>\n

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\nthe Zara Phoenician woman.
\nSo we have a Canaanite woman and<\/p>\n

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\nwe have a centurion.
\nAnd it’s quite interesting when <\/p>\n

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\nyou put these two figures
\ntogether and you say these are <\/p>\n

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\nthe two examples of great faith
\nin the gospel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd and so immediately there’s
\nkind of like this, this, this <\/p>\n

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\nidea that when you put these two
\ncharacters together, you have <\/p>\n

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\nthe spectrum of Galatians 3
\nwhere where Paul says we are the<\/p>\n

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\nsons and daughters of God
\nthrough faith in Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is neither Jew nor Greek,
\nthere is neither male nor <\/p>\n

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\nfemale.
\nThere is neither bond nor free, <\/p>\n

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\nfor you are all one in Christ
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nIsn’t that interesting?
\nSo let’s have a look. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve got we’ve got.
\nWell, first of all, both of <\/p>\n

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\nthem, rather curiously, are
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n

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\nSo neither of them are Jews.
\nThe ones to whom Jesus had <\/p>\n

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\noriginally come where you would
\nhave expected to find great <\/p>\n

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\nfaith, but the one of course,
\nbeing a centurion would have <\/p>\n

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\nbeen of Roman descent.
\nAnd the woman from the, the area<\/p>\n

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\nof Tyre is described in
\nMatthew’s Gospel as a Canaanite,<\/p>\n

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\nwhich would have been old
\nterminology for somebody who <\/p>\n

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\ndescended from the land of of
\nCanaan, who obviously had been <\/p>\n

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\nthe enemies of Israel when they
\nfirst came into the promised <\/p>\n

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\nland.
\nSo the first thing we have is <\/p>\n

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\nthe emphasis.
\nTheir great faith is not the <\/p>\n

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\nreserve, as we know only of the
\noriginal chosen, but the <\/p>\n

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\nforeigner has the potential.
\nIndeed, it is only the foreigner<\/p>\n

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\nwho shows great faith.
\nAnd of course, it’s a, a <\/p>\n

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\nwonderful lesson for us because
\neven at this Bible school, there<\/p>\n

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\ncould be many of you feeling a
\nbit like foreigners or <\/p>\n

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\noutsiders, feeling like you
\ndon’t have the, the, the genes <\/p>\n

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\nor the history or the capacity
\nor the knowledge to have great <\/p>\n

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\nfaith.
\nYou’re just a Canaanite woman or<\/p>\n

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\nor perhaps a Roman centurion of
\nthe world. <\/p>\n

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\nBut you see, Jesus says that
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\nwho have the potential and
\nindeed demonstrated great faith.<\/p>\n

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\nSo we have the Jew and the Greek
\nin this case. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have the Jews already to whom
\nJesus had come and the Greeks <\/p>\n

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\nwho were represented by these
\ntwo characters. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we have a male and a
\nfemale. <\/p>\n

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\nSo just in case there was only
\nexample of a male and the <\/p>\n

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\nfemales, look at the at the
\nexample and say, well, you know,<\/p>\n

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\nmaybe we don’t get the
\nopportunities. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t have the same potential
\nto develop great faith. <\/p>\n

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\nNo, it’s in every one of us that
\npotential, that opportunity to <\/p>\n

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\ndevelop this great faith.
\nAnd finally, there is this <\/p>\n

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\ncontrast of a Roman centurion, a
\npowerful man, a man of <\/p>\n

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\nreputation, a man of
\nsignificance. <\/p>\n

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\nOn the one hand, we might call
\nhim the haves of today’s <\/p>\n

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\nsociety, the privileged man.
\nAnd then you have this Canaanite<\/p>\n

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\nmother, someone who was
\ndefinitely despised within <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael.
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\nmarginalized, the vulnerable,
\nand again, the full spectrum. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not just those, of course,
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\nand strength who can find great
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\nIn fact, that’s often the
\nstumbling block. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is those who are marginalized
\nand vulnerable who can also find<\/p>\n

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\ngreat faith.
\nSo in these two examples we have<\/p>\n

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\nthat Galatians 3 spectrum.
\nIt’s, it’s, it’s, it’s, it’s the<\/p>\n

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\nopportunity to everyone here,
\nall of you at this camp, <\/p>\n

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\nwherever you have come from,
\nmale, female, rich, poor, <\/p>\n

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\ndisadvantaged, advantage,
\nclever, not so clever, great <\/p>\n

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\nfaith is available.
\nSo let’s look specifically at <\/p>\n

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\neach of these stories and see if
\nwe can maybe pick up these <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples that I was referring
\nto. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you’ve got your Bibles
\nopen, we can look at the at the <\/p>\n

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\nexample of of the centurion in
\nMatthew 8 reading at verse 5. <\/p>\n

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\nNow when Jesus had entered
\nCapernaum, a centurion came to <\/p>\n

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\nhim pleading with him, saying,
\nLord, my servant is lying at <\/p>\n

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\nhome paralyzed, dreadfully
\ntormented. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we have the first
\nprinciple, and this is the <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple that if we want faith,
\nit’s not something that’s going <\/p>\n

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\nto come.
\nAnd this is something I probably<\/p>\n

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\nam going to repeat a number of
\ntimes over this week, but we <\/p>\n

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\nneed to be intentional in
\ndeveloping our relationship with<\/p>\n

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\nour Lord Jesus Christ and our
\nFather. <\/p>\n

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\nIt needs to be something that is
\nplanned and focused and that we <\/p>\n

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\nmove towards with all of our
\nenergy and with all of our soul <\/p>\n

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\nand being an emotion.
\nAnd so this centurion is <\/p>\n

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\napproaching Jesus and the word,
\nthe word that is used, pleading,<\/p>\n

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\nactually means to cry, to beg.
\nHe’s intentional about his need <\/p>\n

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\nfor Jesus to work with him.
\nSo the first principle, there is<\/p>\n

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\nthis idea of being persistent,
\nbeing intentional in wanting to <\/p>\n

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\ndevelop our faith during this
\nweek and indeed in the time that<\/p>\n

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\nfollows thereafter.
\nThe second principle, I think <\/p>\n

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\nit’s very clear and we we often
\nspeak about this when we think <\/p>\n

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\nabout the centurion.
\nJesus said to him, I will come <\/p>\n

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\nand heal him.
\nWhat an incredible physician. <\/p>\n

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\nYou just ask him for some help.
\nHe doesn’t say I’ll come and <\/p>\n

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\ndiagnose him, see what’s wrong
\nwith him. <\/p>\n

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\nLike our doctors and our
\nphysicians, I will come, I will <\/p>\n

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\nheal him.
\nThat’s the physician that we <\/p>\n

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\nhave come to this evening.
\nBut the centurion, it says in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 8 answered and said to
\nhim, Lord, I am not worthy that <\/p>\n

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\nyou should come under my roof,
\nbut only speak a word and my <\/p>\n

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\nservant will be healed.
\nAnd so the second principle of <\/p>\n

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\nfaith is humility.
\nWe need to get ourselves out of <\/p>\n

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\nthe way.
\nAnd it’s that it’s that tough, <\/p>\n

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\nthat tough characteristic of
\nhumility, because the more you <\/p>\n

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\nthink about, the harder it is
\nfor it to become something that <\/p>\n

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\nresides inside of you.
\nBut I can tell you one thing <\/p>\n

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\nthat the way we develop humility
\nis to understand what it is to <\/p>\n

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\nbe in comparison to our Lord and
\nour God, to understand the <\/p>\n

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\nworthfulness of them, how worthy
\nthe Lord Jesus is, which is what<\/p>\n

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\nwe are doing actually this
\nevening as we partake of the <\/p>\n

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\nbread and wine, as we, as we
\ncelebrate the incredible <\/p>\n

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\nsacrifice.
\nIt’s in the process of <\/p>\n

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\nunderstanding the worthiness of
\nanother that we develop <\/p>\n

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\nhumility.
\nHumility isn’t something you <\/p>\n

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\ndevelop on your own, by
\nyourself. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week is a wonderful
\nopportunity to develop humility <\/p>\n

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\nbecause you develop it in
\nrelationship when you make <\/p>\n

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\nsomeone else more worthy than
\nyourself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that’s exactly what the
\nCenturion was able to do. <\/p>\n

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\nThis powerful man, this man who
\ncould command 100 soldiers to do<\/p>\n

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\nwhatever he wanted, and yet he
\nunderstands somehow he has this <\/p>\n

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\ninsight that Jesus Christ is far
\nmore worthy than all of this. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then the Third Point is
\nthis, the third principle of <\/p>\n

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\nintercession.
\nWe’re going to see in both of <\/p>\n

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\nthese examples, these characters
\nof great faith are developing <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship with the Lord Jesus
\nthrough helping someone else. <\/p>\n

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\nIn the case of this powerful
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\nhis servant back at home.
\nIn all likelihood, the servant <\/p>\n

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\nwas probably a Jew.
\nHe was a Roman centurion with <\/p>\n

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\nprobably would have been local <\/p>\n

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\ncitizens of the land.
\nAnd, and he has this incredible <\/p>\n

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\ninterest in the welfare of this
\nlowly servant. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he is acting as an
\nintercessor, as someone who is <\/p>\n

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\nout there to help on behalf of
\nsomeone else. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in that process, faith is
\ndeveloped. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s interesting to think about
\nthat faith is truly developed in<\/p>\n

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\nweek, as we already heard, to
\nsay hello to the strange people <\/p>\n

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\nor the people that may not be
\nfeeling included. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have the opportunity to reach
\nout to others, to listen to <\/p>\n

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\ntheir concerns, to provide help
\nwhere we can, to intercede where<\/p>\n

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\nwhere we are able.
\nAnd those are all the principles<\/p>\n

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\ntowards building great faith.
\nAnd this was what was a part of <\/p>\n

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\nthe character of this centurion
\nand the final principle that we <\/p>\n

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\nfour that I wanted to, to
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\nabout this week is this
\nincredible insight. <\/p>\n

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\nI mean, we, we don’t know where
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\nfrom, but this insight that he
\nhad in understanding the <\/p>\n

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\nrelationship between word and
\ncreative reality. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see he says to Jesus in
\nverse 8, but only speak a word <\/p>\n

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\nand my servant will be healed.
\nFor I also am a man under <\/p>\n

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\nauthority, having soldiers under
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I say to this one, go, and
\nhe goes and to another come and <\/p>\n

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\nhe comes and to my servant do
\nthis and he does it. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see, he understood something
\nthat is so profound when you <\/p>\n

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\ncome to to truly understand
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that is that it all begins
\nwith the word that, that, that <\/p>\n

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\nin fact, the first principle of
\nfaith is the word, as Hebrew <\/p>\n

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\nsays, as we, we, we’re going to
\nbe talking about this week that <\/p>\n

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\nfrom Genesis, it all begins with
\na word. <\/p>\n

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\nGod speaks words and then things
\nhappen, the earth is formed, <\/p>\n

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\nmaterial things come into being
\nand there is this this link, <\/p>\n

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\nthis incredible link between the
\nword and the thing that we <\/p>\n

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\nexperience.
\nAnd that’s the principle taught <\/p>\n

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\nto us in Genesis one.
\nAnd and somehow, somehow this <\/p>\n

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\ncenturion understands this first
\nprinciple of faith. <\/p>\n

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\nHebrews says this Hebrews 11
\nverse 3. <\/p>\n

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\nBy faith we understand that the
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\nof God, so that the things which
\nare seen were were not made of <\/p>\n

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\nthings which are visible.
\nThis is the idea that we know <\/p>\n

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\nthere is a connection between
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\nand an invisible word of power.
\nAnd it’s understanding that <\/p>\n

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\nconnection that is the
\nfundamental of faith. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd somehow this centurion
\nunderstood it and he understood <\/p>\n

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\nthe authority that Jesus held,
\nthat he held the same authority <\/p>\n

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\nof word that the original
\nCreator had created with and <\/p>\n

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\nwith such words of authority,
\nthe power to recreate His <\/p>\n

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\nservant was in the mouth of
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jesus Jesus himself appears
\nsurprised by all of this. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we see Jesus response in
\nverse 10. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen Jesus heard it, he
\nmarvelled and said to those who <\/p>\n

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\nfollowed, assuredly, I say to
\nyou, I have not found such great<\/p>\n

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\nfaith, not even in Israel.
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\nsomeone who demonstrated great
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\nintentional, humble, someone who
\ninterceded for someone else, and<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:00,840 –> 00:20:04,560
\nsomeone who understood the
\nconnection between word and <\/p>\n

328
\n00:20:04,560 –> 00:20:07,240
\ncreation.
\nSo there was the first example. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:20:07,240 –> 00:20:10,520
\nNow it’s interesting when we
\ncome over to Matthew chapter 15,<\/p>\n

330
\n00:20:10,520 –> 00:20:13,320
\nif you will, we’re going to see
\nthe second example that we want <\/p>\n

331
\n00:20:13,320 –> 00:20:16,040
\nto just lift for for our
\nlearning this evening. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:20:16,640 –> 00:20:20,760
\nAnd that’s the example of the
\nthe mother from Canaan as she is<\/p>\n

333
\n00:20:20,760 –> 00:20:22,000
\nreferred to.
\nAnd it’s interesting that <\/p>\n

334
\n00:20:22,000 –> 00:20:24,600
\nMatthew makes that reference
\nbecause of course, Matthew is <\/p>\n

335
\n00:20:24,600 –> 00:20:28,920
\nwriting his Gospel to primarily
\na Jewish audience, and he wants <\/p>\n

336
\n00:20:28,920 –> 00:20:33,560
\nto draw on the fact that this is
\none of the people that actually <\/p>\n

337
\n00:20:33,560 –> 00:20:37,000
\nIsrael was meant to exterminate
\nwhen they came into the promised<\/p>\n

338
\n00:20:37,000 –> 00:20:40,680
\nland because the Canaanites were
\na part of those nations that <\/p>\n

339
\n00:20:40,680 –> 00:20:45,360
\nwere to be destroyed when Joshua
\ncame into the Promised land. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:20:45,360 –> 00:20:48,360
\nSo this is the lady that we’re
\nmeeting and we’re going to see. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:20:48,600 –> 00:20:53,040
\nAnd hopefully it’s quite clear
\nthat the same 4 principles come <\/p>\n

342
\n00:20:53,040 –> 00:20:56,240
\nout in the story of the
\nCanaanite woman, but there are <\/p>\n

343
\n00:20:56,240 –> 00:20:59,440
\nsome differences.
\nSo she comes along in verse 21 <\/p>\n

344
\n00:20:59,440 –> 00:21:02,240
\nof chapter 5.
\nJesus went thence and departed <\/p>\n

345
\n00:21:02,240 –> 00:21:05,680
\ninto the coast of Tyre and
\nSardon, and behold, a woman of <\/p>\n

346
\n00:21:05,680 –> 00:21:10,080
\ncame Canaan came out of the same
\ncoast and cried unto Jesus, <\/p>\n

347
\n00:21:10,080 –> 00:21:14,640
\nsaying, Have mercy on me, O
\nLord, you son of David. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:21:14,840 –> 00:21:18,400
\nMy daughter is grievously vexed
\nwith a devil. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:21:19,040 –> 00:21:22,680
\nSo quite interesting.
\nWe can immediately see this <\/p>\n

350
\n00:21:22,680 –> 00:21:26,080
\nwoman understands that there are
\nsome differences going on here. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:21:26,240 –> 00:21:29,960
\nThe centurion just approaches
\nJesus without any perhaps <\/p>\n

352
\n00:21:29,960 –> 00:21:33,000
\nhistory, but there’s history
\nhere with this woman. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:21:33,480 –> 00:21:36,280
\nAnd that’s why when the
\ncenturion speaks to Jesus, he <\/p>\n

354
\n00:21:36,280 –> 00:21:39,240
\njust calls him Lord as a title
\nof respect. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:21:39,760 –> 00:21:41,960
\nShe calls him Lord as a title of
\nrespect. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:21:41,960 –> 00:21:46,440
\nBut she says, son of David, now
\nyou know your your scriptures <\/p>\n

357
\n00:21:46,440 –> 00:21:50,000
\nwell here, you’ll know that
\nDavid was this complicated man. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:21:50,440 –> 00:21:53,440
\nOn the one hand, he was the
\nworst enemy of the Canaanites <\/p>\n

359
\n00:21:53,440 –> 00:21:56,960
\nand many of the original
\ninhabitants of the Promised <\/p>\n

360
\n00:21:56,960 –> 00:21:58,720
\nland.
\nHe was the guy who came and <\/p>\n

361
\n00:21:58,720 –> 00:22:01,000
\nfinished off any of the
\nremaining people like the <\/p>\n

362
\n00:22:01,000 –> 00:22:04,800
\nJebusites, and in fact dealt
\nvery, very harshly with some of <\/p>\n

363
\n00:22:04,800 –> 00:22:07,440
\nthe remaining settlers in the
\nland of Israel. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:22:08,280 –> 00:22:12,120
\nBut curiously also, David was a
\nman who had an interesting <\/p>\n

365
\n00:22:12,120 –> 00:22:16,280
\nrelationship with Philistines.
\nAs an example, he stayed with <\/p>\n

366
\n00:22:16,280 –> 00:22:19,240
\nthem for some time.
\nHe had interesting relationships<\/p>\n

367
\n00:22:19,240 –> 00:22:24,240
\nwith many gentiles who helped
\nhim during his times of, of, of <\/p>\n

368
\n00:22:24,240 –> 00:22:26,680
\nruling as a king.
\nAnd, and I guess perhaps she’s <\/p>\n

369
\n00:22:26,680 –> 00:22:30,440
\ndrawing on both of these ideas.
\nShe’s hoping that that if this <\/p>\n

370
\n00:22:30,440 –> 00:22:35,760
\nis the son of David, there is a
\npart of him that can, that can <\/p>\n

371
\n00:22:35,880 –> 00:22:39,240
\nhelp a gentile help a mother of
\nCanaan. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:22:40,120 –> 00:22:41,880
\nBut it seems as though it’s not
\npossible. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:22:42,160 –> 00:22:45,640
\nAnd here’s the contrast and a
\ngreat lesson for us on that <\/p>\n

374
\n00:22:45,640 –> 00:22:48,640
\nfirst principle of persistence,
\nbecause in the example of the <\/p>\n

375
\n00:22:48,640 –> 00:22:52,640
\ncenturion, he asked the question
\nand, and actually Jesus says, <\/p>\n

376
\n00:22:52,640 –> 00:22:55,480
\ncome and I’ll heal him.
\nAnd in fact, it’s the centurion <\/p>\n

377
\n00:22:55,480 –> 00:22:58,720
\nwho actually delays things by
\nsaying, you know, I don’t want <\/p>\n

378
\n00:22:58,720 –> 00:23:01,240
\nyou to come into my home.
\nIt’s I’m not worthy for you to <\/p>\n

379
\n00:23:01,240 –> 00:23:04,560
\ncome into my home.
\nBut in the example of the <\/p>\n

380
\n00:23:04,560 –> 00:23:10,680
\nCanaanite woman, she actually
\nhas four rebuffs before she can <\/p>\n

381
\n00:23:10,680 –> 00:23:16,480
\nget any further in her request.
\nSo the first is that Jesus, it <\/p>\n

382
\n00:23:16,480 –> 00:23:21,360
\nsays in verse 23, doesn’t even
\nbother to answer her. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:23:21,360 –> 00:23:25,000
\nAnd I think the little emphasis
\na word, you see, that’s what she<\/p>\n

384
\n00:23:25,000 –> 00:23:28,440
\nneeds.
\nJust like the centurion, she <\/p>\n

385
\n00:23:28,440 –> 00:23:36,600
\nknows that this man’s words lead
\nto new creation, that this man’s<\/p>\n

386
\n00:23:36,600 –> 00:23:40,080
\nwords lead to life and can give
\nlife to her daughter. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:23:40,720 –> 00:23:44,520
\nBut Jesus, it says, doesn’t give
\nher a word. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:23:45,040 –> 00:23:48,840
\nAnd so the first principle, we
\nsaid, is a principle of <\/p>\n

389
\n00:23:49,120 –> 00:23:52,000
\npleading.
\nThe disciples then come at the <\/p>\n

390
\n00:23:52,000 –> 00:23:53,720
\nfirst rebuffers.
\nJesus ignores her. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:23:54,040 –> 00:23:56,160
\nShe carries on.
\nThe disciples come, and they <\/p>\n

392
\n00:23:56,160 –> 00:23:59,960
\nbesought Jesus, saying, send her
\naway, for she’s crying after us.<\/p>\n

393
\n00:24:00,680 –> 00:24:03,480
\nTalk about persistence and
\nintentionality. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:24:03,720 –> 00:24:07,520
\nShe won’t let go.
\nHow many of us in our journey of<\/p>\n

395
\n00:24:07,520 –> 00:24:11,480
\nfaith will pull right back if
\nwe’re offended? <\/p>\n

396
\n00:24:12,320 –> 00:24:14,320
\nWe’ll pull right back if we are
\nrebuffed. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:24:14,320 –> 00:24:17,600
\nAnd sometimes that rebuff or
\nthat offence will be somebody in<\/p>\n

398
\n00:24:18,000 –> 00:24:21,760
\nour ecclesia or some other, a
\nmember of the community. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:24:21,760 –> 00:24:24,760
\nAnd that’s enough for us to to
\nsay, well, I, I don’t want to <\/p>\n

400
\n00:24:24,760 –> 00:24:30,240
\ncarry on with my faith journey.
\nAnd sometimes that offence seems<\/p>\n

401
\n00:24:30,240 –> 00:24:34,400
\nto come from God himself.
\nAnd in this case the offence was<\/p>\n

402
\n00:24:34,400 –> 00:24:37,640
\ncoming from the Lord Jesus
\nChrist and it wasn’t enough. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:24:39,000 –> 00:24:41,120
\nShe turns the offence into
\nopportunity. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:24:41,360 –> 00:24:46,720
\nThey say tell her to to go away.
\nAnd then he, he answers, at <\/p>\n

405
\n00:24:46,720 –> 00:24:50,200
\nleast she’s got him speaking.
\nAnd he says I am not sent but <\/p>\n

406
\n00:24:50,200 –> 00:24:53,000
\nunto the lost sheep of the House
\nof Israel. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:24:54,360 –> 00:24:56,600
\nThe third time she has been
\nrebuffed. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:24:56,800 –> 00:25:00,240
\nHe’s now getting to the issue.
\nShe had alluded to it by calling<\/p>\n

409
\n00:25:00,240 –> 00:25:02,880
\nhim the son of David.
\nHe says, let’s make it very <\/p>\n

410
\n00:25:02,880 –> 00:25:07,280
\nclear, David was the king of
\nIsrael and I as the son of David<\/p>\n

411
\n00:25:07,400 –> 00:25:09,400
\nhave come to the House of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:25:10,640 –> 00:25:12,240
\nThey would have cut many a
\nheart. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:25:12,360 –> 00:25:15,360
\nThey would have been in the end
\nof the intentionality and the <\/p>\n

414
\n00:25:15,360 –> 00:25:19,000
\npleading and our desire to
\ndevelop relationship for most of<\/p>\n

415
\n00:25:19,000 –> 00:25:23,040
\nus, but not for her.
\nShe continues. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:25:23,520 –> 00:25:28,520
\nThen came she and worshipped
\nhim, saying, Lord help me. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:25:30,040 –> 00:25:33,240
\nYou know, we’ve all been there.
\nYou know, when we first start <\/p>\n

418
\n00:25:33,640 –> 00:25:37,760
\nasking things from God, we we
\nnormally have a whole shopping <\/p>\n

419
\n00:25:37,760 –> 00:25:41,400
\nlist of how he must help us and
\nplease will you do this and will<\/p>\n

420
\n00:25:41,400 –> 00:25:42,680
\nyou do this and will you do
\nthis? <\/p>\n

421
\n00:25:42,880 –> 00:25:47,120
\nBut when we’re really at our
\nwit’s end, that’s the pray we <\/p>\n

422
\n00:25:47,120 –> 00:25:52,200
\npay.
\nLord, help me in whatever way <\/p>\n

423
\n00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:57,000
\nyou can, however it is possible.
\nIt may not even mean that it’s <\/p>\n

424
\n00:25:57,000 –> 00:26:01,360
\nabout my daughter being healed,
\nbut help me, she is desperate. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:26:02,520 –> 00:26:05,680
\nYou know, you might think this
\nis the point where Jesus will <\/p>\n

426
\n00:26:05,680 –> 00:26:07,880
\nrelent.
\nThis is the point where he’ll <\/p>\n

427
\n00:26:07,880 –> 00:26:11,720
\ncome through.
\nBut Jesus answered and said it <\/p>\n

428
\n00:26:11,720 –> 00:26:16,080
\nis not meat to take the
\nchildren’s bread and to cast it <\/p>\n

429
\n00:26:16,080 –> 00:26:19,720
\nto the dogs.
\nMy word, it’s one of the <\/p>\n

430
\n00:26:19,720 –> 00:26:23,040
\ntoughest lines we ever hear
\nJesus speak. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:26:24,120 –> 00:26:28,640
\nAnd all we know for sure is that
\nJesus, as we’re told on many <\/p>\n

432
\n00:26:28,640 –> 00:26:32,040
\noccasions, knew the hearts and
\nminds of everyone. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:26:32,440 –> 00:26:34,600
\nAnd we know that he always acted
\nin love. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:26:34,840 –> 00:26:37,800
\nSo even when we can’t fully
\nunderstand what might have been <\/p>\n

435
\n00:26:37,800 –> 00:26:41,840
\ngoing on here, we know that it
\nwas said in love and it was said<\/p>\n

436
\n00:26:41,840 –> 00:26:44,920
\nto extract something out of her
\nthat maybe she didn’t. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:26:44,920 –> 00:26:47,600
\nShe didn’t even know that she
\nhad at that time. <\/p>\n

438
\n00:26:49,040 –> 00:26:54,960
\nAnd look at her response.
\nThis incredible, these words <\/p>\n

439
\n00:26:54,960 –> 00:26:59,480
\nthat are are repeated centuries
\nand millennia after she spoke <\/p>\n

440
\n00:26:59,480 –> 00:27:03,640
\nthem.
\nShe says verse 27 truth, Lord. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:27:04,120 –> 00:27:08,600
\nYet the dogs eat of the crumbs
\nwhich fall from their master’s <\/p>\n

442
\n00:27:08,600 –> 00:27:11,880
\ntable.
\nYou see, the one nice thing <\/p>\n

443
\n00:27:11,880 –> 00:27:17,360
\nabout being a dog or a puppy is
\nyou get to go places many other <\/p>\n

444
\n00:27:17,360 –> 00:27:21,440
\npeople don’t get to go.
\nAnd in this case, you get to be <\/p>\n

445
\n00:27:21,760 –> 00:27:25,320
\nnot just with the master in his
\nhouse, you get to be in the <\/p>\n

446
\n00:27:25,320 –> 00:27:28,200
\ndining room with the master
\nunder his table. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:27:28,440 –> 00:27:30,560
\nAnd you know what?
\nI’ll take crumbs. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:27:32,000 –> 00:27:38,040
\nCrumbs are good enough for me.
\nSuch as the humility of this <\/p>\n

449
\n00:27:38,040 –> 00:27:44,280
\nwoman of Canaan, the second
\nprinciple, humility, She is <\/p>\n

450
\n00:27:44,280 –> 00:27:48,880
\nwilling to be a dog.
\nShe is willing to be called <\/p>\n

451
\n00:27:48,880 –> 00:27:53,800
\nwhatever name you want to call
\nher if she can just partake of <\/p>\n

452
\n00:27:53,800 –> 00:27:58,640
\ncrumbs.
\nHow are we in that way? <\/p>\n

453
\n00:27:58,880 –> 00:28:02,280
\nWhat names are we be prepared to
\nbe called so that we can just <\/p>\n

454
\n00:28:02,280 –> 00:28:06,600
\nhave crumbs this evening from
\nwhat the Lord has prepared. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:28:08,280 –> 00:28:12,160
\nAnd then of course, we know,
\nlike with the centurion, her <\/p>\n

456
\n00:28:12,160 –> 00:28:14,680
\njourney of faith was about
\nintercession. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:28:15,440 –> 00:28:17,760
\nShe hadn’t come for herself
\nspecifically. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:28:18,360 –> 00:28:21,800
\nShe had come for her daughter.
\nAnd just like the centurion, it <\/p>\n

459
\n00:28:21,800 –> 00:28:25,240
\nwas this process of growing
\nfaith through fellowship, <\/p>\n

460
\n00:28:25,440 –> 00:28:29,000
\nthrough interceding for someone
\nelse, that the development of <\/p>\n

461
\n00:28:29,000 –> 00:28:31,920
\nher faith, her great faith, is
\ndemonstrated. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:28:32,080 –> 00:28:37,400
\nSo again we see a similarity.
\nAnd then Jesus answered and said<\/p>\n

463
\n00:28:37,400 –> 00:28:44,800
\nunto her, verse 28 O woman,
\ngreat is your faith, be it unto <\/p>\n

464
\n00:28:44,800 –> 00:28:49,560
\nyou even as you will.
\nAnd she knew, just like the <\/p>\n

465
\n00:28:49,560 –> 00:28:55,640
\ncenturion knew, that when he
\nsays things, they become <\/p>\n

466
\n00:28:55,640 –> 00:29:00,560
\nreality.
\nWhen Jesus speaks, creation <\/p>\n

467
\n00:29:00,800 –> 00:29:04,000
\nhappens.
\nAnd just as those words are <\/p>\n

468
\n00:29:04,000 –> 00:29:08,480
\nspoken, she knows her daughter
\nis made whole. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:29:09,720 –> 00:29:12,640
\nAnd so there we have it.
\nAs we go out into this week with<\/p>\n

470
\n00:29:12,640 –> 00:29:17,080
\nthis incredible opportunity to
\ndevelop our faith, our <\/p>\n

471
\n00:29:17,080 –> 00:29:19,640
\nrelationship, let’s be
\nintentional. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:29:19,760 –> 00:29:22,440
\nLet’s be persistent.
\nEven when it’s hot, even when <\/p>\n

473
\n00:29:22,440 –> 00:29:25,640
\nit’s really tired and it’s the
\nthird session and you want to <\/p>\n

474
\n00:29:25,640 –> 00:29:29,880
\nfall asleep, some more coffee.
\nAnd we just try and get the most<\/p>\n

475
\n00:29:29,880 –> 00:29:33,600
\nout of it and make sure that
\nwe’re not distracted because <\/p>\n

476
\n00:29:33,600 –> 00:29:36,360
\nthere’s a phone and a message
\nand an e-mail because that’s <\/p>\n

477
\n00:29:36,360 –> 00:29:38,560
\nwhat this world is.
\nIt’s a world of distraction. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:29:38,680 –> 00:29:41,960
\nSo we’re going to be intentional
\nand we’re going to practice <\/p>\n

479
\n00:29:41,960 –> 00:29:46,520
\nhumility by looking for the
\nworthiness of everyone around us<\/p>\n

480
\n00:29:47,440 –> 00:29:51,480
\nand by focusing on the awe and
\npraise of our Almighty God and <\/p>\n

481
\n00:29:51,480 –> 00:29:54,880
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd we’re going to focus on <\/p>\n

482
\n00:29:54,880 –> 00:29:58,560
\nfellowship and intercession and
\nlooking out for the needs of <\/p>\n

483
\n00:29:58,560 –> 00:30:01,640
\nothers such that we can
\nintercede for them. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:30:02,560 –> 00:30:07,120
\nAnd finally, hopefully, we are
\ngoing to, by reading the word <\/p>\n

485
\n00:30:07,120 –> 00:30:11,080
\nand speaking about it and
\nunderstanding it better, become <\/p>\n

486
\n00:30:11,080 –> 00:30:15,680
\ncompelled to believe even more
\nin its power to change things <\/p>\n

487
\n00:30:15,680 –> 00:30:20,600
\nnow and in the future for us.
\nAnd this is the opportunity that<\/p>\n

488
\n00:30:20,600 –> 00:30:23,800
\nis presented to us.
\nSo as we now start this week <\/p>\n

489
\n00:30:23,800 –> 00:30:27,960
\nwith the greatest celebration
\nthat we can do as a community, <\/p>\n

490
\n00:30:27,960 –> 00:30:31,960
\nwhich is the the remembrance of
\nthe death and resurrection of <\/p>\n

491
\n00:30:31,960 –> 00:30:36,400
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
\nWe focus on that last evening <\/p>\n

492
\n00:30:36,400 –> 00:30:40,840
\nbefore he was crucified, and we
\nsee that Jesus, the author and <\/p>\n

493
\n00:30:40,840 –> 00:30:44,320
\nfurniture of great faith,
\ndemonstrated the four <\/p>\n

494
\n00:30:44,320 –> 00:30:48,080
\ncharacteristics.
\nBecause he said with desire, I <\/p>\n

495
\n00:30:48,080 –> 00:30:50,440
\nhave desired to eat this meal
\nwith you. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:30:50,800 –> 00:30:53,960
\nThis is something that I
\nprepared for from the beginning <\/p>\n

497
\n00:30:54,080 –> 00:30:58,280
\nof my life, for this moment.
\nI’m intentional. <\/p>\n

498
\n00:30:58,280 –> 00:31:01,600
\nI’ve planned, the room is ready,
\neverything is ready to go. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:31:02,000 –> 00:31:05,080
\nAnd so he was prepared and he
\nwas intentional. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:31:06,200 –> 00:31:12,160
\nAnd of course, he said, I am
\ngoing to now suffer after this <\/p>\n

501
\n00:31:12,160 –> 00:31:16,160
\nPassover.
\nI am going to give my life. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:31:16,840 –> 00:31:19,920
\nI am going to be a sacrifice for
\nall mankind. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:31:20,240 –> 00:31:23,520
\nI’m going to humble myself.
\nThough he was made in the form <\/p>\n

504
\n00:31:23,520 –> 00:31:28,400
\nof God, He was prepared to
\nhumble himself as a servant and <\/p>\n

505
\n00:31:28,400 –> 00:31:33,160
\ngive his life.
\nAnd thirdly, he took the bread <\/p>\n

506
\n00:31:33,160 –> 00:31:37,840
\nand the wine and he shared it
\nwith all of them as someone who <\/p>\n

507
\n00:31:37,840 –> 00:31:41,080
\nintercedes and gives for the
\nneeds of others. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:31:42,120 –> 00:31:47,000
\nAnd then he said to them, This
\nis my body and this is my blood.<\/p>\n

509
\n00:31:47,160 –> 00:31:53,760
\nBut at that time, of course, he
\nhadn’t been sacrificed, He <\/p>\n

510
\n00:31:53,760 –> 00:31:57,320
\nhadn’t been crucified, his blood
\nhadn’t been spilt. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:31:58,560 –> 00:32:04,640
\nBut here was a man who knew that
\nthe words that are spoken will <\/p>\n

512
\n00:32:04,640 –> 00:32:08,400
\nbecome reality.
\nHe is the author and finisher of<\/p>\n

513
\n00:32:08,400 –> 00:32:11,280
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