{"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":"2026-07-14T02:39:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:39:05","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 &#8211; Exhortation: Principles of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we are listening an exhortation from Bro. Matthew Blewett titled \u201cPrinciples of Faith&#8221; that was given at the Idyllwild Bible School in on July 21st, 2024. <\/p>\n<p>We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n<p>Send talk suggestions or comments to:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:goodchristadelphiantalks@gmail.com\">\u2060\u2060\u2060GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Show Notes, visit our website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/\">\u2060\u2060\u2060GoodChristadelphianTalks.com\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social Media:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/GoodChristadelphianTalks\/\">\u2060\u2060\u2060Facebook\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodchristadelphiantalks\/\">\u2060\u2060\u2060Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"transcript\">1<br \/>\n00:00:13,270 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:14,670<br \/>\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian<br \/>\ntalks. <\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\n00:00:14,710 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:15,990<br \/>\nI&#8217;m Levi.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m Chris. <\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\n00:00:16,190 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:18,390<br \/>\nI&#8217;m Jason.<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m Brian, thank you for <\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\n00:00:18,390 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:21,190<br \/>\njoining us this week.<br \/>\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\n00:00:21,190 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:24,710<br \/>\ntalk a week to help us get the<br \/>\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\n00:00:24,870 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:27,430<br \/>\nEach week we post a talk.<br \/>\nThat we previewed from <\/p>\n<p>7<br \/>\n00:00:27,430 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:29,950<br \/>\nsuggestions sent in by listeners<br \/>\nfrom around the world. <\/p>\n<p>8<br \/>\n00:00:30,070 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:33,670<br \/>\nThen we record a short intro<br \/>\nbeforehand as a personalized <\/p>\n<p>9<br \/>\n00:00:33,670 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:36,470<br \/>\nrecommendation to you on why we<br \/>\nare sharing the talk. <\/p>\n<p>10<br \/>\n00:00:36,630 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:39,640<br \/>\nAnd now let&#8217;s talk more about<br \/>\nthis week&#8217;s talk. <\/p>\n<p>11<br \/>\n00:00:50,770 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:53,250<br \/>\nFor a talk this week we are<br \/>\nlistening to an exhortation <\/p>\n<p>12<br \/>\n00:00:53,610 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:56,210<br \/>\nentitled Principles of Faith<br \/>\nthat was given by Brother <\/p>\n<p>13<br \/>\n00:00:56,210 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:59,810<br \/>\nMatthew Blewett at the Idlewild<br \/>\nBible School this past summer. <\/p>\n<p>14<br \/>\n00:01:00,450 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:04,650<br \/>\nAnd this exhortation is just a<br \/>\nreally good opening to the Bible<\/p>\n<p>15<br \/>\n00:01:04,650 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:06,570<br \/>\nSchool.<br \/>\nFun little note is that he <\/p>\n<p>16<br \/>\n00:01:06,570 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:10,640<br \/>\nmentions an exhortation that we<br \/>\nhave previously shared on the <\/p>\n<p>17<br \/>\n00:01:10,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:14,160<br \/>\npodcast that was given in 2007<br \/>\nat the Idlewild Bible School. <\/p>\n<p>18<br \/>\n00:01:14,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:17,160<br \/>\nSo it was really interesting to<br \/>\nsee him reference back to an <\/p>\n<p>19<br \/>\n00:01:17,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:20,160<br \/>\nexhortation from 17 years ago<br \/>\nwhen the last time that he was <\/p>\n<p>20<br \/>\n00:01:20,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:23,440<br \/>\nat the Idlewild Bible School.<br \/>\nAnd this exhortation is just <\/p>\n<p>21<br \/>\n00:01:23,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:26,920<br \/>\nlooking at examples of faith in<br \/>\nthe ministry of Jesus. <\/p>\n<p>22<br \/>\n00:01:27,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:29,040<br \/>\nAnd it was just a really good<br \/>\nway to kick off the Bible <\/p>\n<p>23<br \/>\n00:01:29,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:31,840<br \/>\nschool.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m also going to use this as <\/p>\n<p>24<br \/>\n00:01:31,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:36,320<br \/>\nsort of a way to introduce the<br \/>\nseries that Brother Matthew gave<\/p>\n<p>25<br \/>\n00:01:36,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:40,600<br \/>\nup at the Autobot Bible School.<br \/>\nThere isn&#8217;t A1 particular class <\/p>\n<p>26<br \/>\n00:01:40,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:44,680<br \/>\nthat he gave that sort of stands<br \/>\nalone to be good for the sort of<\/p>\n<p>27<br \/>\n00:01:44,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:47,080<br \/>\nformat of a single class that we<br \/>\nshare on the podcast, but the <\/p>\n<p>28<br \/>\n00:01:47,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:49,880<br \/>\nentire series was excellent.<br \/>\nHe was looking at the pattern of<\/p>\n<p>29<br \/>\n00:01:50,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:52,880<br \/>\nheaven and earth.<br \/>\nI highly, highly recommend it. <\/p>\n<p>30<br \/>\n00:01:52,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:55,800<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m going to put the entire<br \/>\nseries on the good Chris <\/p>\n<p>31<br \/>\n00:01:55,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:59,000<br \/>\nDelphine talks extended feed as<br \/>\nsort of a tie into this. <\/p>\n<p>32<br \/>\n00:01:59,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:02,600<br \/>\nThis expectation isn&#8217;t a direct<br \/>\nintroduction to that series, but<\/p>\n<p>33<br \/>\n00:02:02,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:05,360<br \/>\nbecause it was what he used to<br \/>\nopen to it and he makes a few <\/p>\n<p>34<br \/>\n00:02:05,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:07,920<br \/>\nmentions to the study that<br \/>\nthey&#8217;re going to look at. <\/p>\n<p>35<br \/>\n00:02:08,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:11,039<br \/>\nAnd I think the series in<br \/>\nparticular was excellent and <\/p>\n<p>36<br \/>\n00:02:11,039 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:13,160<br \/>\nreally, really powerful.<br \/>\nSo I want to encourage people to<\/p>\n<p>37<br \/>\n00:02:13,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:14,680<br \/>\nlisten to it.<br \/>\nSo we&#8217;ll put it over on the <\/p>\n<p>38<br \/>\n00:02:14,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:17,240<br \/>\nextended feed for anybody who<br \/>\nwants to listen to it as well. <\/p>\n<p>39<br \/>\n00:02:17,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:22,560<br \/>\nI hope that you enjoy both this<br \/>\nexhortation and if you go over <\/p>\n<p>40<br \/>\n00:02:22,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:25,600<br \/>\nand listen to his series on<br \/>\nHeaven and Earth, that you would<\/p>\n<p>41<br \/>\n00:02:25,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:28,880<br \/>\nalso enjoy that one as well.<br \/>\nSo thank you as always for <\/p>\n<p>42<br \/>\n00:02:28,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:30,560<br \/>\nlistening, for sending in<br \/>\nsuggestions. <\/p>\n<p>43<br \/>\n00:02:30,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:33,400<br \/>\nIf you happen to have any<br \/>\nsuggestions from this past <\/p>\n<p>44<br \/>\n00:02:33,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:36,480<br \/>\nsummer for any Bible schools or<br \/>\nweekends or anything that <\/p>\n<p>45<br \/>\n00:02:36,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:38,960<br \/>\nhappened while people were<br \/>\ntraveling, feel free to send <\/p>\n<p>46<br \/>\n00:02:38,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:40,440<br \/>\nthem in.<br \/>\nWe always really appreciate <\/p>\n<p>47<br \/>\n00:02:40,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:42,880<br \/>\ngetting kind of the new<br \/>\ninformation about what&#8217;s going <\/p>\n<p>48<br \/>\n00:02:42,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:45,320<br \/>\nout there as well.<br \/>\nAnd with that, I will turn it <\/p>\n<p>49<br \/>\n00:02:45,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:48,560<br \/>\nover to Brother Matthew Blewett<br \/>\nfor his exhortation entitled <\/p>\n<p>50<br \/>\n00:02:48,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:51,400<br \/>\nPrinciples of Faith.<br \/>\nWell, good evening everyone. <\/p>\n<p>51<br \/>\n00:02:51,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:57,480<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a great blessing to be back<br \/>\nwith many of you after 17 years.<\/p>\n<p>52<br \/>\n00:02:57,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:01,400<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a privilege for my wife<br \/>\nPetrie to be with us and I&#8217;ve <\/p>\n<p>53<br \/>\n00:03:01,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:05,400<br \/>\nmanaged to convince one of my<br \/>\nchildren, Jacob, to join. <\/p>\n<p>54<br \/>\n00:03:06,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:09,120<br \/>\nI hope it&#8217;s been 17 years.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s been enough time for you <\/p>\n<p>55<br \/>\n00:03:09,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:14,000<br \/>\nto recover from our last visit,<br \/>\nand it&#8217;ll probably take you <\/p>\n<p>56<br \/>\n00:03:14,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:18,040<br \/>\nabout a whole week to get used<br \/>\nto the accent again, I&#8217;m hoping.<\/p>\n<p>57<br \/>\n00:03:18,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:22,640<br \/>\nWell, I&#8217;m sure like me, 17 years<br \/>\nis a long enough time for your <\/p>\n<p>58<br \/>\n00:03:22,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:26,080<br \/>\nmemories to be pretty fuzzy and<br \/>\nfor many of you not to have even<\/p>\n<p>59<br \/>\n00:03:26,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:28,240<br \/>\nbeen here because you may not<br \/>\nhave been born. <\/p>\n<p>60<br \/>\n00:03:28,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:30,200<br \/>\nSo you probably don&#8217;t remember<br \/>\nthat. <\/p>\n<p>61<br \/>\n00:03:30,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:34,040<br \/>\nWhen I was here last, we spoke<br \/>\nabout the topic of faith. <\/p>\n<p>62<br \/>\n00:03:34,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:38,160<br \/>\nAnd so I was quite tempted maybe<br \/>\nto repeat many of those lessons.<\/p>\n<p>63<br \/>\n00:03:38,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:42,080<br \/>\nBut as I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re aware,<br \/>\nafter two decades, lots of <\/p>\n<p>64<br \/>\n00:03:42,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:45,880<br \/>\nthings change.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s really exciting for us to <\/p>\n<p>65<br \/>\n00:03:45,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:50,040<br \/>\nbe gathered here at this<br \/>\nparticular camp with all of you <\/p>\n<p>66<br \/>\n00:03:50,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:52,960<br \/>\nand also in this beautiful place<br \/>\ncalled Outerwild. <\/p>\n<p>67<br \/>\n00:03:52,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:56,320<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s very special for us.<br \/>\nI think it&#8217;s one of the the best<\/p>\n<p>68<br \/>\n00:03:56,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:58,200<br \/>\ncamps I ever go to in all the<br \/>\nworld. <\/p>\n<p>69<br \/>\n00:03:59,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:01,160<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t just say that whenever<br \/>\nI&#8217;m in front of our new <\/p>\n<p>70<br \/>\n00:04:01,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:04,280<br \/>\naudience.<br \/>\nAnd I can tell you why, because <\/p>\n<p>71<br \/>\n00:04:04,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:07,520<br \/>\nalso when I think of the name<br \/>\nIdlewild, I think first of all <\/p>\n<p>72<br \/>\n00:04:07,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:09,880<br \/>\nof wild.<br \/>\nAnd it is a beautiful, wild <\/p>\n<p>73<br \/>\n00:04:09,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:11,120<br \/>\nplace.<br \/>\nI come from Africa. <\/p>\n<p>74<br \/>\n00:04:11,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:14,080<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s lots of wild and, and<br \/>\nthis is a beautiful wild place. <\/p>\n<p>75<br \/>\n00:04:14,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:15,680<br \/>\nYou feel like you&#8217;re in the<br \/>\nmountains. <\/p>\n<p>76<br \/>\n00:04:15,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:19,240<br \/>\nMy wife has already been stung<br \/>\nby a stinging nettle. <\/p>\n<p>77<br \/>\n00:04:19,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:23,360<br \/>\nSo this is a good wild place,<br \/>\nwhich is great, and it&#8217;s a place<\/p>\n<p>78<br \/>\n00:04:23,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:25,720<br \/>\nto be idle.<br \/>\nNow, I always thought the idol <\/p>\n<p>79<br \/>\n00:04:25,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:27,320<br \/>\nwas just to sort of sleep and<br \/>\nrest. <\/p>\n<p>80<br \/>\n00:04:27,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:31,040<br \/>\nBut I, I looked up in Google and<br \/>\nthe idol of Idlewild is actually<\/p>\n<p>81<br \/>\n00:04:31,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:34,120<br \/>\nfrom the poetry of the English.<br \/>\nYou may not have known this or I<\/p>\n<p>82<br \/>\n00:04:34,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:37,360<br \/>\nmay be wrong.<br \/>\nAnd it refers to peaceful and <\/p>\n<p>83<br \/>\n00:04:37,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:39,680<br \/>\nrestful.<br \/>\nAnd, and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve come <\/p>\n<p>84<br \/>\n00:04:39,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:42,760<br \/>\nto do.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve really come to take a week<\/p>\n<p>85<br \/>\n00:04:43,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:49,000<br \/>\nout of our very distracted and<br \/>\nbusy lives to just be restful <\/p>\n<p>86<br \/>\n00:04:49,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:53,320<br \/>\nand peaceful in focusing on our<br \/>\nLord and on our Saviour, the <\/p>\n<p>87<br \/>\n00:04:53,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:55,640<br \/>\nLord Jesus Christ.<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s, that&#8217;s the most <\/p>\n<p>88<br \/>\n00:04:55,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:58,720<br \/>\nincredible opportunity.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like a, a Sabbath week <\/p>\n<p>89<br \/>\n00:04:58,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:04,360<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s given to us where we can<br \/>\nhave this opportunity to deepen <\/p>\n<p>90<br \/>\n00:05:04,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:06,200<br \/>\nour faith.<br \/>\nI mean, sure, we, we come here <\/p>\n<p>91<br \/>\n00:05:06,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:10,280<br \/>\nto to learn Bible lessons.<br \/>\nWe come here to fellowship and <\/p>\n<p>92<br \/>\n00:05:10,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:12,920<br \/>\nrenew friendships.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve come here maybe to play <\/p>\n<p>93<br \/>\n00:05:12,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:17,000<br \/>\nsome volleyball.<br \/>\nBut over and above all of that, <\/p>\n<p>94<br \/>\n00:05:17,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:20,320<br \/>\nthe opportunity that is<br \/>\npresented to us here this week <\/p>\n<p>95<br \/>\n00:05:20,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:26,520<br \/>\nis to deepen and strengthen our<br \/>\nrelationship with our Father and<\/p>\n<p>96<br \/>\n00:05:26,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:29,280<br \/>\nour Lord Jesus Christ.<br \/>\nAnd if we&#8217;re intentional about <\/p>\n<p>97<br \/>\n00:05:29,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:32,880<br \/>\nthat, and if we start this week<br \/>\nby saying that&#8217;s something we <\/p>\n<p>98<br \/>\n00:05:32,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:37,400<br \/>\nreally want to achieve, we want<br \/>\nto leave you knowing that having<\/p>\n<p>99<br \/>\n00:05:37,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:40,200<br \/>\nexperienced everything that<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re going to do this week, not<\/p>\n<p>100<br \/>\n00:05:40,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:44,560<br \/>\njust the talks, but everything<br \/>\nthat makes up a worship week <\/p>\n<p>101<br \/>\n00:05:44,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:48,560<br \/>\nlike this, we are going to find<br \/>\nourselves with a strengthened <\/p>\n<p>102<br \/>\n00:05:48,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:51,160<br \/>\nrelationship with our Lord and<br \/>\nSaviour. <\/p>\n<p>103<br \/>\n00:05:52,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:55,920<br \/>\nAnd so I wanted to start the<br \/>\nexhortation and I guess this <\/p>\n<p>104<br \/>\n00:05:55,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:00,360<br \/>\nweek by segwaying from 17 years<br \/>\nago, where we spoke about <\/p>\n<p>105<br \/>\n00:06:00,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:03,320<br \/>\nfinding faith.<br \/>\nAnd really what I&#8217;m going to be <\/p>\n<p>106<br \/>\n00:06:03,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:05,720<br \/>\ncovering in my series, Heaven<br \/>\nand Earth is really about <\/p>\n<p>107<br \/>\n00:06:05,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:09,880<br \/>\nactivating your faith, about<br \/>\nmaking sure that that faith <\/p>\n<p>108<br \/>\n00:06:09,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:11,800<br \/>\nbecomes a reality in our<br \/>\ndiscipleship. <\/p>\n<p>109<br \/>\n00:06:11,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:16,760<br \/>\nSo I thought we might start with<br \/>\nthis evening thinking about some<\/p>\n<p>110<br \/>\n00:06:17,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:20,880<br \/>\ncore practical principles of<br \/>\nfaith that we can focus on <\/p>\n<p>111<br \/>\n00:06:20,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:23,560<br \/>\nperhaps as we go through the<br \/>\nweek and and try to put into <\/p>\n<p>112<br \/>\n00:06:23,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:27,320<br \/>\npractice to help us to achieve<br \/>\nthe goal of deepening our <\/p>\n<p>113<br \/>\n00:06:27,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:29,880<br \/>\nrelationship with our Father and<br \/>\nthe Lord Jesus Christ during <\/p>\n<p>114<br \/>\n00:06:29,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:32,200<br \/>\nthis incredible opportunity we<br \/>\nhave this week. <\/p>\n<p>115<br \/>\n00:06:32,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:36,320<br \/>\nSo in order to do that, I<br \/>\nthought we might lift two <\/p>\n<p>116<br \/>\n00:06:36,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:41,040<br \/>\nstories that you know very well<br \/>\nfrom the Gospel of Matthew that <\/p>\n<p>117<br \/>\n00:06:41,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:42,560<br \/>\nare joined, and I&#8217;ll and I&#8217;ll<br \/>\ntell you. <\/p>\n<p>118<br \/>\n00:06:42,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:46,440<br \/>\nAnd they&#8217;re two stories that<br \/>\nactually talk to us about faith.<\/p>\n<p>119<br \/>\n00:06:46,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:48,920<br \/>\nAnd I want to try and<br \/>\ndemonstrate to you that there <\/p>\n<p>120<br \/>\n00:06:48,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:52,280<br \/>\nare four characteristics or<br \/>\nprinciples of faith that are <\/p>\n<p>121<br \/>\n00:06:52,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:56,440<br \/>\nrepeated in both the stories<br \/>\nthat are quite simple and easy <\/p>\n<p>122<br \/>\n00:06:56,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:58,760<br \/>\nto remember.<br \/>\nAnd perhaps we can try to put <\/p>\n<p>123<br \/>\n00:06:58,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:01,480<br \/>\nthem into practice and to think<br \/>\nabout them as we move through <\/p>\n<p>124<br \/>\n00:07:01,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:05,000<br \/>\nthe week.<br \/>\nAs we know, there are many, many<\/p>\n<p>125<br \/>\n00:07:05,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:06,760<br \/>\nexamples of faith that we could<br \/>\ngo to. <\/p>\n<p>126<br \/>\n00:07:06,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:09,400<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve got the whole of Hebrews<br \/>\n11, that great portfolio of <\/p>\n<p>127<br \/>\n00:07:09,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:13,160<br \/>\nfaith, men and women who have<br \/>\ndemonstrated faith. <\/p>\n<p>128<br \/>\n00:07:13,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:19,080<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s interesting that Jesus<br \/>\nin his ministry only ever <\/p>\n<p>129<br \/>\n00:07:19,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:22,800<br \/>\ndeclared two people to have<br \/>\ngreat faith. <\/p>\n<p>130<br \/>\n00:07:23,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:26,480<br \/>\nWhat an incredible thing to hear<br \/>\nfrom the Lord Jesus Christ that <\/p>\n<p>131<br \/>\n00:07:26,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:31,320<br \/>\nyou have great faith and there<br \/>\nwere only ever two people that <\/p>\n<p>132<br \/>\n00:07:31,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:35,560<br \/>\nhe encountered that he said had<br \/>\ngreat faith. <\/p>\n<p>133<br \/>\n00:07:35,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:37,800<br \/>\nAnd these are the two<br \/>\nindividuals we want to think <\/p>\n<p>134<br \/>\n00:07:37,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:40,240<br \/>\nabout a bit this morning and to<br \/>\ntry and, and get these <\/p>\n<p>135<br \/>\n00:07:40,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:42,520<br \/>\nprinciples that I&#8217;ve I&#8217;ve<br \/>\nmentioned already. <\/p>\n<p>136<br \/>\n00:07:43,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:47,240<br \/>\nThe interesting thing about the<br \/>\ntwo is that they cover the full <\/p>\n<p>137<br \/>\n00:07:47,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:52,000<br \/>\nspectrum, as it were, of<br \/>\npotential people who can have <\/p>\n<p>138<br \/>\n00:07:52,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:55,280<br \/>\ngreat faith.<br \/>\nSo the two individuals from the <\/p>\n<p>139<br \/>\n00:07:55,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:57,880<br \/>\nGospel of Matthew we have read<br \/>\nabout, the one, if you were <\/p>\n<p>140<br \/>\n00:07:57,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:00,880<br \/>\nlistening carefully, it was<br \/>\nthere in Matthew chapter 8, the <\/p>\n<p>141<br \/>\n00:08:00,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:05,400<br \/>\ncenturion who Jesus marvelled at<br \/>\nbecause of his great faith. <\/p>\n<p>142<br \/>\n00:08:05,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:09,400<br \/>\nAnd the other just want to make<br \/>\nsure they&#8217;re not sleeping <\/p>\n<p>143<br \/>\n00:08:09,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:13,480<br \/>\nalready.<br \/>\nThe, the Zara Phoenician. <\/p>\n<p>144<br \/>\n00:08:13,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:15,880<br \/>\nWe love saying the Zara<br \/>\nPhoenician or the Canaanite <\/p>\n<p>145<br \/>\n00:08:15,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:19,040<br \/>\nwoman as she&#8217;s referred to in<br \/>\nMatthew&#8217;s Gospel, Mark Korsu, <\/p>\n<p>146<br \/>\n00:08:19,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:22,720<br \/>\nthe Zara Phoenician woman.<br \/>\nSo we have a Canaanite woman and<\/p>\n<p>147<br \/>\n00:08:22,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:25,080<br \/>\nwe have a centurion.<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s quite interesting when <\/p>\n<p>148<br \/>\n00:08:25,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:27,440<br \/>\nyou put these two figures<br \/>\ntogether and you say these are <\/p>\n<p>149<br \/>\n00:08:27,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:31,840<br \/>\nthe two examples of great faith<br \/>\nin the gospel. <\/p>\n<p>150<br \/>\n00:08:32,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:35,840<br \/>\nAnd and so immediately there&#8217;s<br \/>\nkind of like this, this, this <\/p>\n<p>151<br \/>\n00:08:35,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:38,720<br \/>\nidea that when you put these two<br \/>\ncharacters together, you have <\/p>\n<p>152<br \/>\n00:08:38,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:44,280<br \/>\nthe spectrum of Galatians 3<br \/>\nwhere where Paul says we are the<\/p>\n<p>153<br \/>\n00:08:44,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:48,200<br \/>\nsons and daughters of God<br \/>\nthrough faith in Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n<p>154<br \/>\n00:08:48,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:52,200<br \/>\nThere is neither Jew nor Greek,<br \/>\nthere is neither male nor <\/p>\n<p>155<br \/>\n00:08:52,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:55,560<br \/>\nfemale.<br \/>\nThere is neither bond nor free, <\/p>\n<p>156<br \/>\n00:08:55,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:58,320<br \/>\nfor you are all one in Christ<br \/>\nJesus. <\/p>\n<p>157<br \/>\n00:08:58,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:00,320<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t that interesting?<br \/>\nSo let&#8217;s have a look. <\/p>\n<p>158<br \/>\n00:09:00,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:03,440<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve got we&#8217;ve got.<br \/>\nWell, first of all, both of <\/p>\n<p>159<br \/>\n00:09:03,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:07,280<br \/>\nthem, rather curiously, are<br \/>\nGentiles. <\/p>\n<p>160<br \/>\n00:09:07,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:12,400<br \/>\nSo neither of them are Jews.<br \/>\nThe ones to whom Jesus had <\/p>\n<p>161<br \/>\n00:09:12,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:15,280<br \/>\noriginally come where you would<br \/>\nhave expected to find great <\/p>\n<p>162<br \/>\n00:09:15,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:18,200<br \/>\nfaith, but the one of course,<br \/>\nbeing a centurion would have <\/p>\n<p>163<br \/>\n00:09:18,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:21,800<br \/>\nbeen of Roman descent.<br \/>\nAnd the woman from the, the area<\/p>\n<p>164<br \/>\n00:09:21,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:25,160<br \/>\nof Tyre is described in<br \/>\nMatthew&#8217;s Gospel as a Canaanite,<\/p>\n<p>165<br \/>\n00:09:25,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:27,680<br \/>\nwhich would have been old<br \/>\nterminology for somebody who <\/p>\n<p>166<br \/>\n00:09:27,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:32,640<br \/>\ndescended from the land of of<br \/>\nCanaan, who obviously had been <\/p>\n<p>167<br \/>\n00:09:32,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:35,240<br \/>\nthe enemies of Israel when they<br \/>\nfirst came into the promised <\/p>\n<p>168<br \/>\n00:09:35,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:37,200<br \/>\nland.<br \/>\nSo the first thing we have is <\/p>\n<p>169<br \/>\n00:09:37,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:40,840<br \/>\nthe emphasis.<br \/>\nTheir great faith is not the <\/p>\n<p>170<br \/>\n00:09:40,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:44,080<br \/>\nreserve, as we know only of the<br \/>\noriginal chosen, but the <\/p>\n<p>171<br \/>\n00:09:44,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:48,320<br \/>\nforeigner has the potential.<br \/>\nIndeed, it is only the foreigner<\/p>\n<p>172<br \/>\n00:09:48,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:51,320<br \/>\nwho shows great faith.<br \/>\nAnd of course, it&#8217;s a, a <\/p>\n<p>173<br \/>\n00:09:51,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:55,040<br \/>\nwonderful lesson for us because<br \/>\neven at this Bible school, there<\/p>\n<p>174<br \/>\n00:09:55,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:57,600<br \/>\ncould be many of you feeling a<br \/>\nbit like foreigners or <\/p>\n<p>175<br \/>\n00:09:57,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:02,760<br \/>\noutsiders, feeling like you<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t have the, the, the genes <\/p>\n<p>176<br \/>\n00:10:02,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:06,520<br \/>\nor the history or the capacity<br \/>\nor the knowledge to have great <\/p>\n<p>177<br \/>\n00:10:06,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:09,160<br \/>\nfaith.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re just a Canaanite woman or<\/p>\n<p>178<br \/>\n00:10:09,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:11,600<br \/>\nor perhaps a Roman centurion of<br \/>\nthe world. <\/p>\n<p>179<br \/>\n00:10:12,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:16,360<br \/>\nBut you see, Jesus says that<br \/>\nit&#8217;s individuals such as this <\/p>\n<p>180<br \/>\n00:10:16,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:20,560<br \/>\nwho have the potential and<br \/>\nindeed demonstrated great faith.<\/p>\n<p>181<br \/>\n00:10:20,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:22,920<br \/>\nSo we have the Jew and the Greek<br \/>\nin this case. <\/p>\n<p>182<br \/>\n00:10:23,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:26,240<br \/>\nWe have the Jews already to whom<br \/>\nJesus had come and the Greeks <\/p>\n<p>183<br \/>\n00:10:26,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:28,760<br \/>\nwho were represented by these<br \/>\ntwo characters. <\/p>\n<p>184<br \/>\n00:10:29,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:31,640<br \/>\nAnd then we have a male and a<br \/>\nfemale. <\/p>\n<p>185<br \/>\n00:10:32,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:34,960<br \/>\nSo just in case there was only<br \/>\nexample of a male and the <\/p>\n<p>186<br \/>\n00:10:34,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:37,480<br \/>\nfemales, look at the at the<br \/>\nexample and say, well, you know,<\/p>\n<p>187<br \/>\n00:10:37,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:39,080<br \/>\nmaybe we don&#8217;t get the<br \/>\nopportunities. <\/p>\n<p>188<br \/>\n00:10:39,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:43,280<br \/>\nWe don&#8217;t have the same potential<br \/>\nto develop great faith. <\/p>\n<p>189<br \/>\n00:10:43,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:48,760<br \/>\nNo, it&#8217;s in every one of us that<br \/>\npotential, that opportunity to <\/p>\n<p>190<br \/>\n00:10:48,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:52,560<br \/>\ndevelop this great faith.<br \/>\nAnd finally, there is this <\/p>\n<p>191<br \/>\n00:10:52,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:59,160<br \/>\ncontrast of a Roman centurion, a<br \/>\npowerful man, a man of <\/p>\n<p>192<br \/>\n00:10:59,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:01,720<br \/>\nreputation, a man of<br \/>\nsignificance. <\/p>\n<p>193<br \/>\n00:11:01,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:05,800<br \/>\nOn the one hand, we might call<br \/>\nhim the haves of today&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>194<br \/>\n00:11:05,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:10,080<br \/>\nsociety, the privileged man.<br \/>\nAnd then you have this Canaanite<\/p>\n<p>195<br \/>\n00:11:10,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:14,720<br \/>\nmother, someone who was<br \/>\ndefinitely despised within <\/p>\n<p>196<br \/>\n00:11:14,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:17,360<br \/>\nIsrael.<br \/>\nWe might call that the <\/p>\n<p>197<br \/>\n00:11:17,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:22,000<br \/>\nmarginalized, the vulnerable,<br \/>\nand again, the full spectrum. <\/p>\n<p>198<br \/>\n00:11:22,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:26,360<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not just those, of course,<br \/>\nwho are in positions of power <\/p>\n<p>199<br \/>\n00:11:26,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:28,680<br \/>\nand strength who can find great<br \/>\nfaith. <\/p>\n<p>200<br \/>\n00:11:28,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:30,640<br \/>\nIn fact, that&#8217;s often the<br \/>\nstumbling block. <\/p>\n<p>201<br \/>\n00:11:31,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:34,880<br \/>\nIt is those who are marginalized<br \/>\nand vulnerable who can also find<\/p>\n<p>202<br \/>\n00:11:34,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:37,520<br \/>\ngreat faith.<br \/>\nSo in these two examples we have<\/p>\n<p>203<br \/>\n00:11:37,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:41,440<br \/>\nthat Galatians 3 spectrum.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s, it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s the<\/p>\n<p>204<br \/>\n00:11:41,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:45,320<br \/>\nopportunity to everyone here,<br \/>\nall of you at this camp, <\/p>\n<p>205<br \/>\n00:11:45,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:48,920<br \/>\nwherever you have come from,<br \/>\nmale, female, rich, poor, <\/p>\n<p>206<br \/>\n00:11:49,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:54,000<br \/>\ndisadvantaged, advantage,<br \/>\nclever, not so clever, great <\/p>\n<p>207<br \/>\n00:11:54,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:59,040<br \/>\nfaith is available.<br \/>\nSo let&#8217;s look specifically at <\/p>\n<p>208<br \/>\n00:11:59,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:01,520<br \/>\neach of these stories and see if<br \/>\nwe can maybe pick up these <\/p>\n<p>209<br \/>\n00:12:01,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:03,120<br \/>\nprinciples that I was referring<br \/>\nto. <\/p>\n<p>210<br \/>\n00:12:03,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:06,480<br \/>\nSo if you&#8217;ve got your Bibles<br \/>\nopen, we can look at the at the <\/p>\n<p>211<br \/>\n00:12:06,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:11,840<br \/>\nexample of of the centurion in<br \/>\nMatthew 8 reading at verse 5. <\/p>\n<p>212<br \/>\n00:12:12,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:15,200<br \/>\nNow when Jesus had entered<br \/>\nCapernaum, a centurion came to <\/p>\n<p>213<br \/>\n00:12:15,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:18,560<br \/>\nhim pleading with him, saying,<br \/>\nLord, my servant is lying at <\/p>\n<p>214<br \/>\n00:12:18,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:22,160<br \/>\nhome paralyzed, dreadfully<br \/>\ntormented. <\/p>\n<p>215<br \/>\n00:12:23,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:25,840<br \/>\nAnd so we have the first<br \/>\nprinciple, and this is the <\/p>\n<p>216<br \/>\n00:12:25,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:31,320<br \/>\nprinciple that if we want faith,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s not something that&#8217;s going <\/p>\n<p>217<br \/>\n00:12:31,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:32,840<br \/>\nto come.<br \/>\nAnd this is something I probably<\/p>\n<p>218<br \/>\n00:12:32,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:36,680<br \/>\nam going to repeat a number of<br \/>\ntimes over this week, but we <\/p>\n<p>219<br \/>\n00:12:36,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:40,760<br \/>\nneed to be intentional in<br \/>\ndeveloping our relationship with<\/p>\n<p>220<br \/>\n00:12:40,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:42,680<br \/>\nour Lord Jesus Christ and our<br \/>\nFather. <\/p>\n<p>221<br \/>\n00:12:43,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:48,680<br \/>\nIt needs to be something that is<br \/>\nplanned and focused and that we <\/p>\n<p>222<br \/>\n00:12:48,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:53,360<br \/>\nmove towards with all of our<br \/>\nenergy and with all of our soul <\/p>\n<p>223<br \/>\n00:12:53,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:57,160<br \/>\nand being an emotion.<br \/>\nAnd so this centurion is <\/p>\n<p>224<br \/>\n00:12:57,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:00,680<br \/>\napproaching Jesus and the word,<br \/>\nthe word that is used, pleading,<\/p>\n<p>225<br \/>\n00:13:00,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:07,080<br \/>\nactually means to cry, to beg.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s intentional about his need <\/p>\n<p>226<br \/>\n00:13:07,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:12,200<br \/>\nfor Jesus to work with him.<br \/>\nSo the first principle, there is<\/p>\n<p>227<br \/>\n00:13:12,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:17,840<br \/>\nthis idea of being persistent,<br \/>\nbeing intentional in wanting to <\/p>\n<p>228<br \/>\n00:13:17,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:21,640<br \/>\ndevelop our faith during this<br \/>\nweek and indeed in the time that<\/p>\n<p>229<br \/>\n00:13:21,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:25,680<br \/>\nfollows thereafter.<br \/>\nThe second principle, I think <\/p>\n<p>230<br \/>\n00:13:25,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:28,200<br \/>\nit&#8217;s very clear and we we often<br \/>\nspeak about this when we think <\/p>\n<p>231<br \/>\n00:13:28,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:31,480<br \/>\nabout the centurion.<br \/>\nJesus said to him, I will come <\/p>\n<p>232<br \/>\n00:13:31,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:33,920<br \/>\nand heal him.<br \/>\nWhat an incredible physician. <\/p>\n<p>233<br \/>\n00:13:34,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:36,960<br \/>\nYou just ask him for some help.<br \/>\nHe doesn&#8217;t say I&#8217;ll come and <\/p>\n<p>234<br \/>\n00:13:36,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:38,480<br \/>\ndiagnose him, see what&#8217;s wrong<br \/>\nwith him. <\/p>\n<p>235<br \/>\n00:13:38,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:41,320<br \/>\nLike our doctors and our<br \/>\nphysicians, I will come, I will <\/p>\n<p>236<br \/>\n00:13:41,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:43,680<br \/>\nheal him.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the physician that we <\/p>\n<p>237<br \/>\n00:13:43,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:47,400<br \/>\nhave come to this evening.<br \/>\nBut the centurion, it says in <\/p>\n<p>238<br \/>\n00:13:47,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:51,240<br \/>\nverse 8 answered and said to<br \/>\nhim, Lord, I am not worthy that <\/p>\n<p>239<br \/>\n00:13:51,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:55,040<br \/>\nyou should come under my roof,<br \/>\nbut only speak a word and my <\/p>\n<p>240<br \/>\n00:13:55,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:01,040<br \/>\nservant will be healed.<br \/>\nAnd so the second principle of <\/p>\n<p>241<br \/>\n00:14:01,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:05,840<br \/>\nfaith is humility.<br \/>\nWe need to get ourselves out of <\/p>\n<p>242<br \/>\n00:14:05,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:08,520<br \/>\nthe way.<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s that it&#8217;s that tough, <\/p>\n<p>243<br \/>\n00:14:08,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:11,520<br \/>\nthat tough characteristic of<br \/>\nhumility, because the more you <\/p>\n<p>244<br \/>\n00:14:11,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:14,360<br \/>\nthink about, the harder it is<br \/>\nfor it to become something that <\/p>\n<p>245<br \/>\n00:14:14,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:17,040<br \/>\nresides inside of you.<br \/>\nBut I can tell you one thing <\/p>\n<p>246<br \/>\n00:14:17,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:23,520<br \/>\nthat the way we develop humility<br \/>\nis to understand what it is to <\/p>\n<p>247<br \/>\n00:14:23,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:29,680<br \/>\nbe in comparison to our Lord and<br \/>\nour God, to understand the <\/p>\n<p>248<br \/>\n00:14:29,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:34,320<br \/>\nworthfulness of them, how worthy<br \/>\nthe Lord Jesus is, which is what<\/p>\n<p>249<br \/>\n00:14:34,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:37,840<br \/>\nwe are doing actually this<br \/>\nevening as we partake of the <\/p>\n<p>250<br \/>\n00:14:37,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:41,520<br \/>\nbread and wine, as we, as we<br \/>\ncelebrate the incredible <\/p>\n<p>251<br \/>\n00:14:41,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:43,760<br \/>\nsacrifice.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s in the process of <\/p>\n<p>252<br \/>\n00:14:43,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:47,760<br \/>\nunderstanding the worthiness of<br \/>\nanother that we develop <\/p>\n<p>253<br \/>\n00:14:47,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:50,360<br \/>\nhumility.<br \/>\nHumility isn&#8217;t something you <\/p>\n<p>254<br \/>\n00:14:50,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:53,080<br \/>\ndevelop on your own, by<br \/>\nyourself. <\/p>\n<p>255<br \/>\n00:14:53,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:56,360<br \/>\nThis week is a wonderful<br \/>\nopportunity to develop humility <\/p>\n<p>256<br \/>\n00:14:56,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:01,000<br \/>\nbecause you develop it in<br \/>\nrelationship when you make <\/p>\n<p>257<br \/>\n00:15:01,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:04,280<br \/>\nsomeone else more worthy than<br \/>\nyourself. <\/p>\n<p>258<br \/>\n00:15:04,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:07,600<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s exactly what the<br \/>\nCenturion was able to do. <\/p>\n<p>259<br \/>\n00:15:07,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:12,960<br \/>\nThis powerful man, this man who<br \/>\ncould command 100 soldiers to do<\/p>\n<p>260<br \/>\n00:15:12,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:18,480<br \/>\nwhatever he wanted, and yet he<br \/>\nunderstands somehow he has this <\/p>\n<p>261<br \/>\n00:15:18,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:24,600<br \/>\ninsight that Jesus Christ is far<br \/>\nmore worthy than all of this. <\/p>\n<p>262<br \/>\n00:15:26,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:30,960<br \/>\nAnd then the Third Point is<br \/>\nthis, the third principle of <\/p>\n<p>263<br \/>\n00:15:30,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:35,000<br \/>\nfaith.<br \/>\nFaith is developed through <\/p>\n<p>264<br \/>\n00:15:35,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:37,760<br \/>\nintercession.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re going to see in both of <\/p>\n<p>265<br \/>\n00:15:37,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:43,400<br \/>\nthese examples, these characters<br \/>\nof great faith are developing <\/p>\n<p>266<br \/>\n00:15:43,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:49,040<br \/>\nrelationship with the Lord Jesus<br \/>\nthrough helping someone else. <\/p>\n<p>267<br \/>\n00:15:49,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:53,920<br \/>\nIn the case of this powerful<br \/>\ncenturion, he&#8217;s interested in <\/p>\n<p>268<br \/>\n00:15:53,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:57,120<br \/>\nhis servant back at home.<br \/>\nIn all likelihood, the servant <\/p>\n<p>269<br \/>\n00:15:57,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:00,320<br \/>\nwas probably a Jew.<br \/>\nHe was a Roman centurion with <\/p>\n<p>270<br \/>\n00:16:00,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:03,400<br \/>\nRoman soldiers, and his servants<br \/>\nprobably would have been local <\/p>\n<p>271<br \/>\n00:16:03,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:07,240<br \/>\ncitizens of the land.<br \/>\nAnd, and he has this incredible <\/p>\n<p>272<br \/>\n00:16:07,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:11,440<br \/>\ninterest in the welfare of this<br \/>\nlowly servant. <\/p>\n<p>273<br \/>\n00:16:12,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:16,200<br \/>\nAnd he is acting as an<br \/>\nintercessor, as someone who is <\/p>\n<p>274<br \/>\n00:16:16,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:18,880<br \/>\nout there to help on behalf of<br \/>\nsomeone else. <\/p>\n<p>275<br \/>\n00:16:19,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:22,520<br \/>\nAnd in that process, faith is<br \/>\ndeveloped. <\/p>\n<p>276<br \/>\n00:16:23,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:27,680<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s interesting to think about<br \/>\nthat faith is truly developed in<\/p>\n<p>277<br \/>\n00:16:27,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:30,920<br \/>\nfellowship.<br \/>\nAnd we have an opportunity this <\/p>\n<p>278<br \/>\n00:16:30,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:35,200<br \/>\nweek, as we already heard, to<br \/>\nsay hello to the strange people <\/p>\n<p>279<br \/>\n00:16:35,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:37,520<br \/>\nor the people that may not be<br \/>\nfeeling included. <\/p>\n<p>280<br \/>\n00:16:37,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:41,360<br \/>\nWe have the opportunity to reach<br \/>\nout to others, to listen to <\/p>\n<p>281<br \/>\n00:16:41,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:46,800<br \/>\ntheir concerns, to provide help<br \/>\nwhere we can, to intercede where<\/p>\n<p>282<br \/>\n00:16:46,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:50,480<br \/>\nwhere we are able.<br \/>\nAnd those are all the principles<\/p>\n<p>283<br \/>\n00:16:50,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:54,760<br \/>\ntowards building great faith.<br \/>\nAnd this was what was a part of <\/p>\n<p>284<br \/>\n00:16:54,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:59,560<br \/>\nthe character of this centurion<br \/>\nand the final principle that we <\/p>\n<p>285<br \/>\n00:16:59,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:01,280<br \/>\nsee demonstrated.<br \/>\nThere are many others, but the <\/p>\n<p>286<br \/>\n00:17:01,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:03,960<br \/>\nfour that I wanted to, to<br \/>\nemphasize that we can think <\/p>\n<p>287<br \/>\n00:17:03,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:07,839<br \/>\nabout this week is this<br \/>\nincredible insight. <\/p>\n<p>288<br \/>\n00:17:08,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:11,319<br \/>\nI mean, we, we don&#8217;t know where<br \/>\nthe centurion even got this <\/p>\n<p>289<br \/>\n00:17:11,319 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:17,839<br \/>\nfrom, but this insight that he<br \/>\nhad in understanding the <\/p>\n<p>290<br \/>\n00:17:17,839 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:22,800<br \/>\nrelationship between word and<br \/>\ncreative reality. <\/p>\n<p>291<br \/>\n00:17:23,839 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:30,640<br \/>\nYou see he says to Jesus in<br \/>\nverse 8, but only speak a word <\/p>\n<p>292<br \/>\n00:17:31,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:34,680<br \/>\nand my servant will be healed.<br \/>\nFor I also am a man under <\/p>\n<p>293<br \/>\n00:17:34,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:36,960<br \/>\nauthority, having soldiers under<br \/>\nme. <\/p>\n<p>294<br \/>\n00:17:36,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:40,040<br \/>\nAnd I say to this one, go, and<br \/>\nhe goes and to another come and <\/p>\n<p>295<br \/>\n00:17:40,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:43,280<br \/>\nhe comes and to my servant do<br \/>\nthis and he does it. <\/p>\n<p>296<br \/>\n00:17:44,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:48,440<br \/>\nYou see, he understood something<br \/>\nthat is so profound when you <\/p>\n<p>297<br \/>\n00:17:48,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:51,160<br \/>\ncome to to truly understand<br \/>\nfaith. <\/p>\n<p>298<br \/>\n00:17:51,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:56,920<br \/>\nAnd that is that it all begins<br \/>\nwith the word that, that, that <\/p>\n<p>299<br \/>\n00:17:56,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:00,480<br \/>\nin fact, the first principle of<br \/>\nfaith is the word, as Hebrew <\/p>\n<p>300<br \/>\n00:18:00,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:03,960<br \/>\nsays, as we, we, we&#8217;re going to<br \/>\nbe talking about this week that <\/p>\n<p>301<br \/>\n00:18:03,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:06,720<br \/>\nfrom Genesis, it all begins with<br \/>\na word. <\/p>\n<p>302<br \/>\n00:18:07,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:15,280<br \/>\nGod speaks words and then things<br \/>\nhappen, the earth is formed, <\/p>\n<p>303<br \/>\n00:18:15,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:19,920<br \/>\nmaterial things come into being<br \/>\nand there is this this link, <\/p>\n<p>304<br \/>\n00:18:19,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:24,080<br \/>\nthis incredible link between the<br \/>\nword and the thing that we <\/p>\n<p>305<br \/>\n00:18:24,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:27,360<br \/>\nexperience.<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s the principle taught <\/p>\n<p>306<br \/>\n00:18:27,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:31,240<br \/>\nto us in Genesis one.<br \/>\nAnd and somehow, somehow this <\/p>\n<p>307<br \/>\n00:18:31,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:34,240<br \/>\ncenturion understands this first<br \/>\nprinciple of faith. <\/p>\n<p>308<br \/>\n00:18:34,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:36,760<br \/>\nHebrews says this Hebrews 11<br \/>\nverse 3. <\/p>\n<p>309<br \/>\n00:18:36,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:41,360<br \/>\nBy faith we understand that the<br \/>\nworld&#8217;s were framed by the Word <\/p>\n<p>310<br \/>\n00:18:41,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:46,400<br \/>\nof God, so that the things which<br \/>\nare seen were were not made of <\/p>\n<p>311<br \/>\n00:18:46,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:51,040<br \/>\nthings which are visible.<br \/>\nThis is the idea that we know <\/p>\n<p>312<br \/>\n00:18:51,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:54,600<br \/>\nthere is a connection between<br \/>\neverything that we see around us<\/p>\n<p>313<br \/>\n00:18:55,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:59,760<br \/>\nand an invisible word of power.<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s understanding that <\/p>\n<p>314<br \/>\n00:18:59,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:02,920<br \/>\nconnection that is the<br \/>\nfundamental of faith. <\/p>\n<p>315<br \/>\n00:19:03,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:08,320<br \/>\nAnd somehow this centurion<br \/>\nunderstood it and he understood <\/p>\n<p>316<br \/>\n00:19:08,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:13,000<br \/>\nthe authority that Jesus held,<br \/>\nthat he held the same authority <\/p>\n<p>317<br \/>\n00:19:13,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:17,640<br \/>\nof word that the original<br \/>\nCreator had created with and <\/p>\n<p>318<br \/>\n00:19:17,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:21,760<br \/>\nwith such words of authority,<br \/>\nthe power to recreate His <\/p>\n<p>319<br \/>\n00:19:21,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:25,720<br \/>\nservant was in the mouth of<br \/>\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n<p>320<br \/>\n00:19:26,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:31,040<br \/>\nAnd Jesus Jesus himself appears<br \/>\nsurprised by all of this. <\/p>\n<p>321<br \/>\n00:19:31,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:33,600<br \/>\nAnd we see Jesus response in<br \/>\nverse 10. <\/p>\n<p>322<br \/>\n00:19:33,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:37,680<br \/>\nWhen Jesus heard it, he<br \/>\nmarvelled and said to those who <\/p>\n<p>323<br \/>\n00:19:37,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:42,520<br \/>\nfollowed, assuredly, I say to<br \/>\nyou, I have not found such great<\/p>\n<p>324<br \/>\n00:19:42,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:49,240<br \/>\nfaith, not even in Israel.<br \/>\nSo there&#8217;s our first example of <\/p>\n<p>325<br \/>\n00:19:49,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:53,200<br \/>\nsomeone who demonstrated great<br \/>\nfaith and four principles, <\/p>\n<p>326<br \/>\n00:19:53,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:00,840<br \/>\nintentional, humble, someone who<br \/>\ninterceded for someone else, and<\/p>\n<p>327<br \/>\n00:20:00,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:04,560<br \/>\nsomeone who understood the<br \/>\nconnection between word and <\/p>\n<p>328<br \/>\n00:20:04,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:07,240<br \/>\ncreation.<br \/>\nSo there was the first example. <\/p>\n<p>329<br \/>\n00:20:07,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:10,520<br \/>\nNow it&#8217;s interesting when we<br \/>\ncome over to Matthew chapter 15,<\/p>\n<p>330<br \/>\n00:20:10,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:13,320<br \/>\nif you will, we&#8217;re going to see<br \/>\nthe second example that we want <\/p>\n<p>331<br \/>\n00:20:13,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:16,040<br \/>\nto just lift for for our<br \/>\nlearning this evening. <\/p>\n<p>332<br \/>\n00:20:16,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:20,760<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s the example of the<br \/>\nthe mother from Canaan as she is<\/p>\n<p>333<br \/>\n00:20:20,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:22,000<br \/>\nreferred to.<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s interesting that <\/p>\n<p>334<br \/>\n00:20:22,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:24,600<br \/>\nMatthew makes that reference<br \/>\nbecause of course, Matthew is <\/p>\n<p>335<br \/>\n00:20:24,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:28,920<br \/>\nwriting his Gospel to primarily<br \/>\na Jewish audience, and he wants <\/p>\n<p>336<br \/>\n00:20:28,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:33,560<br \/>\nto draw on the fact that this is<br \/>\none of the people that actually <\/p>\n<p>337<br \/>\n00:20:33,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:37,000<br \/>\nIsrael was meant to exterminate<br \/>\nwhen they came into the promised<\/p>\n<p>338<br \/>\n00:20:37,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:40,680<br \/>\nland because the Canaanites were<br \/>\na part of those nations that <\/p>\n<p>339<br \/>\n00:20:40,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:45,360<br \/>\nwere to be destroyed when Joshua<br \/>\ncame into the Promised land. <\/p>\n<p>340<br \/>\n00:20:45,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:48,360<br \/>\nSo this is the lady that we&#8217;re<br \/>\nmeeting and we&#8217;re going to see. <\/p>\n<p>341<br \/>\n00:20:48,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:53,040<br \/>\nAnd hopefully it&#8217;s quite clear<br \/>\nthat the same 4 principles come <\/p>\n<p>342<br \/>\n00:20:53,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:56,240<br \/>\nout in the story of the<br \/>\nCanaanite woman, but there are <\/p>\n<p>343<br \/>\n00:20:56,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:59,440<br \/>\nsome differences.<br \/>\nSo she comes along in verse 21 <\/p>\n<p>344<br \/>\n00:20:59,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:02,240<br \/>\nof chapter 5.<br \/>\nJesus went thence and departed <\/p>\n<p>345<br \/>\n00:21:02,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:05,680<br \/>\ninto the coast of Tyre and<br \/>\nSardon, and behold, a woman of <\/p>\n<p>346<br \/>\n00:21:05,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:10,080<br \/>\ncame Canaan came out of the same<br \/>\ncoast and cried unto Jesus, <\/p>\n<p>347<br \/>\n00:21:10,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:14,640<br \/>\nsaying, Have mercy on me, O<br \/>\nLord, you son of David. <\/p>\n<p>348<br \/>\n00:21:14,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:18,400<br \/>\nMy daughter is grievously vexed<br \/>\nwith a devil. <\/p>\n<p>349<br \/>\n00:21:19,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:22,680<br \/>\nSo quite interesting.<br \/>\nWe can immediately see this <\/p>\n<p>350<br \/>\n00:21:22,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:26,080<br \/>\nwoman understands that there are<br \/>\nsome differences going on here. <\/p>\n<p>351<br \/>\n00:21:26,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:29,960<br \/>\nThe centurion just approaches<br \/>\nJesus without any perhaps <\/p>\n<p>352<br \/>\n00:21:29,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:33,000<br \/>\nhistory, but there&#8217;s history<br \/>\nhere with this woman. <\/p>\n<p>353<br \/>\n00:21:33,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:36,280<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s why when the<br \/>\ncenturion speaks to Jesus, he <\/p>\n<p>354<br \/>\n00:21:36,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:39,240<br \/>\njust calls him Lord as a title<br \/>\nof respect. <\/p>\n<p>355<br \/>\n00:21:39,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:41,960<br \/>\nShe calls him Lord as a title of<br \/>\nrespect. <\/p>\n<p>356<br \/>\n00:21:41,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:46,440<br \/>\nBut she says, son of David, now<br \/>\nyou know your your scriptures <\/p>\n<p>357<br \/>\n00:21:46,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:50,000<br \/>\nwell here, you&#8217;ll know that<br \/>\nDavid was this complicated man. <\/p>\n<p>358<br \/>\n00:21:50,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:53,440<br \/>\nOn the one hand, he was the<br \/>\nworst enemy of the Canaanites <\/p>\n<p>359<br \/>\n00:21:53,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:56,960<br \/>\nand many of the original<br \/>\ninhabitants of the Promised <\/p>\n<p>360<br \/>\n00:21:56,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:58,720<br \/>\nland.<br \/>\nHe was the guy who came and <\/p>\n<p>361<br \/>\n00:21:58,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:01,000<br \/>\nfinished off any of the<br \/>\nremaining people like the <\/p>\n<p>362<br \/>\n00:22:01,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:04,800<br \/>\nJebusites, and in fact dealt<br \/>\nvery, very harshly with some of <\/p>\n<p>363<br \/>\n00:22:04,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:07,440<br \/>\nthe remaining settlers in the<br \/>\nland of Israel. <\/p>\n<p>364<br \/>\n00:22:08,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:12,120<br \/>\nBut curiously also, David was a<br \/>\nman who had an interesting <\/p>\n<p>365<br \/>\n00:22:12,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:16,280<br \/>\nrelationship with Philistines.<br \/>\nAs an example, he stayed with <\/p>\n<p>366<br \/>\n00:22:16,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:19,240<br \/>\nthem for some time.<br \/>\nHe had interesting relationships<\/p>\n<p>367<br \/>\n00:22:19,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:24,240<br \/>\nwith many gentiles who helped<br \/>\nhim during his times of, of, of <\/p>\n<p>368<br \/>\n00:22:24,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:26,680<br \/>\nruling as a king.<br \/>\nAnd, and I guess perhaps she&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>369<br \/>\n00:22:26,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:30,440<br \/>\ndrawing on both of these ideas.<br \/>\nShe&#8217;s hoping that that if this <\/p>\n<p>370<br \/>\n00:22:30,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:35,760<br \/>\nis the son of David, there is a<br \/>\npart of him that can, that can <\/p>\n<p>371<br \/>\n00:22:35,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:39,240<br \/>\nhelp a gentile help a mother of<br \/>\nCanaan. <\/p>\n<p>372<br \/>\n00:22:40,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:41,880<br \/>\nBut it seems as though it&#8217;s not<br \/>\npossible. <\/p>\n<p>373<br \/>\n00:22:42,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:45,640<br \/>\nAnd here&#8217;s the contrast and a<br \/>\ngreat lesson for us on that <\/p>\n<p>374<br \/>\n00:22:45,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:48,640<br \/>\nfirst principle of persistence,<br \/>\nbecause in the example of the <\/p>\n<p>375<br \/>\n00:22:48,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:52,640<br \/>\ncenturion, he asked the question<br \/>\nand, and actually Jesus says, <\/p>\n<p>376<br \/>\n00:22:52,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:55,480<br \/>\ncome and I&#8217;ll heal him.<br \/>\nAnd in fact, it&#8217;s the centurion <\/p>\n<p>377<br \/>\n00:22:55,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:58,720<br \/>\nwho actually delays things by<br \/>\nsaying, you know, I don&#8217;t want <\/p>\n<p>378<br \/>\n00:22:58,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:01,240<br \/>\nyou to come into my home.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s I&#8217;m not worthy for you to <\/p>\n<p>379<br \/>\n00:23:01,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:04,560<br \/>\ncome into my home.<br \/>\nBut in the example of the <\/p>\n<p>380<br \/>\n00:23:04,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:10,680<br \/>\nCanaanite woman, she actually<br \/>\nhas four rebuffs before she can <\/p>\n<p>381<br \/>\n00:23:10,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:16,480<br \/>\nget any further in her request.<br \/>\nSo the first is that Jesus, it <\/p>\n<p>382<br \/>\n00:23:16,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:21,360<br \/>\nsays in verse 23, doesn&#8217;t even<br \/>\nbother to answer her. <\/p>\n<p>383<br \/>\n00:23:21,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:25,000<br \/>\nAnd I think the little emphasis<br \/>\na word, you see, that&#8217;s what she<\/p>\n<p>384<br \/>\n00:23:25,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:28,440<br \/>\nneeds.<br \/>\nJust like the centurion, she <\/p>\n<p>385<br \/>\n00:23:28,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:36,600<br \/>\nknows that this man&#8217;s words lead<br \/>\nto new creation, that this man&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>386<br \/>\n00:23:36,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:40,080<br \/>\nwords lead to life and can give<br \/>\nlife to her daughter. <\/p>\n<p>387<br \/>\n00:23:40,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:44,520<br \/>\nBut Jesus, it says, doesn&#8217;t give<br \/>\nher a word. <\/p>\n<p>388<br \/>\n00:23:45,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:48,840<br \/>\nAnd so the first principle, we<br \/>\nsaid, is a principle of <\/p>\n<p>389<br \/>\n00:23:49,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:52,000<br \/>\npleading.<br \/>\nThe disciples then come at the <\/p>\n<p>390<br \/>\n00:23:52,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:53,720<br \/>\nfirst rebuffers.<br \/>\nJesus ignores her. <\/p>\n<p>391<br \/>\n00:23:54,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:56,160<br \/>\nShe carries on.<br \/>\nThe disciples come, and they <\/p>\n<p>392<br \/>\n00:23:56,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:59,960<br \/>\nbesought Jesus, saying, send her<br \/>\naway, for she&#8217;s crying after us.<\/p>\n<p>393<br \/>\n00:24:00,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:03,480<br \/>\nTalk about persistence and<br \/>\nintentionality. <\/p>\n<p>394<br \/>\n00:24:03,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:07,520<br \/>\nShe won&#8217;t let go.<br \/>\nHow many of us in our journey of<\/p>\n<p>395<br \/>\n00:24:07,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:11,480<br \/>\nfaith will pull right back if<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re offended? <\/p>\n<p>396<br \/>\n00:24:12,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:14,320<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll pull right back if we are<br \/>\nrebuffed. <\/p>\n<p>397<br \/>\n00:24:14,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:17,600<br \/>\nAnd sometimes that rebuff or<br \/>\nthat offence will be somebody in<\/p>\n<p>398<br \/>\n00:24:18,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:21,760<br \/>\nour ecclesia or some other, a<br \/>\nmember of the community. <\/p>\n<p>399<br \/>\n00:24:21,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:24,760<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s enough for us to to<br \/>\nsay, well, I, I don&#8217;t want to <\/p>\n<p>400<br \/>\n00:24:24,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:30,240<br \/>\ncarry on with my faith journey.<br \/>\nAnd sometimes that offence seems<\/p>\n<p>401<br \/>\n00:24:30,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:34,400<br \/>\nto come from God himself.<br \/>\nAnd in this case the offence was<\/p>\n<p>402<br \/>\n00:24:34,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:37,640<br \/>\ncoming from the Lord Jesus<br \/>\nChrist and it wasn&#8217;t enough. <\/p>\n<p>403<br \/>\n00:24:39,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:41,120<br \/>\nShe turns the offence into<br \/>\nopportunity. <\/p>\n<p>404<br \/>\n00:24:41,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:46,720<br \/>\nThey say tell her to to go away.<br \/>\nAnd then he, he answers, at <\/p>\n<p>405<br \/>\n00:24:46,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:50,200<br \/>\nleast she&#8217;s got him speaking.<br \/>\nAnd he says I am not sent but <\/p>\n<p>406<br \/>\n00:24:50,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:53,000<br \/>\nunto the lost sheep of the House<br \/>\nof Israel. <\/p>\n<p>407<br \/>\n00:24:54,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:56,600<br \/>\nThe third time she has been<br \/>\nrebuffed. <\/p>\n<p>408<br \/>\n00:24:56,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:00,240<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s now getting to the issue.<br \/>\nShe had alluded to it by calling<\/p>\n<p>409<br \/>\n00:25:00,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:02,880<br \/>\nhim the son of David.<br \/>\nHe says, let&#8217;s make it very <\/p>\n<p>410<br \/>\n00:25:02,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:07,280<br \/>\nclear, David was the king of<br \/>\nIsrael and I as the son of David<\/p>\n<p>411<br \/>\n00:25:07,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:09,400<br \/>\nhave come to the House of<br \/>\nIsrael. <\/p>\n<p>412<br \/>\n00:25:10,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:12,240<br \/>\nThey would have cut many a<br \/>\nheart. <\/p>\n<p>413<br \/>\n00:25:12,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:15,360<br \/>\nThey would have been in the end<br \/>\nof the intentionality and the <\/p>\n<p>414<br \/>\n00:25:15,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:19,000<br \/>\npleading and our desire to<br \/>\ndevelop relationship for most of<\/p>\n<p>415<br \/>\n00:25:19,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:23,040<br \/>\nus, but not for her.<br \/>\nShe continues. <\/p>\n<p>416<br \/>\n00:25:23,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:28,520<br \/>\nThen came she and worshipped<br \/>\nhim, saying, Lord help me. <\/p>\n<p>417<br \/>\n00:25:30,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:33,240<br \/>\nYou know, we&#8217;ve all been there.<br \/>\nYou know, when we first start <\/p>\n<p>418<br \/>\n00:25:33,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:37,760<br \/>\nasking things from God, we we<br \/>\nnormally have a whole shopping <\/p>\n<p>419<br \/>\n00:25:37,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:41,400<br \/>\nlist of how he must help us and<br \/>\nplease will you do this and will<\/p>\n<p>420<br \/>\n00:25:41,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:42,680<br \/>\nyou do this and will you do<br \/>\nthis? <\/p>\n<p>421<br \/>\n00:25:42,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:47,120<br \/>\nBut when we&#8217;re really at our<br \/>\nwit&#8217;s end, that&#8217;s the pray we <\/p>\n<p>422<br \/>\n00:25:47,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:52,200<br \/>\npay.<br \/>\nLord, help me in whatever way <\/p>\n<p>423<br \/>\n00:25:52,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:57,000<br \/>\nyou can, however it is possible.<br \/>\nIt may not even mean that it&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>424<br \/>\n00:25:57,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:01,360<br \/>\nabout my daughter being healed,<br \/>\nbut help me, she is desperate. <\/p>\n<p>425<br \/>\n00:26:02,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:05,680<br \/>\nYou know, you might think this<br \/>\nis the point where Jesus will <\/p>\n<p>426<br \/>\n00:26:05,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:07,880<br \/>\nrelent.<br \/>\nThis is the point where he&#8217;ll <\/p>\n<p>427<br \/>\n00:26:07,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:11,720<br \/>\ncome through.<br \/>\nBut Jesus answered and said it <\/p>\n<p>428<br \/>\n00:26:11,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:16,080<br \/>\nis not meat to take the<br \/>\nchildren&#8217;s bread and to cast it <\/p>\n<p>429<br \/>\n00:26:16,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:19,720<br \/>\nto the dogs.<br \/>\nMy word, it&#8217;s one of the <\/p>\n<p>430<br \/>\n00:26:19,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:23,040<br \/>\ntoughest lines we ever hear<br \/>\nJesus speak. <\/p>\n<p>431<br \/>\n00:26:24,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:28,640<br \/>\nAnd all we know for sure is that<br \/>\nJesus, as we&#8217;re told on many <\/p>\n<p>432<br \/>\n00:26:28,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:32,040<br \/>\noccasions, knew the hearts and<br \/>\nminds of everyone. <\/p>\n<p>433<br \/>\n00:26:32,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:34,600<br \/>\nAnd we know that he always acted<br \/>\nin love. <\/p>\n<p>434<br \/>\n00:26:34,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:37,800<br \/>\nSo even when we can&#8217;t fully<br \/>\nunderstand what might have been <\/p>\n<p>435<br \/>\n00:26:37,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:41,840<br \/>\ngoing on here, we know that it<br \/>\nwas said in love and it was said<\/p>\n<p>436<br \/>\n00:26:41,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:44,920<br \/>\nto extract something out of her<br \/>\nthat maybe she didn&#8217;t. <\/p>\n<p>437<br \/>\n00:26:44,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:47,600<br \/>\nShe didn&#8217;t even know that she<br \/>\nhad at that time. <\/p>\n<p>438<br \/>\n00:26:49,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:54,960<br \/>\nAnd look at her response.<br \/>\nThis incredible, these words <\/p>\n<p>439<br \/>\n00:26:54,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:59,480<br \/>\nthat are are repeated centuries<br \/>\nand millennia after she spoke <\/p>\n<p>440<br \/>\n00:26:59,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:03,640<br \/>\nthem.<br \/>\nShe says verse 27 truth, Lord. <\/p>\n<p>441<br \/>\n00:27:04,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:08,600<br \/>\nYet the dogs eat of the crumbs<br \/>\nwhich fall from their master&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>442<br \/>\n00:27:08,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:11,880<br \/>\ntable.<br \/>\nYou see, the one nice thing <\/p>\n<p>443<br \/>\n00:27:11,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:17,360<br \/>\nabout being a dog or a puppy is<br \/>\nyou get to go places many other <\/p>\n<p>444<br \/>\n00:27:17,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:21,440<br \/>\npeople don&#8217;t get to go.<br \/>\nAnd in this case, you get to be <\/p>\n<p>445<br \/>\n00:27:21,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:25,320<br \/>\nnot just with the master in his<br \/>\nhouse, you get to be in the <\/p>\n<p>446<br \/>\n00:27:25,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:28,200<br \/>\ndining room with the master<br \/>\nunder his table. <\/p>\n<p>447<br \/>\n00:27:28,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:30,560<br \/>\nAnd you know what?<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll take crumbs. <\/p>\n<p>448<br \/>\n00:27:32,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:38,040<br \/>\nCrumbs are good enough for me.<br \/>\nSuch as the humility of this <\/p>\n<p>449<br \/>\n00:27:38,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:44,280<br \/>\nwoman of Canaan, the second<br \/>\nprinciple, humility, She is <\/p>\n<p>450<br \/>\n00:27:44,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:48,880<br \/>\nwilling to be a dog.<br \/>\nShe is willing to be called <\/p>\n<p>451<br \/>\n00:27:48,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:53,800<br \/>\nwhatever name you want to call<br \/>\nher if she can just partake of <\/p>\n<p>452<br \/>\n00:27:53,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:58,640<br \/>\ncrumbs.<br \/>\nHow are we in that way? <\/p>\n<p>453<br \/>\n00:27:58,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:02,280<br \/>\nWhat names are we be prepared to<br \/>\nbe called so that we can just <\/p>\n<p>454<br \/>\n00:28:02,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:06,600<br \/>\nhave crumbs this evening from<br \/>\nwhat the Lord has prepared. <\/p>\n<p>455<br \/>\n00:28:08,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:12,160<br \/>\nAnd then of course, we know,<br \/>\nlike with the centurion, her <\/p>\n<p>456<br \/>\n00:28:12,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:14,680<br \/>\njourney of faith was about<br \/>\nintercession. <\/p>\n<p>457<br \/>\n00:28:15,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:17,760<br \/>\nShe hadn&#8217;t come for herself<br \/>\nspecifically. <\/p>\n<p>458<br \/>\n00:28:18,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:21,800<br \/>\nShe had come for her daughter.<br \/>\nAnd just like the centurion, it <\/p>\n<p>459<br \/>\n00:28:21,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:25,240<br \/>\nwas this process of growing<br \/>\nfaith through fellowship, <\/p>\n<p>460<br \/>\n00:28:25,440 &#8211;&gt; 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00:29:36,360<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s a phone and a message<br \/>\nand an e-mail because that&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>477<br \/>\n00:29:36,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:38,560<br \/>\nwhat this world is.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a world of distraction. <\/p>\n<p>478<br \/>\n00:29:38,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:41,960<br \/>\nSo we&#8217;re going to be intentional<br \/>\nand we&#8217;re going to practice <\/p>\n<p>479<br \/>\n00:29:41,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:46,520<br \/>\nhumility by looking for the<br \/>\nworthiness of everyone around us<\/p>\n<p>480<br \/>\n00:29:47,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:51,480<br \/>\nand by focusing on the awe and<br \/>\npraise of our Almighty God and <\/p>\n<p>481<br \/>\n00:29:51,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:54,880<br \/>\nthe Lord Jesus Christ.<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re going to focus on <\/p>\n<p>482<br \/>\n00:29:54,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:58,560<br \/>\nfellowship and intercession and<br \/>\nlooking out for the needs of <\/p>\n<p>483<br \/>\n00:29:58,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:01,640<br \/>\nothers such that we can<br \/>\nintercede for them. <\/p>\n<p>484<br \/>\n00:30:02,560 &#8211;&gt; 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