Sermon
He Could Not Be Hid | Evangelist Adrian Sanford
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Can someone say holy? But the revelation says they'll
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stand around the throne crying, holy, holy, holy, Amen.
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And there's nothing wrong with us doing that now on this side
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of heaven. Amen.
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You can stand with me here tonight.
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For the past several services we have had evangelist Adrian
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Sanford with us, a man. He's a full time evangelist and
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crisscrosser the United States holding meetings such as this
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and we're glad to have him tonight.
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He's from Walnut, Ms. And so with that, he understands that
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sidewalks roll up around some cities like at 9 O clock like
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they do in Mount Carmel. You know how hard it's to find
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somewhere to eat after church is over in Mount Carmel?
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Difficult. You've almost expired your
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options then, even when you go to Princeton.
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And so we brought a basket and we're going to do a picnic
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tonight out on the lawn after. I'm joking.
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But nonetheless, Amen, It's good.
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It's good to have somebody that understands Amen that.
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But we're glad to have him tonight.
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He's going to come and minister the word of the Lord.
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And if you've not been here any of these nights, we want the
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Lord to minister to you through his word, Amen.
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He's capable of doing so in Scripture.
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If He sent His Word and He healed them, then His Word can
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be sent in any aspect here tonight and do what it needs to
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do in your life tonight. Can we honor the Lord one more
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time as Evangelist Adrian Sanford?
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Amen. Comes here.
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This evening. Hallelujah, brother.
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Hey man, let's continue to magnify the Lord in this house,
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all with your hands and with your voice.
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Why don't you give Him praise that He's worthy of?
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Oh, that men would praise the Lord.
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Amen. I think that's why the Bible
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tells us to praise Him according to His excellent greatness.
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That means my praise ought to match how great God's been to
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me. Because I praise Him according
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to His excellent greatness. I know that our praise will
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never match the greatness that we've experienced, but I believe
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it is an admonishment that every time we get an opportunity, we
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are to come in the House of the Lord and do our very best to
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give Him praise. Amen.
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Why don't we do that one more time?
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Why don't we in your own way, if you want to lift your hands, if
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you want to lift your voice, if you want to clap your hands, the
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Bible says that praise is comely.
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It's just the right thing to do. You don't know what else to do.
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It's always in order to give God praise.
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Amen. In fact, David said in one
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place, My praise waiteth for thee.
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I think Dave was saying, man, there's been an expectation and
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an anticipation to get in the House of the Lord and just give
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him praise. And what would happen if we had
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that kind of attitude? And I'm waiting to get in the
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House of the Lord because my praise is waiting to get in the
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House of the Lord. Hey, man, I know what would
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happen. We'd get God's attention because
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he still inhabits the praises of Israel and what great singing
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and music and worship we've heard in this house.
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And thank you again to the praise team and the musicians
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for leading us into worship and creating an atmosphere for the
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Lord to move in. Because we want the Lord to
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move. That's why we're here.
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Anybody want the Lord to move in your life this evening?
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Amen. And I believe the Lord is in
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this room to meet specific needs tonight, Amen.
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I just want the Lord to be Himself.
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God, just be yourself, whatever you want to do, that's what we
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want you to do. If you want to heal, we want you
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to heal. If you want to deliver, we want
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you to deliver them. If you want to give answers and
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give direction, we want whatever you want to do in this house,
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Amen. If you have your Bibles, I will
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go to Mark Chapter 7, begin at verse #24 and as you're finding
Mark 7 chapter mention
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Mark 7, verse 24, give honor again, brother and sister McGee
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and their family, and thank them for allowing me to come and for
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giving me the invitation to come and for all of their kindness
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and hospitality. I give also honor to your Bishop
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and his wife. And that's all.
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I've never pastor, but I'm around some.
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Every now and again people show up and it's if nobody was going
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to show up, we wouldn't do this. But we're, we're glad that
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people show up because it's an opportunity for God to do
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something in their life. And I want to give God an
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opportunity tonight. Amen.
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So Mark Chapter 7 and verse #24 the Bible says, and from thence
Mark 7 chapter mention
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he's Speaking of, Jesus arose and went into the borders of
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Tyree and Saddam, and entered into a house, and would have no
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man know it. But he could not be hid.
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For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,
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heard of him, and came and fell at his feet.
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The woman was a Greek, a sorrow Phoenician by nation, and she
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besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her
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daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the
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children first be filled, for it is not meat, or it's not time to
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take the children's bread and cash it into the dogs.
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And she answered and said, Yes, Lord, yet the dogs under the
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table eat of the children's crumbs.
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And he said unto her, For this saying, Go thy way, the devil
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has gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her
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house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid up on
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the bed. Anybody know what it's like to
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leave problems at the house, issues at the house, things
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you're worried about? Wouldn't it be good that by the
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time we get back home tonight, all those issues will be
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resolved, All those needs could be met?
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I believe that's what the Lord wants to do in this house
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tonight. My text is going to come from
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verse #24 when the Bible says he goes into the borders of Tyree
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and Saddam enters into a house would have no man know it, but
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he could not be hid. My title tonight is those last
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five words of verse 24. I'm preaching.
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He could not be hid. He could not be hid.
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If you want the Lord to manifest himself in this room, I wonder
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if you could one more time lift your hands all over this house.
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And if you've got a need right now, I want you to vocalize that
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need to the Lord. Come on, let's open our mouth
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right now and say, Lord, this is what I need tonight.
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This is what I'm believing that you're going to do in this room
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for the next few moments. Lord, we love you tonight in
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Jesus name. Lord, let our faith be released
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in this room to believe you for the impossible and for the
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miraculous to believe you for the supernatural to manifest in
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this house in Jesus name. And why don't you give the Lord
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a great hand clap of praise one more time.
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Come on a hand clap and expectancy.
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The gods about to do something in this room in Jesus name and
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you may be seated tonight. Thank you for standing.
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Due to having to lay some groundwork.
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I will quickly go to the arena of our text because it is in the
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Gospel of Mark where you find where you and I find Mark making
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a very interesting statement concerning Jesus.
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He informs us that Jesus is going into the borders of Tyree
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and Sadan. He's entered into a house and
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would have no man know it, but he could not be hid.
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First of all, as we begin, we must focus our attention on the
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region Jesus is entered into. March 7 Because it is of
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significance to note that the Bible tells us exactly where
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Jesus had travelled to. Mark informs us that he had gone
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into the borders of Tyree and Saddam.
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The commentators have come to suggest that this particular
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instance is one of the very few times, as far as the biblical
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record goes, that Jesus goes out of Palestine and into strictly
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Gentile territory. But the location of Jesus is not
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the only important thing to know in the text, because secondly,
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it's also of the utmost importance to know that the
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purpose of Jesus going into this region, the reason why Jesus
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went to Tyree and Saddam, was not to minister to the
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multitudes. Now I understand that that
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almost seems like a ludicrous and even blasphemous statement
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to make about Jesus because it is something we continually see
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him doing all throughout the Gospels.
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Those four men record for us
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those miraculous moments when Jesus would travel to certain
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cities for the purpose of ministering to those who were
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present with needs. We see in one place that he goes
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to Bethany and there he raises Lazarus from the dead.
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He goes to Cana and turns water into wine.
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He goes to a city called Capernaum and heals.
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A paralytic man heals heals 2 unnamed blind men, heals the
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dumb demoniac, and also heals a man with a withered hand.
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He goes into the region of Gadera and it's there where he
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delivers a man possessed with a legion of devils.
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It's in the city of Jericho where he opens the eyes of a
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blonde Bartimaeus. It is at the pool of Bethesda
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where he tells that lame man to take up his bed and walk.
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There's even verses in the Gospels that tells us how Jesus
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would enter into villages, cities and countries just to
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meet the needs of everybody who was present.
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You see, this is something we continually see Jesus doing
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throughout his ministry, but we must understand that this was
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not the case when he travelled into the borders of Tyree and
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Sardan. Something was different about
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Mark Chapter 7. And so you may be wondering how
Mark 7 chapter mention
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I came to the conclusion that he did not go to that region to
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perform the miraculous or the supernatural.
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I mean, all it tells us is Jesus arose, went into the borders of
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Tyree and Sodon and enters into a house.
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We understand that it's not for him that Jesus goes in the
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cities and performs the miraculous, but it's also not
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for him that Jesus would go in the homes and perform the
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miraculous because we understand that he goes into the House of
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Peter and heals his mother-in-law.
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He goes into the House of Jarius and raises is his daughter from
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the dead. There's even one place that the
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Bible says it was noised that Jesus was in one particular
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house, that the people packed themselves in the room so
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tightly just so their needs could be met.
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So knowing all of this, knowing that Jesus has brought his
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ministry in the cities and territories and homes time after
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time, you're probably wondering how I came to the conclusion
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that this time it was different. This time he did not bring the
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miraculous to Tyree and Sadan. He did not even bring the
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supernatural into the house he was in.
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So what was so different about March 7?
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The answer is given in the same verse because Mark informs us
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that Jesus arose, went into the borders of Tyree and Saddam,
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entered into a house and would have no man know it.
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You've got to look closely at what Mark is telling us because
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he's travelled to Tyree and Saddam and he's entered into a
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home by himself. Now just 7 verses earlier in
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March, 7 and 17, we found that same Jesus and a home with his
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disciples. But now 7 verses later, he's
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walked away from that house, He's separated himself from his
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disciples and now he's left the territory of the Jews, walked
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into Gentile territory, goes into a house and doesn't tell
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anybody where he's going to understand.
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While the Bible makes that statement, he would have no man
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know it. You've got to understand that
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leading up to this moment, Jesus has spending had been spending
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much time of his time ministering throughout the
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provinces. And because his ministry was
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drawing crowds, he was drawing overwhelming crowds.
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He had become exhausted due to his ministry.
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And so when Mark says he would have no man know it, it is
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imperative to understand in the context of what I'm preaching,
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that Jesus pulls himself away from the ministry from that
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moment. It literally gives you an all
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the understanding that Jesus needed rest.
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And so he leaves the land of the Jews and goes into Gentile
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territory for the purpose of rest.
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This is why the Bible says he didn't tell anybody where he's
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going. I think it was his way of saying
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that right now I'm going to find rest.
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Right now I'm not here healing anybodies body.
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Right now I'm not answering anybodies prayers.
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Right now I'm not meeting anybodies needs.
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He goes into a house and told no man where he's going because his
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ministry is on pause. Are you with me this evening?
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And so knowing these important details, this is where the story
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really begins to get interesting.
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Because even though Jesus had not come for the multitudes, and
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even though Jesus had not come for the individuals at this
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particular time, you and I are quickly introduced to a certain
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woman. In fact, the Bible says this
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certain woman was a Greek, a sorrow, Phoenician by nation.
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In other words, she's a Gentile. That makes sense because he's
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now in Gentile territory. But understand this woman is in
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Gentile, meaning she is a stranger to the Commonwealth of
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Israel. She is an alien to the covenant
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of promise. She's not a Jew, meaning she's
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not from the lineage of Abraham. In other words, at this moment
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in human history, she has no access to God.
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She has no access to the miraculous.
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She has no access to the supernatural, but if that's not
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bad enough, not only is she living on the wrong side of
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Calvary, but her daughter is possessed with an unclean
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spirit. Her daughter is demon possessed.
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You got to understand that this was no small matter in biblical
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times because in order to understand the severity of her
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situation in New Testament times, demon possession was
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considered to be the most impossible malady to cure.
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You see, people including religious leaders were often
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powerless in the presence of devils that the people who were
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possessed were chained up and left in remote conditions.
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This is why the man named Legion is chained up in the tomb,
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because they have no answers. They have no cure.
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There is no remedy. And so the best thing we can do
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is put them out of town. This is the pitiful plight of
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this gentile lady's daughter. She's about to end up just like
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that man Legion. She's in the house right now.
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But when news gets out, they're going to see that we have no
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power over this and they're going to pull her out of the
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home and they're going to separate her from her mother.
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This woman is in a desperate need.
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And while Jesus is hiding, somehow this lady finds out that
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he's in Tyree and Sao Dawn. Somehow, Brother McGee, she
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finds out that he's in a house. And This is why Mark tells us
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that when she finds him, she besought the Lord that he would
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cast the devil out of her daughter.
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But we understand Jesus looks at her and says the children must
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first be filled because it's not me to give the children's bread
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and cast it to the dogs. And that woman doesn't argue.
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She doesn't dispute his words she said yes Lord true, but even
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the dogs deserve crumbs that fall from the masters table.
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And the Bible says, when Jesus hears this, he says, for thy
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saying, go thy way, the devil has gone out of your daughter.
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And by the time that Lady gets back to the house, the devil has
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gone out of her daughter and she's sitting up upon the bed in
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her right mind. It was in that moment her need
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had been met. But the most interesting part of
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the entire story, at least to me, is not when the Bible says
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he goes to Tyree and Saddam. It's not when the Bible says he
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enters into a house. It's not even when the Bible
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says he would have no man know it.
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But the phrase that caught my attention some time ago is when
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Mark says, but he could not be hid.
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He doesn't tell anybody where he's going.
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He goes into strictly Gentile territory.
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He's tucked away in a house. No man knows where he is, but he
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could not be hid. It's about to make sense because
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you've got to understand that Mark is letting us understand
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the context of which this is unfolding.
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He's left the Jewish community. He's departed from his
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disciples. He's in Gentile territory.
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He's in a house and nobody knows where he is.
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Understands Jesus. He's in a place of inactivity.
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He's in a place of rest. In this moment.
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He has no intention of performing a miracle.
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His agenda does not include operating him the supernatural.
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His hands are not healing. His words are not delivering.
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His Spirit is not moving. The miracle ministry of Jesus
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has been put on pause, but he doesn't stay in a place of rest
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for too long because Mark tells us, even though he separates
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himself from his miracle crusade and goes into a house and
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doesn't tell anybody where he's going, he lets us understand.
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He could not be hid in order to understand that statement.
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There's other times in the Gospels when Jesus would seek to
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be alone. He would pull himself away from
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ministry in order to find rest, but his rest was always
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interrupted by the zeal of his followers or the need of those
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who had heard of him. And so it is with this Gentile
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lady. You want to know why Mark tells
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us he could not be hid? He said he could not be hid for
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a certain woman. You know what Mark is telling
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us? Jesus could not stay hidden
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because there was a woman who needed him.
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Cannot tell this congregation. Her situation and her
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desperation poured him out of a place of hiding.
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It was the level of her need that caused him not to stay
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where he was. I don't know how she found out
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where he was. I don't know how she found out
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he's in Tyree and Saddam, I don't know how she found out
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what house he was in. The Bible gives us no
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information at all, but all it says is he could not be hid.
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And I think that's enough because Mark is trying to let us
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know that it's my need and it's your need that we'll always find
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him. I've come to tell you, when you
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can't find God, your need will always find Him.
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I've come to preach to somebody in this house who may have
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needs. I've got good news to tell you.
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You may feel like God is hidden. You may feel like God's not
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answering prayers. But if somebody can make their
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need known, he's not going to stay hidden for a certain woman.
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And I just feel like there's a certain man in this room.
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I just feel like there's a certain woman in this room.
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There may be a certain young person or a certain young adult
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who needs him. And while you may feel like
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God's not answering your prayers, and while you may feel
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like God's turned to death, here, I've got the solution.
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Your need is going to pull him out of hiding.
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Your need is going to get him involved.
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See, I don't know what your need is.
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Hers was a devil possessed daughter.
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We've all got different needs in this room, but the principal
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remains the same. If you've got a need only God
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can take care of. If you've got a need that goes
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beyond your ability, if you've got a need that's met your
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limitations, I've come to tell you that if you can become
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desperate, your desperation and your determination is going to
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pull him out of hiding. You see, I've come to preach
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about a God who cannot stay inactive when somebody needs
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him. I've come to preach about a God
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who cannot rest. When somebody needs a miracle,
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I've come to preach about a God who cannot remain Incognito when
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somebody's desperate. I remember sitting in a pastor's
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office in Louisiana and the knock comes on the door Bishop,
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and it's the drummer walking in the office.
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And that young man looks at the pastor and says, pastor, it's me
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again. Here's my needs.
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I need you to pray for it. He's begin to apologize to his
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pastor. I know I'm always in here.
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I know I've always got prayer requests.
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I know I've always got needs. And that pastor looked back at
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that young man who was his drummer and said, Son, never
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apologize for needing something from God.
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Can I tell somebody in this room, don't despise your need
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because it's your need that's going to pull him out of hiding.
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I don't know how she found him. I don't know how she found out
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he was in town, but there was a need that put her exactly where
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she needed to be. I've come to learn through God's
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Word and I've come to learn through experiences.
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When and I cannot find him, my need is always going to find
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him. She has an issue of blood.
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She's had it for 12 years, spent all that she had and grew worse
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and not better. One translation lets us know
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that she was as good as dead because she hasn't been at home
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because of that infirmity. She hasn't been able to see her
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family or kids, if she had any, for years.
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She's been isolated. She's alone.
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But the day comes when she hears that Jesus is walking downtown
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and she leaves that place of oscillation.
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She leaves that place of abandonment.
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The Bible lets us know that in Mark chapter 5, verse 24, that
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Jesus went with him, Speaking of Jarius, and much people followed
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him, and many people thronged him.
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That word thronged means to compress.
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It was a multitude of people, crowds on every side.
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Jesus is hidden by the multitude.
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He's hidden by the crowd, but there's a lady with an issue of
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blood who needs him. I don't know if she could see
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him or not because the Bible says she touches the hem of his
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garment. Some people have come to suggest
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that she crawled her way through that crowd.
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I don't know. I don't know if she knew where
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he was at or not. I don't know if she could see
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him in her vision or not. But can I tell you that it was
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her need that put him right at his feet?
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It was her need that put him right where she needed to be.
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And she pushes her way through the crowd, touches the hem of
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his garment, and straightway the fountain of her blood was dried
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up because the crowd could not hide him from a woman who needed
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him. Don't you let a crowd full of
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people that don't need him keep you from getting to him.
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Boy, I feel a little something right here.
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Can I tell you that there were, there may have been a crowd of
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people on every side, but bumping into Jesus is different
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from grabbing Jesus. I know a lot of people that
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wants to bump into him. I know a lot of people that
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wants to be in his presence, but don't let people that's just
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here keep you away from getting a hold of him.
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I've come to challenge somebody on a Tuesday night.
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Whatever your need is, you want to push past comfort.
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You want to push past those that don't need Him and make up your
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mind. Nothing is going to keep me from
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getting my need met because he cannot be hid from those.
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He cannot stay hidden when somebody needs him.
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My kids growing up, not so much anymore, but growing up, they
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love to play hide and seek. And because I was very
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competitive and I had a lot of years under my belt, I would
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always hide, let them come look for me because I was
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competitive. I'm not telling you where I am.
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You find me. That's the game.
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I hide and you seek. Good luck.
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And I would always notice what would start out as a game,
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laughing and giggling and kids laughing.
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And where are you, dad? Look under bed and he's not
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there, They'd laugh. Look in the closet, he's not
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there, they'd laugh. But I'd always notice after four
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or five minutes past Bishop and they hadn't found me, it wasn't
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games anymore. Because while it's a game, the
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dad, they're getting worried because they can't find me.
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Can I tell you? There's been times in my life
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when it felt like God was playing hide and seek with me.
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Anybody know what it's like? You go to prayer and you can't
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find him. You come to church and you feel
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like he's hiding himself. Anybody know what Job meant when
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he said, behold, I go forward but he's not there and I go
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backward, but I cannot perceive him on the left hand where he
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does work. I can't behold him.
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He hideth himself on the right hand that I cannot see him.
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What caused Jesus to come out of hiding for a Gentile lady?
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What caused him to leave a place of what caused him to go from
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inactive to active? I'll tell you what it was.
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It was somebody that got desperate to.
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It was somebody that was determined.
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It was somebody who faith, because nobody can lay faith at
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the feet of Jesus and watch him walk away without responding.
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Her need prompted him to come out of hiding.
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And I've come to tell somebody, you want to get that same
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desperation. You want to get the same
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attitude that says I'm not leaving this house until my
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needs are met. You want His glory to be
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revealed. He want His power to be
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experienced. He want His manifest presence to
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move in this house. Why don't you get desperate?
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Because He will supply all your need according to His riches and
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glory. Let me show you how God moves
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out of a place of rest when there's need.
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After six days of creating a wonderful world, after six days
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of light and darkness, land and sea, thousand things that fly
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and fish in the sea. After six days, Bible says on
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the 7th day he rested from all of his work.
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Now when the Bible says that the Lord rested, it doesn't give us
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the indication that he had to sit down and catch his breath
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because he was exhausted from creating this world.
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The Bible's not saying that he had to take a time out because
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God doesn't get tired. He that keeps Israel neither
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slumbers nor sleeps. The Hebrew word for rested there
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gives more ideas than just being physically tired.
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It's the word Shabbat and it means to cease or to stop.
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So the little understanding is on the 7th day God just stopped
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working. God says I'm done for right now.
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He ceased on the 7th day. But watch this Adam and Eve, the
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apex of his creation, disobeys sins and partakes of the fruit.
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And a God who was resting now, the Bible says, and they heard
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the voice of the Lord, the same God that was inactive, the same
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God that was resting and no longer working is now active
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walking in the garden because he understands I've got to leave my
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place of rest because my creation needs me.
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And from that moment all throughout his life when he
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walked the earth, we continually seeing him coming to those who
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needed him. You see, I'm preaching about a
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God this evening who cannot stay hidden because at his birth, God
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displays a star over Bethlehem the night he was born.
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And then there's a group of angels proclaiming to those
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shepherds on a hill, glory to God, him the highest on earth,
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peace, goodwill toward men. Because at his birth he couldn't
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be hid. You see, when he was dedicated,
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at his presentation, he couldn't be hid.
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Because it said when those days were fulfilled, Mary brought
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Jesus to the temple to present him to the Lord as the law
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commanded in the temple. There was a man named Simeon
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whom the Holy Ghost had revealed to him, You will not see death
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until you see the Lord's Christ. And when Simeon looks at Jesus,
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he takes him in his arms, bless his God, and says, Lord, now let
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your the servant depart in peace, because mine eyes have
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seen my salvation. And his baptism he couldn't stay
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hid because John the Baptist proclaimed there's one coming
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after me who's mightier than I I'll baptize you under
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repentance, but he's going to baptize you with Holy Ghost and
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fire. And when Jesus tops the hill, he
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says, behold the Lamb of God. And there's a voice from heaven
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that says, thou art my beloved Son, and whom I'm well pleased.
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In his earthly ministry, He can't be hid because in places
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such as our text needs, pull him out of hiding.
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When he's being crucified, he can't be hid, because the veil
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in the temple was rent from top to bottom, and the earth did
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clake, and the rocks were rent, and the graves were opened up,
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and the bodies of the Saints that slept rose.
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And after all this happened, the Bible tells us after his
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resurrection went into the holy city and appeared unto Menia.
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And even at his burial he couldn't be hid.
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They put his body in a borrowed tomb.
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They put a stone in front of the door.
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Roman soldiers are standing there to guard him because he
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did say in three days, so let's just stand here just in case.
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But even though they placed a Roman seal at the door, and even
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though there are Roman soldiers guarding the door, when it was
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time for scripture to be fulfilled, he came out because
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death, hell, nor the grave could hide him, because nothing can
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hide him. And I've come to tell somebody
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in this room, your troubles cannot hide him.
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Your needs cannot hide him. Whatever you're dealing with
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will not cause him to be hidden. I wish somebody would understand
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that God always comes out of hiding when I find myself in
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trouble. God always comes out of hiding
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when I need him and starts working again.
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I've come to preach the people this evening and feel like God
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has hidden himself from you. You feel like God has pulled
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back his power. You feel like God's removing the
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the supernatural. You feel like God's turned to
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death here to prayers and removed his hands off
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situations. It doesn't matter how much you
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pray you can't find him. But I've come to tell somebody.
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I've come to learn how to get God from me active to act of a
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just present my need. Just get desperate to just make
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up my mind that I'm not leaving this house until something
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changes. I wish I had a Zacchaist in this
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room who would get desperate to. He's small in stature and he
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can't find the Lord because of the press.
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But desperation will always cause you to act outside of your
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normal self. He's chief among publicans.
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He's rich. I don't think rich people was
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out climbing trees, but desperation will cause you to do
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things you've never done before. And the Bible says he climbed
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that tree and his need put him right in the pathway of Jesus
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and Jesus looked at him and said, today I'm going to your
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house today. Your needs going to be met.
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And I've come with a simple solution to preach to somebody
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and tell you your power, your problems cannot hide his power
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and your circumstances cannot hide the supernatural.
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I'm appreciate about a God who feels time, space, and eternity.
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There's nothing too big he'll hide under.
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There's nothing too big He'll hide behind.
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Your problems not greater. Your sin is not greater.
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Your sickness is not greater. Your trial is not greater.
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Your need is not greater. But it's those very things.
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Pause Him to step out of the shadows, tells God cannot sit
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still or remain neutral, and somebody needs him.
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I wish somebody would lift their hand right now and say, Lord, I
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need you right now. I don't know what your situation
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is, but God does and I've come to challenge somebody.
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Why don't you, right now, let your need push you into a place
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where His power is revealed? I don't believe I'm preaching to
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a congregation right now who's like Laodicea.
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You want to know the tragedy of Laodicea?
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Bible says they were increased with goods and had need of
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nothing. And I'll tell you that they had
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needs because we're all human. We all have needs.
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It's amazing that one translation says they had needs,
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but they had no need of God. Because I'm increased with goods
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and have need of nothing. These goods and these riches can
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take the place. And so if having no need of him
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puts him outside the house, what happens when we do need him?
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I'll tell you what happens. He comes in the house, see,
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somebody's getting it right now, Somebody's face connecting right
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now to the world. I've come to tell you he's not
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going to stay outside the house when there's people in the house
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that need him. He's not going to stay in the
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shadows or in the corner back there when he sees somebody
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needs him. It may just be 1 gentile lady.
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It may just be one individual that says I'm going to be like
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that Lady with an issue of blood and I don't care what everybody
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else does, but I'm about to push my way through every barrier.
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I'm about to push my way through every set back because I've got
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an understanding. It's my need that exposes his
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power. The prophet said his brightness
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was at the as the light. He has horns coming out of his
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hand, and there, there in his hand was the hiding of his
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power. I'm telling you, there's a hand
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in this house that's not short that it cannot save.
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There's an ear in this house that's not heavy that it cannot
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hear. I'm telling somebody when you
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begin to pursue God, there's a hand that's going to reach after
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you and it's going to be there, but there's an uncovering of His
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power. Why do you eat with publicans
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and sinners? Jesus says they that are whole
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need not a physician, they that are sick.
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I've not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
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repent. You know what Jesus is saying?
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I'll tell you why. I'm around people that have
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needs. I'm around them because they
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have needs. I'm going to tell you why God
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comes in our services the way He does.
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It's because we need Him. I don't know about you, but I
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feel like there's some people in this house that come to church.
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So I need him to move. I'm done preaching.
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I wonder if somebody would lift their hands right now and begin
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to pursue him. I'm done.
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The Holy Ghost wants this thing right now and I want to we all
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could stand right now and say, you know what, I need him to
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move right now. I need him to get active in this
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situation right now. I don't know what it is.
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It may be physical, spiritual, emotional, financial.
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The need doesn't matter. I'm just challenging somebody to
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make your need known to God right now.
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Come on. Is there a, is there a somebody
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like that Gentile lady that says, I'm about to find him in
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this house, I'm about to go exactly where he is and I'm not
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going to leave disappointed because God's going to respond
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to my need. Come on.
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If you've got a need, I want you to step out right now.
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I don't want you to hesitate. I don't want you to look around
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and say, who's going to step out?
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If you've got a need, I want you to step out right now.
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And we're going to come. We're going to lift our hands
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right now. And I believe there's a
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supernatural power that's about to step in this room.
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It's already here. Come on, I wouldn't wait till
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tomorrow night. I wouldn't wait till something.
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If you need something, it's time to get desperate right now.
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If you need something, it's time to make up your mind.
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And if I've got to act outside of my normal behavior, I'm going
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to do it because I need him. I need a miracle.
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I need this prayer answer. I need direction.
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I need clarity. We're, we're being too reserved
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right now. I'm not saying you got to act
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foolish, but somebody ought to get desperate in your pursuit
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right now. Somebody ought to lift your
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voice with desperation and be like those blind men.
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Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
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Come on. Don't worry about everybody
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else. Come on, blind Bartimaeus.
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Every time they try to shut you up, cry louder.
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Every time somebody tries to reel you in, get louder because
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Jesus is passing by. Come on.
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If you see somebody praying, let's pray right now.
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One for another. I'm there's demonstration in
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this house right now. There's an operation of the Holy
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Ghost in this room right now. I pray that healing virtue would
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flow in this room right now. I pray healing virtue would flow
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in this room right now. If you need a healing in your
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body, you ought to lift your hand and receive it right now.
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I don't have to leave this house with pain.
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I don't have to leave this house with discomfort because my knee
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is going to cause him to come out of hiding.
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Come on, involve yourself right now.
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Involve yourself right now. The waters are troubled.
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The waters are troubled. Don't let this moment pass by.
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Come on. Let your need reach out and grab
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him. Let your need reach out and grab
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him.