Transformative Encounters: Faith and Jesus' Authority

### Quotes for Outreach

1. "In John Mark himself, we see a testimony to the fact that failure does not have to, to define us. It is not the end. God transformed John Mark's life and he can transform your life as well. It all revolves around what we do with Jesus. What do we do with Jesus?" [33:43] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "This is what Jesus does when we encounter him. This is what he does when we recognize and come under his authority. He transforms lives. This particular story is an account of a radical transformation. I mean, from someone you could not be around. Completely out of control. To someone who is now fully in his right mind. Under control. And not only no longer demon possessed. But spiritually transformed to be a follower of Jesus." [43:35] (36 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "If Jesus has transformed your life, tell someone else about it. And I say to you also, online, here in person, if he has not yet transformed your life because you're holding on, you have not given him your heart, why not? Today is the day of salvation. Now is that time. And I want you to understand, Satan is in the destruction business. God is in the transformation, or we could say the construction, changing you into a new person business. Jesus is in the life change business." [48:18] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "You and I may not have the same exact problem as the demon-possessed guy, as this woman who had been sick for 12 years, as Jairus, as Jairus' daughter, but I can tell you this, we're all going to face challenges. We're all dealing with problems. And some of those problems are physical, some of them are emotional, some of them are spiritual, some of them are all intertwined. And I can tell you with certainty this morning that there is a God who loves you, a God who wants to walk through your problems, problems with you, and He wants to shower you with His mercy and with His grace. You just have to come to Him by faith." [01:06:47] (46 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "If you have never come to Jesus by faith for salvation, today is the day. Don't rely on the fact that you are a good person because none of us are good enough. Don't rely on the fact that you know other good people, because that other good person isn't good enough either, and they couldn't get you into heaven anyway. Don't rely on the fact that you did a bunch of good things. Don't rely on any other fact that you gave money, that you did this, you did that. Don't rely on any of that. Because the Bible clearly tells us that we are sinners, God is holy and perfect, and that's a problem. There's a problem that exists between us because of His holiness and our sinfulness, and that's why He sent Jesus." [01:08:03] (43 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


### Quotes for Members

1. "And it's an account that is just filled with so many very, very important things. In John Mark himself, we see a testimony to the fact that failure does not have to, to define us. It is not the end. God transformed John Mark's life and he can transform your life as well. It all revolves around what we do with Jesus. What do we do with Jesus? And honestly, that's what we're going to look at here in chapter 5 this morning. We find three people, obviously there are way more than three, but three primary people who have an encounter, with Jesus himself." [33:43] (45 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


2. "This interruption was actually a very important encounter with Jesus. Notice what the text says. This woman had been sick for 12 years, and because of the nature of her sickness, she was considered unclean among the Jews. You can go back and read about that in Leviticus 15. And so, anyone who came in contact with this woman would also have been considered ceremonially unclean. And so, here was a woman who, for the last 12 years, had no normal social relationships because she was an outcast. She had tried, the text says, she had tried every possible doctor, and she had spent all of her money on doctors. And not only did she not get better, she actually got worse. And she, too, had heard about Jesus." [54:18] (58 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


3. "And so, obviously, the townspeople have to come out and see what was going on. As I read, verse 16 tells us that the eyewitnesses, they explained it. They say, hey, this is what happened to the pigs. This is what happened to this guy. You can see it all right here. Right in front. Right in front of you. And verse 17 shows the response of the town. And it's really a very, very sad response. When you look at this. They plead with Jesus. Please, please, please. Leave our region. Leave us. Why was that? Because to them, money and possessions were more important than human transformation. A radical life change. From an out-of-control, demon-possessed man to an under-control human being who could think clearly." [44:15] (61 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


4. "And Jesus knew that his life had been radically transformed. And yet here in this text, it's very interesting how you see this unfold. Jesus says, physically speaking, no, you cannot go with me. And that's because Jesus, I believe, had a different purpose for this guy. You know, when we look at this, he said, no, don't go with me right now. Instead, do what? Go home and tell your family what the Lord has done in your life. Tell them how much the Lord has done for you. Tell them how the Lord has had mercy on you. Tell them how your life has been transformed. Go tell your family. Go tell anyone who will listen what God has done." [47:16] (44 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)


5. "And so He goes to Jairus' house, but He does so only with Peter, James, and John. And when they get to the house, they saw what you would normally see when someone has just left. When a young girl has just passed away, and certainly when a young girl has just passed away, they saw people crying, wailing loudly. This was a very, very difficult time. This little girl has just died. Verse 39. He went in and said to them, Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep. But they laughed at Him. After He put them all out, He took the child's father and mother, and the disciples who were with Him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, Talitha koum, which means little girl, I say to you, get up. Immediately, the girl stood up and walked around. She was 12 years old. At this, they were completely astonished." [01:02:40] (65 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)