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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of us today, tell our friends, our acquaintances, our relatives, to our circle,that,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.77,0:00:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have known God for these years, I believe in Jesus Christ these years. Since I gave my life to Christ, my life has changed."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.97,0:00:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, if someone asks you, can you prove, do you have proof as a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.64,0:00:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But I changed!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.24,0:00:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person will tell you, yes, but the previous day when we were speaking you got angry and you started shouting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.42,0:00:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will tell him, "Yes, I used to smoke before but now I don't smoke"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.20,0:00:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will tell you, "Yes, but you keep company with smokers."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.56,0:00:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will tell him, "Yes, I have changed."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.10,0:00:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, but the previous day I heard you cursing due to your anger."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.07,0:00:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is your proof as a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.53,0:00:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will bring us to the title of today's message which is, YOUR PROOF AS A CHRISTIAN!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.47,0:00:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We shall read from the book of Mark 10:46.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.63,0:01:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.25,0:01:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. [...] So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.84,0:01:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.80,0:01:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chapter 52, "Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well!”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.12,0:01:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your proof as a Christian is your in God's Word!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.52,0:01:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, we see blind Bartimaeus who was sitting at the corner of the road and was asking for mercy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.70,0:01:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus came close to him, he told him, "What do you want Me to do for you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.61,0:02:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What could a beggar want? Someone who begs needs money, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.24,0:02:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what did blind Bartimaeus answer to Jesus as we read? He told him, "Teacher, I want to regain my vision."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.02,0:02:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did not say, "Teacher, I want to win the lotto." He did not say, "Teacher, I want to win the lottery,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.86,0:02:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that I can help the rest poor, the rest beggers."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.90,0:02:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did not say, "Teacher, I want a Mercedes." He said, "Teacher, I want to regain my vision! "
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.12,0:02:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately, when blind Bartimaeus met Jesus Christ and they had the conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.78,0:02:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What do you want Me to do for you?\N- Lord, I want to see!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.49,0:02:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did Christ tell him, "Let it be according to your faith! Your faith has made you well! Go!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.92,0:02:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your proof as a Christian is your faith on the Word of God!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.85,0:03:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If your proof as a Christian is your faith on God's Word, you will be believe now, you will act now, and you will receive now!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.35,0:03:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I want us to look at another case with someone who was a little weak in the faith I'd say, or maybe no faith at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.20,0:03:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The book of Mark 9:17-27
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.67,0:03:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Then one of the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.17,0:03:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.08,0:03:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.” [...]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.74,0:03:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.80,0:03:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. [...]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.96,0:03:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.16,0:04:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, we have a case of a father whose son was deaf and dumb, he neither could hear nor could speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.78,0:04:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many times when that demon would come upon the child, he would fall down,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.73,0:04:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roll and fall inside the fire, he would fall inside water in the river, sea, wherever there was danger.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.77,0:04:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the demon wanted to kill him!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can understand how much pain his father was going through!