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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 the Lord 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 talked, you got angry and 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 do not 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 faith 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 other poor, the other 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 in 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: 0,0:04:24.27,0:04:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can understand how much pain his father was going through!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.47,0:04:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moreover, we see that there is a conversation between Christ and the father.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.32,0:04:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the father told Him, "Please if you can do something. You at least, if your students couldn't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.56,0:04:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least you, take care of my child, please!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.42,0:04:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Christ told him, "If you believe, everything is possible to the who believes!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.16,0:04:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was the answer of the man?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.50,0:04:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I believe, Lord, help me in my unbelief."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.24,0:05:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, he confessed that although he believes, his faith is not enough, his faith is small.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.75,0:05:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that your faith is small, is not a reason for you not to pray, because many of us use it as an excuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.53,0:05:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why should I pray, will God listen to me? Every time I pray nothing happens."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.24,0:05:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My faith is small! I have to go and find a Man of God who will have big faith."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.96,0:05:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how we quit and don't pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.20,0:05:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know that you do not have faith, then, you can come to Christ and take the faith that He has prepared to give you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.83,0:05:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you receive faith if you refuse to come close to Jesus Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.84,0:05:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it possible?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.40,0:05:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How will you receive faith if you refuse to open the Word of God to see what God says about your case?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.37,0:06:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it possible to receive faith?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.03,0:06:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the statistics say that, nowadays, melancholy and depression have increased a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.57,0:06:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The psychiatric hospitals are full, the clinics are full of people who have psychological problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.84,0:06:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all these happen because they refuse to come close to Jesus Christ who can give them faith and they can receive the solution to their problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.40,0:06:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you read your Bible very well and carefully, you will see that Jesus Christ never healed and that alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.44,0:06:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ never blessed and that alone, Jesus Christ never delivered and that alone, Jesus Christ never saved and that alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.55,0:06:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In every case, he demanded people's faith!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.74,0:07:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What will happen right after your prayer is your proof as a Christian!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.69,0:07:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the result?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.74,0:07:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the question.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.61,0:07:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, you believe for many years, what was the result of your faith?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.05,0:07:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did your faith lead you to?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.20,0:07:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did it bring you? To what level?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.67,0:07:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the questions that each Christian has to sit down and ask himself!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.55,0:07:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you discover that your faith is small or that you do not have faith at all, come to Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.99,0:07:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is willing to give you the faith that He has prepared to give you!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.02,0:07:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♪ Music ♪]