Our Good Shepherd & A Great Transition

(As promised, this month’s blog update includes brief highlights from two Bible Story Q&As with Lorot and Lopua. I hope you’ll jump down the page and check them out. They might just give you a fresh perspective on the Scriptures we grew up with!) 

Many of you have seen the updates concerning our arrival in the U.S. in late August. We are so overwhelmed at God’s grace in answering our prayers for more discipleship/training here and for a time of Stateside work and ministry as we seek His face over the future. Words could never express our deep gratitude to those of you who helped make this Great Transition possible! Your prayers and sacrificial giving were/are a blessing too great to tell. 

(Left) With our friends, the Marinos, and my younger brother, Jay;
(Right, top) With my father and stepmother/Mark's in-laws!; (Right, bottom) With a dear friend, Sonya

Mark started classes at Evangelical Institute today. We are both very excited about the emphasis on discipleship and practical theology here. The schedule is busy with both classwork and trade/skills training, but is structured around daily times of individual and corporate prayer and Scripture reading, making the atmosphere of the school very unique. Mark has been loving the hands-on jobs which he’s been given over the last couple weeks, and together we are relishing all the opportunities for relationship-building with classmates and staff. Looking forward to the days and opportunities ahead! Coveting your prayers – that these will be days of tremendous growth and learning, that our eyes would be opened to the ministry opportunities around us, and that God will continue guiding us through this adjustment stage and onward towards His next mission for our lives.

With love and thanks,

Darah (& Mark)

Promise – Isaiah’s Prophecies of a Savior

Q.  This story says Abraham’s descendants led their people to disrespect God. If you are disrespecting someone, what do you do?

A.   A student will disrespect his teacher by not listening to the teacher. And also when the teacher tells him something, he will start quarreling and saying, “Why do you tell me like that?!” (Lorot) 

    Q.  "The Savior would save men from their sins." If a villager asked you, “What is sin?", what would you tell him?

   A. The sin is the thing that you are doing. It’s the bad thing that is coming from your heart then to your mouth and then you are saying it. That is now sin. That is the thing I would tell him. (Lopua)

    A. I will tell him that sin is something that controls your life or makes you do bad things - telling people abusing things. It’s when you don’t follow the Word of God, but you follow the bad ways. (Lorot)   

Q. Isaiah said this Savior would be punished for our sins. Have you ever known someone who took the punishment of someone else? If so, what was their story and why did they do it?

A. No, I’ve never seen. …Maybe a rich person can pay (for someone), but he can’t give his life. Maybe if he wants to save a person, he can give money or one of his animals. But to die…ay! He cannot agree. “The cane remains for the thief.” (Lopua)

The Good Shepherd

   Q.   Have you ever heard of someone giving his life for his animals/being killed trying to protect them?

A. Yes, I know. There are some people who, when the enemy comes to the goats or cows, they just refuse to run. They wait on them (the enemies). Because they know if they run people will say, “Why did you run? Why did you leave your cows?!” So they think, “Ah, it is better for me to die.” (Lorot)

    A. Yes, in Toposaland there was a man who loved his cows so much and then one day he took them to the bush, to the grassland, and the Boyas (enemy tribe) came. When they came, this man did not run, until he died. Then the Boyas took his cow. (Lopua)    

    Q. What did the villagers think about that person? What did the person’s father think?

    A. They were saying that he was a great warrior. His father was still living; he was crying a long, long time. (Lopua)   

Q. Who or what do you think Jesus is talking about when he talks about sheep?

A. I think they are people, those who are following Him and those who may follow Him. (Lorot)

Q. If you know of someone who laid his life down for something, what is the difference between that person and Jesus?

A. Toposa are shepherd of animals, but Jesus is the shepherd of people. (Lorot)

A. Jesus defeated the death. But that man died just like that. It is different…completely. (Lopua)

Q. Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.” How do you see Jesus and the Father being “one”? What do you think this phrase means?

A. Jesus was sent by God and blessed. And God also said, “You are my beloved son and you will do what I want.” And Jesus said God sent him to come and do the things God wanted. Their desires are the same. (Lorot)

Q. The story says the people wanted to stone Jesus. What happens when someone is stoned?

A. The person is just hurt. He does not die. But if he is a drunkard, he will die. Even in 2013, last year, there was a drunkard there. Another man came and beat him with a small stick, and the man died. …I think for Jesus he would (have died) if people would beat him with a stone, because I think there were many people. (Lorot)

NOTE

Thanks for reading! Just want to make mention that the best part of testing Bible Stories with these boys was not the initial Q&A, though that part was often very insightful. Rather, the best part was the conversations which were stirred up by the Q&As. As you can see, asking key questions can open up a person's mind and show you not only how they interpret an individual story, but also what their theology is regarding the Big Story. With Lorot and Lopua, this gave us better direction in how to disciple them 

and what issues to address specifically in our short time. 

We praise God for the season He gave us to pour into these young men. 

Please call their names in prayer when the nations come to your mind. 

We believe God's hand is on their lives and are eager to see them 

"grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus." 

(2 Peter 3:18a)

The Toposa Bible Commentary

For the last two months, we’ve been working regularly with Lorot and Lopua to test Bible Stories in the Toposa mother tongue. As we join with E-3 Partners to test these Stories, our interest is not only to see how well Toposas understand the language of the Stories, but also to see how the people interpret the Word of God through their own personal/cultural experiences and worldview.

We naturally interpret stories (Biblical or otherwise) through our own grid of knowledge and experience. Imagine then a tribesman who has had very little exposure to Western images or Middle Eastern reality, church drama productions or Matthew Henry’s Commentary. What images are going through his mind – what is the backdrop of his understanding - as he listens to the Word of God? How does he see the Stories we’ve grown up envisioning?

In the process of testing, each 3-5 minute Story is accompanied by 15-25 practical/cultural/spiritual questions. You’ll find below a small sampling of these questions and answers from two New Testament Stories recently tested with the boys.

Jesus’ Baptism

Q.     What is the wilderness like? How can a person live there?

    A. Ah, the Toposa people say that if you go to the wilderness, maybe you are just like the animals; you are not a human being. Because how can you go and stay in the wilderness? For Toposa people it is very difficult. The wilderness is just a bush – a place where there is wild animals. There is no town, no person there, just wild animals only. Sometimes if a big person knows the fruits, he can eat the fruits of the place. But if the fruits go off (get finished) he must come back (home). (Lopua)

    A. The wilderness is the place where there is nobody. It’s just a bush. If a man is a Believer, I think he can just stay there by praying. By praying only. (Lorot)

  

Q.     Why do you think John the Baptist was staying there?

A. Because of his instructions. God had instructed him to go there. (Lopua)

A. I think John was filled with the Holy Spirit, and then he just went to the wilderness to spend his time. (Lorot) 

([Story excerpt] Then John told them, “If you have two shirts, give one to the poor.”)

Q.     How would a Toposa describe a poor person?

A. In South Sudan, we have poor people, but we also have the ones who don’t have food or cows. They just have a small land and they are planting sorghum. If he doesn’t have cows, and he doesn’t have a wife, that man we are calling poor. No wife, no children...just alone, with no cows. (Lorot) 

([Story excerpt] Even the tax collectors were there; they were being baptized.)

Q.     What kind of work does a tax collector do? How do you think people felt about him?

A. Their job is when people are selling things at a small market, they go and get people in the market and ask them to give a little money. Those people collect the money and take it to the office (Commissioner’s office). When people see him coming in the market, they run and hide. They leave just a small boy there, and they tell him, “When that man comes, tell him the owner of these things has gone.” (Lorot)

([Story excerpt] And also the soldiers were asking, “What about us?” John told them, “Don’t take money from somebody. Don’t accuse someone falsely. Just let the money you are given be enough for you.”)

Q.     What are soldiers like? What kind of people are they? 

A. Oh, they are very bad people. Because they are usually accusing people falsely when they haven’t done the bad thing. Also, if they find people fighting, they will grab all of them and take them to the station. They will accuse them falsely and do so many bad things. …You can’t even pass near to the soldiers when you are walking in town. You just pass over there. (Lopua)

A. When they get someone having money, they tell him, “Give us also.” If that man refuses, they start beating him, and they take that money by force. Toposas think soldiers are the bad people. (Lorot)   

([Story excerpt] The Holy Spirit descended to Him in the form of a dove.)

Q.     Are there doves in Toposaland? Can you tell me about them?

A. Yes, but not the white one. We have the brown bird; it is very small. We are eating them. They are very nice, very nice. …They are flying. Very difficult to catch, unless you throw a stone at it. (Lopua)

([Story excerpt] And then there was a voice heard from heaven, saying,“You are my beloved son. I love you. Because of you I am so happy.”)

Q.     What is the difference between a son and a beloved son?

A. In Toposa there, if a man has two sons, maybe the old one and the young one, the man can love the young one or he can love the old one more than other sons. Because there are people there in Toposa who love one son more than others. (Lopua)

Q.     Is there anyone in your family who is considered beloved? If so, who?

A. My father loves me so much. You know my father, from the time I was young he has never beaten me. Even when I make a mistake, he cannot cane me. Never! ...In Toposa, if you are taking care of animals and lose one, your father canes you seriously. When you lose the animals, you can’t come home. You have to sleep outside there in other villages. If you come home…ayyyy! Also you cannot be given food at home. Never. …But for me, when I was taking care of animals and they got lost, my father told me, “Don’t worry if the animals get lost. Don’t sleep outside there. Come home, and we can search together tomorrow.” That is what my father did. He never beat me. (Lopua)

Demon-Possessed Man

([Story excerpt] Jesus selected twelve people to be his disciples.)

Q.     What is a disciple?

A. Disciples are people who… It’s like when you have an elder and he sends a younger man. The elder tells him to go and greet his friends, to go somewhere - people he is sending to go to someone. They are doing things for him. (Lorot)

Q.     How was a disciple different from other people?

A. The disciples were with Jesus all the time. (Lopua)

A. Because they were chosen by Jesus. Jesus chose them to be His disciples; that made them different from others. (Lorot)

([Story excerpt] When Jesus came out of the boat, he met with a man who was demon-possessed.)

Q.     How would you describe a demon-possessed person?

A. If somebody is controlled by demons, they have taken of witchcraft. They may do it (witchcraft) themselves also. They act differently than normal people. The person is running everywhere. Sometimes he throws stones at the people. They (demon-possessed people) just run to the bush. Just like that. …There is another boy inside our village. He just started during the rain to fall down. Just during the rain. When the rain started, he would fall to the ground just like that. Then the people are saying, “This person has the demon.” But if a demon throws a person into the fire, then the demons have become very bad. (Lopua)

Q.     Why do you think Jesus told the demons to go inside the pigs?

A. I think maybe (He chose) the pigs, because the human being is not the same as the animals. I think Jesus sent them inside the pigs because they are just animals; they are not like a human being. A human being is very important. I think that’s why Jesus did that. (Lopua)

Q.     How would you feel if Jesus had told evil spirits to go inside your animals?

A. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Maybe I would feel mad. When I see such a thing like that. I see the goat. I see Jesus. And then I will remain…tsk. I will get mad. (Lorot)

Q.     What do you think the pig owners said about Jesus in town? 

A. I could go to town and say, “There is another man there who has sent demons. Now he’s scattered my animals. That man is bad! Let us go now and see that man. He is bad!” (Lopua)

Q.     Why do you think the people wanted Jesus to leave their country?

A. Those people were thinking that Jesus was a bad person. They were fearing, because how can someone heal a person who was suffering for a long time, but now that man has gotten well. …The people would come surprising. (They would become surprised.) Because if a lot of people are having pigs, they will think, “Ah, this man has already sent devils to my pigs, also. I will get my pigs and all of them will already be dead, because that man has said he wants to send devils to the pigs.” (Lorot)

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In the next update, you'll find a sampling of the Q&A for "Isaiah's Prophecies of a Savior" and "The Good Shepherd." (Stay tuned!)

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God Wants You Fat & Happy

Uneducated, Spirit-Filled

Lopua, a Toposa tribesman of approximately 20 years, is currently enrolled in Kenyan Primary School (5^th grade, according to U.S. standards). Give this young man a two-digit multiplication problem, and you can take tea while he’s working on it. Start reading aloud from one of the Gospels, however, and he’ll throw you for a loop by quoting the passage and telling you the book and chapter reference.

Although I am an advocate of education, by no means do I hold that it is a necessary prerequisite of effective, Christ-centered ministry. When the opportunity arises for a tribesman to be educated, I praise God for it, knowing God will use it for His purposes. But what if that tribesman is not as academically-minded as another? Does it imply his service to the Lord will be of less value? That his influence in certain realms will be diminished? When speaking with both Lopua and Lorot, Mark and I are reminded of Acts 4:13, where it is said, “Now when they (rulers of the people and elders) saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.”

Lorot and Lopua

Of greater importance than head knowledge is heart posture. If you have the prior without a proper form of the latter, the results of your ministry will be a pile of works to burn.

“Most of us have just enough Bible knowledge to make us dangerous.” (Justin Peters) This is how heresies begin – with those who know what sounds Biblical in principle but who don’t know the Bible. They expect divine revelations outside of the Scriptures and accept their own vain imaginations as Spirit-inspired.

But foundational to all our secular and spiritual academic ambitions should be the spirit of the Bereans who “received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed….” (Acts 17:11, 12a) Notice, “many of them therefore believed.”  What is the key to effective, Christ-centered service? Receiving the word with eagerness and examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things (whether taught to us by doctrinally-sound pastors, spewed out by televised false prophets, proclaimed by false teachers behind podiums, or written to us in best-sellers) are really so.

“God Wants You Fat* & Happy”

That’s what the 'prophets' say….

In June, Mark and I spent a great deal of time exploring the roots and origins of the Health & Wealth Gospel which permeates not only American “Christian” media and churches, but also Kenyan pulpits and public forums. This isn’t the Daniel Boone kind of exploring – trying to find a new land to settle in. It’s more like the exploration of a neglected minefield – studying the pattern of landmine burials and learning how to recognize each explosive tip. In our opinion this is a suitable description of Prosperity Gospel in whichever field it is found. (And I believe there is hardly a field where it has not been planted.) The hidden and secretive, yet explosive nature of heretical teaching is precisely what Peter warned us about in 2 Peter 2:1-3.

What’s so dangerous about a minefield? Well, if the mines were easily visible above earth, it wouldn’t be half so dangerous, would it? You could just take your jolly steps around them without a second thought. The fact that these explosives are buried in a mound of good soil is what’s dangerous. If our earthly enemies are so clever as to plant them in this way, how much more clever is our spiritual enemy?

As we have begun studying more deeply the contrasts between Christ’s Gospel and today’s Prosperity Gospel (which is actually an ancient distortion of the true Gospel [Note Gal. 1:6-10]), the Lord has opened up unusual doors for us to share with fellow Kenyans who are struggling to understand some of Christ’s commands in light of the teaching of renowned Word of Faith preachers and “prophets.”

While Mark was at work one day, a man began questioning him about the teachings of healing taught by the Word of Faith movement (that it is always God’s will for us to be healed; that healing is as easy to attain as salvation itself; that the cause of perpetual illness is our lack of faith). The Holy Spirit quickened Mark’s mind to recall what we’d been studying the night before, and he was enabled to share it over the course of a couple of hours as the men worked together.

The following day I attended a Women’s Bible Study with some Kenyan friends. One of the ladies was struggling with her confusion over a certain false prophet who recently visited our town. “The prophet said God spoke to him and told him not to read his Bible or pray for seven days,” she shared with the class. “He was awaiting a vision from God…. But I feel confused. Why would God tell someone not to read the Bible or pray?” The answer? “He WOULDN’T.” We ladies then spent considerable time in 2 Timothy and 2 Peter, and in discussion not only of this man but also of several others who hold the same pagan-origin teachings.

Pray that the Lord will grant us more opportunities like these 

to “speak the truth in love” so that we (and our countrymen) 

"may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves 

and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, 

by craftiness in deceitful schemes” (See Eph. 4:11-16).

May you find your greatest treasure in Christ Jesus. 

In Him,

Mark Philip & Darah Olayo

*Fat in the African sense implies both health and wealth.

Studies, Stories, & Simplicity Turned Mad

Mr. Olayo serving tea ;-)

The room was abuzz with activity. Politics were being debated in one corner, my husband eagerly jumping in the ring. In another corner, a professor and some students spoke of an unusual happening near campus. Then, of course, there were the quiet ones lined up against the wall - my favorite group to coax into conversation. They were busy chewing their ginger nut cookies and sipping the hot tea which Mr. Olayo had just served us.

An hour earlier we’d wrapped up a video session on Christ’s Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, otherwise known as “Lamb Selection Day” among the Israelites.  The room had fallen deathly quiet following our faith lesson taught by Ray Van der Laan. Then Mark and I opened the floor for discussion concerning what we’d seen and heard together. We asked many questions of the college students and were elated to see how the Spirit was illuminating their hearts and ours with a deeper understanding of Truth.

“Honestly, this has been chain-breaking for me,” an older male student spoke out. “I can see myself as one of the Israelites that day, crying for Jesus to save me from this and that physical discomfort and frustration…blind to the salvation my heart is really crying for.”

A professor then leaned forward, “I have personally been humbled by this Story. I’ve read it more times than I can count, but today it really hit me why Christ wept over that crowd of people. God is showing me that my own prayers and thoughts about Him must also change. My heart’s greatest rejoicing should be the spiritual deliverance He has brought to my eternal soul, rather than the financial, material, and physical deliverance my flesh desires in this life.”

Joba (Congolese student), Mike's mum, & Mike (graduate)

These Study Sessions were one of our greatest joys in the month of May. After returning to East Africa Bible College to live in the guesthouse, we began inviting students and faculty members to our home two nights a week for fellowship and exploration of the Word together. We praise God for the way He moved in our midst and enlightened our hearts during these times together.

East Africa Bible College celebrated its graduating class on May 31^st, a ceremony we were all too happy to help with in small ways behind the scenes. What a blessing to see young men and women being trained and sent out on mission! We’re very thankful for the work of Kevin and Summer Sneed, as well as the many other staff members at EABC for their joyful service in this endeavor.

Ministry for the Boys!

How we praise God for a recent development in the lives and ministry of Lorot and Lopua! On our final day in South Sudan, we were able to meet with Patricia Caroom of E3 Partners, as well as John Wanyonyi, a local pastor in Kapoeta. They had just been camping in villages for three weeks and were eager to share the resources they had gathered in the form of recorded Toposa Bible Stories. The Lord, knowing Mark’s and my passion to see an oral Bible in the Toposa language, provided a way for us to join in fulfilling the vision birthed in our hearts and in the hearts of so many others. Patricia and Wanyonyi invited us to take advantage of the opportunity before us in Eldoret by getting Lorot and Lopua involved once again in the process of producing an oral Bible for their people.

We believed God would make a way for this to happen. The only problem, we figured, would be getting the boys out of boarding school on a regular basis in order to do project work with them. After discussing the issue with the headteacher and manager of their school, it was decided that the boys would be allowed to visit us EVERY weekend. (Praise God!!) This is an exception not granted to anyone else in the boarding school, so in it we definitely see the hand of God at work.

With the boys on the weekend of EABC's Graduation Ceremony

For four weekends now, this has been our story: Friday after school, the boys catch a bus and drop on our doorstep. We celebrate their arrival with tea and biscuits, catching up on their week and activities. Then we do a basic backtranslation of a Story, making note of any difficult-to-understand phrases. We listen to the Story a couple more times then, before allowing one of them to tell it back to us in their mother tongue. Following are times for testing, which entails asking a series of carefully constructed questions to gain insight as to how they are processing the Story. This 'testing time' has been a special blessing to Mark and I, as we glean so much from the boys when they elaborate on Scripture from their own Spirit-given and culturally-unique understanding.

How we marvel at the grace God has given in our growing relationship with these two young men and in the divine opportunity He has granted us to disciple them in our home…in Kenya!

A Process Less Enthusing

A major time-consumer and hair-thinner at the moment is the spousal visa process which we are going through on Mark’s behalf. We’ve had our documents ready to file for four weeks now but are still waiting on my dependent pass to be issued by the Kenyan government. (Because we didn’t give a bribe to the immigration officials, this simple procedure has turned into a 7-month hassle.) We thank God for a Christian official who lent us his ear and is now pushing to get our papers approved. Once the pass is issued, I can go with Mark to the U.S. Embassy to file for his visa.

Mark has been granted a full scholarship to Evangelical Institute in Greenville, South Carolina. This institute is discipleship-oriented and trains several international students per year in order that they might be more fully equipped to do missions in and around their homeland. For Mr. Olayo, it seems the perfect fit. :) EI also granted me a part-time scholarship. We are, therefore, very eager to reach Stateside by September this year to start training. Most would say this is an absolute impossibility with the visa process ahead of us, but we are pleading with God for a miracle. Please, please pray with us during this “hair-thinning” time – that we would have FULL confidence in God and that a miracle would be granted us for His glory.

We deeply appreciate your intercession for us and also your support on our behalf! 

Love in Christ,

Mark Philip & Darah Olayo

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Asante sana! Thank you! Alakara loowoi!

Sleepy, Tree, and the Prophet Isaiah

I met Dog, Monkey, and Rooster. They were all the talkative sorts.

Star rose every morning to shine. A first class drama queen, of course.  

One day I encountered Big Thorn, Mischief being his middle name.

Always on the run was Clinic. Side-splitting laughter was his fame.

Then there came a tall, quiet Tree, whose face displayed carvings of years gone by.

Alongside him was one Sleepy, known for his soft-toned voice and laid-back stride.

Isaya, in love with God’s Book, would wake very early to read.

He at last joined Sleepy and Tree, all Three introverts to the tee.

Sleepy, Isaya, Tree

Lopua (Dust) and Lorot (Path), who came to Kenya for schooling this February, were once the primary church leaders on the H4S compound. Both were able-speakers, as well as fine interpreters when guests would come. After their departure, a big void was left. But not for long. God intended not only to see this need met, but also to bring Himself tremendous glory by choosing three introverts - Tree, Sleepy, and the Scripture-Lover, Isaya, to fill the gap. We rejoiced in His providence as we witnessed these reserved young men displaying Spirit-filled boldness in proclamation of God’s Word.

Please pray for them – that the Spirit of God would continue pushing them farther and farther out of their comfort zones, pulling them nearer and nearer His side, and propelling them closer and closer to the demonic strongholds in Toposaland, fully armed (Eph. 6) and set ablaze with a passion for God’s glory.

A Sudanese Smorgasbord

Our assignment in Kapoeta over the past two months was a Sudanese smorgasbord. Each day brought duties of varying sorts as we oversaw the school, church, and clinic, as well as the boarding boys on the Hope4Sudan compound. The Lord was faithful to teach us many things through the challenges we faced.

Mark teaching Sunday School

After dealing with meetings and business matters each morning, I would start on other projects (homemaking, preparing Stories and devotions, working in the missionary compound), while Mark would go out to visit with the boys.

With sweet Lokor

It seemed God was bringing five particular young men closer to us this term – Tree, Sleepy, and Isaya (mentioned above), Lodapal (a lame boy), and Lokor (mentally-handicapped). Mark was able to spend quality time with each of these on a weekly, if not daily, basis. My time outside the home was spent mostly with Lokor and Noeline (the nurse at H4S). These relationships were an absolute joy to us – seeing the three introverts gaining more Spirit-induced boldness to speak God’s Book, watching Lodapal grow in his confidence and ability to share his heart with a friend, seeking to bless Lokor by showering him with our love and attention (and being so sweetly blessed by him in return!), and striving to be a friend and encouragement to Noeline.

Through studying the Gospels and the teachings of Ray Van der Laan (Biblical historian) over the past several weeks, we have been learning more fully the importance of sacrificial relationship-building, as well as the true meaning/implications of ‘disciple-making’ in a Hebrew context. This knowledge challenges us daily and has caused us to begin praying more fervently for CHRIST’s passion and commitment in life-on-life ministry. If you pray for us, join us in this request. We are praying the same for each one who stumbles across this newsletter.

Storying in Church

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me, and let him who believes in Me drink. As the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:38)

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