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The Oppressed Break Silence Exodus 2:23 8

During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and
their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

I Love the Lord- Richard Smallwood

2. Prophets Refuse to Amos 7:13 23

Be Silenced
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Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the
kingdom.”

3. Silence Kills Psalm 32:3, 5 36

When I kept silent,

my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4
For day and night
your hand was heavy on me;
my strength was sapped
as in the heat of summer.[b]
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Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess
my transgressions to the LORD.”
And you forgave
the guilt of my sin.

4. Jesus Rudely Interrupted Mark 7:28 46

Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

5. Casting Out Silence Mark 9:17–18 58

A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has
robbed him of speech. 18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth,
gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not.”

6. The Crowd as Silencer Mark 10:47–48 71

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Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were
leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the
roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son
of David, have mercy on me!”
De Blin’ Man Stood on De Road and Cried

Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have
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mercy on me!”

7. Truth Speaks to Power Luke 18:2–3 84

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He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.
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And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against
my adversary.’

8. The Church as 1 Corinthians 97

a Silencing Institution 14:33–35

For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.
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Women[f] should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in
submission, as the law says. 35 If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own
husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.[g]

A Thousand Voices
david Rasbach

With a Voice of Singing