Today we're in Matthew chapter 9. We're going to be looking at verses 1 through 8 as we continue our verse-by-verse study through the gospel of Matthew. And today we're going to be looking at something that's very powerful and very practical for every person. It's the forgiveness of sins. And we're going to be seeing that taking place here in Matthew chapter 9 verses 1 through 8 where the Lord Jesus Christ is going to pronounce a paralyzed man to be forgiven of his sins. I will be also taking a glance at Mark's gospel because Mark gives us some insights that Matthew wasn't led by the Spirit to give to us. By combining Mark and some of the aspects of Mark and then one aspect that we glean from Luke's gospel we get a more complete picture of what's taking place here in Matthew chapter 9. So let's begin reading together Matthew chapter 9 at verse 1. I'll read to verse 8 and we'll get into our study. Matthew chapter 9 beginning at verse 1 reading to verse 8. So we got into a boat crossed over and came to his own city and behold they brought to him a paralytic lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic son be of good cheer your sins are forgiven you. And at once some of the scribes said within themselves this man blasphemes. But Jesus knowing their thoughts said why do you think evil in your hearts for which is easier to say your sins are forgiven you or to say arise and walk. But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins. Then he said to the paralytic arise take up your bed and go to your house and he arose and departed to his house. Now when the multitude sought they marveled and glorified God who had given such power to man. So let's begin by looking at the obvious the Lord Jesus Christ is not simply a teacher a good man a prophet or a religious figure. When you read your Bible you see that Jesus Christ actually came on a mission. And the mission that Jesus Christ came on was to reveal the kingdom of God to fallen men. Mankind the Bible teaches is under the sway and domination of the enemy and the enemy abuses his captives. But Jesus came in order to set captives free and to bring them into liberty a liberty that you could have in him. In the right in the right of Hebrews in Hebrews chapter 2 verses 14 and 15 said it like this. He said because God's children are human beings made of flesh and blood. Jesus also became flesh and blood by being born in human form for only as a human being could he die. And only by dying could he break the power of the devil who had the power of death. Only in this way could he deliver those who have lived all their lives as slaves to the fear of dying. So as God in human flesh Jesus had authority and demonstrated his authority in various ways. As we've been looking at Matthew when you look at chapter 7 verses 28 and 29 for example. Jesus's authority was revealed in his life as well as his teaching because in Matthew 7 28 and 29 Matthew writes so it was when Jesus had ended these sayings that the people were astonished at his teaching for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. So Jesus Christ came and Jesus Christ came with a mission to save mankind. Jesus Christ came with authority that he had from heaven and Matthew has been highlighting his authority. So he had begun in Matthew 7 28 and 29 but pointing out that Jesus's teaching came with authority. Now as we got into chapter 8 Matthew continued highlighting and emphasizing his authority throughout the chapter and he did it by giving us various examples of him exercising authority. We saw in verses 1 through 4 of chapter 8 that he had the power and authority to cleanse a leper. In verses 5 through 13 he had the authority to heal the sick even at a distance. In verses 14 through 17 he had the authority to heal Peter's mother-in-law fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy. In verses 23 through 27 he had the authority over nature stealing a storm. And then again in verses 28 through 34 he had authority over demons no matter how many or how powerful. Now chapter 9 gives us insight into his authority to forgive men of their sins. Now sin normally is translated or interpreted as being one who falls short of the mark. The common word that is used in Greek for us to translate into the word sin is hermitia. And it means to fall short of the mark. When you use the word sin or hermitia it could speak of not fulfilling the requirements of the law of God. And so all have sin and fall short of the glory of God. In other words there's none righteous, no not one. There's not one perfect human being on the face of the earth. The only person who is perfect we all know is Jesus Christ. And so all of us were born in sin. We have sin as our nature. And sin being our nature is what has provoked our lifestyle. And so what we have here in this particular portion of scripture is Jesus telling a man that his sins are forgiven him. Now when he does so the fact that he does this completely outrages the Jewish officials. But the question has to be asked why would these scribes who were religious, they were the religious experts. They were the theologians. Why would these scribes be so upset? Why would they say amongst themselves again in verse 3 within themselves this man blasts fiends. Why would they be provoked to do something like that? They were outraged because by forgiving sins Jesus Christ was declaring himself to be God. That's why they got so upset. Jesus was making it clear that he's God. You see according to the Bible only God has the right and authority to forgive sins. It is the ability of God to forgive sins that distinguishes him from all so-called gods. In the Old Testament book of Micah chapter 7 verses 18 and 19 for example. It reads where is another God like you who pardons the sins of the survivors among his people. You cannot stay angry with your people forever because you delight in showing mercy. Once again you will have compassion on us. You will trample our sins under your feet and throw them into the depths of the ocean. So the Bible teaches that it is God who forgives sins and when Jesus Christ pronounces this man's sins to be forgiven. It outrages the religious leaders of his day. They understood that forgiveness of sins is strictly under the authority of God himself. And by pronouncing forgiveness Jesus was completely shaking their understanding of Scripture. They were saying to themselves how can he do such a thing? How can he say such a thing? And it stumbled them. It caused them great offense. Because Jesus Christ was saying he forgives sins. In the Gospel of Luke there's a beautiful story there. We're all familiar with it. It's found in chapter 7 verses 36 through 50. It's the story of a man by the name of Simon, a Pharisee, who had invited the Lord Jesus Christ over for a meal. And Jesus attended the meal. He received the man's invitation and came and was reclined there at meal. When a woman was well known in the community as a sinner, a person who was living a very sinful life. Many commentators would say that she was undoubtedly a prostitute. This woman enters into the room. We all know the story how she enters in. She looks around the room. The room becomes silent, I'm sure, as people were speaking amongst themselves. And then when she appears there's this sense of what she's doing here. That kind of attitude that people can have. And as she sees the Lord she walks towards him, begins to weep. The tears begin to drip from her chin onto his feet. She becomes aware of that, kneels down, takes her hair, undoes it, begins to dry his feet from her tears. And as she's holding his feet in her hands, she with reverence kisses his feet. And Simon is watching this take place and says within himself, if this man truly were a prophet he would know who and what manner of woman this is that is touching him. She's a sinner. And that's when Jesus has that famous conversation with Simon and says I have something to ask you. And Simon says we'll say on. He says there was a man who owed another man 500 dinari. There was another man who owed the same man 50 dinari. But the man who was owed the money completely forgave both of those men of their debts. I mean I want to ask you a question. Which one of those men will love that man the most? And in an Arab indifference almost like just oh come on it's obvious. Simon says I suppose the one who was forgiven the most. It's obvious in other words. In Jesus's you see this woman. That's one of the traits of the Lord Jesus Christ by the way that I admire the most. He has a tendency of drawing our attention to other people. And he says to Simon all you have seen in this woman is a test case. All you have seen in this woman is that Jesus is a sinner. But have you really looked at her? Because this woman has a lot of things in her that Jesus himself would have understood. That Simon for some reason in his indifference and callousness had failed to take into consideration. And he says have you looked at this woman Simon look at this woman. And he begins to speak and we know I'll know the story. We all know that Jesus at that point says when I walked in you didn't give me the customary greeting of a kiss on the cheek. You didn't anoint my hair with oil and you didn't wash my feet. And Simon those are the things that every good host will afford to his guest. You didn't do any of those things.  She has loved me. And Simon there's a good reason it's because the one who has been forgiven much loves much. And so for me as I read that I have to remember how much have I been forgiven. And if I've been really forgiven of all things then shouldn't my love for Christ be intense and growing. And the answer to that obviously would be yes. But after Jesus speaks to Simon he turned to the woman and he spoke to her. It's recorded in Luke 7.48 and 49. He said to her your sins are forgiven. And those who sat at the table with them began to say to themselves who is this who even forgives sins. So once again we see Jesus evidencing the fact that he has come to forgive sinners by forgiving sins. He transported himself out of the realm of mere man and he claimed to be God. And that's what's being seen here. And if Jesus is God then we would obviously expect to find him doing what God alone can do. And that is what we see. He pardoned sinners and he brings them to a place of contentment and peace. Because Luke records that Jesus went on to say to the woman your faith has saved you. Go in peace. And that's something that only God can do to bring you into peace. And yet Jesus commends her faith and says go into peace. So in this passage Jesus does not deny that he has the authority to forgive sins which only God can do. He not only forgives sins but he goes on to perform a miracle proving that he has the power and authority to do so. And he's able to do that because he's God in human flesh and the savior of the world. In 1 John 4.14 it says we have seen and testified that the Father has sent the Son to be the savior of the world. And so Jesus is revealing that to us as we look at this passage. So in chapter 9 here in Matthew verse 1, Matthew says he got into a boat, crossed over and came to his own city. Now we have read that Jesus had just delivered two demon possessmen in a region on the eastern shore in a place called the Gadarenes. So instead of recognizing his power and compassion we had read that the people asked him to leave and he returns now to his own city, the city of Capernaum. The city of Capernaum is if you were looking at a map it's on the north portion of the Sea of Galilee. It's a fishing village and it had become Jesus's headquarters according to Matthew 4.13. Now as he arrives there in the city it's not unnoticed. He couldn't move freely because many people began to follow him and news of his return to the city is stirring up the people and they come looking for him. Mark chapter 2 verse 2 says immediately many gathered together so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And he preached the word to them. So the word spread quickly. Jesus is back in town. A great crowd begins to form to hear him speak. And as this crowd has formed I want you to notice with me what Mark has pointed out. He preached the word to them. He never got sidetracked from the one thing he had come to do. Jesus had come to give the good news of the love of God and salvation offered to men by God and he did so in a message called the gospel. And so even though everyone might be looking for him he was not sidetracked by the amounts of people. Mark tells us in chapter 1 that Peter was speaking to Jesus and said everyone is looking for you. But he said to them let us go into the next towns that I may preach there also because for this purpose I have come forth. Jesus came not to entertain. Jesus came to set people free and he did that through his message. You see preaching the gospel of the kingdom is the center of the ministry of Jesus Christ. In John 5.24 he said I tell you the truth. Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life will not be condemned but has crossed over from death to life. These crowds that Jesus is now having form around him. These crowds need to become converts. The Lord doesn't want just a lot of people to be interested or curious in him about him. He doesn't want people to simply come to hear him speak or be amazed by his works or to try to get to know him that they might use him. These people need to be saved from future condemnation. John 3.17 and 18 says God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he is not believed in the name of God's one and only son. God is not interested in simply gathering crowds. There are many places that are crowded but not necessarily pleasing to God. In Ezekiel 33 verses 30 through 33 God says to Ezekiel, As for you son of man the children of your people are talking about you beside the walls and in the doors of the houses and they speak to one another. Everyone saying to his brother, Please come and hear what the word is that comes from the Lord so they come to you as people do. They sit before you as my people and they hear your words but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love but their hearts pursue their own gain. Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument for they hear your words but they do not do them. And when this comes to pass surely it will come to pass then they will know that a prophet has been among them. Ezekiel it's not enough that crowds are forming to hear. You're like an entertainer. The things that you're saying has popularized you. But he says as they are seated before you they come and seat themselves before you as if they're my people. And this is the thing that's amazing about what God is telling Ezekiel. The prophet at that point he says they sit before you as my people but they are not my people. And this is why they are not my people because he said they hear but they do not do. So Jesus did not come to draw crowds. Jesus did not come to entertain people with eloquence. He did not come in order that he might heal the sick alone. Jesus came to proclaim a message that set captives free. Jesus came so that he might provide forgiveness for those who have sinned. And the Bible says all have sin and fall short of the glory of God. And so what we have here is an example of the Lord Jesus Christ doing the work that he was sent to do. Which is to bring healing to those who have a need especially as it pertains to their sins. And so it says he came into his own city and then in verse 2 of Matthew chapter 9.  And Jesus seen their faith said to the paralytic son be of good cheer your sins are forgiven you. Matthew simply records they brought to him a paralytic on a bed. But Mark gives us a bit more detail because in Mark chapter 2 verse 3. It says they came to him bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. Now this paralytic is being emphasized here. The question has to be asked why would the healing of a lame man be something that needs to be recorded in this kind of detail? Well the healing of those who are crippled is one of the works that Messiah was to perform. The Messiah would actually heal the lame. And that was known by those of that day to be one of the earmarks and the things that gave the Messiah credentials. And that is that he healed the lame. There's an interesting story found in Matthew chapter 11. We'll get to chapter 11 in about two years and as we get there you'll see it. But in Matthew chapter 11. John the Baptist and we all know John the baptizer. John had been put in prison because John had been preaching to Herod that it was not lawful for Herod to have his brother Philip's wife. And that had outraged him and infuriated him and so Herod had placed John in prison. John knows that his season of ministry is almost up and he's going to die. He's aware of this and so what he does is he calls some of his disciples to him and he sends them on a mission. And the mission is to go and speak to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now remember with me that John had baptized Jesus. John said I didn't know who he was but the one who sent me said the one whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining. This is he and he pointed Jesus Christ out as being Messiah. But now this great man of God whom Jesus refers to as the greatest born to women. This great man of God is languishing in prison.  He's concerned and so he sends his men to go and speak to Jesus and he says I want you to go and speak to him and ask this question of him. And so in Matthew 11 verses 4 through 6 after they said to him John has sent us and asked the question are you the coming one or should we look for another? The coming one is another title for Messiah. Are you Messiah is what they're saying or should we look for another? Jesus responds in Matthew 11 4 through 6 by replying go back and report to John what you hear and see. The blind receive sight. The lame walk. Those who have leprosy are cured. The deaf hear. The dead are raised and the good news is preached to the poor. And blessed is the man who does not fall away on account of me. Blessed is the man who is not stumbled because of me. Blessed is the man who does not think I should be doing certain things and when I don't fulfill his expectations just walks away from me and says I don't need this. You see there's a number of people who have quote unquote come to faith in Christ because they expected Jesus to do something for them. They actually wanted Jesus to be almost like a puppet on some strings. You do exactly what I need to make me happy and I'll follow you and when he doesn't do what they want or disappoints them in some way they just walk away. I don't need this. I already had misery. I still have misery. I don't need Jesus Christ. And many people who have claimed to have a faith in Christ in reality were fair weather disciples thinking that he was going to make everything better for them. But what happens? What happens when you're put in a position where your faith is tested? And that's why Jesus would say blessed is the man who is not stumbled or caused to be offended because of me. Blessed is the man who hasn't tried to create me in the image that they want for their Messiah but has allowed me to be who I am and receive me in that fashion. And there are a lot of people who think Jesus is supposed to do certain things for them and when he doesn't they say who needs this. Well there you have John. And what's interesting is Jesus' response because he points out that the lame would walk which was one of the things that would occur through Messiah. Someone wrote these miracles were not only the most convincing proofs of the supreme power of Christ but were also emblematic of the work of salvation which he affects on the souls of men. Men are blind. They are darkened by sin and do not see the way of truth and salvation. Men are not able to walk in the path of righteousness. Men are leprous. Their souls are defiled with sin deepening in themselves and infecting others. Men are deaf to the voice of God, His Word, even to their own conscience. And men are dead in trespasses and sins and the result is they are separated from God. It is Jesus who opens the eyes of the blind, enables the lame to walk in the way of holiness, cleanses the lepers from all the defilement of their sins, opens the ears of the deaf to hear His pardoning words and raises those who were dead in trespasses and sins to live in union with Himself for all eternity. So Jesus Christ as Messiah came in order to make the dead come alive, the crippled to be able to walk. That was what Messiah was to do. There's an author by the name of Ken Geyer and he wrote a devotional, incredible moments. And he concentrated one of his devotionals on this man that we're looking at here, this crippled man. And this is what he said. His spindly legs and arms form the bars to the cell that imprisons him, isolating him from the rest of the world. And so there he lays alone on a three by six mat, day after day, week after week, month after monotonous month, never able to rise and stretch with the morning sun, never able to socialize in the streets, never able to step out for a casual breath of fresh air, never able to walk off his frustrations, never able to have a change of scenery without inconvenience in a handful of other people. He had to rely on others for everything, for every sip of water, for every bite of food. For every time his bowels moved or his bladder needed relief, somebody else has to turn him and bathe him and clothe him. Dependency, humiliation, confinement, boredom, loneliness, frustration, shame, despair. These are just a few of the entries in the thesaurus that defines life on a three by six mat. This man was crippled, he couldn't care for himself, but there's something he had that we all need and that was friends. He had some very, very true friends. In Mark chapter two verse three, Mark tells us that he was carried by four of them. What a blessing it is, isn't it, to have friends? There are a lot of men today who don't have any friends. There was a book written years ago now that that was something like the loneliness of the American male. And there are a lot of men today who don't have friends. They're unable, if you were to sit down, perhaps you're married to one. And you said to him, name your best friend to me. Some of us will have to actually think back to elementary school and maybe we'll think of junior high or high school or college. And we'll say, oh yeah, I had, and then you say, but who's your best friend now? I don't have any friends because I got you. A lot of men I know have basically stopped having outside buddies of any sort and have concentrated their friendship on their wife. But if you were to ask them who is your best friend, they're unable to say they have one. They'll say I've got buddies. I have guys I know, guys I work with, guys I once in a while will see at church. But friendlessness is one of the plagues of American society, especially as it pertains to men. If you ask an average guy something like, tell me some of your more fun experiences you have. Tell me things that you really enjoyed. You know, a lot of my memories are like this. I'll say, you know, I remember one night we started out real late, and we rode our motorcycles from Norwalk to Santa Barbara. We got there about midnight, hooked up with one of my friends from San Luis Obispo, and then rode our bikes from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo and enjoyed myself for two or three days. I can tell you stories like that. I can tell you stories of driving late at night and stopping at some roadside diner in some small town where a couple buddies and I pulled over two or three in the morning and went in and sat down and drank some coffee, ate some breakfast and just talked about life.  I'll give you an example. I remember staying at my friend's house, Bill, and we're, you know, we were 12 years old and we're sitting with our T-shirt and our BBDs.  And he says, hey, let's go out and race cars in our underwear. So I said, why not? There were no cars anyway. So I said, why not?  It's like two in the morning. There's no cars out. Here comes a car. And so my friend and I, he says, let's go. He said, when he gets up to that driveway, let's run and roll, race them down the street. And I said, why not? So I'm standing there and here comes our, and he runs out and I stayed behind and I hid behind the door. And he's running down the street on the sidewalk and this woman, I'll never forget this older woman just staring with her mouth open at this 12-year-old guy in his underwear running down the street and he stops and looks and I'm waving at him from behind the door. And those are memories I have and they're good memories.  We had relationship. We had friendship and we cared about one another. We really did as silly as we might have been at 12, 13 and all because it's the same guy, Bill, that ran down the sidewalk wanting to race these cars in our underwear. It's the same guy who put me in, who told me you need to come to this Maranatha concert in order to give your heart to Jesus Christ. It was the same friend because friends bring other friends closer to Christ. That's what a real friend does. When you begin to look at your friendships, the best friends you have, listen carefully. The best friend you have is the one who will not take you away from Jesus. The best friend you have is the one who brings you closer to him. Never forget that because some of you have friends who are always telling you things that would actually take you away from Jesus. And they're not intending to. They're just saying things to you like, what's wrong with this and there's nothing wrong with that. And that's his opinion. And you're not even listening to what the Spirit is saying because your friend is busy telling you something other than that. Be careful. Be careful that you don't circle yourself with people who draw you away. Pray that God will give you friends who bring you to Christ. This man had friends who could do nothing for him, but the best thing, which was to take this man to Jesus Christ. And what's interesting is it says in Matthew 9 verse 2 that Jesus saw their faith. How did he see their faith? Again, by combining Mark's account with Matthew's, it says in Mark chapter 2 verse 4 that they couldn't come near to him because of the crowd. So they actually uncovered the roof. What they had done is they walked up the side stairs of this small place and they began pulling the patio roof apart. If you were to see what the roofs and patios of that day were like, you would see that the roof was flat with beams that ran transversely. They were normally overlaid with brushwood and tree branches and were covered with a thick blanket of mud or clay mixed with straw. And what they did is they actually broke up this roof. And as they were working furiously, there was falling debris. And the falling debris began to create a billowy cloud and particles of dust and debris were floating. Jesus is inside. As you can see right above him, the roof began to open up. And you can see these fingers of these men as they're pulling it apart. And Jesus, as he was teaching, undoubtedly just waited for them to finish what they were doing. And they finally opened it wide enough for them to begin to lower their friend down. Even if the man didn't want to come, he was coming anyway. There was nothing he could do about it. So slowly and gently they begin to lower that bed on which their friend was lying. This was what is called faith in action. They were four working as one. They were a team of ministers. Their faces were sweaty. Their hands were dirty from breaking up the roof. You see, faith is active. And it's noticeable when it's exercised. James 2 verse 17 says, Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone. But Jesus here sawed their faith. And then he said to the paralytic son, Be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you.  Now why would he do that? Well, the reason he's promising forgiveness for his sins is because even more than walking, this man needed to be forgiven. Even more than the ability to stand up and walk, to dance, to run, to jump. He needed his soul healed more than he needed his legs healed. Jesus asks the question in Matthew 16 verse 26, What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? What material thing have you ever gotten or I ever gotten that has made me eternally happy? Blast and please, I am so glad I'll have this forever. What material thing lasts for eternity? That's the point Christ is making, not a single thing does. You buy a car and it's nice to have a nice car, it's great to have a nice car. But two or three years down the line you want to get rid of it and get another one. Four years, five years, you get another one. Why? Because that car, as fun as it may be and as enjoyable as it may be and all of that, isn't going to produce for you what you really long for. That's true with every material thing. That's true with every relationship. Yeah, you can clap. I think that's true. It is true. Amen. Those are all single people by the way, clapping. But it's true. It is absolutely true. God help us to see this today. God help us to see it. So many singles say, I'm lonely, I need a mate. I do not in any way shape or form denigrate that at all. I do not. It is not good that man should be alone. I understand that and yes I'm married, I've been married a long time and I've had people say, well, you say that because you're married but you're not alone. All I know is this, that the Lord satisfies my soul and the deepest recesses of it. He does. And I really believe strongly that he has to be the number one love of our life. And I used to tell my kids, I'd say, you know what? If you want to have a good husband or wife, then become the best Christian you can be. Be the best gift to them that you could possibly be.  Be their helper. And be a person that is satisfied in Christ because a person who's not satisfied in Christ is going to try to be satisfied in human beings and the human being will never meet their needs. But when you find your satisfaction in the Lord, when you trust Him, you become an entirely different person and in doing so there's a satisfaction the world cannot give. And Jesus said, you know, who's going to be satisfied with the things of the world? What this man needed was forgiveness. And so what he does in Matthew 9 verse 2 is he speaks to him and he says, son, be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven you. Be of good cheer. In other words, take courage. Courage that is deep. Courage that is genuine. It speaks of an inner strength, an inner strength that overcomes fear. He says, be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven. Your forgiven means to be driven away, doing away with. Jesus was promising this sick man forgiveness of sin because that's what he needed more than the ability to walk. Now that's hard for us to understand today. I know that. I realize that. I do. But he needed forgiveness more than the ability to walk. And Jesus granted to him what he really needed. But the men did not know that he needed. They knew that he was crippled. They brought him to Jesus undoubtedly because Jesus couldn't heal. But Jesus looked past the first and looked to what was the deepest and that was forgiveness. You see, sin. Sin needs to be forgiven, not excused. There are numbers of people today, many people, a whole society really that is in the sin excusing business. Well, the reason he's that way is because he was raised that way, or he was not educated enough, or he had a bad role model, or had no role models, or it's the neighborhood, or it's the lack of education. We're able to explain so many of the symptoms. But what is the root cause? Why is it? Why is it that this person has done what he has done? It's because of his heart. It's because of the condition within him. It's because of the evil that is rampant within that hasn't been checked. And that is something that can be checked when you say to God, be merciful to me. I am a sinner. Listen, when I got saved, you know, I've had friends of mine who were into drugs and alcohol a lot longer than I was. And they say, ah, Dave, you are a lightweight man. I was in it for 30 plus years. And I say, well, you know God was merciful to me at an early age. And I went for it. Because, yeah, I did my drugs, and I did my alcohol, and I did the things that pertain to that kind of life. But one day I was driving, and I'll give a little detail. I was driving, I'd been drinking, I got in an accident, I was, I hit a pole, and a police officer came and said, stay in your car, we're going to have to take you in. But two girls I knew came pulling up behind me and they walked up and said, what's going on? And I climbed out of the car. When I climbed out of the car, the police officer, the sheriff, Norwalk Sheriff, hooked me up, put me in the back of his car and dropped me off at the Norwalk substation. While I was at the Norwalk substation, I had long hair. One of the officers looking at me, talking to his friends, said, what is this? Is this a girl or this a boy? And I looked at him and I said, at your age, if you don't know the difference between a girl and a boy, there's something wrong with you. So he maced me. I still remember that. He maced me and threw me in a cell. And when he had me in the cell, I was drunk, he took the handcuffs off and threw me in the cell. A guy that I had met that night who actually was part of helping me to get into jail because he was pushing me in his car, which is what caused me to slam into the pole in the first place, he got arrested. So here's, this guy's in the cell next to me, the guy who got me arrested. Yeah, I got myself arrested, the guy who helped me to get myself arrested. And he brought reds with him. Some of you know what reds are, second, oh. They were dropping drugs in the jail cell. That was my life. That was what I did. The next day I was transported to L.A. to county jail. And they took me to county jail. And my dad came and picked me up out of the holding cell there. And my dad did not smoke, but my dad had a pack of cigarettes and he was chain smoking all the way from L.A. county jail to where we lived in Norwalk. One cigarette after another, just smoking. He was so upset. And he says, what is wrong with you? And I said, I don't know dad, I'm sick. And so what he did is he sent me to a psychiatrist. And so I started going to a psych to try and explain to him why I was so destructive, why I was so crazy, why I was so angry. And I never was able to explain what I was feeling. And it was at that time that my friend Bill, the underwear racing car guy, was at that time that BBD Bill took me to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. And I discovered that my problem wasn't a lack of relationship with a girl or money or education. My crazy problem was sin. I needed to be forgiven of my sins. You see, daddy could have given to me a new car. As a matter of fact, when I was 17, he said, if you go on the honor roll, I'll buy you a brand new Mustang. He took me to a car lot. I looked at 1968 Mustangs. I picked out a green fastback with a 3-speed, a 390. I still remember it. David, if you get on the honor roll, I will buy you this car. I graduated high school with a D minus average. I didn't even go to school. I never got that car because I didn't care. You see, the car wouldn't have done it. The relationships wouldn't have done it. The education for me wouldn't have done it. I needed Jesus Christ. I needed my sins forgiven. And that's what this is all about. That's why Jesus looks at this man. Son, your sins are forgiven you. And the people around, this man blasphemes. Who could, Mark adds, who can forgive sins but God alone? And that's what's going on here. You see, the Bible tells us very quickly, if we confess our sin, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. They're asking, who is this man? Because they hear what he's actually saying. They're saying, man doesn't have the authority to forgive sins against God. Who is this man? Well, Jesus forgives sins because Jesus is God in the flesh and only God forgives sins. Therefore, Jesus is claiming to be God. Isaiah 43.25 says it like this. God speaking, I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, remembers your sins no more. Psalm 103.12, as far as the east is from the west, so far as he removed our transgressions from us. It's God who forgives sins. He is the one who forgives. And so, Jesus knows their thoughts. Jesus actually responds to their thoughts. It says, Jesus knowing their thoughts said, why do you think evil in your heart? Again, this expresses his divinity. Psalm 44.21, he knows the secrets of the heart. Hebrews 4.13, nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account. But he goes on in verse 5, which is easier to say your sins are forgiven or say arise and walk? Well, both are impossible without God. But the fact is to say someone is forgiven is easier than to heal that person physically. One is an act that is not necessarily visible. The other is obviously immediate and visible. So he says in verse 6, that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins. So he says the Son of Man, that is a messianic title. But he says so that you may know that I have power on earth to forgive sins. He says that the paralytic arise, take up your bed and go to your house. So the invisible forgiveness is demonstrated by the visible healing. His faith responds with behavior. The crippled man is made to walk through faith and obedience. Undoubtedly, joy floods his soul. He rejoices over what God has done. Now listen, Jesus gave an impossible command. He cannot get up. That's the reason why he was brought here in the first place. It is impossible for me to get up. You're telling me to do something I cannot do. But remember this, when God gives a command, he supplies the ability to obey. He supplies the ability to obey.   Listen, when our church was young, I would be thinking, oh, Lord, I don't know what to do. We have a bill here or we have to do something there. I don't know what I'm going to do. One of the things the Spirit of the Lord began to speak to my heart very early in the history of this ministry was this. I can say it like this, because this is how it came across in my own heart, where God said, I did not raise you up to let you fall. I'll support you. I will take care of you, which he has been faithful to do for all 34 years of this ministry, and he's been that way ever since the day I got saved. He is faithful. He has always been. What does the man do? Well, he arose and departed to his house. When the multitude sought, they marveled and glorified God who had given such power to men. They marveled. They were filled with awe, reverential fear towards Jesus Christ. Can you imagine the joy that everybody in his home experienced? He was forgiven. And he was walking again. In Luke chapter 5, verses 25 and 26, immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house. Glorifying God, they were all amazed. They glorified God, and were filled with fear saying, we have seen strange things today. They marveled and glorified God. When you are made to walk, people also will be drawn to Jesus Christ. So I'm coming home from a Maranatha concert on 20 years old. I had been expecting to go across the street from where I was living to smoke some pot. Some friends of mine had received a shipment of marijuana from Thailand. But instead of going to get high that day, December 27th, I went to a Maranatha concert. I heard this preacher named Arthur Blessed speak. I gave my heart to Christ. I came home. I had been drunk or loaded almost, well, several times a week for about a year, going down. And I come walking into the house. I walk into the den where my parents and my two sisters were. And I said, Mom, Dad, Becky, Madeline, I love you. Praise the Lord. And I walk into the bathroom, which is attached to the den. And my two sisters jumped up and ran in there. What happened to you? And I said, I gave my heart to Christ today. I got born again. I'm saved. My mom and my dad, I hear the TV go off. And my dad brings my mom walking past the door because he was taking her to their room. And she and he stopped looking, and they stopped and looked at me as they were just staring.  And my dad was patting her on the back because she knew I went crazy. That's what they told me. They knew you went crazy. My dad's comforting. And my dad said, I just told your mama, it's okay, honey. He found God. It's okay. And my mom went to her bedroom and she did a rosary for me because she knew I was crazy. Three weeks. Well, that day, I should say it this way. That night, my sister Madeline went to bed and said, whatever you did for him, do it for me. And she gave her heart to Jesus Christ. Three weeks later, my dad and my mom are in their kitchen. I come walking in with a Bible. I'd been reading it like I was told to. And I'd gotten a Revelation 9 and it's about men with women's hair, iron teeth, stings that they want death for five months in the whole nine yards. And I read it to my dad. I say, dad, this is the word of God. I look into what God says and I read this verse, this chapter to him and I say to him, I don't know what it means, but I know this is not speaking to me and it's speaking to you. And I looked at my dad and I said, you're a good man.  I said, I love you, daddy. And I don't want to go to heaven without you.  You're receiving Christ right now. And my dad did and my mom did. My brother, Frank, gets saved two years later and that's when I started a Bible study in Ontario. He had a girl that he worked with named Marie who started going to the study. My sister led her to Christ. She needed discipling. I married her and that's how this church eventually came to be. And they were amazed and they glorified God. And they glorified God. When your sins are forgiven, you can walk. And when you walk, people will be amazed at what God has done in you. Don't we worship an amazing God? We do. We do. We do.


Live from Las Vegas, it's theCUBE, covering Fortinet Accelerate 18, brought to you by Fortinet. Welcome back to theCUBE's continuing coverage of Fortinet's Accelerate 2018. I'm Lisa Martin, joined by my co-host, Peter Burris, and we're excited to be joined by a Fortinet customer, Troy Miller, the director of technical resources from Clark County School District. Troy, welcome to theCUBE. Thank you. So you're local, you're in the Vegas area. Tell us a little bit about Clark County. I know there's some impressive numbers of size and about your role. Clark County School District, we serve about 320,000 students a day, 41,000 employees. It's the entire county, which last year was about the size of Rhode Island. So basically that's geographically large as well. My role in the district, we're a director of technical resources. We manage the, we bring in 80 gigs of internet each day for all those people to consume, and we're responsible for the edge security. So we don't get down to the desktop yet, but we just make sure they have a accessible and reliable internet. So 320,000 students and 41,000 employees, how many devices is that connecting to your network? Or do you have any idea? Even ones that were just district owned might be closer to 420,000 probably, we've count all the labs. And then another, everyone brings in their own one or two or three devices with them, their phone, their iPad, their laptop. So there's not an exact count, but I'm guessing well over 450,000 probably. And you've been with Clark County for a while and you've been in education for a while. Talk to us about the technology evolution that you've seen take place, the opportunities that that gives educators and students, as well as the opportunities that it provides on the security side that you have to combat. Yeah, a long time ago, I was taught for four years from, I think it was a 93 to 97, and I got into the department I'm in now. But yeah, back then it was one computer that a teacher didn't know how to use and rarely turned on, to now they're using, whether it's be smart boards, giving out iPads, Chromebooks and so on, every kid's connected, and it's important like, we're now a Google school district, so Google classroom, using Google sites and so on. And so it's important. And what the evolution of that is just that you have, it's when you have a reliable internet, and so Fortinet has definitely increased our statute in that. And so that day-to-day instruction can take place, not interrupt them, because if they lose their internet for two minutes, we've deprived these students for all kinds of education. So no, it's important, and now like everything has relied upon it, even our student management system, our ERP, all that stuff is now hosted internally, some hosted externally, so security is a very important part of that. And when you think about the role that you play, you have a specific role within the school district. How does the ability to use a Fortinet-like product inside your role impact your ability to collaborate, coordinate with others in the school district to make sure that everything is running seamlessly? Yeah, this Fortinet is that for us using the Fortinet that we have, it was important to be able to get a better insight. I'm excited about the stuff at the conference this year to really improve upon that, to be able to properly secure those, say VPN connections going out to outside services or to better serve the students in the schools or other business transactions that take place. So it's important on that, and then we can see if something's starting to break down somewhat where to go. And again, our district's pretty separated, it's a siloed a bit, and so it's important we know which department to go to if we're seeing issues with certain things. Now, local governments are notoriously difficult to work with for some technology vendors. How has it been for Clark County working with members of the Fortinet ecosystem? Because security is obviously an increasingly important feature of, well, virtually everything, but including local municipalities. Right, and Fortinet's been awesome. We worked with them through our managed service provider Mosaic 451. So when we moved towards Fortinet just a year and a half ago, that made it a very seamless move because they had the expertise that we didn't at the time. We were brand new to the Fortinet platform. They brought in people from all over to help out with that, to either install it, to set up the policies and so on. So yeah, working with municipalities is difficult, working for ones even more difficult, but Fortinet has made that very easy. What was the catalyst for bringing on Fortinet in terms of some of the challenges that you guys have with your firewalls? Was there any sort of one event or type of events that really catalyzed, hey, we've got a transform here? Yeah, there was a series of events actually. About a year and a half ago we were undergoing about daily one hour, two hour DDoS attacks, fragmented UDP attacks. And our previous firewall vendors, they couldn't, one, they couldn't diagnose it. And two, even once they did, it couldn't handle it. We were basically firewalling our firewall with our edge router. And so that was when I said something has got to change. And I was going to contact at Mosaic 451 and said, I need help, I need, I can't be doing this every day because the staff obviously were upset, so was I. And so Fortinet actually, back then, our first involvement with Fortinet, they sent out two chassis and said, here, try them out, see if this will stop the attack. We think it will. And we got them going within a few days and sure enough, it did. And so that told me I need to make a move. And it took some, obviously, some budget trapeze acts to get that done. But within six months, we were then on Fortinet. And again, once we got the equipment back, it was all, it was, everyone was able to help out, get a setup, and were unique in what we had and moving our policies and so on. So they've been integral in that. So impact perspective, it sounds like you went from these daily DDoS attacks to zero? In how short of a time period? They stopped on their own beginning of January of that year. But we haven't had one at all since then. Or if we, we've had small ones, but the Fortinet's handled them without a problem, they barely bumped them, you know. It's a pretty big impact there that you've been able to make pretty quickly. Oh yeah, we went from, yeah, it was six months before we finally made the Fortinet decision. And that was, we were fortunate, we didn't have to go through an RFP process on that because that would have taken forever and I didn't want to do that. And so, I already said we did an RFP, this one doesn't work, we know this other one doesn't work, so guess what's left? So that's the way we ended up with Fortinet. And like I said, we're very happy with them so far. In terms of some of the announcements that they have made today around utilizing AI technology, they've also talked about their fabric ready partner program. You talked about a partner there. What are some of the things that excite you about what you've heard from them today? Does that give you reassurance? Not only do we make the right decision, but this is something that's going to help us, as we evolve and as security threats naturally evolve and grow as well, that you feel like you have a good foundation on the security side. Yeah, precisely, I'm very excited from what I saw.  And you know, we're up and running with the security fabric, you know. I'm excited about it, but what I'm really excited is the opportunity to grow, we can really show some progress with that. And so while I can't take full advantage of it, or even go to the Ford OS 6, probably anytime soon, but we will be able to start laying the groundwork and I can plan out to start filling off those checkboxes in that security fabric and start providing a better, more secure internet for what I'm responsible for, what I can consume. So education like everything else is changing. What are the set of options that become more available to you and to Clark County School District as a consequence of bringing in a new security fabric that's capable of accommodating a little bit more complexity, a little bit more automation? Well, yes, and a little bit of all of that. For us, what I'm excited about with the Ford is that one, we've got something robust that's going to last us for five to seven years. Those will last even beyond our 80 gigs we're using now if we need to go beyond that before I retire. But the exciting part of that is, like I said, by adding in those different security fabric pieces, I think we'll be able to improve bit by bit. And I know while they're going to improve them even more by the time we finally get there. So that's exciting.  It sounds, I don't want to say fragmented, but there's different centers. How has, I should say, what you guys have been able to achieve by bringing Fordinet and in terms of, we talked about this dramatic reduction or elimination of DDoS, are you able to leverage that as sort of a best practice within the school district? Do you see opportunities that this Fordinet partnership can have for you in that respect? It gives us some validity and shows that it did make a difference. We didn't just spend some money on no reason. But yeah, because of it being siloed, what the Fordinet has to give us now is we can know exactly which department to send certain tickets to. What we see, whether it's to be malware or something pinging out that shouldn't, we can better address where it's coming from and what to do with it. And again, Mosaic is our sock. So working with them, working with Fordinet, we've been able to improve our response to minor incidents as they happen. There are other natural issues that the County of Las Vegas deals with that makes Fordinet especially relevant. I mean, obviously great distances, but you've got large mountains surrounding here. It's a very dry environment. Are you finding that there's just things about the location that makes Fordinet that much better choice? I don't know if there's anything environmental. Pretty much what makes us, like I said, on the best choice, not really where we are, but just what we do. And so, like I said, the internet comes to us and then we kind of spray it out from there. And so that availability and reliability is what's important. The sort of where we are doesn't quite matter, but it is the ability to be able to service the customers. So we kind of look at the security kind of transformation that you're on. I've talked to us about some of the achievements that you've made so far in the first year or so. What are some of the things throughout the rest of 2018 that you're looking forward to enabling in your environment with your Fordinet partnership? Some things I'm excited about there is, like you had mentioned for the AI part of that, that I'm really excited to hopefully implement. That just takes, I can use the eyes I have. I only have four security people basically for that organization. Two of them from Mosaic, two of my own people. And so if I can have those people addressing bigger concerns than malware or stuff like that, and the AI can better handle that. So instead of digging through logs, we can just, there it is, block it, or it's already blocked. That would save us, and I can use that talent for more serious items, you know. We're completing a, we already completed our edge redesign and now we're done on that. We're working on our internal network, so if we can spend more time making those things more robust to then take advantage of the security fabric as it, as we're able to take advantage of it, then that's all the better. In most enterprises, there's a partnership that has to be established between security architecture, security operations, the business, and especially employees. Employees have to take an active role to successfully do security. Kids and schools are not necessarily well known for having consistent behaviors. How has that affected your environment and what can enterprises learn as they think about having to serve increasingly unruly customers in their markets? Yeah, that's one of the things I'm just starting to dip my toe into to plan for next year is more of an education for it, but then holding them accountable for that education. Yeah, I don't know which is worse, the teachers or the students. I'm guessing the teachers, but they'll click on anything they see. So it's important to educate them first before I start rolling out some, you know, phishing testing on them and so on, but we have to start doing that because otherwise it doesn't matter how, if something comes in or if they get it off their tablet or, you know, now they've infected the internal and it didn't even get to us, right? And so it's important that education is important. We're going to start trying to hold them accountable for it, but that's a huge challenge and where I'm at. That's like climbing Everest there. So is Fortnett going to help? I think it will. Fortnett's going to be able to help first, to be able to have that insight on what's still working, what's not. You know, we're still seeing these things. All right, how are we? And also recognizing patterns and seeing what people tend to do wrong. Probably help you pinpoint what you need to, that partnership, what the user needs to take more responsibility for. Right, and that's the last thing, it better identifies those issues. We can either see where they've improved or what still needs to be worked on. Great. Well, congratulations on what you've achieved so far. Oh, thank you. And thank you so much for sharing your success story with us and you're on a journey. We wish you continued success with that. Thank you. For my co-host Peter Burris, I'm Lisa Martin. You've been watching The Cube's coverage of Fortnett Accelerate 2018. We'll be right back after a short break.


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In studying the records not only of the past year, but also of the pre-war years, it is apparent that this nation is not only not making any progress in fighting the crime wave, but is actually losing ground. That fact points up the inevitable corollary that unless some real progress is made in the near future, unless some important victories are won against that army of criminals, the crime wave may engulf us all. However, defeat at their hands is not inevitable. Even as it wasn't inevitable when the Axis forces held democracy by the throat during World War II, victory against the Legion of Crime can be won, but it will only be won the way any war is won by the combined efforts of all the people. Tonight's file opens in the neighborhood dance hall located in the residential section of one of our large eastern cities. A group of people is scattered about the hall, obviously waiting for the commencement of festivities. A young man appears on the bandstand and falls out to the crowd. Quiet, please. May I have quiet? Ladies and gentlemen, you know why we're all here tonight. As members of the Neighborhood Friendship Club, we are availing ourselves of the opportunity to meet and dance with new friends. As usual at these gatherings, the music will be supplied by Happy Miller and his Friendship Five. Now, I know that none of you are acquainted now. As the music commences, I suggest that you go to the nearest member of the opposite sex and, well, just dance. All right, friends, here we go. There's a better crowd than I thought there'd be, Mary. Uh-huh. Not too much competition. Hey, guy with the high collar. He's heading over here. He's gonna pick you. He's kind of old, isn't he? Harold Flynn, don't come here, honey. Hello. May I, I mean, would you like to dance? Is it all right? Yes. Thank you. Well, I guess we can start right here. All right. What's your name? Mary Franklin. Oh. What's yours? Tom Cook. Oh. I'm sorry. Oh, that's all right. I'm afraid I'm not too good a dancer. Oh, you're fine. Miss Franklin. Yes. I don't want to sound forward, but well, I don't understand how a pretty girl like you happens to be here. I mean, you shouldn't need a friendship club. Oh, my sister and I, she was sitting there with me. We just moved here. Oh. Sorry. Oh, that's all right. Is this your first time here? Yes. Mine, too. Oh. I don't get a chance to go out much. My work takes up a good deal of my time. Oh, what do you do? I have my own business. Oh, really? What kind? Paper boxes. I make them. Oh, that must be very interesting. Oh, it is. We just licked a problem today that we'd been working on for months. An oversized carton proposition. You like to hear about it? Oh, I'd love to. Well, this was a real challenge. Unexpected things are always happening in the paper box business. That's why I enjoy it, so I guess. Oh, I'm sure that's it. For instance, every customer has different ideas and different tastes. Oh. Some like to have a box that's long and not too wide. Others like a square box, except they don't like it exactly square. Say, I hope I'm not talking too much about the box business. Oh, not at all. I love to hear about it. You're sure? Oh, yes. Well, then here's the fact about cartons that very few people know. Oh, what's that? Well, you know the corrugated lining that's on the inside of cartons that they ship. Here, Miss Franklin, all the places that box is like I may go to Europe, Asia, all over the world. It makes you pretty proud. I'm sure it does. Oh, goodness. This must be the last dance. Oh, I guess it is. Well, I certainly owe you an apology. I didn't mean to monopolize your whole evening. I liked it. Honest? Yes. Miss Franklin, I don't wish to see you forward, but I wonder if I could possibly see you again sometime, maybe? Yes. Yes, you can. Honest? Yes. Well, how about say, well, tomorrow night? All right. Will your sister mind? Of course not. All right, then it's a date. Say, I just thought of something. What? If you can meet me early enough, I'll take you down and show you some boxes. The first time I've been to an amusement park in London. Oh, I come here a lot. All alone? Alone. Alone. Have you ever been in this place? The tunnel of love? Uh-huh. Justing, though. Well, you wait right here. I'll buy the ticket. All right. The ticket seller said to take this first boat. Here, let me help you. Be careful. Thank you, Tom. You're welcome. Go. I want you to know something. These past few weeks have been wonderful two weeks in my whole life. Really? I don't wish to appear forward, but I just never have known a friend like you. That's very nice. You see, I've never had much chance to do these things before. But with working and all, I didn't get to go make friends. That's why I went to the friendship club. Oh, I'm glad you did. We wouldn't have met. I know. Mary, I wish we could keep on having these good times together. I do, too. I mean under, well, more prominent circumstances. By that, I mean... I think I know. That the matter I'm discussing is marriage? Yes. How are you inclined toward it, Mary? Well, my sister Ethel has always said that when the right party came along, and if she proved of him too...  Well, at the local FBI field office, Special Agent Jim Taylor is studying some photographs when Agent Earl Harris in the protest. Hello, Jim. Oh, hi, Earl. Grab a chair. Thanks. Well, what's up? Here. Take a look at these pictures, right? We're looking for those two women. Why? Well, the young girl married the man in that picture about 10 days ago. That's no crime, Jim. What do we want them for? A salt. They left on their honeymoon trip in his car, and they took that older woman with them. Allegedly, she was only riding as far as our fair city, and then they were going on the honeymoon by themselves. Well, they drove along until they came to a wooded section upstate. As it started to get dark, the older one, who poses as the younger one's sister, asked the man to stop the car.   Oh, yeah. Well, they left him deep in the woods. He was a weak getting out. He must have been in pretty bad shape. He still is. He's at General Hospital now. How do we get in on this, Jim? Well, for one thing, they crossed a state line, and we've had some previous complaints about this pair. They're wanted on the flight to avoid prosecution. Oh. The older woman has been working the racket quite a while with other partners. What makes you think they're here in town? Well, the husband thought they'd head here. I know that isn't much to work on her, but let's see if we can't build it up into something. Mr. Cook, honey, he's ripe and hanging on the vine. The two men you married were dead broke compared to him. He's got 5,000 cash at his apartment that we can cut up right off the bat. Hey, Ethel. What? Do we have to go through with this one? Of course we've got to go through with it. Why? Well, I'd like not to. Huh? Oh, he's too nice. Too nice for what? Did we take him? He... Well, he reminds me of my father. Honey, if your father had as much money as he has, I'd work this racket on him. Oh, but you don't... Well, do a little remembering, kid. Remember where I found you're working for cakes in that clip joint. Remember what's happened since? Clothes, good living. That deserves some loyalty. Oh, I know, but I can't do it. Yes, you can, and you are. I've got some news on those women, Jim. Oh, what did you find, though? Well, I don't know whether they're here now, but they were last Wednesday. No.  Where? At a used car dealers. Mm-hmm. Hey, what are you doing with all those pictures? Oh, I went back over some of the complaints on the older woman. I found that she had the young girl meet the victim through a Lonely Hearts Club. Oh. So I sent the description on both women to every such club in town, and they sent back pictures of all the girls they have on file who come even close to answering the details. I see.  Meanwhile, I'll try and finish up here with the pictures. Okay. If we get any kind of a quick lead, we might be able to arrest both of them before they get a chance to swindle some new victim. To talk to you alone. What for? Mary, I got a call from the friendship club. They asked me about some girl the police are looking for.  No. The club said they remembered you and Ethel being at the dance. You were dancing with me, and they asked me if I ever saw you again. They said if I did, the police wanted these women. What'd you tell them? I told them I didn't know who they were talking about. Oh. Mary, is it you? Yes. Mary. Ethel forced me to do it. You've got to believe that. She lent me a lot of money and told me I didn't have to pay it back. And then all of a sudden she said that if I didn't pay her, I had to work with her, and I didn't have a job.  Mary, I do care. I told you I loved you. Well, I still do. Mary, let's get married anyway. Tom, I want to, but... Tom, look out! That was a very touching scene, honey, but you're still working with me. Now, reach in his pocket. Grab his keys. Let's go. We will return in just a moment to tonight's file which shows how your FBI protects American citizens and American homes. And speaking of home protection, did you know that out of all the millions of homeowners in this country, each year only about 5,000 families have an experience like this? Peggy, I've got a big surprise for you. Look, here's the mortgage on our home. It's canceled, paid in full. Jim, that's wonderful. But how did you do it? Well, I thought we were going to be paying for the next five years. The secret is that Jim didn't have just an ordinary mortgage on his home. 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Finally, during its life, the mortgage draws interest at only 4% and there's a liberal allowance to cover title search, lawyer's fees, and other closing costs. So for many reasons, a man may consider himself lucky if his health, age, income, and the location of his home enable him to qualify for an equitable assured home ownership plan. For full information, see your Equitable Society representative or write care of this station to the Equitable Society. That's E-Q-U-I-T-A-B-L-E. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. And now back to the FBI file, the Lonely Hearts Racket. If it comes as any kind of a surprise to you that the criminals in tonight's case from the files of your FBI are both women, then perhaps you'd be interested in knowing one of the facts gathered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in its recent crime survey. That survey showed that during the first year, more than 76,000 women were arrested. Compared to the total number of people arrested, which was more than three-quarters of a million, 76,000 may not seem like much. However, analyze it another way. Break it down and learn that the figure represents an average of more than 200 women arrested every day throughout the year. Nor are there crimes listed in the minor category. More than 8,000 of those women were arrested for larceny and theft. Should you be under the further misconception that women are not habitually given to breaking the law, that once they are arrested they change their habits for the better, you're in for another surprise. More than 44% of all women arrested in the last year in the United States had previous fingerprint arrest records. Tonight's file continues at the local FBI field office. Jim, I just finished talking to the dealer who bought the car from the two women. And? He paid them cash. Oh, I was afraid of that. They gave him the Hotel Park West as their address. Did you check? Yes, neither of them ever stayed there. Well, I came a little closer, but not much. I found her picture in that file. From which club? The Friendship Club. I called and spoke to the secretary and gave him the number that was in the back of the picture. Did you get anything from him? Yes, the girl's name or at least the one she's using now is Mary Franklin. That's a help. He said that he's sure he saw her to dance they had a couple of weeks ago. And he's also sure that she was dancing with a man named Tom Cook. Maybe he's spoken to Cook? Well, he lives three blocks from here, so I got his address and went over there. How'd you make out? Well, according to the superintendent, the two women had just been there. They had Cook set up keys and let themselves into his apartment. Well, did you talk to Cook? No, no, he wasn't there. Or at his place of business. How about an address on that Miss Franklin? Did the club give you that? Oh, yeah. It turned out to be a vacant lot. Oh, fine. Pardon me. Special Agent Taylor speaking. Yes, that's right. He is? Or when? You know. Yes, thanks. I'll be right over. Goodbye. That was the local police, huh? Yeah. Tom Cook has just shown up there. I'm going over to see if I can get a lead from him. Want to see this movie magazine, Mary? No thanks. How about going up to the pub car for a drink? No thanks. You can have one sent back to the compartment? No, thanks. Mary, you still sore because I whacked that guy? Well, you shouldn't have done it. And leave that much money for somebody else to clip in? Oh, no. Look, while I was waiting for you to come back to the apartment, I clipped an ad from the Lonely Hearts magazine. Listen to this. Middle-aged man, widower, wealthy, no children, no real friends would like to exchange pictures and letters with nice girl and ease. That sounds like fried chicken or dozenets. Now, look, Mary, I'm getting a little tired of this.  I can get a lot of other girls to work with. Now, get with it. We send this guy a picture, a loving letter. We're back in business. Mr. Cook? Yes, sir. I'm FBI Special Agent Taylor. Here are my credentials. Please do. Meet you, Mr. Taylor. Mr. Cook, before I ask you any questions, would you identify the girl in this picture for me, please? Yes, sir. That's Mary. Mary Franklin? Is that the name she gave you? Yes, sir. From what I understand, you met her at a friendship club dance. About two weeks ago. Why did you tell the club secretary that you hadn't seen her? I wanted to give her a chance to explain. You have to understand, Mr. Taylor, Mary didn't hit me or do anything. She's afraid of her sister and she does what her sister tells her. We were going to be married. I see. I assume you know by now that Miss Franklin and her accomplice visited your apartment. You know why they went there? Yes, sir. I called the superintendent and asked him to look for a box in my bedroom. It was gone. Oh, what kind of a box? A cardboard box with $5,000 in it. How did they know it was there? I told Miss Franklin's sister. Oh, where did they live? Apartment 31 at 719 West Hudson Street. 31 at 719 West? Yes, sir. West Hudson Street. Thank you, Mr. Cook. I'm going over to their apartment. What for? They've gone. Well, maybe we can find out where they went. If we do, let's hope we still have time to get your money back. You really left this apartment in a shambles, huh? Yes, sir. It would be difficult to find anything here even if we knew what we were looking for. Nothing in this closet. Nothing in the desk either. Well, let's take a look in the bedroom, huh? Right. Earl, you take the closet, huh? Okay. Let's see if there's anything in the wastebasket. This cupboard is there. What have you got there, Jim? It's a Lonely Hearts magazine. It was here in the wastebasket. Oh. No. No loose pieces of paper in it, right? Hey, hey, wait a minute. Hey, Earl, look at this page. Yeah. It's full of lonely heart ads, but one has been cut out. Hey, this could mean something. Come on, let's get going. Tom, you shouldn't have come here. Well, it is not a town, Elmer. Ethel, getting to be a habit running into you. Ethel, what are you doing with a gun? I'll put it away as soon as Mr. Cook writes a letter. What kind of letter? Saying I never took a dime of your money. But, Miss Franklin, I can't do that.  Now I get the clothesline. No, I won't.  You just stand where you are. Huh? Grab the gun, Earl. Right, Jim. Who are you? Special agents, the FBI. Mr. Taylor, that's my cardboard box. They're in the corner. Fine, we'll take it along as evidence. All right, come on, you two. We've got a cell reserve for you at headquarters. Ethel Shelby was tried in a federal court and sentenced to ten years for violation of the National Stolen Property Act. Her accomplice, Mary Franklin, was given a two-year sentence and was then placed on probation. When Special Agent Taylor found the Lonely Hearts magazine with part of a page torn out, he called the offices of the publication to learn whose ad was in the missing portion. When he got that information, he contacted the gentleman who had inserted the ad and asked him to be on the lookout for either a picture of Miss Franklin or a letter from her. As soon as they arrived, the two Special Agents learned the new address of the pair. And so, another case from the files of your FBI was closed and closed successfully. In this case, as in so many others, it was necessary to ask the local police for help. And as has constantly been the experience of every Special Agent, once that cooperation was requested, it was given and given in the fullest measure. 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Good afternoon, everyone and welcome. Welcome to Staples gonna review this year because Actually doing this trade this afternoon Honestly, I traded more afternoons this week than I have it a long time And I really wasn't gonna do anything else this afternoon But I went back and looked at Staples, which was a follow-through Continuation from the gap from two days ago and and it set up and I did have conviction This would break here lower anyways wasn't sure if it would set up right today But Staples has been setting up in the afternoon the last few days now It didn't set up right yesterday, but I did watch it yesterday actually as well So the last three days I've been watching Staples late two of the last three days I've actually shorted Staples late as an afternoon play I don't know exactly where this is done today, but dream target 16 real target. I'm watching there was 16 30 and You know Staples put me over the top actually on Wednesday afternoon and Staples is going to end up making my day here on a Friday afternoon, which is hard to believe. Hold on. Let me just look here. I just want to see something Anyways, let's go over the entry in this. So here's the 15-minute on Staples if you did it Here is the five-minute on Staples five minute on Staples is 72 tight stop at 80 Then the 15 minute here where you can do the ad is 67 Again, same stop really should be where this pivot is here on the five minute over 80 You could have put it tight if you wanted to it's 76 I didn't put it there. I actually did put it at 80 But the ad was 67 here and whether you put the stop at 76 or 80 actually both have held This was the confirmation then also you could have taken more on the five-minute on Staples And it's had a nice move why because of the risk to reward in the entry and the stop and again Here's the 15 minutes. So even if you did the 15 minute here at 67 The stock has dropped 20 cents and the stock was basically 10 cents. So this is a two-hour trade It's really strange how something at this small of a price point with this small of a move could actually pay Decent risk to reward for an afternoon train But it did why because every time Staples has broken this week It's actually just kind of fallen and just drifted lower and just had Hard-selling action and actually from the morning here, which again, I wouldn't have done this Why this was a gap up? You would have shorted a gap up if you'd shorted Staples today But Staples is a short on the daily chart, but again, you don't do anything here in the morning But here is the late afternoon play that did set up correctly on the five and the 15 minute And this is also on its own here regardless of the market Again dream target today is 16 in this. I don't necessarily think it gets there It's getting into a clock reversal time I'm going to be very very tight with this now because really I think 16 30 is realistic So I think I'm just going to be bar by barring this here in the one-minute chart In fact, I'm not going to let this get over 50 I'm actually not gonna let this get over 50 but Staples is lower Staples could even follow through on Monday Staples could even gap down on Monday. I don't know where this closes today here on Friday But I'm actually going to watch Staples again on Monday to see if it gaps down Or if it falls again in the later time frame late morning or early afternoon set up on Monday Staples is still lower. And if it doesn't get to 16 today, this is still lower on Monday And I'm going to be very tight with this stop now. I'm put it over 1650. I Did twice this week put in the afternoon trades on social media for the Staples. I did I didn't have time to do it today and I was trying to do too many things here around lunch Should I get back to people on emails and about things with the class and get in my trade but This week was a week where the best short setups were actually here. Here this goes The best short setups actually happened later this week and I have no idea why but that was just the case So this is one of these ones where I'm grateful for Staples for setting up So cleanly on the later time frame and having good stops with risk to reward this week It's a cheap stock. You could have loaded on bulked up on the sizing and a nice short in this And this is on the watch list every day as a continuation gap So for people that played it on the day a gap or followed through and we're in the room You could have watched this every day and you could have traded on your own So nice short here late afternoon in Staples will watch us again on Monday Have a great weekend everyone. If you'd like more information email me at Melissa at the stocks wish com You


I won't have to do all that. Again, if I'm a fish it from the beginning, and I plan to get to that position before he gets there, then I stop him. Down his feet, get on the white line. Now just circle, circle around the white line. Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle. Keep shuffling, keep shuffling. Keep going. Look what I'm doing. What would you guys consider that call? What am I doing? What? Who said cutting him off? Cutting him off. Alright? I'm cutting him off! Now watch what happens when we're down on the mat. Watch what happens when we're down on the mat. And I got a cross wrist, and I dive my head and elbow in the hole, and I just roll sideways. My hips don't catch him. Now watch this when I highlight over. Head and elbow dive in the hole.  You're trying to dive from back here. I want you to slide up a little bit. Head and elbow in the hole. Now watch this. Now when I pull the wrist, look where he falls. See how I cut him off before I even pulled him? I have to cut him off in order to bring him to the basket. If I just roll sideways, he'll belly down every single time. And better guys, when they know they're about to get wrist tilted, they're going to start going with the flow and try to use that momentum to belly down. But if I have my basket set way out there and already know I'm going to cut him off, it doesn't matter if he tries to belly down. Okay? I don't see anybody really securing this. I see just grabbing the wrist and diving. Checklist. This is first step.  But I want you to really pull it, secure it, feel it. See how tight it is. Slide, dive. Big highlight over here. Now I'm pulling his hip, his wrist, right here. Okay? Pulling his hip, his wrist, right to my break foot. Okay? It doesn't matter if he's fighting to his belly or not. I got him. Now, here's the second most crucial thing. See him between his legs right here. You see my knee? The elbow either pushing or hooking touches that knee. So I see my elbow and knee are touching. I got his elbow hooked and my knee is touching. He can't hip down. Belly down? He can't belly down because I got his hip trapped because my elbow and my knee are touching. AJ Shot probably is one of the best top wrestlers I've seen in the last 15 years. He killed...


Okay, can everybody hear me? Let me know if you can hear me. Hold on one sec. One thing to watch today. I didn't get any ideas from anyone else, so I guess we'll go with my pick here. I looked at a lot of things. I did rate the whatchamacallit a snap. Yeah, I'm feeling better today. I still sound horrible, but I definitely feel better and hopefully by Monday I will be 100% resting today and over the weekend. I just have not been able to shake this. In the early morning hours and the time schedule being on TV it hasn't helped. So I'm really going to have to be a very, very stringent, healthy person doing television. I think I said that the other day, but it just kind of hit me how much these strange hours have affected my health. And I'm just going to have to be the healthiest person on the planet taking care of myself because I want to do it. So GME is good. Volume good. A little bit of a spread, not that big of a deal. Stop should be good. This is looking a little bit better. Monday is a holiday. What's Monday? Oh my God, that's how out of it I am. I can't even tell you the date. Every day has been the same for me since the end of last year because I've been so sick. We'll talk about that later. Here, let's focus. Okay, just wait. Okay, if I call this which I don't have the entry yet, stop is going to be 1860. Don't have the entry yet and don't jump the gun on this. I'm not even sure if this is really open here. Just wait, don't get trapped in this. And I wanted to talk about that about the other one from the other day. That wasn't open yet. It's hardly moving, Call of Air. I don't know. It looks like it's open, but I'm telling you, I don't know. Just wait. Just don't jump the gun on this. Let's do 35 by 60 and I'll explain why later. 35 by 60 if it hits. Here, just take it if you want it. Take it if you want it and put the stop in at 60. Get in right now if you want it. Get in right now if you want to put the stop at 60. Right in here. In fact, let's quickly put it at 65. Put it at 65, give it just a little bit more room in case it pops back, but I think it's just going to roll over. Here, GME. GME, GME, GME. No hesitation, but just didn't want to jump the gun on this. Put it at 65. Give it a little bit more room. I don't think it's going to matter. We're going to watch this scene, 18, 18, 18. Crap, it's going to go right there. Here, 18, 18. Just have your hand to the button. If it bounces at all at 18, I'm out. Here. Back to my bounce right here. Back to my bounce right here, but I really think it's going to continue. All right, let's see. I didn't get out of any in there. I just see what it did, but I think it keeps going. Have the stop at 65. If it sets up again, I'll call it again. You could have got out someone there. I see what it did in the daily, but I think it's just going to keep going. It's bouncing right in here. Just a tiny little bit. Let's look at the market. The market's just higher. When we're done today, I'll go over the options trades, the market, all the things that I saw yesterday that I called so many calls. Let's double check this here.  GME is the stop. And this is going to set up again. In fact, 39 by 65 here right away. Here, you can do it again. If you did that, got out, you can do it again. I'm in the original play, I think it breaks. We'll go over that when we're done too. But you could have shaved a little off there. Here it goes. You could even add more if you want to get crazy, but I really wouldn't do that with this market today and that's why I'm looking for the first target in it. But actually, 1820 was the first target I see now. Here we go. We're back down again. Pay attention. Here we go. GME. Any crash through the low? Drop into it. We're going to take it. Market is extremely bullish. Here. Here. Here, watch 1810. Come on, you can do it. My hand is literally on the button here. People here, I know this is going to keep going. 1815, 1814. You could have got out right there. I just want to see a big red bar. Redder than this. Bigger than this. Preferably. Gosh, it was right on top of that there. This is a little bouncy. We're going to go right there. Oh, Qualibur, get out. I know this is good. I know this isn't going to flip. We really gave it much wider of a stop than we even needed to. And the market's along. All the trades I called yesterday, they're just, we're going to go right there. Okay, really, this has to be it. One more break at the low for GME. Just give us something more here. If you're in it, you're up. I'm just trying to get more out of it. Good here. 1814. It's probably going to touch every number. Come on. Here we go. Here we go. This is it, though, for me. Here. You know once it gets through that number, it's going to collapse and get a 17-something. I just know it. 1614. Oh, Qualibur, you only get out a half? Okay, well, that's fine. Did anybody get out of the whole thing maybe as far? I mean, you could have. This situation here, though, is very bearish. And if it continues, it has a long way to go down. And it's holding very well against the market here this morning. I'm trying to give it one more room, but it's taking its good old time. Pyro got all out, made 400. That's good. Turtle's still in it. All right, here we go. Try, try, try. I had a mentoring session yesterday. Mark Wilbel, are you here? Yeah, you are here. And I didn't look at the market until very, very late. Here, GME. Here, here we go, everybody. Do it, do it, do it. GME. Down to 18 and we're out if we can get it. I didn't look at the market until very late yesterday after my session with him. Here, GME. Otherwise, I would have called it in the morning. I'm out, I'm out. I don't feel like dealing with it. It looks great, though. Just, this is a good number. It could, I think this goes all day. I really think this is a nice target. I just took it. Let's screw it. Gotta get back on the group here. Gotta get back into the situation. And I had no idea that Monday was Martin Luther King day. I just completely lost track of all dates. Anyways, here we go. GME, if you're still in it, I took it. But it's perfectly fine if you're still in it. It looks great. Who's held it down to 18 in the break of that? Because if it gets there, I think it goes farther. I just am not 100% yet. And just want to make sure I booked some money here today. Here it goes, GME. Here it goes, under 1810. Here, here it is, GME. There it goes, people. Here, watch it, watch it, watch it, 18. I took it. I took it. It's too late. Here, here it goes. I was a nice call. Here, 18 under 18. Boom. Here it's going to break it. There it goes, there it goes. Here's the flush. Here's what I wanted to see, although I just didn't have the patience. Here, that's the morning exit right there. Boom. That's the morning exit. Again, it broke 18 though. It could go to 1750, 1775. This could even go to 17. It could do something crazy. This is bearish. Market strong. Look at this stock. I don't have the mojo today to do anything else though. I'm just so happy that I got a good trade. Turtle's out. Anybody else? Is anybody still in it? You can't really lower your stop. It has to be with the original places. And if you feel like doing that, then I say get out. I mean, this had a move. Here's the first target. I get out a lot of early because it kept backing up. Here it goes though. You could bar by bar it. Watch it here. Watch it here. Watch it every penny. Is anyone still in this? Gypsy's still in it. Anybody else? Eclipse trader's out. Gala heads out. Gala heads out at 18. Again, that was, I think, the morning exit there. But if you want to hold it all day, you got to keep in mind it is Friday. But this is very, very good. Yes. Gala head gets out of his day trades. He just doesn't get out of his option trades, Koala bear. Gala head gets out of his day trades with profit. He doesn't get out of his options. That's his problem. Let's take a quick two-second break here. I'm going to grab a water. Then we're going to go over the market. The option trades everything. Does that sound good? I mean, I'm done for the day. This is backing up that you either got out there or you're in it all day to 1750. Just give me two seconds to get a water and then we're going to go over everything. I mean, this was a good day. I mean, I couldn't have asked for anything more. So wherever you got out, just be happy. Market is crazy bullish. Is Amazon insane? Oh my gosh. Let me just look at all of them. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Everybody, I hope you guys did these.  I want to call somebody right now. I knew it. Oh my lanta. If you people didn't do these trades, you're nuts. That's all I have to say. They're all going to work. They are all going to work. All of them. I had right now. How much are you up in it? Everybody that did Amazon, what are you up in this trade right now? Let me look at it quick before I take a break. It's going to go through 1300 in the time that I called the trade. I don't even know how I see these things. I mean, after the rally that we had, let me just look at it right here. What did you pay for a gala hat? Let me go look. These were all really reasonably priced. Also considering very reasonable considering. I was shocked. Shocked at how well priced all of these were yesterday. So I called them all. You were 600 or 1500 bucks. Ride it out. Ride it out. Ride it out gala hat. You like to do that in trades. This is one you can do it. Ride this puppy out. Ride this out for sure. Ride them all up. Just give me a break here. For me to call four things in one day like that, there's a reason. We're going to go over it all. It's too late. Way too late. You can still do the spy, which I gave to everybody. You can go along the spy. It's 280 calls expiring next Friday one week. Because we're going to go right there. We're going to go right straight there. And I saw it yesterday. Unfortunately I saw it late, but I still saw it's going to go there. So I said, what the heck? I was calling them all.  This might take a break today from yesterday, but this is still going to go to. What was the other one? And this you have to watch. But I would get out of this early. Turtles agrees. Not how well priced they were. I mean, shocked. These things, sometimes Amazon has been untradeable. Untradeable. Because the cost is just way too much. You're up 1800 now?  Let me get something for my throat and then I'll be right back. And then we're going to talk about the market and everything else. I can write it in the room, but I think that was it for the morning. I'll be right back.